Which orchids in YOUR collection get a winter rest?

[gngrhill]

I am new to this winter rest thingy, and I would like to see this thread updated to help some of us newbies out.

[DeafOrchidLover]

I have a lit note. It's for Dendroium anosmum and probably for other nobile kinds . Here is the picture. Hope this helps. I have baby d. Anosmum, about 7 feet tall and it's bone dry. I do mist sometimes... I do have good humidity inside like 50s to up. Recently I just checked and it says 82 humidity, holy moley! I have not seen this high and quite pleased with it...
Enjoy your plants during winter...


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[alaind52]

Hi,

Living in Belgium here is the list of my orchids with a rest from November to February more or less, what means temp. between 5 and 12 cel. degrees in night and, if sunny, till 25 cel. degrees during the day. Almost no water, just a light misting when sunny days. They seems doing well.

Angulocaste Iroise
Bealleara 'Purple Haze'
Burrageara 'Nelly Ijsler'
Coelogyne cristata
Coelogyne intermedia
Colmanara 'Masaï Red'
Cymbidium
Dendrobium nobile
all plants of Disa
Lycaste consobrina
Lycaste deppei
Masdevallia 'Aouregan'
Miltassia 'Dark Mornach'
Miltonia 'Sunset'
Miltoniopsis
Odontocidium
Odontoglossum
Pleione
Sophronitis coccinea
Stanhopea nigroviolacea
Stanhopea wardii
Zygopetalum

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[va.orchids]

I was told not to water my cymbidium from Halloween to Valentine's Day. I sprayed occasionally all winter - not even once a week. It has a new bulb starting and I will give it a good watering on Saturday. In the summer I keep it on my southwest facing porch and it has done well there. I'm hoping it will bloom this year.

[NicksGarage]

Almost time to rest some orchids and I have a lot of new ones this year. Most interesting one is going to be the Lycaste Aromatica. Grower told me to wait until it decides to lose its leaves and then no water until flower spikes start to form. Doesn't look like it's going to lose its leaves any time soon.

[alaind52]

My Lycaste do not seem to want to loose their leaves as well. Maybe due to sunny weather till now. So, I water a little as temp. in the day may raise to 27 cel.deg. and wait...

[estación seca]

One thing to consider with winter rests is that a lot of people growing orchids live much farther from the equator than many orchids, so light is a factor as well. I was in Frankfurt one midsummer; light levels at noon were lower than early winter here, and at the botanical garden they had high-intensity sodium lights shining from the outside through their greenhouse onto some cacti during the daylight hours. Low light is a big reason to try and keep orchids from initiating new growth during the dark times of the year. Withholding fertilizer in the fall helps prevent new growth initiation.

[orchids44]

My Vandas, Phals and oncidiums get a semi-rest. The vandas are watered 1-2 week. Phals once every 2 wks unless they are showing signs of growth/spiking. Oncidiums drop to weekly. Most of them are misted on the outside of the container and saucer to increase humidity. I have a humidifier and try to keep our dry fall at 45 - 60% humidity.

[gngrhill]

Originally Posted by orchids44

My Vandas, Phals and oncidiums get a semi-rest. The vandas are watered 1-2 week. Phals once every 2 wks unless they are showing signs of growth/spiking. Oncidiums drop to weekly. Most of them are misted on the outside of the container and saucer to increase humidity. I have a humidifier and try to keep our dry fall at 45 - 60% humidity.

Most of my Phals are spiking so I wouldn't try to rest them

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Maybe I missed it somewhere, but I have an abberans hybrid and it's the only one I haven't decided if it needs a rest or not.

[Leafmite]

The Latouria Dendrobiums don't need a rest so just keep giving it warmth, water and fertilizer.

The only ones that are getting a rest is the Pleione (it is already in the fridge) and the Cyncnoches, if the leaves ever drop. The Dendrobium aggregatum was getting a rest but then it decided to send out a bunch of new growth so I have resumed watering it. I have no idea what it is thinking.... ?