If you like to coddle dead plants, go ahead and waste your own time. Just
don't recommend for others to do it.

One day on a university campus I saw a worker watering an obviously dead
stump of a tree. I asked him: "How much water does a dead tree need?" The
man became very annoyed and said "I'm just doing what I was told to do." He
was an ideal pawn of a state worker!!!


"presley" wrote in message
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I doubt that the interior of a house got below freezing. In reading the
original post, my impression is that they simply didn't turn the heat on
some of those frosty nights -and I suppose the interior of the house
probably got down to 45 or even 40. I don't remember the exact numbers,
but I think it takes a well -insulated house several days to get below
freezing even if the outside temperature never rises above freezing.
"Cereus-validus-..........." wrote in
message t...
.....and when the temperature goes below freezing, they are irrevocably
dead.


"Anthony B" wrote in message
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"Robert" wrote in message
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My three varieties of calathea all died after living happily in a
bright
room near north-facing windows for more than a year; I suspect I let
the
house get too cold during a few frosty nights we were unprepared for.

How low does their temperature tolerance go?

Thanks,

Rob
Maryland

Rob,
Calthea, like most torpical/houseplants, begin to become
unhappy(shedding foliage, turning yellow,esct.) at temps below 55
degrees and will begin to die at temps approaching 40 degrees and below

Anthony B
Ky Certified Nurseryman