I also posted this in the orchid forum but no responses yet.

Jane should I bring it inside When we're in the 90s? What do you do for yours?

It's born and bred in FL so I'm hoping its provenance will help.

Yes

Lol! Just answered on Orchids!

I thought I was losing my mind!

They don't like high heat and high humidity. They need lots of good air movement outdoors.

I had a terrible time trying to keep them alive once we moved to Florida. If you have a bright window, bring it in when the temps./humidity gets high.

Jane

Jane, my "orchid gardening" instinct told me something wasn't right with the potting. For starters the pot looked way oversized…kind of hard to tell from a photo. For another the spag was still totally wet and that's a month after I picked up the plant. Even with our high humidity that seemed way too long compared to other orchids.

it's a good thing I looked. 90% of the roots were rotten. And there was easily 2-3" of spag around and below the plant. Luckily there are several nice new roots that are about 1" long!

I just hope this plant will be smiling soon rather than pouting.

Bea, I lost most of mine after moving to Florida. We were living in various places before we bought our house. I moved with approximately 30 of my orchids from NY.

We spent 6 months on Siesta Key and it had a small backyard. They seemed to handle the change in climate as I put them under a tree and were mostly shaded, plus it was the end of September. Because it was a Key, the winds were almost constant. I think that was the trick.

When we left there after 6 months, we spent 3 months on another Key. This was a small condo but had a small outside terrace. I put them out there with my other orchids. It was also windy. They survived but did not flower.

When we found our house, it has a big yard but is inland, not near the water. They went downhill within a month. I repotted them all in small wood chips, perlite and NO sphag!

They made it through the winter but when the rains came, they went downhill quickly. They developed fungal problems, root rot. I moved them all inside to the AC but by then they did not recover.

I'm not sure Florida is the right climate for them. I would try them inside during the Spring and Summer, move them outside when the temps drop and the rains stop.

I do miss them and have been tempted to try again, but I'm afraid to. Please let me know how you make out. You have cooler temps than I do, maybe better air circulation and they might do fine.

Fingers crossed!

Jane

Jane you should try again. Maybe buy a Florida grown plant this time.

I did a lot of research before I bought this plant. Here as well as other orchid forums, several orchid nursery sites, AOS. According to everything I've Read they should do fine in Florida even with our summer temps as long as they have good air movement.

I use Physan 20 monthly on all my orchids as a preventative so hopefully this will help this plant too with fungal issues.

Jane I PMed you.