Rhyncholaelia digbyana

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Gin

By fall it had grown a new lead so I removed it and took it in the greenhouse that was 8 years ago . Gin

I'm dying to know. How is it doing now? I mean 8 years...

[Grandma M]

[QUOTE=cb977;120385]You have to learn the art of international cussing

Can you teach me?

Marilyn

[Grandma M]

(quote)husband saw it in the trash and stuck it in the ground under a tree By fall it had grown a new lead so I removed it and took it in the greenhouse that was 8 years ago . Gin

Do you think I really don't need to learn international cussing? Maybe I just need a husband.....one who likes orchids scattered from one end of the house to the other.

[bellini girl]

Simply gorgeous. That's going on my wish list for sure

Lecent

[SueK]

Steve

Your digbyana is really beautiful and it is on my wish list. I will be getting a division from someone in my orchid club at the end of the year and I don't want to murder it when I finally get it. What is the best way to grow this beast? Some of the comments seem to indicate that is not so easy to grow but obviously you are having success. I notice yours is mounted on a piece of wood. Is yours kept in a bush house and how does it fare in winter? Do you have any special tricks to help it survive?

Thanks Sue

[CoolPhrog]

I love love love this plant!!! Great job!

Steve, seriously...you and I need to chat...a gigantic B. dignyana for $15!!!! I won't tell you what I paid for my B. atristocrat and it's one that I would consider rather large! Who in their right mind would say they "had no more use for it?!?!?!"

Sue, I'm not brave enough to cuss at my plants in ANY language let alone interntional ones... my luck, they'd all die just to spite me

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by SueK

Steve

Your digbyana is really beautiful and it is on my wish list. I will be getting a division from someone in my orchid club at the end of the year and I don't want to murder it when I finally get it. What is the best way to grow this beast? Some of the comments seem to indicate that is not so easy to grow but obviously you are having success. I notice yours is mounted on a piece of wood. Is yours kept in a bush house and how does it fare in winter? Do you have any special tricks to help it survive?

Thanks Sue

Sue,
I think the trick is light, LOTS of light. I have mine growing in full Hawaiian sun, even at mid day and it loves it. These plants also like to have VERY well draining media, hence the mount. I water mine every day but its dry within a few hours, at most. As for winter care, none of my plants get a roof over their head at any point in the year. My low temps rarely get much below 60 degrees F (~15C) so I dont really have to worry about the cold. Digbyana's grow in fairly arid places (from what I understand), so they are ok with temperature extremes, though they are tropical orchids and not polar bears!!

[SueK]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Sue,
I think the trick is light, LOTS of light. I have mine growing in full Hawaiian sun, even at mid day and it loves it. These plants also like to have VERY well draining media, hence the mount. I water mine every day but its dry within a few hours, at most. As for winter care, none of my plants get a roof over their head at any point in the year. My low temps rarely get much below 60 degrees F (~15C) so I dont really have to worry about the cold. Digbyana's grow in fairly arid places (from what I understand), so they are ok with temperature extremes, though they are tropical orchids and not polar bears!!

Thanks for the growing tips Steve. Mine will be planted in pot so I will use the large sized bark to ensure good drainage. I hope I have as much success with mine as you have had.

[Becky15349]

How is everyone's digbyana doing now? I just got one yesterday, and you are SO right, it is the strangest looking cattleya I've ever seen!!! The color is all wrong for a catt, and the waxy covering?!? I thought it had a fungus! Thank goodness I read up all about it and learned that this is just how digbyanas are...but they sure are strange!! I think I need to repot it into a really coarse media; i repotted it last night but the media I chose has some sphag and it probably won't like that very much...

[jkofferdahl]

I wish I had a good spot with light strong enough for this beauty. I've previously grown them, and they are spectacular. Yours is a beauty.