Maxillaria tenuifolia not blooming
I bought a Maxillaria tenuifolia in spring 2018 which produced three flowers the following summer but has not produced any flowers this year. I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong.
I’m growing it outside where it gets 2-3 hours of morning sun and bright shade the rest of the day. It gets watered almost daily. I haven’t repotted it and it’s in bark but the media still looks good and it has room to grow. The pseudobulbs are nice and plump and it’s pushing new growth fine. In the winter, I overnighted it in the garage when temperatures were supposed to get below freezing but otherwise it was outside. I try to fertilize every other week but sometimes I forget. The foliage is a bit on the yellow side which I assume is from the sun exposure.
Is it just taking a year off? It has 20+ pseudobulbs so it’s not a small plant. I bought it from a California grower and I know the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate grows and blooms these outside just south of me.
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