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Hello everyone. What a gloomy time of year. Since I cant really do any gardening right now, I thought I would get on here and try to find out more info on my plants. I just got into orchid cactus and rhipsalis is the past year. I have a LOT of them now, but I have not had any of them over a year or two. They are all growing great, and looking good. Even now that its winter they are still putting out new growth. I have them in a greenhouse, as I dont have enough room in my house. Come summer I hang them all from a tree by my front porch. Being that I have not had any of them very long, I have never seen any of them bloom. Im wondering what I can do to encourage blooms...or what the best conditions for blooming are. I think I have read that they are more apt to bloom if they are rootbound. Is this true? I think I have also read that they like cool temps in the winter. At night, my greenhouse sometimes gets down to about 45/50 degrees F. All my plants seem to be doing fine.(Im actually kind of surprised how well some of my tropical plants are doing at these temps). Will these temps help to promote blooms? What time of year do epis usually bloom? Or does it vary from plant to plant? Is there anything at all any of you can think of that will help me to get my plants to bloom this year? Will they even bloom this year...or will they have to be older? Any info will be great. Thanks
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