Hello from Costa Rica

[jmateosky]

Hi all,

I am a newbie to this forum. I have been growing orchids about 10 years now 3 in Costa Rica and the rest in Central FL. I live in a cloud forrest at 5000' (1500M). temps extremes 13C - 33C but ususally 16C-23C. No heaters hear always breazy.

I am in the process of adding to my collection of local species (there are 1500 here) I am only at 75. I am aslo trying to work with the locals and the local tree police to place orchids back in the forrest, this is much harder than it sounds.

I have a question:

I have a Brassia Rex, and a Onc. Sweet Sugar, that are growing like weeds are healthy there blubs are huge and each new one is exponetially larger, BUT I can't get them to flower.

How to get them to flower? I am fertilizing them with a couple different types of Orchid fertilizer that is suppose to induce flowering, but nothing.

should I dry them? Put them in a lot more sun?

Jim Mateosky

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Brassias have a reputation of being hard to bloom and they need high light.

[chickita]

I have no idea on how 2 grow those ochides but personnaly i think there late bloomers & theyl grow soon, keep up the great work.


lots of support, Chickita