Inducing blooms in bulbophyllums

[bethmarie]

I'm interested to hear the responses you get. I've got a setaceum that grows like a weed, but hasn't bloomed in a year and it's way bloom sized.
I think for a while I was over fertilizing, but I dropped back on that months ago and still no blooms.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by bethmarie

I think for a while I was over fertilizing, but I dropped back on that months ago and still no blooms.

It can take a very long time for plants to recover from overfeeding. When I came to the realization that I was doing so, getting great growth but poor flowering, and switched to my current 25 ppm N regimen, it was easily 18-24 months before I started getting regular, reliable blooming again.

[bethmarie]

Originally Posted by Ray

It can take a very long time for plants to recover from overfeeding. When I came to the realization that I was doing so, getting great growth but poor flowering, and switched to my current 25 ppm N regimen, it was easily 18-24 months before I started getting regular, reliable blooming again.

Ah. Well that's longer than I'd anticipated/hoped. Again, from the orchids, "Patience, grasshopper." I really need to grow some weeds. It suits my type A personality better.