Coelogyne cristata

[Bolero]

Large plant but I can't get more than 2 or 3 flowers a year. I give it bright light and a dry rest in winter but nothing......it should be covered. Anyway here is this years meagre offering.

[camille1585]

Nice flowers
I hope you figure out what the problem is so you can get more blooms. I have a few orchids like that which refuse to bloom/ make more blooms even though I'm giving the right care....

[WhiteRabbit]

lovely!

[Lady_Vamp]

I don't have a cristata yet (my avatar was taking at Montreal Botanical Garden), but I know that it not only needs a dry rest in winter but also a temperature drop to flower to a maximum. Maybe that's why?

[Bolero]

Hi, it gets down to freezing here in winter and I grow it outside but under a roof to protect from frost. I think it gets the right cool down and the right dry period but it still doesn't flower well. I suspect that's why the person sold it to me.......

[Lagoon]

Such a pretty one, Darren -- Good growing

[Paul]

It's lovely all the same, Darren.

[Lady_Vamp]

Maybe... If I ever get to talk with the horticulturist of the botanical garden, I'll ask them how they manage to get so much flowers out of theirs

[Bolero]

Originally Posted by Lady_Vamp

Maybe... If I ever get to talk with the horticulturist of the botanical garden, I'll ask them how they manage to get so much flowers out of theirs

Thanks, if you are able to do that I would love to know.

[Lady_Vamp]

I asked them yesterday how they did and they told me that they simply put it at 12~13°C in the winter, so I guess it doesn't really help you, sorry.