Koellensteinia graminea care

[neophyte]

Thanks for the advice!!

Originally Posted by Roberta

But the secret to success is to pay attention to the fact that their growing season is completely opposite to all the rest of your orchids. The time for obtaining them is late May into June... shipped as dormant tubers.

This is for both the Australian terrestrials and the Mediterranean ones, yes?

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by neophyte

Thanks for the advice!!



This is for both the Australian terrestrials and the Mediterranean ones, yes?

Yes. The Australian terrestrials I get from a vendor in Germany, so they are on a northern hemisphere schedule. All follow the pattern of a Mediterranean climate - cool wet winters and hot dry summers. (The Mediterranean climates of the world, beyond the Miditerranean, are the Cape area of South Africa, the coastal region of California from about San Francisco south, the coast of central Chile, and western and southeastern Australia. ) Pretty much, the other areas where orchids originate follow a monsoonal pattern with drier winters and wet summers, so they grow mostly in summer and if there is a dry period, it's in winter.