Dracula astuta - Page 2 - Orchid Board

greenbean · #11 04-15-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rosim_in_BR

I totally understand the dilemma. During a few years I had only a little space in my apartment to grow my orchids and man... that was terrible because my list never ended and the space was always insufficient!
But, you know, give time to time and everything gets better.

Wow, even the Orchid God had humble beginnings! Good to know!

For now I'm working on giving away some of my non-orchids to open up space. I had already filled the house with other plants before getting into orchids when I was 15, and I keep doing so even as I try to make room for the chids! I just can't help it! I love all things photosynthetic (ok, almost all, but who can love things like poison ivy or scotch broom?). I seriously need a greenhouse. I could move someplace where I could grow everything outside, but I'd miss the seasons. I need at least a short fall and winter, and so do some of my favorite plants!

King_of_orchid_growing:) · #12 04-15-2009, 09:01 PM

You may not have to give a whole lot of your plants away. There are smaller Draculas out there. Dracula inaequalis is not only a temperature tolerant species but is also a miniature. Other smaller Draculas are Dracula lotax, Dracula psyche, Dracula carleuri, and Dracula sodiroi.

As with all pleuros don't over do it with fertilization, and they need RO/DI or purified water. Water high in dissolved salts will easily give them leaf tip burn, and may lead to premature leaf droppage. They flower with moderate to high humidity.