Brassavola nodosa S/H or bark culture?

[Roberta]

I have found B. nodosa to be quite forgiving. It likes some warmth, but I got away with growing it outside (winter night temperatures down to 4 deg C or lower sometimes), it didn't do much (a few flowers per year) but survived. I moved it into the greenhouse when I got one, and it has grown rapidly (and bloomed very well) since. Winter night temperatures get down to 15 deg C (60 deg F) at night and it doesn't seem to mind. Days are much warmer, of course. I now have two, one mounted and one in a pot that I put in a basket when it outgrew the pot, but the roots are mostly outside. So that one is growing like a mounted plant too. (They move outside in the spring once night temperatures get up to 15 deg C or so, then move back to the GH in the fall when blooming is mostly over, they do like the outdoor light and air when it's warm enough) My conclusion, it does like some drying. SH should be fine for it.