ANSWER TO NANCY
Hello Nancy. My name is Pablo writing from Lima, Peru. I grow them both and when they are dormant I simply put them on a clay pot with absolute no water and no medium to avoid humidity to form fungus. Cycnoches, Catasetum and Mormodes are all the same to me. When they start a new growth wait until the roots are around one inch long and the start watering and fertilizing. What I do and seems to work until now (remember Lima is very humid) is to water with small amounts of fertilizer every day. Use charcoal as medium and put them in full sunlight gradually when they have developed longer leafs. They are very sensitive to get rotten so they have to be grown in a highly ventilated area or with a medium like charcoal that does not retain humidity. It has been working for me!!!! Hope it helps!
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:54:49 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [OGD] Water/no water for deciduous catasetinae
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Greetings -
I face the same dilemma every year: when fall and
winter-blooming cycnoches, catasetum, etc. have lost
most/all of their foliage, and are beginning to send
out an inflorescence - I'm always uncertain whether to
water normally or stop (or something in between). I
think I've tried both; it seems like sometimes the
inflorescence grows normally, sometimes it shrivels
up.
Some of the growers who bloom these spectacular
rascals every year - what is your verdict on this?
Common sense says no leaves=no water...but it also
says buds+water = flowers.
And how about fertilizer? I am in the deep south, USA,
if it makes a difference.
When they bloom, it *is* always a real thrill.
Regards - Nancy
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"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome."
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:24:21 EDT
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Subject: [OGD] Den. dickasonii
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This species used to be around under the name Den. arachnites, but right now
nobody seems to be selling it. I'd like to have it for comparison with Den.
unicum. Does anyone know where I can get Den. dickasonii?
Iris
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