We don't deal much with freezing, but you might tell him about the tray of
bareroot encyclias my husband spilled while unloading the trailer after a
show -- several of them fell behind the shelves and I didn't find them for 3
weeks, till I was loading up for the next show. During which time they were
locked in an enclosed trailer with no water, no light, no air circulation,
and the trailer was parked in baking sun [temps inside had to exceed 105F].
All lived, and almost all of those which had been in spike went ahead and
bloomed.

--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids

http://www.jborchids.com

"White Monkey" wrote in message
...
"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
...

We have a very dark and gloomy office, from a plant's point of view, and a
shady living room. It seems to me that some orchids might even like my
husband's office, there in the gloom, but he thinks Orchids Die without
Religiously Specific Conditions and that nothing can ever live in there
with
him... any suggestions from the group on what I might prove him wrong
with?
And for that matter, just to dream here, is there even a single orchid
which
can live outdoors through a freezing winter on a windy balcony? Yeah, I
know, ha, ha.

--Katrina




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