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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin
Wow... these guys are much bigger when you see them with something for comparison. Thanks to all! More questions...
What about these "mini catasetum" it talks about on Fred Clark's site? Size difference??
Why does jcec's have leaves and blooms at the same time? I thought they bloomed after all the leaves fell off? I must have missed something...
I can easily do the required heat in summer, but what I read says 75-80F days in winter... I couldn't easily do that. Comments about winter temps please?
I get it that they need really high light in summer. Once the leaves fall off, does it matter or can they be kept at a lower light level? (I'm thinking if my greenhouse doesn't come this year about shelving space for high light in the Batcave)
High fertilizer when growing... I can use Osmocote, right?
The water I can easily do. Wet when leaves, dry when no leaves, right? (please spare me the details about when to start watering... I already read enough about that here.)  |
Mini Catasetums include difficult to grow species, but the hybrids should be ok for an inexperienced Catasetinae grower.
Winter temps can easily hit 35-40 degrees if the plant is dry.
Lower light level in winter is fine as long as they can still get daylength cues.
Osmoscote has a bad habit of dumping all fertilizer at once in hot weather. I recommend nutricote.
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