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Irongoat
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Sorry for posting this twice - probably should have posted here and not in the collections forum...
I'm using V-day as an excuse to break my moratorium on buying more orchids and am considering henryanum (again). When I had it before it never bloomed but I think now it may have been underlit. I note that it is listed as intermediate (not even as intermediate/warm). Since complex hybrids have seemed less than thrilled with my warmish conditions, I wonder if henryanum may also feel the heat.
If not that one, there seem to be some good venustums available at the moment, which I have bloomed but no longer own. (It was in chc, which I don't really get. It's dry on the outside and wet on the inside. How are you supposed to water that stuff?)
But I actually am more interested in henryanum. Can anyone comment on general ease of blooming it? I probably could have led with this simple statement, but I'm chatty.
I'm using V-day as an excuse to break my moratorium on buying more orchids and am considering henryanum (again). When I had it before it never bloomed but I think now it may have been underlit. I note that it is listed as intermediate (not even as intermediate/warm). Since complex hybrids have seemed less than thrilled with my warmish conditions, I wonder if henryanum may also feel the heat.
If not that one, there seem to be some good venustums available at the moment, which I have bloomed but no longer own. (It was in chc, which I don't really get. It's dry on the outside and wet on the inside. How are you supposed to water that stuff?)
But I actually am more interested in henryanum. Can anyone comment on general ease of blooming it? I probably could have led with this simple statement, but I'm chatty.