I think this is my favourite of my orchids. I would love to get another monn. or catasetum. However, this one never went through dormancy. I got it as the blooms were fading in November 2013, and waited for it's dormancy to begin. I thought that the waning Canadian light in winter would be enough to start it, but I was wrong. By the time I clued in that I might want to force dormancy, it already had a large growth.
And so here we are! I am very excited for the blooms. The plant is extremely top heavy. I anchored the new growth to a stake, because I was sure it was going to snap at the base if I moved it too quickly. It endured a sunburn, but that seemed to make it grow even faster. The root system is the healthiest of any of my orchids.
I would recommend this orchid. I'm not sure if I should force dormancy in the fall? Or just let it do it's thing again, since it worked so well this time...
Monn Millenium Magic Witchcraft skipped dormancy
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