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Originally Posted by Pilot
Beautiful bounty you have there! I especially like the first bloom featured--- very nice. I only have one species... a schill... and it has not set a spike yet. I was hoping it would this season as it has grown so much and has several leaves. But nothing yet. Any advice? My temps go from 60 at night to 78 in the day.
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I have a couple of schillerianas, and both have turned out to be good producers; in fact, both are spiking. One is potted and one is mounted. The mounted plant is sprayed once or twice a day while the potted is watered as needed. I wish I could reveal to you a secret for getting yours to bloom, but I can't. My plants are kind of crowded together, mostly under lights in a room that's not very naturally bright (NE and NW windows), is too dry, probably doesn't get the temperature variation it should, and, in general, isn't the greatest orchid habitat in the world. For some reason, though, the plants keep growing and blooming despite the poor conditions. (Really, it's proof that orchids DO respond to threats!!)
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