Mounted Trichocentrum tigrinum

[yasmin]

Hello all! I am seeking as much advice as I can get with my new T. tigrinum orchid. I am new to mounted orchids and would like to keep this beauty alive and well I have hung it in a sunny window and water everyday by soaking it in a bucket for about 10 minutes. So far, this is what I think will keep the plant happy. Please feel free to give me any and all input. Thanks so much

[Wjs2nd]

Sounds pretty good to me. I don't have any of those though. Most of my mounts I don't have to soak every day. I water them every day but usually don't have to soak them.

[yasmin]

What species of mounted orchids do you have? This is my first mounted orchid and I am loving it so much! Ready to get some more!

[Bud]

San Antonio is very humid and hot in summers and pleasant in winter...you dont need to water everyday if you hang your mounted orchid under a tree...the atmosphere will take care of it. You dont experience frost and sometimes if it is rainy(and San Antonio rain can really pour!)...you dont have to water it for a week...In fact I am surprised why you grow that plant indoors. I love the purple dots on the leaves...it gives a show of bloom for a small plant.

[yasmin]

I would be way to worried about my orchid babies if I grew them outside, mainly because of pests. Unfortunately Texas has been an inferno this summer and we have barely had 2 good rains since January! It sure would be wonderful to have an outdoor area to grow them though! Maybe one day

[Wjs2nd]

I have some phals, dens, and a neo. All mounted and doing well. I will put them outside for sometime and then bring them in at night. Just soapy water will kill bugs. In the winter time I keep them inside all the time.