It has been a tough 6 months for my orchids. I have moved house twice! The orchid featured in this post got pretty battered by wind while I was gone, though it fared better than others. I have some textbook examples of sunburned leaves...
I present to you Miltassia Shelob 'Tolkien'! Of course I could not resist the literary reference. The flowers are shades of purple on long spidery petals. Enjoy!
Light: Medium indirect
Temperature: Night 50-60/ Day 70-85
Humidity: 50% or higher
Water: Allowed to dry out between waterings
Medium: Bark/Coconut husk
Fertilizer: 20-10-20. Summer: weekly at 1/4 strength. Winter: once a month
Tolkien badly needs to be repotted. And by repotted I mean some substrate added to the pot (not upsized). I would have done this 2 months ago, but when I saw bloom spikes I decided to leave it alone. When I see spikes, I don't touch haha. It's been humid enough that it hasn't been a problem, although the older pseudobulbs are wrinkled. I don't really worry about wrinkled older pseudobulbs, though when I see a grower with perfectly plump plants I feel so ashamed of my lackadaisical watering ways! Anyways, this is an easy plant to grow that I highly recommend to others.
