dendrochilum glumaceum

[gravotrope]

this plant blooms from immature growth, so i haven't been able to figure out if these are cultured best with a photoperiod or temperature change...they live between 700m-1400m so i think they need the temperature change. from what i've read, they mostly bloom in spring, but also can bloom in fall and winter, which signifies a wide photoperiod association.

maybe it needs BOTH

i have 9 new growths just pushing out from the pinkish sheaths and 5 slightly bigger growths, one of which finally after two years of culturing has a spike. i want to make sure the rest of them have spikes so what do i do? feed it bloom booster and watch the temps? put it someplace cool dry and dark for nights? i really don't know....

The forecast over the next few nights is cooler weather again, so I think that's on target.

[WhiteRabbit]

[KonaLinda]

Mine blooms spring and fall--I think. It just sits under a tree and I water it! It grows in an aluminum colander. It has dozen of spikes each bloom, which smell heavenly. No idea if temps make a difference. My orchids grow inspite of me, not because of me!

[gravotrope]

it has been so cool here my kingianum and pleuro must love it, practically everything else is inside already...though my glumaceum is not. i water it at night to make it even cooler in its clay pot, but i don't know if i need to feed it too.

when it blooms for you, is it during a drier period or just after a cold spell?