Cycnoches loddigesii

[Royal]

That's awsome! I don't grow any of these but they are so cool. Is it difficult?

[gixrj18]

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

That's awsome! I don't grow any of these but they are so cool. Is it difficult?

It sits right next to my Cattleyas (along with my Catasetinae). I don't give any of them a real "dormant" period. They get fed and watered once a week during the winter....just like the Cattleyas. Catasetum Alliance plants may need a dormant period in places that have a prominent winter, but I don't have these....only short 3-4 day cold fronts, then it's back to the 80's. So I don't believe these need dormancy, like their wild ancestors. And to prove it...my Ctsm. macrocarpum has 4 spikes, with a new one starting, and my Ctsm. integerrimum has 4 spikes also. Usually, they will keep producing them, back to back. Last year, they started with 2 spikes each, and ended up producing 5 spikes each (overall). This year, they are both starting with 4 spikes each....so I'm hopin' to see 10-20 spikes between them, optimistically of course. I'll post pics of the macrocarpum, it has started opening.

So no, it's not difficult...

[Bruno De Toni]

Originally Posted by gixrj18

It sits right next to my Cattleyas (along with my Catasetinae). I don't give any of them a real "dormant" period. They get fed and watered once a week during the winter....just like the Cattleyas. Catasetum Alliance plants may need a dormant period in places that have a prominent winter, but I don't have these....only short 3-4 day cold fronts, then it's back to the 80's. So I don't believe these need dormancy, like their wild ancestors. And to prove it...my Ctsm. macrocarpum has 4 spikes, with a new one starting, and my Ctsm. integerrimum has 4 spikes also. Usually, they will keep producing them, back to back. Last year, they started with 2 spikes each, and ended up producing 5 spikes each (overall). This year, they are both starting with 4 spikes each....so I'm hopin' to see 10-20 spikes between them, optimistically of course. I'll post pics of the macrocarpum, it has started opening.

So no, it's not difficult...

Do you have a macrocarpum with four spikes coming out from one pseudobulb at the same time (first time in my life to see something like this) or four pseudobulbs with a blooming spike each.

[gixrj18]

Originally Posted by Bruno De Toni

Do you have a macrocarpum with four spikes coming out from one pseudobulb at the same time (first time in my life to see something like this) or four pseudobulbs with a blooming spike each.

It's actually two spikes per p-bulb.

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by gixrj18

It's actually two spikes per p-bulb.

hehe, while reading your post I was about to start asking the same question as Bruno, and with the same surprise..

by the way, your both plants are really nice (the Cycnoches here and the Ctsm xtapiriceps in the other post)