Encyclia tampenis in very bad shape

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Originally Posted by DeaC

FWIW, a gal on YouTube in southern FL. grows many orchids tied to her palm tress, including tampensis, and it thrives. Those conditions and her culture gets her success.

I'm not sure you can use her as a growing example (I am also from Florida) these plants are native to Florida and grow vigorously from Miami all the way up to Gainesville without any help from humans.

the trick will be trying to grow them outside of their native environment