Hi there,
At the beginning of the month, I received (among other plants) a
Restrepia trichoglossa. I don't think it looks at all happy. Within the same area of the room, I also have a
Pleurothallis palliolata and a
Masdevallia Marguerite 'Pink Champagne' which seem fairly happy - the
Pleurothallis is pushing up a new leaf, for example.
I don't think the
Restrepia looks at all happy, and I was wondering if anyone could perhaps give me some pointers where I might be going wrong (or conversely, what "right" is!).
This is what it looked like just after I received it - if anything, it looks less happy now:
The humidity has been around 70% on average, a bit higher at night, and a bit lower on really hot days.
For some reason, my cacti install is being irritating and not exporting the temperature graph right now - max has been (briefly) around 31 degrees C; min around 19.6 and average about 24ºC. Basically, it goes up to about 26 most days and then to around 20 at night.
I give it a light squirt with RO water (8-10uS/cm conductivity) on most days into the sphagnum it's potted in. I haven't fertilised it with anything yet since getting it.
I suspect it may have been grown a bit warm, as the orchid grower we obtained it from is situated on the KZN coastline which is very humid and sub-tropical.
Might it prefer a "holiday" on the shaded windowsill in my air-conditioned (20-21 degrees C; ~50% RH) office?
Winter is about to hit, which should lead to much lower night time temps.
Restrepia trichoglossa - help - correct growing conditions?
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