Temperature drop to initiate flowering

[FinnBar]

Thanks for your input Ross.

when i switched to r/o only

i'm not exactly sure what i meant by that... probably that i started misting with r/o water only as i've never withheld fertilizer completely. well, anyway i've switched back to fertilizing daily either soaked or misted.

my humidity stays above 90/day with a drop to around 85
over the course of night. i water in the morning so the plants are dry by dark. with my "window ajar" routine days are around 74F with 65F nights.

moving them into the tank where they get a little more light than the windowsill apparently disturbed their leaf growth a bit but most of them have just finished a leaf.
apart from one the root growth is vigorous.

so are you saying they start their grow phase post-flowering?

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[Ross]

Originally Posted by FinnBar

Thanks for your input Ross.

so are you saying they start their grow phase post-flowering?

Not all of them. My Aerangis luteo-alba and A. citrata are both in active growth while also in spike. My A. fastuosa and A. hyaloids both slowed or finished leaf growth before spiking. Angraecum moniticola matured it's last leaf before forming a spike, Saccolabium kotense formed a spike which blasted then it started vegetative growth. There are many other examples both ways. So, no, I'm not suggesting they always go into growth stage post flowering, but some do.

[FinnBar]

i understand. i'll exercise my patience and look after them as well as i can. Thanks,
Antti