When I repotted orchids for a senior member of our local group 3 years ago, he rewarded me with some back divisions. Its the first spike for my Ada now and I exspect the plant to grow stronger over the years.
In fact all my plants are grown together in one house, Catasetums and Cattleyas, Masdevallias and fans, Trichopilias and Gongoras. But I carefully watch the microclimate. There is a sunny and a shady side. Some pots are standing on a water storing tissue, others on styropor or up on a rack.
I grow my Ada next to Masdevallias, Trichopilias and fans - Bollea, Cochleanthes, Pescatorea -, Lycastes, Anguloa and Coelogyne cristata. So call it intermediate to cool. My Ada is easy to grow with no special requirements, but can suffer a bit from a longer period of hot summer nights. I´d say that a mix of fresh potting medium, bright indirect light, fresh air and night hours of higher humidity is more essential for all this plants of higher elevations than an exact range of temperature. Ada grows in the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.
But in this year the costs for fuel are high, and the nursery (I placed my plants temporarily in a nursery) runs the greenhouse at the lowest temperature that Cattleyas and warm growing orchids can stand. Fungus infections are increasing. We all long for the sun and warmer days.
Today I have slightly photoshopped and edited my pictures to match the orange colour better.
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