Hi Des
I guess you haven't read about the hassle here with CITES .. they can raid your house for selling or exporting or importing orchids without a permit. Probably those vendors from the US you mentioned have obtained them. Not so easy for individuals. CITES has been rolled into our Homeland security and is not very friendly..

Bob, I was not aware of your cites hassles, Sounds to me as though the greenies in the states have gone a little overboard.

When the gov gets involve in anything it gets goofy. They often mean well but dont think thru the whole
depth of problems regulations can cause and are too much of a buracracy to change quickly. The whole involvement of the gov in our country is very devisive right not and will put people at each others throats in a heart beat. Its so bad the we cant even ask civil questions about each others views without getting hackles up.

Amen to that one Harry!!!

CITES is international however and we can thank the Brits for that one..but not to be outdone it was taken over by Homeland security. Once you run afoul of them it's hard to get a plane ticket as you are put on a no fly list. Putting orchids on the CITES list involved some heavy politics..Read the book Orchid Fever

Here is a reference explaining how difficult it is
CITES and Orchid Exporting

Needless to say a sane person doesn't want to mess with this stuff.. The author of the above article spent 250 hours processing a permit to export orchids from the US. Not uncommon..

That is so sad , when they turn hobbyist plant growers into criminals
We have had similar things happening here where they have regulated the sports anglers out of sight as a result so many boat builders and tackle suppliers are struggling

any idea when cymbidium Milton carpenter will bloom
 

Hi,

the warmer blooming milton, any Ideas what season it will bloom? one time a year?

thanks
Jim

Jim
The Milton Carpenter (both the patented 'Everglades Gold' and the 4n I have) are blooming right now and have been off and on since about May and usually do until around November. Some may bloom twice.

mine miltons everglades gold are not blooming???
 

Bob,
yours are blooming? ere we are getting all kinds of rain. what is your weather like? what brings these to bloom lots of light?

The other cymbs I thought bloomed because of a significant cold differenetial?

I wnat mine to bloom too:-(((((((

Jim

These bloom independent of Temp as ensifolium is behind them. They normally bloom in summer during the heat. No trigger as they can bloom all during the fall.

any ideas on how to getem to bloom?
 

my plants are at 5000 ft in costa rica. in 35pct shadecloth. they have been getting sun in the morning and lots and lots of rain in the afternoon. hardly any fertalizer. temps are on the cool side as to the clouds. there are 100 of them as I bought 2 trays and they are all in nice form. I bought them to make a row on my driveway. they were cheap.

what is the weather like there ? do you use fert. to encourage flowering?

jim