We are just starting to grow these, so we don't have a long track record ...
someone who's been growing them longer might have better advice. But based
on about one year's experience:

I don't think they are truly deciduous, but they do seem to be very prone to
leaf-drop at any hint of stess. E.g., we had a lot of leaf-drop right after
they came in, then it calmed down. ttyl, Kenni

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I am no expert but have 5 gram's all different...have them all in expanded
clay, watered twice ,about 15 minutes apart for 15 minutes twice a week,
depending on the weather...live in south florida...they are inside a
screened in pool.and get sun from about 8 am till sundown. 4 of the plants
are blooming like crazy..one of them gas 9 spikes full of flowers and
buds..if you want pictures let me know

"dusty" wrote in message
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Thanks for posting this John it reminded me that a friend gave me 3 after
they stopped blooming last summer. I'm fairly sure they also came from
Franks. I never did find a good culture sheet on them so I also need a
Grammatophyllum expert.

Mine came in sphagnum,I really do not like sphagnum but these looked
really
happy in it so I kept them that way and yeup they still look happy.
So my question is how much and how often do you feed these things.


Mine did not loose their leaves and 2 of the three are now putting out
new
growth. I think I read somewhere that if the air stayed stagnant around
them it would cause them to drop their leaves. I'm not a 100% sure of
this
as I have a fan that runs when the temp gets above 75 so it wouldn't be
something that would have burned it's self into my memory.

Waiting for the Grammatophyllum scriptum experts to speak.

Dusty