I have been growing my D. wenzelii outside all year around, potted in osmunda. It's been like this for 4 years and is growing very well and blooming wonderfully.
The area where I live has temperatures like 32C - 20C (day-night) during the Summer and 20 - 5C during the Winter. I water it every other day during the Winter (for this area is very dry then) and every three days during the Summer, unless it rains. It is under 70% screen and takes rains. Dalton K Barrett escreveu: > 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. > > How do you repot your dendrochilums? > > K Barrett > N Calif, USA > _________________________________________________________________ > Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by > today. > http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
