Cattleya: Flower Sheath and Dormancy.

[Manfred Busche]

I am glad, ToddsterVonCattMan mentiones the term "dormant season", which was my original subject when I placed
this post a year ago ...
Anything more, relative to orchids, on "dormant season, Dry Period etc." ???
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The capability to become dormant, more or less so, in nature enables certain living organisms to survive
long lasting, life-threatening adverse weather contitions.
Orchids with bulbs and pseudobulbs (Cattleya) obviously do have those bulbs to cope, in nature,
with a Dry Season, right ? - No Dry Season occurs = no bulbs required (see Bollea, Phalaenopsis) ...

If in cultivation our regime does not provide for an "artificial Dry Season" to a Cattleya plant,
are there adverse effects on the plant ?
Example: see what happens if a chain-smoker gets his cigarettes taken away ...

In Florida they grow lots of Cattleyas. What do Cattleya growers there do during the Florida Dry Season ?
I have a year ago politely asked this question to Ruben In Orchids. He did not answer ...