Do Masdevallia growths rebloom?

[Salixx]

Originally Posted by bethmarie

Salixx, what mix are you growing your happy Masdevallias in? I'm about to repot and researching mediums.
I grow indoors under lights -- are yours in a greenhouse?

I grow all my masdies either mounted or in semi-hydro. Cool growers are mounted on Kool-Logs or in clay pots with external reservoirs for s/h. Intermediate and warm growers go into standard s/h pots with internal reservoirs or are mounted on regular mounting media (cork or ecoweb). My mounted intermediate and warm growers are also grown exclusively in these miniature indoor greenhouses or in terrariums. It's otherwise just too hard to make sure they stay moist enough.

I will say that my M. chaparensis is no longer "happy." It decided to drop a bunch of leaves. That's, fortunately, stopped and it's got two or three new growths now... we had a heat spell before I was able to get the AC in the window and it decided to have a hissy-fit.

I wish I had a greenhouse! Unfortunately, like you, I am stuck growing in my little apartment - either under lights or using natural lights from my windows.

[Leafmite]

You have beautiful masdies and I always enjoy seeing the pictures.

[Salixx]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

You have beautiful masdies and I always enjoy seeing the pictures.

Thank you very much! I was quite afraid to try them and consider myself fortunate that they do fairly well in my conditions... and that my boyfriend is very tolerant of my "modifications." I do have a few more in bud and/or bloom that I hope to share soon, I'm so excited!

I wanted to post my rolfeana to show how happy they can be and still not always give us what we want.

Here is "the beast" as I like to call it. I got this plant from Andy's last fall while he was at the Mass Orchid show. It was already a good sized plant - it has grown gangbuster since I got it, though. I think sometimes it outgrows its ability to provide as it's not uncommon for it to abort a new growth or two. Currently, it's got 13 new growths initiated that I could see and many more newer growths maturing.


The problem? This plant is huge, where the heck are my blooms!? Does it think it gets a free ride? Who knows - three different sources say it blooms during three different times. Maybe it's confused too.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Wow, that's a nice plant. Dang thing needs to bloom.