Miltoniopsis leaves limp and folding

[NYCorchidman]

It is not due to heat at all. Miltoniopsis have bad reputation as cool grower, but they do just fine in the summer heat of 80s or even in the 90s.
Mine all grew like weeds last summer!

Your issue of their leaves is definitely underwatering.
They need to be kept moist at all times otherwise there will arise all sorts of problems.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

It is not due to heat at all. Miltoniopsis have bad reputation as cool grower, but they do just fine in the summer heat of 80s or even in the 90s.
Mine all grew like weeds last summer!

Your issue of their leaves is definitely underwatering.
They need to be kept moist at all times otherwise there will arise all sorts of problems.

Yeah, I tend not to disagree when people say they are cool growers. But I grew one with my phals for several years and it did really well.

[Moirae]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

It is not due to heat at all. Miltoniopsis have bad reputation as cool grower, but they do just fine in the summer heat of 80s or even in the 90s.
Mine all grew like weeds last summer!

Your issue of their leaves is definitely underwatering.
They need to be kept moist at all times otherwise there will arise all sorts of problems.

I bought one last summer from a sales girl at a Phal greenhouse/storefront in Santa Barbara; the Miltoniopsis were brought in from another grower and she admitted to not knowing about them. She did offer to check her reference for growing info and she gave me the info that they were warm growers similar to phals, so I got one. Oops, I lost all my blooms to blast within a day or two of getting home and the few new branches blasted too in our summer heat. Found out later that it was a Miltoniopsis, but the plants were labeled Miltonia so that's what she looked up.

That being said, I'm stubbornly holding on to mine because I might move in the next year. It hates the hot summer here (high 90s to 105 F). I don't think I will get flowers anytime soon and i have some accordion pleats and some dry tips, but it's not dying and it liked the spring and grew quite a bit when temps were only in the 80s.

So, I could definitely see someone successfully growing them in a "warm climate", but not one quite as warm as mine without some sort of climate control.