Zygopetalum still in bloom but growing new bulbs?

[Cym Ladye]

Your plant will outgrow the small pot this year, so be prepared to pot up after the next bloom period.

When Zygos are happy, they can bloom several times a year. I have one in bloom in a 1-gal pot that is on its third bloom sequence of the year, all three bloom spikes on two new growths! Love the intense fragrance!

I use a different potting media, but if yours works for you, let it be. When you pot up, you may want to tweak it a bit based on how it has performed with your current plant. That is how we all learn to grow better.... trial and error based on knowledge and common sense.

[ramonypony]

Thanks folks. I'm thinking about keeping it outside for the spring-summer-early fall, do you think it will get too hot for it in East Texas? It gets to 100+ easily during the summer days with hot nights.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Grow it on a porch or under a tree and try your best to keep the immediate temperature around the plant around 95 F at the warmest.

[ramonypony]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Grow it on a porch or under a tree and try your best to keep the immediate temperature around the plant around 95 F at the warmest.

I've set up a shelf outside that is South facing, I have several cattleyas, vandas that I'm going to put out. The shelf is near a huge oak tree so it will get some shade from that but I could put some shade cloth over the zygo if I had to. If it gets too hot won't lots of air circulation keep it safe? The shelf is in a windy spot but I could set up a little fan if I had to.

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Originally Posted by Cym Ladye

I use a different potting media..

What do you use?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by ramonypony

I've set up a shelf outside that is South facing, I have several cattleyas, vandas that I'm going to put out. The shelf is near a huge oak tree so it will get some shade from that but I could put some shade cloth over the zygo if I had to. If it gets too hot won't lots of air circulation keep it safe? The shelf is in a windy spot but I could set up a little fan if I had to.

Sounds ok. Zygos grow shadier than Catts and Vandas, with this in mind, you can make the proper adjustments.

I recommend keeping a watch on your orchids to see how they do. I wouldn't just put the orchids there and leave them alone for days unless you knew how the orchids would react to being put there.

[Cym Ladye]

Watch the humidity to see it does not get too low. A South facing area for orchids is generally too hot and too bright for many orchids, but you should be able to adjust by trial and error.

[ramonypony]

Here is an updated picture, the mother bulb has plumped up nicely and one of the new growths has a spike. Yay! I love how fat and smooth that big pbulb is!
I never put this plant outside fearing that it would get too hot and dry. The only problem now is that the plant is going to outgrow my bathroom window once the growths push out and the spike elongates. Has anyone tried extending their windowsill?