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Old 03-06-2014, 06:00 AM
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Then perhaps it's the fertilizing .
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Yes, they don't always bloom every year, tho they probably should.

Cymbidiums are one type of orchid that "it won't rebloom" does not always equal "not enough light."

You need cooler summer nights in August to hope for the spikes to initiate and continue. You are several hundred miles too far south, climate wise.

There are warm / heat tolerant types of cymbidiums, but this one isn't one of them. So, shoot for cooler late summer temps.

Try repotting/potting up into a clay pot which can help keep the roots cooler, and try watering during the late afternoon / early evening to help the roots cool off quicker, and more thoroughly.

I am in eastern Texas, with the very same problem, and this is a way I have found to get a few of them to rebloom. In fact, I use hydroton, or some expanded shale (porous pebble type stone mix) to help with the evaporative cooling in the clay pots.

This is not fool-proof. But, it can't hurt, and just might help. It is something to try.

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Gorgeous!

They do like enough fertiliser to flower, mine didn't until I put a small amount of slow release fertiliser in the medium (however I've since heard that can damage the roots, so I might just have been lucky with that).

How cool does it get in winter, they like to go cold enough (I aim for 5C, they don't like to freeze). If it's not getting that cold it might cause problems.
Have you tried Akernes rain mix works well for me and you can feed with every water
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Have you tried Akernes rain mix works well for me and you can feed with every water
Yes I use it, however my cym lives outside and with the wet summers we often get in the UK it get's rained on so much I can't really water it again as it would be always sodden that way. The slow release means it get's fertilised every watering even when it's the heavens watering it rather than me

I actually only started using Rain Mix in my greenhouse after I last re-potted this, with the slow release in the mix I've not wanted to use any more fertiliser. I'm in two minds if I'll put slow release in again next time I repot (which should be soon), but I may well, simply because of the rain that's usual here. I recently ran out of my pot of fertiliser upstairs in the house and switched to rain mix there, when the downstairs pot runs out I'll switch that to rain mix as well, then I'll be using it for everything.
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Yes, they don't always bloom every year, tho they probably should.



Cymbidiums are one type of orchid that "it won't rebloom" does not always equal "not enough light."



You need cooler summer nights in August to hope for the spikes to initiate and continue. You are several hundred miles too far south, climate wise.



There are warm / heat tolerant types of cymbidiums, but this one isn't one of them. So, shoot for cooler late summer temps.



Try repotting/potting up into a clay pot which can help keep the roots cooler, and try watering during the late afternoon / early evening to help the roots cool off quicker, and more thoroughly.



I am in eastern Texas, with the very same problem, and this is a way I have found to get a few of them to rebloom. In fact, I use hydroton, or some expanded shale (porous pebble type stone mix) to help with the evaporative cooling in the clay pots.



This is not fool-proof. But, it can't hurt, and just might help. It is something to try.



Take care

Rex

I'll be repotting in the next few weeks and I'm indeed planning on using clay pots and I'll water in the late afternoon in August, to see if this helps.
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