Ohhh I want one of these

[Renegayde]

I did not know that some Draculas have monkey faces in them.....now I want one!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dracula-benedic...ryZ42218QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[bwester]

J and L in Conn. have them i think, so does andy probably

 

[Renegayde]

guess I will have to look up the culture on these to see if they are very difficult to grow

 

[Ron-NY]

Dracs are high humidity, low light orchids

 

[Candace]

Also, they're cool growing which means no way for me.

 

[bwester]

good water too, mine are in sphag and get nothing but RO water

 

[goldenrose]

Also, they're cool growing which means no way for me.

Most are cool growing but I have lotax & it's intermediate temps.

 

[Rick]

Dracs are high humidity, low light orchids

This point is EXTREMELY important with Dracs. 80 - 90% humidity year round.

 

[Renegayde]

geez how can you give them that kind of humidity in a home enviroment?

 

[Ron-NY]

by having a tank/wardian case or something similar.

 

[goldenrose]

You probably can't unless you have a terrarium or wardian case.

 

[NYEric]

Ultrasonic fogger and fans.

 

[CLMoss]

Yep, Ron is right. You can set up a tank with a small fan and ice packs. A friend of mine did this with a grouping of small cool growing orchids, and did a great job. I have already had too many bad experiences trying to grow these beauties. I have killed too many Masdevallias...I will not go there again.

 

[NYEric]

I keep my Lepanthes and other Pluero's [if I can obtain them established] alive using fans and a large utrasonic fogger that makes a fine mist. It's set to mist for 15 minutes, every 3 hours. You can search this site for photos of one working. I don't use AC and have southern exposure so I shade them also. I don't think a case will work w/out a chiller or refrigerator to counteract the heat output of any lighting and fans, and that's a lot of counterproductive work.