Mid-Atlantic Gardening: What's still blooming end of October?, 1 by Buttoneer

Buttoneer wrote:
Gita, I have NEVER been able to get my rick rack to bloom. Should I repot it? Maybe fertilizer would be in order (I have so many plants in the greenhouse, I usually stick jobes plant spikes in them or osmocote). I did FINALLY bloom a lovely red epi sent to me (in an envelope) from a dear friend in Czech Republic (yes, it was not kosher to do that) and that beaufy finally bloomed last year after about 10+ or more years. What should I do to try to get that rick rack to bloom? It is so huge anymore and if I break a piece off accidentally, I stick it in another pot. Here's the pix of the Czech red epi. Judy
p.s. It bloomed after I took a toothbrush & brushed all the scale off the leaves. I HATE scale! Just cleaned off two other epi's. The rick rack doesn't seem to get scale. The leaves are so touch.

This message was edited Dec 2, 2010 10:41 PM