Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Let's talk about Showy Medinillas., 2 by FearlessQueen

FearlessQueen wrote:
Hi Lily Love, you do pamper yours! They must be very spoiled, humidity control etc should result in beautiful plants!

I am not sure if I can give you valuable advise. I do not have much educated information on medinillas, and can only tell you that I treat them similar to orchids.
I mist the plants often, water them only now and then (with luke warm water till it runs out of the pot, should not have any water inside an over pot) when the leaves start to curl it's really time to water.
My plants get orchid food when the blooms are done and the leaves are growing. As soon as the leaves are grown, I stop feeding them.
I never payed attention to it, because I lived in an area where it would be cold in the winter (and therefor colder inside the house as I wasn't much home during daytime), but apparently it is important to have a colder period to rebloom medinillas (60F) I suppose that next to a colder period, it is also very important to be sparse with watering.
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This was how they looked before I left end May. With the changing sun, they got sunburned at a moment and I'd to move them. One has a sleepover under an neighbour's oak, the others under a shade cloth, as I am trying to figure out how to keep them alive while I'm gone. I only moved in in February, and do not own shade trees (yet). As heavy rain damaged one of the plants, I'll try to propagate it when I'm back. Growing medinillas outside is actually more worrying to me than inside. Perhaps I'm going to bring some back north again.