Stanhopea spp.- school me on care and feeding

[DVanVorous]

Originally Posted by DeaC

DVanVorous, once summer nights stay ~70 I'll put them outside. Had one hanging around edge of umbrella last yr and noticed hummer checking out the bloom! Plants may have gotten too much sun tho in that particular spot so less is probably more around here. A work in progress and they do demand more real estate but so very satisfying. The site suggested by rbarata I've referred to many times.

Im looking at the Stan. embreei which by all accounts Ive read is a cooler higher elevation plat from Ecuador but...

My eves are where I feed the birds from and its also a handy spot for plants during the short summer we get.