Flowering Season for Dracula?

[Bolero]

Is there a season that they generally flower in? Or can they flower anytime of the year?

I've had a Dracula bella for 3 or 4 years now and can't seem to get any flowers. The plant appears to be quite mature but the tips of the leaves are browning off which makes me think I've given too much fertiliser.

I am increasing the light it gets this year as well.

Any thoughts on when I would expect this species to bloom?

Thanks

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Some of them bloom in the summer. Others like Dracula sodiroi bloom all year long. Others bloom in the winter. Depends on the species.

I think the issue with yours is humidity. They love 60% humidity or higher.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Bolero

Is there a season that they generally flower in? Or can they flower anytime of the year?

I've had a Dracula bella for 3 or 4 years now and can't seem to get any flowers. The plant appears to be quite mature but the tips of the leaves are browning off which makes me think I've given too much fertiliser.

I am increasing the light it gets this year as well.

Any thoughts on when I would expect this species to bloom?

Thanks

My Dracula lotax was browning leaf tips when I had it at top of my wadian case. I moved to the floor of the case where it gets only 700-800 foot candles and browning of tips stopped. It's also the coolest part of the tank as well as the most humid. I rarely fertilize, it's in sphagnum and gets a bit of the MSU mix maybe once a month or so. Otherwise gets only misting from mist nozzles. It stays in bloom over the winter while it is coolest then just grows during warmth of summer months. Hope this helps. Lower the light and increase the humidity.

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[Rosim_in_BR]

Mine are grown under the branches of a large Macadamia nut tree where the shade is really heavy and the light they get is mostly reflected from the ground around. Air movement is free and I think this is key, along with water quality, as well as temps and humidity. I have been growing vampira, erytrochetae, mopsus, nycterina, inaequalis, gigas, astuta, lotax and chimaera this way and they are doing good. Most of mine flower during summer except gigas (fall), nycterina (spring, summer and fall), lotax (winter). I second Ross, I fertilize little, less than one time per month I'd say. I keep them humid all the time during spring, summer and most of fall, slowing the watering down a little during the winter.
Some Draculas bloom easily form me, some don't, like D. vampira, which I've been growing for six years (already adult when I got it) and saw its flower for the first time last year (I have two buds forming now !!).
For you to have an idea, I am under the Tropic of Capricorn, the altitude here is 930 meters above the sea level. Nights are cool during fall, winter and part of spring and fresh during summer. Day temps are hot during summer.
Hope this can be of some help.

[Bolero]

I think water quality and temps are fine here. Humidity may be an issue but this summer was more humid than normal and right now the humidity has been over 65% ever day as we head into winter. So hopefully I will be lucky in the coming months.

Thanks for the information guys, hopefully I can work something out to allow the conditions to be more consistent.