Den Aggregatum

[vinseah]

Originally Posted by Shirley

My aggregatum is now 20 yrs old and has been divided many times. The blooming period is usually about a month with several spikes opening at different times. I grow in a sunroom and give it a complete winter rest, no water or fertilizer for about three months Nov. to Feb. See photo in my gallery if interested.

Hi you let your plant without water for for three months,
will they dry out and die?
during winter rest what is the temp.?
thanks.

[Don Perusse]

Loverly!

[Shirley]

Thank you Chris. I'm glad you liked it. It's certainly established itself as a keeper in my plant room.

Vinseah, The bulbs will shrivel up a lot in the winter rest period. If you feel they're getting too shrivelled, you can give them an occasional misting. My nighttime temperature in winter would be about 58 degrees unless we have a power outage or something drastic!

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[vinseah]

Thanks Shirlely,
My country dont have four seasons day temp about 30c, so if i put my plant in the fridge that for orchid and the temp set to 17c for 3 mounth will it trigle the bloom?

[Shirley]

Vinseah, Even though the plant is resting it needs light and mine would have a daytime temperature of about 72 deg. so I don't think it would like the fridge. Perhaps you could put it in the fridge at night and bring it out in the daytime? If you try that, I think I would rest it only two months instead of three. It would be a gamble!

[kiki-do]

Wow, I just bought this orchid today. I knew nothing of the time length of blooms, but saw one in bloom and loved it! I have 4 spikes on mine.

[vinseah]

One of my den aggregatum that i change to semi hyro have one spike this morning.may b because of rain for few day.

[Don Perusse]

Yep, a rather short blooming period but oh what a show stopper. You can see that very bright yellow/gold clear across a room that gives you that come hither look!

[vinseah]

Shirley<
I modifly a small fridge for my orchid,
In the fridge i install a pc fan, 24hr timer, plc lamp and a thermostart.
the cool grlow orchid with love it.