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Old 11-26-2014, 12:50 AM
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I bought a Masdevallia infracta about 3 weeks ago. There is a flower spike, a green stem. The flower bud hasn't developed yet. For 3 weeks there's no change of the spike. I wonder normally how long it takes for Masdevallia's flower spike to develop. i searched online but didn't find much about the time. Hope someone here can share some insight and experience!

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They usually don't take very long to go from spike, to bud, to flower.

What's your lighting like? Some Masdevallias can handle moderately bright indirect light, others can grow in bright indirect light with no problems. Masdevallias can be rather varied in this department.

Also…how're the roots?
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Old 11-26-2014, 01:41 AM
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I put the Masdevallia on a south facing windowsill with some trees outside. So it's getting some sun light from time to time during the day. At night, there are CFLs above it to lighten up the room (do those lights help orchids growing, like the lights people install specific for growing orchids? a side question.).
It is mounted on a tree fern. I put it in a shallow container and put some water in it. The tree fern will absorb the water, and be wet all the time. Most of the roots are not in the water though. That's how I water it, as otherwise it becomes try too easily. I didn't see anyone else doing this yet, so hope there's nothing wrong about this practice.

Could it be the plant is still young? The seller said it's near blooming size, so I was happily surprised when I saw the spike on it. The plant is currently growing several new leaves out. It has about 18 leaves now.
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Hmmm…

Give it about a couple more weeks. Something should happen within this timeframe. If nothing happens, something might be wrong.

Masdevallia infracta is known to be temperature tolerant to some degree. So growing it indoors during this time of the year will not be the cause for any problems.

Yeah, just give it a couple, see how things go.
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