Masdevalia erinacea

[No-Pro-mwa]

For some reason I am panicky about air movement. My hirtzii was dropping it's buds this winter and I am thinking it may have been this. It also could have been it was to cold in that window at times. I'm just not sure, so now I'm everything is air movement.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

For some reason I am panicky about air movement. My hirtzii was dropping it's buds this winter and I am thinking it may have been this. It also could have been it was to cold in that window at times. I'm just not sure, so now I'm everything is air movement.

Shannon, in nature they all get air movement, and most of my orchids are 5th floor balcony grown, lot and lot of breeze, they are doing just fine ;-)

[No-Pro-mwa]

I know Tommy, yours are lucky they get to be outside but mine don't get that luxury. So I'm always thinking if I put inside something then they won't get enough air.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

I know Tommy, yours are lucky they get to be outside but mine don't get that luxury. So I'm always thinking if I put inside something then they won't get enough air.

Shanon yes, but don't get me wrong, this one, as many others intermediate and cold growing species, is inside, only with AC ;-)

[abhijit]

Awesome.

[Pattywack]

Tommy, I received this awesome little plant yesterday along with a Scaphosepalum rapax from J&L!! The Scaphosepalum rapax is very tiny and mounted and I hope it will grow well for me. It is a much smaller plant than I would have liked. I hung it in my tiny greenhouse.

The Masdevallia erinacea is a good size plant in a net pot with moss. It may actually have a couple of spikes. My question for you, being the expert grower that we all know you to be, do you feel this Masdevallia erinacea needs to be in a globe or greenhouse to thrive? It is not as yet but I plan to put it into one or the other. Have you grown this in your home without the globe environment? I hate to see it drop its leaves or have difficulty with humidity. As I just unpacked it yesterday afternoon I thought you would be the grower to ask. Thanks Tommy, you have been my enabler with these minis.

[RandomGemini]

Humidity matters a lot with these little guys. At the very least, put it inside a vase with some pebbles and water in the bottom. I grow mine in my terrarium. The grower I purchased it from had a difficult time acclimating it to lower than native humidity and I lost the first plant they sent me because the leaves just all fell off inside of 48 hours. When I got the next plant, it was a week or so later, when they were a bit more acclimated to lower humidity and I quarantined it in a vase with pebbles and water in the bottom, beside my terrarium.. Then moved it in when the leaves became shiny again.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by Pattywack

Tommy, I received this awesome little plant yesterday along with a Scaphosepalum rapax from J&L!! The Scaphosepalum rapax is very tiny and mounted and I hope it will grow well for me. It is a much smaller plant than I would have liked. I hung it in my tiny greenhouse.

The Masdevallia erinacea is a good size plant in a net pot with moss. It may actually have a couple of spikes. My question for you, being the expert grower that we all know you to be, do you feel this Masdevallia erinacea needs to be in a globe or greenhouse to thrive? It is not as yet but I plan to put it into one or the other. Have you grown this in your home without the globe environment? I hate to see it drop its leaves or have difficulty with humidity. As I just unpacked it yesterday afternoon I thought you would be the grower to ask. Thanks Tommy, you have been my enabler with these minis.

Patty, it all depends what is the condition in the greenhouse. As RandomGemini said, humidity does matter, and it also depends where does your plant come from. I would go for glass orb, or, if grown in the greenhouse, as suggested, make it little "house" some wider vase, pebbles, moss, and let it sit on the top. It does not like to be soggy, but constantly light wet, and it needs humidity. Masdies can go from looking great to one leaf left within 24 hours, and if conditions are not right, they will show it! Erinacea is fairly "easy" to grow, as far as you provide humidity, good water quality, and intermediate conditions.

[Tindomul]

Very nice! Such a unique looking Masdie.