Dracula vampira and experiment

[AaronAcker]

Great thank you. I'm having a hard time finding information on this orchid (and by no means mean to hijack the thread) just really love a lot of the Dracula orchids and want to know some of their care needs. Sorry and Thank you :/

[Mahon]

Thanks for the comments!

Originally Posted by shakkai

I would assume the plant is mounted, thus being able to draw up moisture from a saucer. Is that right?

I had the plant growing in a small net pot, and with sphagnum moss as the primary medium... this allows "wicking" from the saucer, which enables high available moisture for the plant.

-Pat

[Paul Mc]

While I know Florida has higher humidity than the midwest, I'm very curious to know how your experiment turned out years later if you're still around to answer. I'm considering getting one myself, and if your set up works with some slight modification to increase the humidity, I might give it a whirl, lol...

BTW, I hope it's still growing very happy!!!!

[roberthar]

Watch Ebay, Aaron. That's where I got mine.

[popper1]

I grow many other types of plants in addition to orchids and also live in Florida. There is a cloud forest plant that I had longed to have but figured I was out of luck. After reading this post last fall I decided to go for it. It is a rare plant, usually expensive, so bought a 3" plant last fall. It has thrived, grown into a small bush and is currently flowering. Does to show you with the will and a little ingenuity you can, at least sometimes, grow plants not native to your conditions. Thanks for the push to try Pat!

[roberthar]

I'm curious, Popper. I'm trying to sell my house in NY so I can move to St Pete. I've been following this thread because I grow lots of Pleurothallids.

[popper1]

The plant is Deppea splendens from Mexico. Thought to be extinct in the wild, it was 1st collected in 1981 in Chiapas. In 1986 more were to be collected and the area was totally cleared and no plants could be found. Grows in areas like San Francisco. I made a pot to help keep the roots cooler and kept it in the shade/dappled sun (sun only very early or late in the afternoon before it gets to strong). Not sure why I have been successful since everything I have read says it is very adverse to heat. I did buy the plant in the fall so it could get used to the heat (if that is possible). What I think might be more important is in the summer it is very humid here, so it at least had that aspect of a cloud forest environment. I do have a couple Pleuros (which are doing fine) and am getting ready to try a couple Draculas.

Keep me informed on your possible move-

David