hello everyone!

I have decided to put the plant on windowsill until it finished blooming!
One bud is starting to open ! I`ll try to post some picture!

Claude

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| Reka wrote:
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| Phalguy schrieb:
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| hello everyone!
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| One of my patient gave me a bare root NOID Cattleya last night. The
| plant comes from the montreal botanical garden and has 2 buds.
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| I planted it into S/H and I was wondering if I could put it outside
| knowing that now the average temp is about 20 C durind Day and 12 to
| 15 C at night! If not, is under my fluorescent will be enough?
| Also, is the morning sun will be ok! ( 08 to 11 )
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| Thanks
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| Claude
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| Claude, I would say that the temperatures are okay, supposing they will
| get higher as summer progresses. IF the 12°C are minimum temps and not
| average. Mine have been out for a while now and down to 9°C at night,
| but I wouldn't feel safe letting them get any colder.
| Anyone else have input?
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| Yeah, I do.
| I think a Catt that is bare root AND has 2 buds on it is going to need a
| little extra caution if those buds are going to progress to flowers.
| (I'm assuming, Claude, that you really mean flower buds and not new
| leads developing.)
| I would leave it under the fluorescent lights until it blooms then move
| it outside for the rest of the summer. If you didn't mean that it has
| flower buds it still might be a good idea to keep it in for a while so
| it can get established. Remember, I live just a couple of hours down the
| road from you and we both know we are prone to some cool nights for a
| while longer.
| I will say that since you use semi-hydro I would worry a little less
| about water stress and so, worry less about going from bare root to
| outside in a short time. Also, it's just one plant so it's easy to just
| bring it back in if we get some cold or windy weather. (I've almost
| talked myself into telling you to leave it outside.) :-)
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| Steve (in the Adirondacks)
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