"AN" wrote in message
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HI MARIANA
LAELIA LOBATA , IS MOSTLY A RUPICOLA LAELIA AND IT HAS CONSTANT HUMIDITY
COMING
FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE HABITAT-DISTRIBUTION IS VERY SMALL THEY COME
FROM
THE AREA OF NITEROI AND RIO DE JANEIRO, MOST OF THE BIG CLIFF IN RIO STILL
HAVE
LOBATAS, AS THEY ARE VERY INACCECIBLE .
I TALKED TO FRANCISCO MIRANDA, AND HE SAYS THAT THE ROCK SOMETIMES REACHES
50 +
DEGREES(CELSIUS).
HE TOLD ME IT HAS A BAD REPUTATION AS A HARD TO BLOOM LAELIA,
THIS IS MOSTLY CAUSE BY PEOPLE REPOTING IT WHEN IT REACHES THE SIDE OF THE
POT,
IN OTHER WORDS, IT SHOULD BE UNDERPOTED.
YOU COULD USE A BASKET WITH BIG CHUNCKS OF CHARCOAL AND SOME PRIME AGRA
AND
DON'T REPOT IT.
JUST GIVE IT ENOUGH HUMIDITY
ONCE IT REACHES THE EDGE AND THE ROOTS ARE DANGLING IN THE AIR IT WILL
BLOOM,
I KNOW IT SOUNDS WEIRD BUT IT HAS TO BE STRESS TO BE IN BLOOM
I FOUND A NICE ARTICLE IN FRNACISCO MIRANDA WEBSITE, THERE U CANS EE
SOME
PHOTOS OF THE HABITAT
http://mirandaorchids.com/brazilianorchidsVGA.htm



An,

You don't know how much I appreciate your assistance. Everyone else, who
posted a response to the list and in private many thanks.
I took the little beauty out of it's potting media and checked the roots
yesterday. Healthy they are for sure. The problem of the yellowing bulbs I
suspect was due to the broken down media. Though the surface had nice
healthy bark chunks, what was inside was broken down so much that it
appeared like soil!
I washed and rubbed the pot with rubbing alcohol and repoted it. Now it's
outside, in the backyard in a full sun spot. I just have to pray hard that
sometimes this summer NYC will see the sun again!

Mariana