Hmmm. That sounds like a distinct possibility. They're very tolerant of drought. I'll have to try to find the region in Peru where it grows and see what the weather cycle for that climate looks like. I think you are on the right track with that.
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Hey, look what I found on another forum! From the other brief descriptions I found on other sites, regarding the name registration, the type specimen was bloomed in Santa Rosa, CA, so unless the commenter was pulling someone's leg, it looks like I have a bit more information:
"Alexis, I grew the type specimen so can tell you what my experience with it is. First, it is the slowest growing orchid I think that I've encountered. Dave Hunt had sent it to me to grow about 5 years ago since he thought his conditions might be too warm and he suspected that it was unidentified. It had 3 growths when I got it and it has never had more than 4 at any given time and is now back down to 3. I grow it pendant, mounted with a little bit of moss at the roots. I had put it on grapevine before I realized that grapevine doesn't hold up as well as I thought and it needs to be remounted. It gets year round watering, moderate light and 56F nights. I haven't tried it in the cooler growing conditions because it never got big enough to divide. It bloomed in June of last year for the first time.
Hopefully, the seed grown plants will be more vigourous than the collected one. It frequently is the case."
This has been a pretty vigorous grower, so that commenter was certainly correct there. It took her five years to bloom it, so maybe, just MAYBE, I'll see blooms soon.
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