Absolutely, and I have to say that my video is very much incomplete and needing an update. I was reading a publication on Peruvian orchids put out by a Peruvian governmental organization that has got different information about the origins of the Ayacucho strain; they describe these populations as being found in the province of Puno, not Ayacucho as the name would suggest.
I have also been rethinking Chadwick's information as I compare it to my experience. This year I have kept daytime temperatures higher during dry season than I ever have in the past, and humidity has been lower. Bulbs are looking more shriveled than ever before, so I am watering more often, but guess what? Almost ALL my rexes have started to push new growth in the past week. Buds breaking everywhere. So now I have to ask myself - was the rest period immediately after flowering in August until now? Because that would certainly fit the four-month dry season we see in Peruvian climate data. I had always assumed that peak blooming season was followed by two more months of rain before dry season kicked in, but I need to investigate this further. And I realize that Chadwick's advice is based on the assumption that in the northern hemisphere, days will be shorter, light will be weaker, and temperatures will be lower. Of course that would delay the plants from starting growth until more conducive conditions arrive in late winter. However in a tent, where temps are very similar to summer, and where light is largely unchanged in intensity (although reduced in duration)...the plants don't have to wait for warmer temps.
So basically I am wondering now if I am observing more typical growth habits of plants found in situ versus plants that have to endure a cooler, darker winter.
Eight years with these things and still learning every day!
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