Quote Originally Posted by coeruleo View Post
right, but then i was also reading that many come form areas with prolonged dry seasons and should get a winter rest... but with almost no pbulb, how can they do that? my dendrobium kingianum is the only orchid i have that needs a real winter dry spell, and the bulbs look gone, just little stringy stick-stems now... the leaves look fine, but i keep thinking i am going to kill the poor thing. the trichocentrums supposedly have 'succulent leaves' and can wrinkle up but come back to normal looking when you water??? how does that work?
They do have thick leaves that store water. I've never let those leaves dehydrate so I don't know if they would rehydrate after a prolonged dry spell. The only natural habitat I'm familiar with is the mountains of Ecuador where Trichocentrum grow in an area that has a very stable environment that is almost always in the 70's during the day and 60's at night year round. There's a moist dew every morning. Like I say I'm still learning how to grow these. There's very little information available.