ENCYCLIA FRAGRANS

[smweaver]

Originally Posted by betoguerrero

Hi Steve

The habitat from this plant is high humidity and warm... is from the cloudy forest ... but... this plant I brought 2 years ago and I put in my conditions... ( not so good condictions) Quito is dry and we are at 2800 m ... But the plant finally give me flowers... I think this plant with high humidity and warm conditions will grow faster and bigger... I saw really big plants of Encyclias with thousands of flowers... is a easy to grow plant...

Thank you, Beto! That's all the excuse I need to add this species to my collection. :-)

Steve

[RosieC]

What wonderful flowers. Not seen this before.

[Connie Star]

I have one which is growing, but shows a lot of leaf pleating- I think I'm having a hard time keeping up with it's water requirements. I try to spritz it every day with distilled water, and I've been watching for new leaves and manually un-pleating them. Also, some leaf tips are yellowish. I had it outside during an unusually warm and dry summer. Advice?

[betoguerrero]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

I have one which is growing, but shows a lot of leaf pleating- I think I'm having a hard time keeping up with it's water requirements. I try to spritz it every day with distilled water, and I've been watching for new leaves and manually un-pleating them. Also, some leaf tips are yellowish. I had it outside during an unusually warm and dry summer. Advice?

I think is tooooo much care for a plant like this.... is not a telipogon!!! ...this is easy to grow... relax and enjoy .... I don´t care about this plant and in two years it finally bloom... is a baby plant and is totaly adapted to my conditions... since now I think it is going to bloom every year... I hope so....