I think that the answer has nothing to do with the plants, per se.

In the summer, you grew them with the shade cloth in place, which was
apparently appropriate for the plants. As winter approaches, the amount of
the sunlight impinging on the earth changes due to the angle and amount of
atmosphere the radiation must pass through.

Up here at my latitude, that difference is reasonable significant, so
removal of the shade cloth may be called for (I don't use the stuff, letting
trees work for me). In Florida, that reduction is far less, so the complete
removal might not be appropriate.

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"Jonathan Phua" wrote in message
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Well, u need to remember where ur orchids come from. If they r florida
natives then it's allright to remove the cloth. But if they grow in
tropical
rainforests, do those tropicals shed their leaves?


Jon
"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
.. .
Here in south Florida, some trees are fully deciduous [e.g., plumeria]
and
others tend to "thin out" a little but don't drop all their leaves.

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Juno Beach Orchids

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"Jonathan Phua" wrote in message
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Well, orchids are found to be growing in tropical regions. And do
tropical
trees even experience winter? At least the trees in my garden don't
shed
their leaves, and I do not experience winter. I live in tropical
Singapore.



Jon

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
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Actually, many trees do shed some or all of their leaves in winter.
An
increase in light for the winter benefits many orchids, most notably
several
of the Dens [or whatever they're being called these days] which take
a
dry
winter rest -- aggregatum, parishii, superbum, pierardii ...

However, removing your 50% shadecloth would be a very drastic change
and
I
would be afraid of some severe sunburn. Removing the 20% would be a
better
change, light-wise, but doesn't sound practical if I'm visualizing
your
setup correctly.

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Juno Beach Orchids

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"Jonathan Phua" wrote in message
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Well, I don't think you shld remove it. Orchids in the wild get
the
same
'shade cloth' throughout the year. The trees don't shed their
leaves
when
there is less sun.


Jon
"Bolero" wrote in message
u...
Depends on what you are growing but to be honest I really really
doubt
I
would take the shade off it if you have any light sensitive
plants.

Anything like Paphs and Masd's for example would be damaged but
Laelia's
and
Vanda's would probably be ok.

"bb" wrote in message
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Ok, do you folks in Florida remove your shade cloth this time
of
year?

I have 50% cloth on top of 20% polycarb panels. It did a
wonderful
job of shading and bringing the temps down, but now I wonder
if
it
should come off 'til spring. Opinions appreciated.

bb