L. anceps - min temp to water

[rbarata]

You climate is similar to mine.
My plant receives full sun for at least 6 to 7 hrs/day.
Is it not enough?

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by rbarata

You climate is similar to mine.
My plant receives full sun for at least 6 to 7 hrs/day.
Is it not enough?

Inside, "full sun" is probably not all that "full" (windows filter out some of the UV of the natural sun spectrum and certainly reduce intensity somewhat) For now it will be fine inside... Starting in spring, a natural climate will be best. L. anceps is probably one of the toughest orchids - even stronger than Cymbidiums. They thrive on abuse.

[rbarata]

It's a 8x6,5 ft south faced window without any curtains.
Anyway, next spring I'll put it outside.

[rbarata]

This Laelia is definitely thinking it's in the south hemisphere.
Now, together withh all the new roots, it has a new growth...

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by rbarata

This Laelia is definitely thinking it's in the south hemisphere.
Now, together withh all the new roots, it has a new growth...

It's normal! Mine are doing the same thing... typical behavior. The ideal time for potting and mounting L anceps is from now to maybe January, any later and one misses the ideal time. The new growth now is spikes next summer (when they tease you for months) and flowers next fall/winter!

[rbarata]

It's normal! Mine are doing the same thing... typical behavior.

That's good to know.
Thanks, Roberta!

[Maryanne]

Hello rbarata and Roberta:

Am I reading correctly, that your L. anceps grows in the Fall/Winter and flowers in summer?

Hm, in chilly Massachusetts, it grows all spring/summer and spikes in the Fall...blooming in January/February (in time for our society show) and sometimes lasts until March.

We're all in the Northern hemisphere...so it must be my cold climate that determines its schedule.

Roberta, I so admire your website. I've browsed it numerous times to see what you grow outside. If you grow it Outside, that means I can grow it Inside my cool (cold) g'house during the winter. (All the plants go out for summer. ) Thanks for your expert advice. I also admire the Cool Orchid Society you belong to. Wish I was there!

A Happy, Tasty thanksgiving Day to All
Maryanne

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Maryanne

Hello rbarata and Roberta:

Am I reading correctly, that your L. anceps grows in the Fall/Winter and flowers in summer?


Maryanne

No, L. anceps flowers in winter. It grows new roots, starts new growth, and blooms all at about the same time. (Busy plant) For me, they start spiking in late summer as those new growths mature... the spikes sit there getting longer and longer and longer... tease me for months! My first couple of L. anceps just opened, others may go as late as January.

Glad you enjoy my website!

Yeah, our Cool Growing Orchid Society tries to do what CSA should have done but didn't... focus on the many orchids that can take cool nigh temperatures (and here, grow outside year around - glad the info is useful for those who still have to give winter shelter but don't want to heat any more than they have to)

[rbarata]

Am I reading correctly, that your L. anceps grows in the Fall/Winter and flowers in summer?

That's what I've been trying to determine since I got it.
If I understood correctly what Roberta wrote, in the Fall they make new growths and roots, the pbulbs mature in summer time when the spikes start to form to bloom late Fall/Winter.

Maybe the ones (like mine) that make new growths in late Fall will bloom in Winter and the ones that grow earlier bloom in the Fall.
I'm not sure if this is correct because it will implicate to have blloms and new growths at the same time.

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Opss, Roberta has already answered before.

[Roberta]

Also, a particular plant can bloom at different times in different years. For instance, I have a L. anceps var. veitchiana (the nearly white one with coerulea lip) that, over a period of 7 or 8 years, has bloomed in January, it has bloomed in November, it has bloomed in December, and occasionally has bloomed on some growths in November and others in January of the same season. The bigger it gets, the more likely that all the spikes WON'T all bloom at once, extending the time in bloom. While it getting ready for the following year at the same time.