I looked up Dendrochilum wenzelii in Cootes' book and in Charles & Margaret Baker's culture sheets. Both say wenzelii grows at about 1000m however the Bakers say the temperature ranges from 89-90F during the day to 68-69F at night. That doesn't seem right. Over 3300ft and so hot at night? That would make wenzelii a warm grower, right? I've been growing it intermediate with no blooms for years. I rotted the roots and have repotted it, hence my search for cultural advice. My glumaceum, javieri and arachnites have all been moved to the cooler section of the GH, too. These 3 seem to be from high mountainous areas in the Philippines. Having no experience with high tropical mountain areas is there some habitat in N America that would be similar? Yosemite with high humidity? Or is there no translation? Both authors say these don't like to be repotted, if repotting is to be done make sure you do it with the new growth and use a long lasting medium, however the medium was very sour, roots almost totally gone, leaves dropping left and right, so *something* had to be done. I put it in osmunda, tight in a plastic pot. That's the longest lasting medium I own, other than rocks.
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