keith ;-) wrote:
I am interested in trying to get an idea of conditions the orchids we
collect grow in nature.The books etc mainly state the country .So if you
don't know the climate for that country it is hard to understand the
conditions that orchid requires.I found this website which is very
interesting,it has averages for days of rainfall,snow,temp min & max.Could
you relate this to the orchids we grow,a website like this one would be
fantastic if it was specific for orchids.Maybe there is one?It would take
some creating,but would be worth it in the end!
Now there is something I could do in my spare time!!!
I suppose it would never end with the vast number of orchids out there.Or is
there a website that gives this info to a orchid species?
Here is the website in question http://www.climate-zone.com/index.htm give
it a browse & see what you think.
Cheers Keith

Hi Keith,

As Ray states Marg and Charlie Baker have beaten you to the punch on
combining global weather station information and orchid culture.
Charlie was stationed with the weather service, and it was his brilliant
idea to combine the appropriate weather station with the orchid region.
However, their info is available in books and by subscription from
their web site I think their URL is http://www.orchidculture.com but
don't quote me. A search for a free web link would be a worthwhile
thing to have for those of us who are interested enough to look up this
sort of information for ourselves, independently. The link you provide,
while interesting, isn't as complete as one would like. So if you find
another please post it, because looking for this sort of info online is
a good idea IMHO. For example if you click on Papua New Guinea it only
gives you data for Port Moresby. However the climates of PNG are varied
and many commonly grown orchids (like Den cuthbertsonii or Paph.
rothschildianum) grow high in the mountains and get MUCH different temps
than Port Moresby. I'll look around, too. This info is probably
somewhere on the web and would be nice for interested hobbyists to have
access to it.

K Barrett