And I moved my catts to the east side of the house getting a couple morning hours of *direct* morning sun, till about 9 - 9:30a (all my orchids are outside) I am by far no expert by anyones imagination. I was so exhausted from hoping it was readying itself to bloom, then nothing - nada.
When I moved my orchids to the east side of the house last fall, I did see a very noticeable change to the orchids. But nothing so exciting as a bloom.
In the grocery store a woman and I struck up a conversation and she told me to change my fertilizer to epson salts.
Never had heard of doing this before as I was faithful to using 1/4 strength orchid ferts all this time with the once a month water to rid itself of 'salts'. Go figure. So what the heck, I changed to epsom salts using the same formula as orchid ferts and voila! Of my oldest catts I got 2 blooms within 3 months. The catts are crowded and I've had them since babies and they are now about 4 years old. Planted in sp and I always wait for them to dry before watering. I soak (since I use salts) once a month in just water to elevate the salt build up.
But now -- thats just me and like I said I am no expert but that is what worked on my oldest of catt baskets so far. I hope the rest fall into place in the coming cooler months.
G'luck