Bifrenaria aureo-fulva: dehydrated pseudobulbs?

[Viperalus]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

I've only grown a Bifrenaria tyrianthina for 5 yrs. Within this period, it has never bloomed.

In the past I have grown wet all year round. While it didn't kill off the plant, it did suffer setbacks. One such problem was that it never spiked. The other more damaging problem was that the new shoots rotted off. Some root damage also occurred.

As for the orchid that never bloomed I have found the following:

We should be aware that when plants are moved from one hemisphere to another, they can take years to be adapted to new conditions and, as a result, they can, for a couple of years, blooming in a unexpected season.

source.

I guess that your orchid was stressed due to the change of the environment and didn't produced blooms.

Luckily -that didn't knew it before buying- the grower that I bought the Bifrenaria aureo-fulva writes at his website that he is growing orchids and doesn't import them, which I believe is very good since the plants are already adapted to the -very different- environment in the Netherlands.