Despite the fact that I live on the edge of the desert and miltoniopsis
are mostly cool-growing orchids, I have a few of these growing in my
greenhouse. I think part of the secret to success is whether or not the
orchids one buys are already acclimated to your climate or can acclimate
rapidly to your climate. Of course, I would not spend a large sum of
money on cool-loving orchids when I can't give them cool conditions; so,
I buy questionably adaptable orchids at Home Depot or Lowe's as
seedlings. Most of these come from Gubler Orchids out in the desert
(sunny most every day of the year and warm in the daytime - don't know
how Gubler Orchids fare in the midwest but they do well here) about
25-30 miles from me via way of the crow flies. So, if you want a
miltoniopsis that will grow under your conditions, perhaps, one might do
well to purchase on from a local grower, one that has already adapted to
your climate, and one that is not so costly that one would cry over the
loss.

.. . . Pam
Everything Orchid Management System
http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diana Kulaga wrote:

I tried two of these. That face - how could I resist, especially since the
grower of the first one told me it was "warm tolerant". As already stated,
that's not the same as warm loving, and it died a cruel death. The second
one went even faster. Fact, whether we like it or not - for the most part
they are cool to intermediate, and my south FL lanai will not see another
one. As to medium, anyone I've talked to about these seems to favor spagh.

Diana