Which orchids in YOUR collection get a winter rest?

[Rhonda Svoboda]

Hi: here are the orchids in my collection that receive a winter rest:
Laelia tenebrosa
Cycnodes Wine Delight
Oncidium Tsiku Marguerite
I supplement my orchids with grow lights once they come inside for the winter. I live in Michigan so our winters are long.
I generally cut down on fertilizer and water in October-February. I try to time my grow lights according to the natural day length. This is especially true for my spring blooming plants. Cattleya's, etc. I have discovered that having long day length inhbits flowerling. Those orchids that bloom and grow naturally during the winter I seperate from the rest of my orchids