Diana,

You have a benefit of being able to keep your plants out year long-I get the
benefit of the great variety of temperature- minus 20, don't think my
collection could take the wintering, but we do have native orchids here.
Some of the orchids need that temp drop-cymbidiums are a favorite up here.

You do get that occasional freeze in Fl. I guess those days you dine in
front of the TV while you fill the table up with pots.

Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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My Dends need to put up with whatever the weather dictates, unless we have
a
winter like last year (cold, cold, cold), when I foolishly took them in.
Better to have left them outside but semi protected (against the house,
perhaps). Now, I have too many to cart around, so am looking at ways to
warm their area if it gets cold next winter. In general, Dends are the
most
forgiving of all my genera.

I grow them in rock or Aliflor, with the exception of the hirstute Dends,
which have made it know n that they want more moisture (yes, they talk to
me). Growing in a fast drying medium works well in FL, for Dends and
Catts. I know it's different in other climates. Remember, in nature it
doesn't necessarily rain every Tuesday.............

Diana