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I am reading as much as I can find on the care of this species (pohlitinicoi) and am running into conflicting information. One says very bright light, and another says phalaenopsis levels. In your experience, which is correct? I am currently placing this under lights from botanicalleds.com at about 5 inches below the lights.
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I am reading as much as I can find on the care of this species (pohlitinicoi) and am running into conflicting information. One says very bright light, and another says phalaenopsis levels. In your experience, which is correct? I am currently placing this under lights from botanicalleds.com at about 5 inches below the lights.
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I can only speak for mine (which I grow outside). All of my Leptotes (including pohlitinocoi ) get almost full sun in the early morning, then filtered sun or bright shade the rest of the day. Probably near the high end of what they want, the most exposed leaves get reddish on this one. I would think Phalaenopsis light would be too dim... so I'm guessing "bright shade" might be appropriate. More like Oncidium light. ( I show my age, my reference point is that little piece of paper that used to come with rolls of Plus-X film... ISO 100, 100th of a second, f 5.6 or maybe F8 is about how I'd describe it. )
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04-29-2022, 01:56 AM
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I can only speak for mine (which I grow outside). All of my Leptotes (including pohlitinocoi ) get almost full sun in the early morning, then filtered sun or bright shade the rest of the day. Probably near the high end of what they want, the most exposed leaves get reddish on this one. I would think Phalaenopsis light would be too dim... so I'm guessing "bright shade" might be appropriate. More like Oncidium light. ( I show my age, my reference point is that little piece of paper that used to come with rolls of Plus-X film... ISO 100, 100th of a second, f 5.6 or maybe F8 is about how I'd describe it. )
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I was an Ektachrome kinda guy myself, but ISO I understand. 
Thanks. This helps. I'm going to leave it where it's at until the plant tells me different. It just seems so small compared to the pictures others have posted. It was sold to me as "blooming size". I'm having doubts. |
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It just seems so small compared to the pictures others have posted. It was sold to me as "blooming size". I'm having doubts.
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Lpt. pohlitinocoi is inherently somewhat smaller than Lpt. bicolor. It can bloom on a very small plant. It's a spring bloomer (like now), so being not in bloom, it will be next year at any rate. By that time it'll have a chance to bulk up a bit. What's not to love about an orchid where the flower is almost as big as the plant? |
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04-29-2022, 02:33 AM
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I am reading as much as I can find on the care of this species (pohlitinicoi) and am running into conflicting information. One says very bright light, and another says phalaenopsis levels. In your experience, which is correct? I am currently placing this under lights from botanicalleds.com at about 5 inches below the lights.
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I have a bicolor and pohlitinicoi since a couple years now. Mine are also under LED lights and get extra light from a south window. I would say that the light they get is somewhere between Onc and Catt levels and they enjoy this very much.
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04-29-2022, 03:07 AM
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I have a bicolor and pohlitinicoi since a couple years now. Mine are also under LED lights and get extra light from a south window. I would say that the light they get is somewhere between Onc and Catt levels and they enjoy this very much.
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Thanks Camille. My grow tent sits in an east window. The tent gets morning sun but this plant doesn't get any direct. The lights make up for it. |
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