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[ehanes7612]

so, I was doing some research on temps for Angraecums, and I found that many are warm to hot loving..now, IOSPE says warm is 66 to 75 and hot is 75 to 85 (AT NIGHT)..so not knowing anything about Angraecums I cross checked the temps with paphs..apparently Paph rothschildianum should be grown hot too ...seems like this could be a little dangerous

 

[Secundino]

I you do find an angraecum-site with really good first-hand culture advice, tell us, please! I had just the same 'problem'. Iospe is good for a rough overview - like: a plant that has a wide range of countries where it comes from, is (mostly) tº tolerant - and the entries in the diverse forums are good for comparing advices... Best is, if you have access to the Bakers Culture Pages, they contain very good information that needs to be put into 'our growroom'. I had an Angraecum sesquipetale many years ago, and it didn't well - it needed year round hight humidity and warmth, which I could not provide.
Now I try again with a little one, A. didieri. It is growing it's first roots now, to early to say anything.

 

[ALToronto]

My didieri is doing just fine with 16-17 deg nights. It's not growing as fast as it did in the summer, but it's not wasting away, either. I had been planning to get a sesquipetale, but now I think I'll reconsider.

 

[Secundino]

18ºC at nights is what I can offer nowadays, days just 20ºC... it's winter, a strange one, but winter.
When I got didieri, I got Aerangis rhodosticta, also growing roots and a leaf; Aeranthes grandiflora is pushing a leaf up, found two good looking and growing roots when I had to repot. All at the windowsill, Aeranthes with low light in a pot, the other three mounted/potted in a piece of cork-pot, hanging and getting good light.

 

[paphioboy]

The larger Angraecum species and hybrids (e.g. sesquipedale, Lemforde White Beauty, Crestwood, Veitchii) can be grown outdoors (hot) in tropical countries, but do not flower very well. I think intermediate temperatures suit them better.

 

[goods]

I don't think there are many Angraecoids that will grow well truly hot. Mine do fine with day temps in the upper 90s, but you really don't get good bloomings unless you can drop the temps 10-20F. Many appreciate a winter cool down too. I'd say 80-60F is a great range for most of the available species.

 

[Stone]

I have about 6 species. All do well with a min of 15C. Some prefer cooler.

 

[Trithor]

I have about 6 species. All do well with a min of 15C. Some prefer cooler.

I have a number of angraecums, and find that they are quite happy in my conditions. My sesquipedale is now a massive plant with an impressive forest of roots. My summer temps are 22 nights - 32 days, but winter temps are 5 nights to 24 days. Although they don't flourish in winter, they don't die either. My eburneum had 9 flower spikes this last season.

 

[ehanes7612]

my conditions will be 60F minimum and 85F max ..whatever likes that can stick around

 

[goods]

my conditions will be 60F minimum and 85F max ..whatever likes that can stick around

You should have no trouble growing the vast majority of the commonly available species with those conditions.

 

[DavidCampen]

My Angraecum sesquipedale grows well in a temperature range of 15C to 30C. It just finished blooming - 2 spikes with 3 flowers on each spike. Last winter my minimum temp was 15C, this winter I have increased it to 18C (for no reason other than I felt like doing so).

 

[Rick]

Seems like the last few issues of AOS Orchids have had articles by folks specializing in Angraecum.

You might check in with the authors since they seem to be doing well with lots of different species.