Maxillaria [Max.] sophronitis

[LeeB]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

I am a member of American Orchid Society. A benefit is I have access to a lot of information on orchids. Here is a quote regarding your plant from AOS:

"Maxillaria sophronitis, now correctly Ornithidium sophronitis Rchb.f., is an enigma to most people who grow it; very easy to grow, but producing only an occasional flower or two at widely scattered intervals. In our experience here in our greenhouse, it grows better cool and humid. Dunsterville writes in Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated that it grows on the "edge of cloud forest," but this talented author doesn't give an elevation. We have grown it into a large mat on a slab, keeping it cool and bright, but it rarely flowers, and even then only sparsely. We've never experimented with resting it, which doesn't seem warranted for a cloud-forest denizen." says Ann and Phil Jesup/AOS

Thanks Matt, I'm a member of AOS also, since 1973. I was hoping for more then what they said. I will try mounting it & putting it in a terrarium.
Lee