New Bulb More Cold Sensitive than Grown Plant? And how to Plant

[Roberta]

I figure that if the tuber is sideways, new growth can easily go up and roots down... If I put it flat, and it's upside down, may be harder to sprout correctly. Each year, it pretty much sucks the tuber dry, and then makes another at the end of the growing season. Not precisely oriented. it "knows" which way to grow.

Follow the care sheet. Remember where it grows in nature - forest floor or meadow. In a climate that gets lots of rain during the growing season (spring/summer) Where it is native, it's a wildflower and grows accordingly. "Orchid bulbs" are tubers... think tulips and daffodils. Growing them is a completely different game from the epiphytes (majority of orchids, that grow on trees). There are few if any epiphytic orchids north of Florida... The North American and European orchids are all terrestrial - growing from tubers that can go dormant underground during harsh seasons (dry hot summers in the Mediterraean area, cold winters in North America)