L. anceps to wet?

[Call_Me_Bob]

im gonna email the grower ( kawamoto ) and see what he thinks

[peeweelovesbooks]

Originally Posted by help

and, i talked to peewee on chat the other day, and told him my humidity. the first one is morning the second one is evening relative humidity

HARRISBURG, PA jan- 72 58 feb- 71 55 mar.- 72 52 apr- 70 49 may- 74 52 june- 77 53 july- 79 52 aug. - 83 55 sept.- 85 56 oct- 82 54 nov.- 77 57 dec- 73 58

idk if im getting too analitical but here is the relative average humidity. frist number for each month-morning- second number for each month-evening

thanks

LOLOLOL. Wink.


peewee = Maria




:r ofl::

[Call_Me_Bob]

thanks maria!! im really bad with this whole name thing

[peeweelovesbooks]

did kawamoto reply?

[Call_Me_Bob]

not yet
ill let you know when he does

[Call_Me_Bob]

okay, so kawomot hasnt replied yet. but yesterday i checked my laelia, and it was dry almost all the way through. i would have watered it today. but last night it rained real hard. i think its ok though, because i wouldve watered today.

[Eyebabe]

The following is a quote I looked up in The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Volume II by Carl Withner on Laelia anceps. In this book on page 32 he is quoting the Gardeners' Chronicle for 1887, p413:
"This orchid is always met with on the borders of the virgin forrest...during the rainy season, these plants are daily drenched by torrents of rain of which they experience the full force, often for five consecutive hours, and are thoroughly wet throughout the night. About 6 am, a sharp and fresh wind coming from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras, may of which are capped with perpetual snow, begins to dry the plants--a work which the burning sun completes--pitilessly shining on them for several hours, until the daily storm drenches them afresh. Under these conditions Laelia anceps grows with extraordinary vigor..."

Hrmmm...try doing THAT in your greenhouse or kitchen window!!

[Call_Me_Bob]

lol! i have mine is spagh. thats what we are debating about, if i had bark i wouldnt be wrried.

[Call_Me_Bob]

kawamoto replied, i am putting it in bark

[Izzie]

Originally Posted by Eyebabe

The following is a quote I looked up in The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Volume II by Carl Withner on Laelia anceps. In this book on page 32 he is quoting the Gardeners' Chronicle for 1887, p413:
"This orchid is always met with on the borders of the virgin forrest...during the rainy season, these plants are daily drenched by torrents of rain of which they experience the full force, often for five consecutive hours, and are thoroughly wet throughout the night. About 6 am, a sharp and fresh wind coming from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras, may of which are capped with perpetual snow, begins to dry the plants--a work which the burning sun completes--pitilessly shining on them for several hours, until the daily storm drenches them afresh. Under these conditions Laelia anceps grows with extraordinary vigor..."

Hrmmm...try doing THAT in your greenhouse or kitchen window!!

This is part of why I've been recommending a few hours of full sun.
My anceps has graduated out to the patio where I've been acclimating it. After a couple weeks, it's now taking about 2hours a day of full sun and loving it.