Sarcochilus 2025
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NIcely grown, Darlene.
Sarcochilus Jacqueline (Kulnura Taser x Kulnura Opus)
Please ignore leaves. I saw some leaf spotting and treated the collection. It is a strange time of year when the temperatures in the growing area can vary dramatically and cause issues.
Please ignore leaves. I saw some leaf spotting and treated the collection. It is a strange time of year when the temperatures in the growing area can vary dramatically and cause issues.
I don't want to forget this cutie. Sarcochilus Hanni Lauger
While I wanted to get rid of my Sarcochilus last year, I am glad to see these bloom again and see Hanni Lauger for the first time.
While I wanted to get rid of my Sarcochilus last year, I am glad to see these bloom again and see Hanni Lauger for the first time.
All nice. I have killed every attempt. What's the secret to your succes?
The closest thing I have to a secret is almost freezing them in the fall/winter. I keep them outside until the temperature falls into the 30s. Then they go into my little greenhouse and experience nights into the low 40s until January when the outside temps are in the teens and single digits. It is too hard and too expensive to keep my little greenhouse running. One year I will upgrade to something better than can function year round. For now this is the process. I keep them drier during the cold period, but it is not a hard dry rest.
When it is warm enough, they are outside and receive morning sun followed by light shade the remainder of the day. I will stick them and my Aussie dendrobiums outside in another week or so.
Thanks. Do you stop watering them in the winter?
I continue to water. Maybe 1-2x week depending on the weather. Northeast Ohio can be pretty gloomy in the winter. When the sun does not make much of an appearance, i only water once per week.
