Does anyone have any suggestions on how to grow these? I am wondering if my conditions would be conducive. It would have to be potted for me not mounted. Thanks!

they are easy - at least unicolor and bicolor are easy. I've only had them about a year but they are growing well in pots, under fluorescents. I've seen a big clump growing happily in a greenhouse in a bulb pan in a chunky CHC mix, so I'd say go for it. Just don't overwater them.

I have a bicolor that is mounted. It is still a babe but there are nice sized oned in the greenhouse that are budding up presently. They are very nice species, go for it!!!

I have both bicolor and unicolor, and they are both easy to grow under intermediate cattleya conditions. These are mounted so they drain well, and in the growing season they need daily watering to keep the bulbs plump.
If you can grow laelias or cattleyas, these will be easy for you.

Ive had a clump of Leptotes Menina [unicolor X tenue] mounted on a piece of cork and growing happily for 15 years, it now looks like a sea urchin in green. Mist daily in the summer, cattleya light and temps and feeding, blooms irregularly throughout the whole year.

Great thanks guys. I was thinking of trying a small one, I have limited space, and these seemed neat! I will let you know!

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to grow these? I am wondering if my conditions would be conducive. It would have to be potted for me not mounted. Thanks!


I grow Leptotes bicolor. It is an easy plant, either in a pot or mounted. You should have no prob lems with it.

BTW, the fruits (as big as or somewhat bigger than an ordinary pidgeon's egg) are deliciously fragrant and can be used for flavouring creams etc., like vanilla. When they are almost ripe, but before their opening, simply expose them to the hot sun during a few days, then keep in a jar. In Brazil it was a common use of these fruits in 19th and 20th centuries. Nowadays I don't know...

Chun

BTW, the fruits (as big as or somewhat bigger than an ordinary pidgeon's egg) are deliciously fragrant and can be used for flavouring creams etc., like vanilla. When they are almost ripe, but before their opening, simply expose them to the hot sun during a few days, then keep in a jar. In Brazil it was a common use of these fruits in 19th and 20th centuries. Nowadays I don't know...

Chun

Very interesting Chun, thanks for the info

Tadd, I grow my bicolor outdoors under shede cloth in summer and move it into the greenhouse in winter, they are easy to grow, all mine are mounted and kept pretty moist

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Orchids/Leptotesbicolor1.jpg

"WOW BEAUTIFUL" :D

that is very nice

Thanks Guys! Gideon how often do you have to water that stick? Thanks!

Thanks Guys! Gideon how often do you have to water that stick? Thanks!

All my mounts are sprayed 3 times a day in summer and once a day in winter

that really looks great mounted....I don't have anything mounted, because I tend to be an "under waterer" and I am afraid I would let it dry out too much.

When you say spray; do you drench the plant? and is it alright to just submerge the plant in a barrel of water for a couple of minutes?

When you say spray; do you drench the plant? and is it alright to just submerge the plant in a barrel of water for a couple of minutes?

Us apartment growers are big fans of the dunking method - especially those of us who have lower humidity because the soaking hydrates the plant as well. It would work well with the leptotes. I'm an underwaterer and find that my mounts get more water than the pots because they are on a daily or 2-day regimen.

My mounts are also in a low humidity area, so I stick to grapewood for the dry growers and tree fern of varying densities. Cork dries so fast, the only thing I can grow on it is dockrilla.

hi everyone im new and have a question i have unicolor and if anyone has a piece to spare im looking for bicolor but what i wanted to know are they affected by temptures as far as color i have noticed some plants the colors change a little due to the tempture they are grown at i had bought unicolor and was told the color is a lavender well mine bloomed and the flower is white?

Wow, Gideon. What a specimen!

even though no one answered my question here is a picture of my leptotes unicolor in bloom :shock: [img=http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3350/leptotes9by.th.jpg] (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leptotes9by.jpg)