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No. It's a western window, and they get a few hours of direct sunlight in the afternoon. The main difference was that I moved all 3 of my cattleyas to larger slotted pots with fresh Repotme mix last year, and they all seemed to be much happier afterwards.

I finally got my first cattleya to bloom. The flower sheath was hidden beneath an adjacent leaf for awhile. The flowers have a faint honeysuckle fragrance.

I would trust this more: https://www.aos.org/orchids/culture-sheets/cymbidium.aspx. 55F is as low as my other orchids can go.

It should be 'warm temperature tolerant', which means that they don't need the prolonged cold period to bloom. This is common for a lot of mini Cyms with the same background. This Cym never went outside, and it never goes below 55 inside.

It's miniature and temperature tolerant: Cymbidium Cherry Blossom 'Profusion' at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate

This is just my first phrag to bloom, so it was interesting to see the stalk and flower develop. It's rather small perhaps, but I assume that the future flowers will be bigger perhaps? There's a mini cymbidium behind it.

I would prefer a more compact hybrid. I am not interested in blooming size plants, as I want to experience the challenges that are required to get there.

I have been growing cymbidiums, phals, and cattleyas for a few years now, and I have decided to add one or more phrags to the collection. My ideal choice would be an FCC hybrid that is perhaps somewhat dated now and/or a smaller size in order to experience growing it to blooming size, e.g...