Masdevallia filaria in bloom

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by harpspiel

Keep in mind that with the mini fan your humidity may drop drastically, and you may have to step up your watering schedule. Cool growers tend to need a significant night temperature drop, and Masdevallia filaria is listed as a cool-cold grower. That may be why the buds are blasting.

Believe it or not I think mine got to cold this winter. One morning my ignea was frozen to it's saucer

[ula]

Originally Posted by harpspiel

Keep in mind that with the mini fan your humidity may drop drastically, and you may have to step up your watering schedule. Cool growers tend to need a significant night temperature drop, and Masdevallia filaria is listed as a cool-cold grower. That may be why the buds are blasting.

Thanks, I fan ever so gently and "moisturize" daily now . So far, so good.

[Tindomul]

Nice Masdie. My first thought when I saw the picture is how do you get enough air movement in there?

[ula]

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Nice Masdie. My first thought when I saw the picture is how do you get enough air movement in there?

Thanks. To answer your question: clip-on minifan, bought it from Amazon, very useful .