My question is does anyone here grow Schomburkia humboldtii? I have the alba form and the regular form, both are mounted on cork bark. every year the new growths get smaller and smaller. I just potted it in a very open mix of lava rock, treefern and charcoal in a plastic pot. Anyone else try their's in a pot? I've only ever seen Schomb.s grown mounted, but obviously mine doesn't like my watering habits.
K Barrett
I have been growing a schomb. on red lava rock in a pot for several years. Each year's growth gets bigger, but the blasted thing won't bloom.
So they do grow well in pots, but what it takes to bloom them has evaded me so far.
J. Del Col
OK, so now we just gotta get them to bloom! These were moved to myrmecophilia, so maybe they need slightly more acid? (In nature they grow with ants who provide formic acid to their roots) Just a guess. But no one else seems to worry about acid in their growing regimen. Santa Barbara Orchid Estate just hangs them way high in their GH. I'm assuming you've giving them enough light. Everyone says to put them high in the GH and that they grow warm (makes me worry about my low winter temps.)
K Barrett
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