Thanks for the info orchidsarefun. When you put yours outside are they protected from rain falling on them? I put mine out for a while last summer to avoid the heat of the greenhouse. But I don't have a good covered place to put it. It bloomed two gorgeous spikes after being out but after the blooms were done, the leaves in the very centre turned brown and died and one bulb died and I have to think it was due to rain water getting into the crown of the leaves.