Habenaria medusae

[Subrosa]

A recent acquisition from Nolan Boyle at Tree City Orchids:

[WaterWitchin]

Looks like a lot of buds there!

[DirtyCoconuts]

Super excited for you. This is one I am always about to buy and I just worry I’ll kill it from too much heat.

Super cool and that spike looks like a party about to pop off!!

[SaraJean]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Super excited for you. This is one I am always about to buy and I just worry I’ll kill it from too much heat.

Super cool and that spike looks like a party about to pop off!!

I wouldn’t worry too much about the heat. Mine fly though the summer when the temps start soaring into the upper 90’s and 100’s (and stay there lol). As long as they are damp, they’re happy and grow rapidly. Both of mine have doubled in height from the previous year and produced several tubers. Plus, it’s not like they take up any space during dormancy or really need a cool down. I’ve just been storing the tubers in their pots in the kitchen.
Dooooo ittttttttt

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Originally Posted by Subrosa

A recent acquisition from Nolan Boyle at Tree City Orchids:

***From Tindomul....Sorry I accidentally deleted what was here. I thought I had hit reply with quote, and forgot I was a moderator and hit edit by accident.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Super excited for you. This is one I am always about to buy and I just worry I’ll kill it from too much heat.

Super cool and that spike looks like a party about to pop off!!

I thought you had this? Do you have something similar? Thought I saw a picture of it on one of your threads.

[neophyte]

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but why exactly do so many terrestrials need to be dug up and stored as tubers over the winter, especially the ones that don't really need a cold period? Can't you just leave them in the pot and not water them?

[DirtyCoconuts]

Ww- this is habanaiera mine is a Bulbophyllum, both Medusae

They both look like the gorgon!!!

[SaraJean]

Originally Posted by neophyte

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but why exactly do so many terrestrials need to be dug up and stored as tubers over the winter, especially the ones that don't really need a cold period? Can't you just leave them in the pot and not water them?

They don’t have to be dug up. What you mentioned is exactly what I do for the Habenarias that I grow (carnea, medusa, erichmichelii, and rhodocheila) . They stay in their pots though dormancy and I repot in the spring. I had a few extra tubers from my medusa and I kept 3 in pots, in their media, and 2 in a zip lock baggie. The ones in the zip lock kept getting so dehydrated and I was lightly misting them once a week, and put a wad of sphagnum in the bag, just to keep them from withering away. The ones in the pot, I sprinkled a little bit of water over the top of the media maybe once a month, possibly every two months if I remembered... It wasn’t very often, that’s for sure. And I just kept them on top of my refrigerator away from the cats. When I went to repot in the spring, those tubers that I left on the pot were super plump and happy.

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[Roberta]

Originally Posted by neophyte

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but why exactly do so many terrestrials need to be dug up and stored as tubers over the winter, especially the ones that don't really need a cold period? Can't you just leave them in the pot and not water them?

I don't dig mine up either... When they die back, I mostly ignore them, water very lightly every two weeks or so (so they aren't as super-dry as the Catasetinae) Then in the spring if I need to repot or divide I can do it, otherwise, somewhere around March I just start watering a bit more (so it stays damp) until green appears, and then increase the water some more.

[neophyte]

Thanks for the help!