[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

I also don't give a rest to my average Catt. One exception to this is my amethystoglossa, which is particularly sensitive to what goes on at the roots. So I make sure it is very dry before watering, and will probably be even more particular about this when it is not growing, like right now. I have heard they are high light plants, but when I took the shade cloth off the GH a couple of weeks or more ago, the several layers of plastic sheeting giving some reduction, I got a lot of red spotting on a leaf, more than I am happy with, and have move the plant from the west side of the GH to the east side. Hmm, I think I am getting off the subject. Well, maybe not. I have heard that the bifoliates like to dry quickly, and I would think that they would be particularly picky about this when not growing. I have been shifting all my bifoliates and my rupicolious Laelias to clay pots to speed drying, and boy does clay speed drying. I have to water them 2 to 3 times as often.