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milleri - on the verge of sunburn
Do you think it will handle these light levels?
Full sun from 10:00 to 20:00. Day temps have been cool for the season, around 25ºC (77 F) with a forecast of an increase to 35ºC (95 F). The humidity not so low, between 40 and 50%. Night temps around 12ºC (53 F) and HR 90%. This more or less mimics the habitat but my concern, together with the light levels, is that the plant should have new growths by now. https://i.postimg.cc/nXcZwk4T/20200615-191041.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ykNsLjXj/20200615-191053.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/hXknPBFZ/20200615-191103.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/bZD8hv52/20200615-191124.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/R69zKLZc/20200615-191138.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Dm9PgpTk/20200615-191149.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/s1QJ5db4/20200615-191226.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/JtGpKBHJ/20200615-191239.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/YG2stnSy/20200615-191254.jpg |
How long have you had it? The leaves look great. How much are you watering? In habitat they usually have grass growing over them in summer; I would not give your plant more light, and it would be fine with a little less for a safety margin on hot days to come.
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I got it almost 2 years ago...it never bloomed.
I always water it before night fall, when temps are below 14ºC (57 F) I mist the medium to mimic the night dew. The actual frequency is every two days. With hot weather, everyday. |
Maybe more water. The leaves are wrinkled. Do you fertilize?
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Consider fertilizing more. Your temperatures and light are good enough that nitrogen may be the limiting factor for growth. A lot of semi-desert and desert plants live with cyanobacteria that fix nitrogen. I don't know whether orchids do.
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Finally the expected new growth is already visible...hopefully, it will be on time for possible first blooms under my care.
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The growth on the previous post died... last summer we had really hot strong winds. I was on vacations and I found this milleri and also my briegeri with new growths broken and dry.
But now I have 3 new growths. Two of them appeared oddly last december and I noticed today a third one which was not visible two days ago. As this plant was bought from a brasilian vendor at a show, I always suspected this plant had its seasons switched. But with new growths appearing now, maybe it got it right. Let's see ig I'll get my first blooms this summer.:) https://i.postimg.cc/ykvC6xjh/20210307-162122.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/k2Hr8HkB/20210307-162140.jpg |
Looks like you've backed off on the light?
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