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Originally Posted by catherinecarney
I'm an orchid newb, so my success is pretty hit and miss right now. I bought my kingianum in bloom, and have been researching the cooling/drying needed to initiate bloom. There seems to be some conflicting info about the species....
I have all my orchids on my porch for the summer (south and east exposure with dappled shade). I hope to be able to keep the kingianum (and the Den. aggregatum/lindleyi) out on the porch relatively far into the fall, then shift them to the attached garage (which gets quite a bit of sun) to complete the rest period. We'll see how it goes....
I too wish that there were perfumes featuring tazetta/jonquilla narcissus. Of course, the old fashioned clove scented dianthus (clove pinks is an old name for them) would be lovely as a perfume, too... Sigh....
Catherine
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Kingianum do need cool winter, even cold they are supposed to survive fine. Some places sell them under the description of temperature tolerant but I truly doubt it. Flowering may be very poor without proper cool rest.
By the way, I too love the look and scent of dianthus.
I buy them at a local farmer's market and place them by the window. Some varieties fill up the whole place!
then I give them away or plant them outside somewhere.
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