Millennium Magic Orchid Skipping Dormancy or Needing Forced Dormancy?

[TheOrchidsHaveEyes]

Hi All!

I need some help/advice for my Millennium Magic orchid since she is new to me (and my first Catasetum). I got her several months ago, she is in spangum moss (how I got her) and I keep her well-watered like I read you're supposed to. She gets plenty of light as I have her in a south facing window. It is December in SE Texas and has been around 80 degrees with some days/nights dropping into the 50s recently.

Today I noticed that it looks like she has a new growth... but she still has not entered her dormancy period and dropped her leaves. My understanding is soon she should start dropping her leaves (and then I should stop watering) until early spring when *then* she puts out new growth and I start watering again when the growth looks established. My concern is that she somehow skipped her dormancy period and thinks it is spring and the coming cold months (January and February for us) will mess up her growth cycle and this new growth.

Should I stop watering now and force her into dormancy? Do I need to do anything different? Did I mess up and should I have stopped watering a while ago despite it not really being cold here yet?

I appreciate any and all advice or insight!