Bloom Baby Bloom! !&%#@ *%@!* orchid or you're outa here! To the
raffle table...
Wendy,
I picked up most of my Schombs from a hobbyist hybridizer who was
liquidating his collection. I bought a few at different shows from
Plantio La Orquidea who I think have a place in Sarasota. Hmm... They
may be a good source for culture info. I picked up a couple at
Redlands this year.

K., Your GH is a bit warmer, mine drops down to 45 on a few nights
with many nights to 50 with my goal to maintain 60 near the Vandas.
I also thought about the length of day. You know, check the climate
where they bloom naturally. I tried but have not found those stats on
hours of daylight, temps and rainfall. Worth thinking about.

Its probably easier suggested but we should do whatever nurtures
larger pseudobulbs. I have an obviously younger exaltata with about
ten pseudobulbs all about 2.5 inches long. (I recently removed about 5
older dried pseudobulbs.) The exaltata can produce a 7 ft long
inflorescence. It will take a long, long time for my plant to send
such a spike.
I went out to measure the bulbs and found two brysianas. One I'll call
a seedling with nine bulbs 1-2" long. The other has numerous bulbs
upto 16" long. It is hard to think of them as the same specie. I can
only imagine that I will be waiting eons for the small one to bloom!

Tell me...I'm curious... Has anyone noticed a Shomb spiking on a
pseudobulb less than 6 inches long?
Bloom Baby Bloom!
Lee

lee at classicorchid com


On Jul 29, 8:29 pm, "K Barrett" wrote:
Hi Lee! Thanks for your advice. I have a division of a mature plant and
the pseudobulbs keep gettign smaller and smaller.. Probably now the size of
my pinkie finger. I've had it for 3-4 years now. I tend to water once a
week, and humidity in the GH is about 50%, sometimes higher. So I stuck it
in pot with a very well draining medium (treefern and lava rock.). I
figure nothing ventured nothing gained, and its insane to keep trying the
same thing over and over and expecting different results.

I don't know whether the idea of a more acidic fertilizer is a viable one.
Like I say Ive never heard anyone have trouble with acidity., SBOE doesn't
worry about it. And fertilizer is really pretty acidic if you get right
down to it. I think my trouble is 1) water. 2) heat. I tend to let the GH
get about 50-55 in the winter.... I don't think they like it that low.

Thanks for the food for thought!

K barrett"Lee" wrote in message

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