Thanks for the start Ursula! Love that one!! I'll hafta look at mine to see if it's thinking about blooming. Just like always, I'm a bit behind you! Right now everything is under those great tarps once again. My efforts are paying off though. I don't think they would be able to make it through all this never ending rain without getting the dreaded rot without my tarps.
I'm trying to decide whether to start bringing them in this weekend. I'll get quite wet doing it I'm sure. But the rooms are cleaned and it would be nice to bring them in slowly for a change. I hate to block the back door with shelving because it means "winter." I also have a million other things to do.
This year, I have hung a big grow light (we called it Chernobyl in my old house cause you could see it glowing from outside) up high in the cool room which only has north light. I plan on a 2 hour a day schedule. This will be for the cyms, lycastes which have yet to bloom, and the rupicolous laelias. I will hafta block light to the masdies, etc. Wish me luck!
