Quote Originally Posted by mauraec View Post
Love it, Jeff, and thanks for the growing tips - I bought an Encyclia bractescens (pentotis) just for the fragrance at our orchid show a month ago - it has very tall pseudobulbs - looks almost like a dendrobium. It has small bloom sheaths that look pretty hopeless - do you know if Encyclias will bloom in a poor-looking sheath eventually? I have heard that cattleyas will do that...
I don't think I can answer that, Maura. I only have two encyclias. The sheaths on mine were small and didn't look all that impressive. Hopefully your's will bloom well. They're usually spring or summer bloomers.