Phaius tankervilliae alba. Dry winter is a must?

[elljorgo]

Hi All, not sure if this is my first or second post.
Been watching for a few years now.

I came across the possibility of having one of these orchids, but Im very unfamiliar with terrestrial orchids.

I have dozens of others and are fairly easy to care and bloom like cattleyas, maxillarias, epidendrum, coelogyne, sobralia, etc,etc... But some websites describe these as easy. Other places describe them as very prone to rot if a strict winter with no rain is not respected. Do they really really need a strictly dry winter in order to bloom... lets say like a Dendrobium section nobile. Or are they much more forgiving and might bloom no matter what?

Thankks guys.
elj.

[Ray]

First of all for nobile dendrobiums and other, similar plants, it's really not "no water" that makes for a rest, it's "no fertilizer". Folks growing them in semi-hydroponics continue watering but with no food whatsoever.

That said, I don't think there's much of a parallel with phaius. Attached is a screencap from Orchid Wiz: