"disy" wrote in message
t...

"GrlIntrpted" wrote in message
...
Diana, CT is great for Masd's and Drac's. J&L Orchids is a great source
for
these lovely minis, they are in your neck of the woods. My cool loving
minis go outside into a shady spot around the end of September, I keep
them
there until first frost, I then bring them into the basement where they
are
kept unheated and under 2 flourecent bulbs (warm and cool). I toss them
back into the outdoors around April and watch the weather like a hawk
.
If a freeze is anticipated I bring them back into the basement,
otherwise
they stay there until the nights get in the 70's. That's when they go
back
in the house, this time into the living room where the central A/C is on
at
around 72 at night and between 74-77 during the day.

Good luck,
Mariana
NYC

Thanks for the suggestions, I never thought of the Garage! It's a perfect
place - I am in an out of it everyday.

I actually got this one from J&L, what a great place - I am only about
30 -
40 minutes a way from them. Also, I am about 40 minutes from Venamy
Ochids
in Brewster which is another wonderful place to wander, dream and find
another Orchid for the collection.

Thanks again,
Diana


I'm jealous! I swear if I was there I'd beg to volunteer in that nursery and
I'd come in to practically do anything to just learn.

The mini's are my first experiment with moving some of the orchids into the
outdoors. 99% of my collection is grown inside. After I've gotten into the
miniatures and spoke to sales reps at Andy's Orchids, and J&L (at various
shows) I was adviced to try and move them outside for the chilly nights.
Not all of my mini's are treated that way, I keep many at home on window
sills (or next to the sills). But I have to tell you that the few that I've
started taking outside produce more leaves and flower with more consistency
(I guess it depends on the species too).

The weather as I'm sure you know has been awful for the past several weeks,
nothing but 100% humidity and no sun. I decided to move some more of the
orchids into the outdoors. Currently I have a Dend.lindleyi , Epi.
marmuratum, B. little stars, and Enc tempensis, as well as a few Dend.
hybrids sitting it the backyard (well some are suspended off hooks in a
bright but shady spot off the backyard fence). All w/o fail almost
instantly began showing signs of quick growth, roots as well as new
pseudobubls.

It's a big pain in the hiney to schlep the orchids outside so I'm going to
leave most in the house for now and monitor how the one's in the outdoors
do, maybe next season if our greenhouse plans fall through I'll just move
the orchids outside and place them on the tables and plant stands for the
summer. But for now, they'll stay here, close to me.

Mariana