| This plant is a species with seasonal growth. This is what has been written about it in Rebecca Northen's book, "Orchids as House Plants". C. Skinneri makes its new roots along with the new growth starting in about April. Its growths are mature by the end of summer, and during the autumn the sheathsturn brown and become quite dry. Flower buds form in the dry sheaths in thhe winter, sometime during January or February, and open in about two months. Now this information comes from around 1976 but I doubt it's changed much. I hope this helps. Good luck with your plants, I think it's a beautiful species. |