Prem,

We must have the best clone on earth. It's in full bloom right now and we
never dry it out, never cool it off.

We have another clone that has never bloomed - I will try the dry-out thing
to see if that will convince it to bloom.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"prem_s" wrote in message
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It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist

Prem,

We must have the best clone on earth. It's in full bloom right now and we
never dry it out, never cool it off.

We have another clone that has never bloomed - I will try the dry-out thing
to see if that will convince it to bloom.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"prem_s" wrote in message
...
It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist

Reminder to Den. aggregatum (lindleyi or jenkinsii) growers
 

It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist
from watering the plants nearby, so be it, but unless your agg is
allowed to dry out seriously, it won't flower this spring. Even if
there is new growth just starting, be merciless! Don't resume watering
until you see a bunch of new spikes emerging. Your plant will look like
heck by this time, but the flowers will be worth it.

Also, try to put your plants in as bright a spot as possible (but watch
out for sunburn on the bases of the pseudobulbs) and reasonably cool (I
stick mine close to a window here in north Florida, so it'll get a bit
of a chill on frosty nights).

Consider yourself warned,
--
---Prem
Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products:
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/

We have tried the cool-dry routine some years, and also [by "accident"/lack
of time/forgetfulness] left them in the vanda zone where they get regular
water and don't get chilled below 55F a couple of years. They bloomed
either way. The only difference I could see that was when we did the
cool-dry treatment, they all bloomed out at once; when we left them in the
vanda zone, there was a longer spread of blooming season, with some blooming
about the usual time and some a bit later.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com

"prem_s" wrote in message
...
It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist
from watering the plants nearby, so be it, but unless your agg is
allowed to dry out seriously, it won't flower this spring. Even if
there is new growth just starting, be merciless! Don't resume watering
until you see a bunch of new spikes emerging. Your plant will look like
heck by this time, but the flowers will be worth it.

Also, try to put your plants in as bright a spot as possible (but watch
out for sunburn on the bases of the pseudobulbs) and reasonably cool (I
stick mine close to a window here in north Florida, so it'll get a bit
of a chill on frosty nights).

Consider yourself warned,
--
---Prem
Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products:
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/

We have tried the cool-dry routine some years, and also [by "accident"/lack
of time/forgetfulness] left them in the vanda zone where they get regular
water and don't get chilled below 55F a couple of years. They bloomed
either way. The only difference I could see that was when we did the
cool-dry treatment, they all bloomed out at once; when we left them in the
vanda zone, there was a longer spread of blooming season, with some blooming
about the usual time and some a bit later.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com

"prem_s" wrote in message
...
It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist
from watering the plants nearby, so be it, but unless your agg is
allowed to dry out seriously, it won't flower this spring. Even if
there is new growth just starting, be merciless! Don't resume watering
until you see a bunch of new spikes emerging. Your plant will look like
heck by this time, but the flowers will be worth it.

Also, try to put your plants in as bright a spot as possible (but watch
out for sunburn on the bases of the pseudobulbs) and reasonably cool (I
stick mine close to a window here in north Florida, so it'll get a bit
of a chill on frosty nights).

Consider yourself warned,
--
---Prem
Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products:
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/

I'm a dry rest believer for these, and some other Dends (Nobile types,
anosmum and discolor are a few); also a Bifrenaria. But since I grow outside
I don't get anal about it. Whatever nature gives these plants is cool with
me, and apparently cool with them as well. They get their last feeding this
week and then it's starvation city!

Diana

I'm a dry rest believer for these, and some other Dends (Nobile types,
anosmum and discolor are a few); also a Bifrenaria. But since I grow outside
I don't get anal about it. Whatever nature gives these plants is cool with
me, and apparently cool with them as well. They get their last feeding this
week and then it's starvation city!

Diana

I'm a dry rest believer for these, and some other Dends (Nobile types,
anosmum and discolor are a few); also a Bifrenaria. But since I grow outside
I don't get anal about it. Whatever nature gives these plants is cool with
me, and apparently cool with them as well. They get their last feeding this
week and then it's starvation city!

Diana

I'll agree with no food, but not necessarily no water. At least that's how
we deal with "resting" plants in S/H, and it works fine.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
..
"prem_s" wrote in message
...
It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist
from watering the plants nearby, so be it, but unless your agg is allowed
to dry out seriously, it won't flower this spring. Even if there is new
growth just starting, be merciless! Don't resume watering until you see a
bunch of new spikes emerging. Your plant will look like heck by this
time, but the flowers will be worth it.

Also, try to put your plants in as bright a spot as possible (but watch
out for sunburn on the bases of the pseudobulbs) and reasonably cool (I
stick mine close to a window here in north Florida, so it'll get a bit of
a chill on frosty nights).

Consider yourself warned,
--
---Prem
Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products:
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/

I'll agree with no food, but not necessarily no water. At least that's how
we deal with "resting" plants in S/H, and it works fine.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!
..
"prem_s" wrote in message
...
It's about time to stop watering your plants (if you're in the northern
hemisphere, that is)...cold turkey. If they happen to get a bit of mist
from watering the plants nearby, so be it, but unless your agg is allowed
to dry out seriously, it won't flower this spring. Even if there is new
growth just starting, be merciless! Don't resume watering until you see a
bunch of new spikes emerging. Your plant will look like heck by this
time, but the flowers will be worth it.

Also, try to put your plants in as bright a spot as possible (but watch
out for sunburn on the bases of the pseudobulbs) and reasonably cool (I
stick mine close to a window here in north Florida, so it'll get a bit of
a chill on frosty nights).

Consider yourself warned,
--
---Prem
Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products:
http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/