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My orchid refused to bloom for three years straight
I kept it in my east-facing window in Seattle, gave it the right fertilizer, everything. Turns out it needed a much bigger temperature drop at night, like 15 degrees, which I finally tried after reading an old gardening book. Has anyone else had a stubborn plant that needed one specific weird thing to finally work?
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bailey.xena6mo ago
Actually, a lot of common plants need a decent temp drop at night to trigger blooming, not just orchids. I mean, my Christmas cactus wouldn't do anything until I left it in a cooler room in the fall. It's more about mimicking their natural environment than them being divas.
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the_ray5mo ago
Lol "go into shock." Man, if you saw the temp swings in my apartment in the winter you'd think my plants were training for a survival show. I had a peace lily straight up drop all its leaves one year because I didn't realize the radiator was cooking it during the day and then it was freezing at night. Christmas cactus is basically the drama queen of the plant world though, itll do nothing for months then bloom like its life depends on it just because you cracked a window. That's not being a diva, that's just them being picky about their sleeping conditions.
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michaelcoleman6mo ago
That's wild they need a temp drop that big. My plants would probably go into shock. Guess orchids are just divas like that.
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