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Originally Posted by pipsxlch
I can tell you what works for me... I have Frances Fox, along with several other (to be very bad and use old fashioned terms) schombocatts and schomburgkias. Mine seem to grow and bloom pretty happily, and they're fairly common naturalized as mounts where I come from in South Florida.
Light- bright! They refuse to bloom although they will grow fine if it isn't pretty intense. Mine are getting dappled with an attempt at more sun than shade. Frankly, they bloom better with more light, up to and including full sun with the plant fried yellow. Back home you'd see them on palm trees, no shade at all.
Water- they come from areas with a monsoonal climate; dry winters (maybe once a week watering) with upping it to 2-4x/week in the early/mid spring through early/mid fall, then taper off again. Keep in mind the wet season is not overcast gloomy days; the sun is intense the first half of the day, so the plants dry out between storms. Where I am, I rarely water in the summer because of the afternoon thunderstorms. They can't abide wet feet!
If not mounted, they seem to like baskets best, with no media or big chunks of charcoal, real open stuff like that. I have a happy tibicinis in a clay pot with no media.
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The light I can do, at least until the winter. I have it in a basket, and the basket is in a ceramic pot with some lecca in it. This is mainly a stability thing. Florida and the Texas Panhandle area are quite different as far as humidity and rain fall. They are watered once a day. Some other of my orchids get more water, like twice a day. Thank you for telling me about the "fry till yellow" thing.
If you ever need to divide some of that Francis Fox, give me a buzz?
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