Encyclia cordigera

[Ron-NY]

Now not a semi alba either. A semi alba would be green petals and sepals with the color on the lip. Encs need less water than Catts and a bit higher light. Their roots want to dry quickly after a watering. I grow mine either mounted or in baskets. I have even seen people grow them with wine corks as the medium.

Yours is very pretty

[mtequine]

Hmm...so I'm quite successful with my catts here-most are potted in plastic with a chc/bark/chopped sphag/etc. mix and I water about every 5 days. Basically NO humidity on my window cills.

I have a couple of encs...one potted up like my catts-and it throws off new growth, is in the brightest SE window I have, but no blooms in the year+ I've owned it. (Enc. bassavolae). Wonder if it would be happier in a basket?

My Enc. fragrans is mounted on wood w/sphag over the roots and it seems happy, new growth, no bloom but it's only been here since fall. SE window. And, my track grecord with the cochloatas sucks-the one I have now is potted in my bark mix in a clay pot. And, it's not doing much....

Would they all like to be brighter and dry out even further? Hm...

Now not a semi alba either. A semi alba would be green petals and sepals with the color on the lip. Encs need less water than Catts and a bit higher light. Their roots want to dry quickly after a watering. I grow mine either mounted or in baskets. I have even seen people grow them with wine corks as the medium.

Yours is very pretty

[Lambert]

Mt Equine, here's my encyclia NYC windowsill growing experience.
I grow my encyclias on a windowsill with 50% humidity, very close to a south window which provides some full sun and some shaded bright light
depending on the time of day.
The potted ones are in fast drying medium.(charcoal/medium bark mix in plastic pots)
Water once or twice a week depending on cloudy days/temperatures etc. They like to dry out FAST. The room they are in has good air movement.
I put them outiside for the summer, early fall. (still on a windowsill!) where they get full sun in the morning and shaded light in the afternoon.
They get AM or late PM sun, or at least bright light in winter as well (NYC winters ain't what they used to be ... )
Different encyclias species will have slightly different requirements I found, depending on where they come from.
I have a mexican species, Encyclia Kennedyi, that gets a semi dry rest in the winter. I have a carribbean encyclia that likes it drier in general.
They are spiking now and one is in bloom. I hope this helps.

[Ron-NY]

Lambert, how many do you have?

[Lambert]

I only have 4 encyclias, I am space challenged and growing condition challenged as well. (I try to stay away from the ones I know I will kill obviously ..). The ones I have now are doing really well. Still, I am looking for a couple of specific species that I could probably squeeze in.

[mtequine]

Thanks for the great information! Looks like I can mess around with some slight changes that might make these happier!