I have 1 E. lomi and several E. milii (crown of thorn plants), and they stopped blooming thus summer. Growing like mad in a warm south-facing room under CFI light, in well-draining mix, but not blooming. Have not been feeding with high-N at all; either giving 20-20-20 or bloom booster, and everything sparingly at half-strength (that is, feeding once a month or less). They are potted in well-draining mix; forgot whether I used C&S mix or terrestrial orchid mix with extra perlite, but it drains very well.
E. milii and E. lomi won't bloom, why?
Try putting them outside in a sunny location,that should do it ! good luck.......Lance p.s e millii requires fresh air circulation.
No sunny location outside for them. Thought these could grow and bloom indoors.
What kind of light are you providing them indoors. I would place them under the brightest light you have for 12 hours a day or more.
I have one of the E.milii Thai hybrids (un-named) that grows in a south window during the winter, and I put it on my sunporch (with south and west sun) in the summer. Mine does lots of growing during the summer, too, but really doesn't bloom much until winter.
Don't know if this is 'normal' for these or not, but that's the way it seems to work!
(bbinnj....I do have that cutting rooted (that we discussed back in the spring) if you'd still like to have it!)
the key to Nans message to me is the sunporch in summer [fresh air flow!] Nan,your's are flowering in winter because ,they are one of those great plants from S.Africa that seem to still beleive that our winter is their summer! Enjoy your garden!...........Lance
I have them under a CFI for about 16 hr//day, getting about 10,000 foot-candles or so. Seems that should be plenty of light.
(Nan- please remind me about the cutting and what i was supposed to send you?)
Hmm...could very well be the case!
I'd bet, though...bbinnj....yours will bloom this winter!
We had originally set up a trade, but I really am not needing anything, as will be bringing things in soon and simply have no room...so I'd be happy to just send you this one w/o a trade.
Nan, I'll be doing same, so will be happy to skip for now too.
Thank so much though.
And hope that the things will bloom for me!
lol...'in the same boat', aren't we:)
Hope they do bloom for you...I'm thinking you might be pleasantly surprised this winter....seems that it bloomed rather 'early' in the winter, too.
The first year or two that I had mine, I simply left them in that south windowsill, and they did bloom, even without the sun-porch vacation.