C. mooreana & C. luteola

[naoki]

Katrina, how do you grow your C. mooreana? I appreciate any info about media, watering, temp, rest etc. My previous one was in med. bark in plastic pot, and treated it similar to typical Catt. It didn't do anything and I failed to acclimate it. This time, I tried sphag in Clay and mounting with fair amount of sphag. After the pseudobulb started to wrinkle, I raised the humidity (RH 70-90%), lowered temp (from 80/60 F to 70/60F), water more frequently, and put it closer to the light. Well some of these are not good things to do when the plant is stressed. But they started to grow a bit better. However, the roots appear to be a bit shy (growth stops easily). I probably should reduce watering to encourage more root growth. I can grow other Catt, but I don't have lots of experience with Catt, so I appreciate your advice.