stanhopea dormancy

[Mo Boggie]

Hi, I've just read that stanhopea need to go through a dormancy period (winter?). I didn't know, and kept moss moist since dec till now. I noticed that the established leaves were beginning to feel paper like, and a new growth had started to emerge. I have a tigrini, that is being grown under lights near a humidifier. Does anyone have advice on what I should do at this point. If there indeed is a dormancy period, should watering be reduced as one would with a cycnoches till new growth emerges? Thanks

[Subrosa]

There is a group of species which in their native environs goes through a somewhat dry dormancy, although not like deciduous Dendrobiums. I have a S. jensichiana which is one of those species. I kept it in my laundry room over the winter where temps got down into the low 40s. One morning there was frost on the inside of a window just inches away from my plant. I cut back the watering to when the sphag started to feel dry but I didn't let it get crunchy. The plant broke dormancy and is going like gangbusters and has started growing 4 new pseudobulbs. It must have liked the treatment. If I recall correctly S. hernandezi is another species in that group, but the others I've forgotten.