Den kingianum care.
xdelicatum is the naturally occuring hybrid of kingianum and what was known as tarberi, but tarberi has been reclassified as a variety of speciosum. When the cross is man-made, it is written as on your tag (Delicatum).
I have both kingianum and specio-kingianum - bright light; water before media is completely dry, but can be grown a bit drier in winter; Cool night temps late summer/fall.
There will be conflicting advice regarding water in winter - many saying to give it a dry winter. I water (and fertilize) year-round, and have had excellent bloomings. Mine also start to initiate spikes (nodes swelling) by early autumn, and are growing the spikes through winter, so I'd hate to be withholding water when spikes are growing! (My kingianum has just started to open some blooms now; specio-kingianum has lots of buds on it, that will begin to open pretty soon).
These are very temperature tolerant.
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