David,

I have a flowering renanthera outside and it has handled the temperature
drop quite well! (Of course, it's probably a bit warmer down here in the
Philly area)

My experience is that pre-bud is a better time to move, although it might
discourage the plant from budding. If you change the conditions drastically
while in-bud, they are likely to blast.

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"DKafkewitz" wrote in message
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Ray: Thanks for the answer, but I am afraid the climate won't cooperate.
Here
in Northern NJ we have already had night temperatures in the high 40s.
Mokaras
are, as I understand, warm growers and I am afraid a cold blast at night
will
finish off the buds.

I guess the real question I am asking is which is least likely to abort
from a
change in growing condtions: a develvoping spike with no buds yet formed,
or
developing buds ?

David