My Epi. only took 8 years to bloom

[Jerry24]

My Epi. after 8 years finally bloomed on 6-1-2012. She was given to me by a freind and was told it was a red bloom, surprise, she is yellow instead. She has 3 spikes and a fourth one has just sprouted. I tried everything I could think of, except I had the lighting wrong. She was always in the shade. Last year after help from a freind, and lots of reading on culture sites I put her out in direct sunlight, and here she is.

[Silje]

Wow!

That's great! And it's so cute!

I've had mine for about a year or so, and still no sign of any flowers... Got to admit I'm impatiently waiting. I suspect that I'm providing too much direct sunlight for them and the leaves from time to time get slightly purple, so now I've put it into a more shady area recently and hope that it will do the trick.

Enjoy it!

[dounoharm]

congrats on the blooms! its great when you finally get what works for a stubborn plant....epis like that sun and lots of water!

[WhiteRabbit]

woo hoo! Great color! Congrats! Yeah, these guys love lots of light.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by Silje

Wow!

That's great! And it's so cute!

I've had mine for about a year or so, and still no sign of any flowers... Got to admit I'm impatiently waiting. I suspect that I'm providing too much direct sunlight for them and the leaves from time to time get slightly purple, so now I've put it into a more shady area recently and hope that it will do the trick.

Enjoy it!

I have one that gets quite purpley/red in winter - but it's not burning, and it blooms well.

[flexdc]

Congrats on the blooms! These take a lot of light. They grow like weeds over here but takes almost direct sun. Leaves get a purple tinge from the high light level.

[Trini Kjeldz]

beautiful yellow....please dont take 8 years to get lighting right again lol who knows how many more beauties you are keeping from us...post more pics

[Gage]

What a rich yellow!

[RosieC]

Great colour! but what a long time to wait.