Encyclia tampensis

[LokeLeaflessandPleuros]

I have had this orchid for 3 years now and despite Encyclia tampensis being native and locally common, mine has struggled for some reason. I have tried keeping it moist at all times and drier as well and it has just barely hung in there since I have had it.

A couple months ago, I decided to put it in a plastic orchid basket with lava rock and water it every 2-3 days and leave it alone. It is putting out a new baby pseudobulb and today I dipped it in the water that I had mixed the South FL collected mycorrhizae in-case that is why it hasn't taken off, so we shall see.

Encyclia tampensis, Cleisostoma scolopendrifolium and Dendrophylax lindenii are the three orchid species I have currently and going forward as money allows I will specialize in leafless and oddball species, as well as FL native epiphytes as well as a few slippers.

-Michael