I moved the Dying Oncdidium thread back for you to read. There are many good suggestions on how to grow the Tahoma Glacier. It sounds like your conditions are fairly good and the family in general, is pretty adaptable for windowsill growing.

Brooke

Thanks for the reply. I read that thread and the only tips that mentioned the Tahoma Glacier specifically stated that it was a bad windowsill plant, actually... picky about temperatures, requiring very high light. But we'll see, I guess.

So am I to assume it gets the same kind of care as an oncidium? Right now it seems to be rather happy, even though I haven't found a permanent spot for it and it is hanging out between windows. I'll be moving it in front of one of the windows when I make some room.

Well, guess I'll just experiment, treat it like an oncidium and see how it all goes. Thanks!

Long ago I grew a Tahoma Glacier for a couple years, gorgeous flower, but gave it away to a friend in NY because my summers were way too hot for it. The main problem with growing this particular hybid is keeping it cooler than your usual Oncidium intergeneric. If you can keep this plant in bright light (it doesn't need direct sun) and in the 50s/low 60s at night and no more than about 75F or so during the day (check the temperature right where the plant is, not just the room temp), not allow it to completely dry out but not keep it sopping wet, it should do well for you. Of course, it won't like 20% humidity, but should be happy enough with something in the 50% range, especially if it is higher at night. I had mine potted in a plastic pot in fine bark/sponge rock/charcoal mix, which is what I have almost everything potted in. Your mileage may vary there. Basically, I grew it exactly like my Sharry Baby, only cooler -- that is why I finally had to give it away.

Get back to us when you have your hygrometer.

Thanks for posting that up, Richard. Cochlioda and Odontoglossum are cool-growing orchids and do not tolerate heat. Brassia verrucosa is the coolest growing of the Brassia genus and would be considered an intermediate to cool grower (and mine grew like a weed for years but never flowered until I sent this monster north to a friend in Chicago who could grow it cooler, and it bloomed on something like eight or nine spikes that season and every year after... sigh). The Miltonia species involved in this particular hybrid is a warm to intermediate grower. The 'cools' win.

Thanks for the additional info. It's nice to learn more; I'd been away from orchids for a while (maybe 8 yrs?). Actually, until recently, I'd never had my own, but I read up on them and was around them because my father liked to grow them. Something about having multiple south facing windows is preventing me from resisting the orchid pull, finally...

Richard, did you mean "bright light and NOT watering too often", or "bright light and watering often"?

Thanks all, for your help. It will help me enjoy my orchids!