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Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa (Post 715086)

Ok, while I have been in love with this one for some time, I have not put it on my wish list because it has always said grow warm. My house can get cold, like around 57 this morning, what do you growers think?

I'm tell'in ya if I thought I could grow this one.

I think it would be just fine at 57°. I use to grow this plant in my greenhouse and the thermostat was on 55° during the winter and it did great.

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Just beautiful and excellent photos.

Nice bloom. I love it and I have interest to collect one for me but I don't know is it available in india or not.

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Originally Posted by Leisurely (Post 715570)

Thanks for the info. But you do know what this means don't you :evil:

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Originally Posted by CambriaWhat (Post 715230)

No-Pro, I think that it would tolerate the cooler temps if you still gave it plenty of light and reduced the water. If you can give it a warm, humid, wet summer to make up for the winter, it would probably be ok.

Well I'm not so sure about the warm summer as I do run the swamp cooler then. But it would be warmer in the windows so it may work. I really love this orchid. I have never tried a Bulbo before.

In general, bulbos seem to be pretty easy as long as they get enough light and enough water. They are water loving little guys, but like any orchid, too much and they rot. I keep my bulbo sitting in a saucer of water. It has some hydroton pebbles in the bottom of its cup to weight it down a bit, then I have it potted in a layer of bark mixed with moss on top of the hydroton, then a layer of just pure NZ sphag on top of the bark/moss mix. As soon as I potted it up this way, I started seeing new root growth after a year of pretty much nothing. I refill the saucer when it's dry and I fertilize once a week like I do with all of my other orchids. This method is working for me so far. It's going to be a while before this thing is blooming size, but I finally have it growing, so I'm calling it a win.

Hope this helps you some!

Edit: I forgot to add, one thing that I learned here on OB that none of the culture sheets told me, was that my bulbo (not medusae) needed cattleya light. They all said "partial shade" which turned out to be incorrect. I have it growing next to my brassavola nodsa and cattleya walkeriana. It seems to love this spot.

No-Pro-Mwa, Go ahead, dare, be bold, live life to the fullest, be brave, buy one.

Amazing, this is by far my favorite Bulbo! Mine is right behind, opening 5 spikes just started today! Can;t wait. Amazing plant you have :-)

Is it fragrant at all? I could swear that I read that it was...