This Dend seems to have a reputation for being difficult to flower. I believe (I have not grown it) that the winter is the resting phase and chilling is important to flower it.

It flowers late spring here. Needs a winter "rest". Here that means , sunlight, no fertiliser and reduced watering during winter. You will need advice from under light growers.

The flowers are beautiful, but only last a week or two.

Thank you Dbarron and Arthur. Yes, it was very bright yellow almost orange and it was too beautiful for me to pass!! So, I will not fertilize it until spring and let it stays where it is right now where there's a couple of hours sun + octopus light?

Tanie

It receives winter days between 78-84 and nights averaging 50-51 F.. It does experience a dry period for 4-5 months, but it experiences high humidity during that time. The recommendation is to allow the plants to dry completely but not remain dry for extended period of time. So light watering or misting might be appropriate. Either way no fertilizer should be used during the rest period.

I have one but it is pretty young. I am giving it a cool semi dry rest this winter. I will see how it works in the spring.

Thank you Darlene! Beyond this Den. Do any of you my Friends know how to care for Taichung Beauty? again, I bought this beauty at the same time with this Den. last June.It grew 2 very healthy strong shoots. I was very excited I will get the flowers but it was a disappointment! No flowers. The whole plant is very healthy looking with a lots of big fat roots. I tried online to look for information but nothing really help. I would be very much appreciated with any help to make it rebloom. Thank you! Tanie

This is how it looked when I bought it last June.

Tanie, you will not find care notes for Taichung Beauty. Best to look for under care under lights for Cattleyas.....especially under the Genera name Blc. now Rlc.

Many, many "cattleyas", some easy, some difficult, depending on the ancestry.

Okay Arthur, Thank you and I will go there to see what I can find. I have the card I brought with me when I bought it, but it came from Taiwan and I don't speak Taiwanese!! please wish me luck! I do have the feeling my little sunroom might not be what Catt. and Dens like. I got 5 Catts all together last couple of years but only Husky Boy reblooms for me every year with only 1 shoot of 3 flowers each year. The others like Love Glow, Angel Kiss and Chief Village are not blooming. They grow new shoots and all that but no flowers.. but I still not giving up yet.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tanie

Maybe up the light? Light is one of the first culprit I consider when a plant won't rebloom.

Hi Darlene, I found a few sites for cattleyas care and am reading them. Yes, light is most important to rebloom catts. Some do have rest period and some don't. I am having problem understanding the term "2000 or 3000 foot candle" I remembered trying to find out what equivalent with hrs of sun light or supplement light but nothing really clear to me yet. Any of you know this stuff please educate me? Thank you!

Tanie

Hi Tanie! I understand the confusion with intersection of light intensity and light duration, which I think is your concern. I think of foot candle in terms of light intensity. It is how bright the light is. The source of the is irrelevant to the measurement. Then light duration is just the amount of time the plants are exposed to light. In natural light, light sunlight, will have various foot candle measurements through out the day. I have never seen much information saying a specific orchid need x hours of light at x fc. To me fc is a guide of the kind of light required most of the day.

Maybe this will help:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://staugorchidsociety.org/PDF/Light-KeikiClub.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjOt_a2htLKAhVJGz4KHbmlAEgQFggdMAE&usg=AFQjCNFNlGMv1aSExzunqMD3g4owoTp2cw&sig2=QW6TLkvwC3SBIsJKGR_-eQ

Thank you Darlene! I just read and saved the link.

Tanie