Angraecum urschianum care

[Purpoh]

Hello! I had a question on watering Angraecum urschianum. Botanicaltd gives a great guide on the care of this species here: http://www.botanicaltd.com/images/cu...urschianum.pdf

They do go into specifics about water, but not exactly how often it should be watered.

Should the plant completely dry out in between waterings, or stay consistently damp? It has thin roots and little water storage, so damp constantly makes sense, but in the case of plants like aerangis fastuosa with its thin roots, they still want to try out completely. Can anyone help?

[estación seca]

I seem to recall somebody here talked about how he grew it. Use the search function in the top maroon menu and search on the plant name.

[Roberta]

If you can find the reference from someone who grows it, that would be great. But based on the location information in the article, I would have to guess that it does not want to dry out completely - I have been in Madagascar,and that area is quite damp throughout the year. (The island has areas with dry periods, but that's not the case in the eastern rain forest region) The other feature of that habitat - those elevations don't look very high, but it gets quite chilly. (The capitol, Antananarivo, gets significant frost, a bit farther inland but similar elevation) So I would expect that it can easily tolerate a low temperature of 45 deg. F. (I was there in late winter/early spring and I was really glad that I had brought a lightweight down jacket)

[Purpoh]

Thank you so much for the information. I hope to visit one day! I will use the search engine to read more on this beautiful species