This Miltonia is just not thriving . . .

[Roberta]

I have actually managed to grow the species Miltoniopsis vexillaria, it has been growing on my patio for about 3 years and gets bigger each year. But whatever goes into the hybrids makes them less forgiving. They hybrids do well right along the coast near Santa Barbara, California, and I think maybe in the Pacific Northwest. But picky, picky... definitely narrow-range "Goldilocks" zone, not too hot and not too cold. My general rule is, I'll try something twice, on rare occasions 3 times if I think that I know how to tweak conditions. Then I give up... there are so many orchids, with requirements that I can meet, I try but recognize that while I can grow a lot of varied types, I just can't grow EVERYTHING.