Nancy,

One can move plants to brighter conditions at any time, just being sure to
transition them to avoid burning when you do so. Phrags, in particular,
seem to be constant growers for me, so I wouldn't worry about seasonal
changes. That might not be the issue though.

Glen Decker of Piping Rock Orchids, at a talk at SEPOS a couple years back,
mentioned that he grew most of his plants under 80% shade, and he's up in
upstate NY, which is not known for its super high sun intensity.

Depending on the hybrids you have, some might need to be pretty large before
they bloom - 12" or so tall, even with the leaves arched over they way they
do.

Another thing to consider is fertilizer - how much of what formula do you
use, and how often?

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"Nancy G." wrote in message
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I looked at all my phrags today while making an update inventory.
Pretty lame, I realized that after nearly 8 years, I have only had 2
phrags bloom for me. Probably haven't been letting them have anough
light. I checked the forum, and you all are saying cattleya light.
There is no way I've been letting them have light at that intensity.

Do you all think it is too late in the season to move them to more
light? The temps have moderated somewhat into the mid 80's during the
day, down into the upper 50's to 60's F at night.

Most of them were bought as fairly small seedlings. How long should it
take for them to mature and bloom? They are growing and multiplying,
just not blooming. After looking at them, I'm pretty disappointed in
their (my) performance.

Either way, I'll give them one more year with more light in the future
and see if that helps.

The good news today was a catt that bloomed. Tim looked at it and said
he hadn't seen that one bloom before. He may be right, it had nubs at
the older leaves and one sheath that hadn't developed. Will post a
photo on Wed/Thurs after the colors stabilize a bit. Right now it has
dark purple petals, with a much darker purple lip. It's one of those
that I call urban sprawl, it wants to spread out and didn't bloom until
the last growth was at the far edge of the pot.

N.