I've had my Vanilla Orchid for about 7 years now. It's growing in a terracotta pot with orchid mix - it's been in the same pot for about 5 years. During the growing season I keep it on the side of the greenhouse in the shade where occasionally it will get dappled sun. Since it has to be over wintered in the house, I stuck the pot in a wire basket so I could hang it in a north facing window - it was a little over 5 feet long - that was about 3 years ago. Silly me kept winding the main shoot around and inside the wire basket to keep it compact and this year I realize the only way I could safely remove it from the wire basket is to literally cut the basket.
Somewhere I read that it will only bloom if it's allowed to stretch out and be tall. Is this correct? I'm really hoping it will bloom one of these days for me.
