Masd. hirtzii

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, Sonya, Kim, Silken, and Rosie, and Silken, the plant is IMO a bit easier than mendozae but is still a bit touchy.

[silken]

Thanks Ron. I had a small mendozae from Ecuagenera that I got this time last year. Sadly I killed it over the summer. I'll be at the Edmonton orchid show later in Feb. so I may give in to trying a hirtzii if they have them along. I could pre-order one, but will just see if it is meant to be. I bought a swamp cooler late last summer so I think my Masdies should be happier this coming summer.

[ronaldhanko]

I have more trouble with mendozae than hirtzii. I have trouble keeping mendozae alive, but hirtzii kind of goes through a cycle of doing very well and then sulking a bit from one year to the next.

[silken]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

I have more trouble with mendozae than hirtzii. I have trouble keeping mendozae alive, but hirtzii kind of goes through a cycle of doing very well and then sulking a bit from one year to the next.

Good to know. My summer conditions are not ideal for Masdies, although my winter ones are. But I do love some of them and keep insisting on trying them.

[ronaldhanko]

It doesn't seem to be the summers as much as the plant just cycles. One year it does well and the next year it sulks. Perhaps I have to look into potting it differently or giving it less light.

[silken]

I do think mine were suffering from too much heat last year and possibly too much light. All of them were in rough shape!

[ronaldhanko]

I am redoing my orchidarium this summer and giving it more height so that I can move plants further away from the light. I am convinced that some of the pleurothallids need considerably less light than they are getting.