Reka,

I agree with Susan. As long as the temps *really* didn't go below about 42
or even 40 -- as long as your plants are dry, there are few hybrids that
will keel over and die.

We can grow a WIDE variety of Cattleya hybrids outside in the Bay Area - and
we go into the low 50s all year round in SF and Oakland. Anything with
Sophronitis in it gets a nice cold tolerance as a side effect. Laelia anceps
can take freezing - so if the hybrid has a recent shot of that, you're
totally made.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:31:04 +0200, "Reka"
wrote:

Is the weather going crazy anywhere else? It is here. I usually get my
orchids out into the summer air about mid-May. This year
it was about two weeks later. And since then, I have had to move them
inside again for the second time!!! The temps got down to
10?C/49?F last night on the balcony where many summer out, and even down
to 15?C/59?F on my sheltered terrace, where I had to move
them to. This is getting to be annoying, especially since I have a
Potinara that is budding for the first time and I am waiting
rather impatiently for it to bloom. THAT one stayed in the kitchen for
the night!

The 15?C/59?F should not bother them. This is in the range I
heat to during winter nights. You might even get a new spike out
of a Phal.
With the 10?C/49?F I would worry that the actual was lower than
the predicted.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php