wendy7 wrote:
Good for you Bob, someone posted a list of orchids that would grow outside in our climate but I didn't
save it?
Just remember that you will have to check each one for critters before bringing them in for the winter.


Yes, indeed. In September I line up all my orchids, cacti, cycads and
other vegetation I bring indoors and spray them with an all-purpose
critter killer and an IGR I neglected to do that one year and was
plagued with scale and mealy bugs.

My orchids that seem to thrive outdoors in direct sunshine are my
Papilionanthes, Vandas and antelope Dendrobiums. The last group grows
rampantly in the summer ,with lots of sunlight, water and fertilizer.
I also have a --Eulophia petersii-- that loves direct sun. The stiff,
gray-green, sawtoothed leaves on it remind me of an aloe

J. Del Col.