Sarcochilus

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by ghuylar

I recently acquired one of these from Andy's Orchids at the NWFGS. It's grown mounted and came with a very small spike which hasn't grown since. Would anyone more experienced on this thread with this variety be able to give me some tips to help it flourish?

Which species? That would help determine its needs (along with the information on Andy's tag which is pretty general, but can point you in the right direction)

[ghuylar]

Hi Roberta,
It is a S. Fitzgeraldii.
The information on the tag indicates medium water, cold-intermediate-and warm temperatures, and shade. Watering levels are hard to gauge on mounted plants however!

[Roberta]

C/I/W says that it doesn't much care about temperature. Being mounted, you can't overwater it... I'd expect that it wants daily watering. You can cut it back a little in winter, but in general, Andy waters everything all winter - even things that are on the "dry winter" list and they do fine since mounted plants dry out so fast.