I would say I started with an article (I think I may even have a booklet) by Woody Carlson.
Robert Bedard Horticulture : Miltoniopsis Culture - a few statements are out of date, but still the best comprehensive guide to their culture.
These plants are the Goldielocks of the orchid world - not too cold, not too hot, not too wet, not too dry, not too bright etc.
I have a greenhouse but have recently given up on growing Miltoniopsis in it - I cannot get the cooling I need at night during the summer - so I grow in a west facing sliding glass door that is shaded by oaks - bright in the winter but protected in the summer. Flowers are definitely flatter in the spring prior to having the air conditioning come on. Plants sit on humidity trays. I grow mainly in air cone pots with a small bark mix (3:2:1 bark, course sponge rock, charcoal). Water is 2 to 3 times a week. I feed very weak (~10 ppm nitrogen) weakly. Potting mix is top dressed with chicken grit (crushed oyster shells - local independent hardware store). I have been experimenting with promix (1:1 promix plus fine sponge rock) in clay pots (I drill holes - 8 to 12 depending on pot size around the sides) top dressed with sphagnum moss - results have been very positive.
My biggest challenge is Phytophthora root rot - I have St. Augustine grass and the fungus is resident in the lawn - my discovery of Fosphite has turned that tide. I have one other cultural problem that I will post about when I can get the correct picture - a fungal attach (I think) - i'll put that in the pest section.
I'll attach a picture of my growing stand, however, I'm not sure it will be of much quality, as the light is not good today.
Mps Steve Skoien 'Poetry in Pink' AM/AOS in Bloom
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