Brassavolla digbyana, a.k.a. Rhyncholaeia digbyana

p 1 · #1 10-31-2006, 11:35 AM

B. digbyana was one of the orchids that took me from cautiously interested to excited about orchids. i finally gave up on trying to order a BS one, and got a small one when i had to order some other stuff.

i already have a Brass. nodosa, and it seems to like being watered every third day. but it is also in a basket, so it drains quite a lot. i have a Bc. Binosa "Wabash valley," which i am also watering every 3rd day, which seems quite happy with that, even though it is in a plastic pot with bark. (its putting out a spike!!!)

i was planning to use those two as a frame of referance, but then everything i read online said to let it dry out. so i thought i would water it a bit less frequently. but then it got here in a clay pot with bark! and now i have no idea how often to water it...is once a week to rare, or just right? should i repot it in spring, in something different?

thanks!

orchid-man · #2 10-31-2006, 11:49 AM

I take it that you are in the northern hemishpere.If so watering once per week will probily be enough as you will be going into winter.When spring arrives repot the plant into what you are using,plastic, pot with bark,or what ever as keeping the collection in the same mix and containers will make life far more easier.

Diane · #3 10-31-2006, 12:20 PM

O-man is right, as usual. In a clay pot with bark, which is very traditional for catts in the US, once a week should be plenty, unless your humidity is incredibly low. I have one in a plastic pot in bark and it goes about 10 days before watering in the winter as long as I keep the humidity reasonable (above 40)