cold growing orchids
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Is there someone's there can tell me the names on someone's of they most cold growing Epiphytes. Justlike Coelogyne christata. They must applies to seedpropagation (Please my britich language. I writing via a translations program ) Alex Madsen Danmark -- Jeg beskyttes af den gratis SPAMfighter til privatbrugere. Den har indtil videre sparet mig for at få 68 spam-mails. Betalende brugere får ikke denne besked i deres e-mails. Hent gratis SPAMfighter her: www.spamfighter.dk |
NN wrote:
Is there someone's there can tell me the names on someone's of they most cold growing Epiphytes. Justlike Coelogyne christata. They must applies to seedpropagation Your English is fine. I just hope you are able to read my reply. It depends what you mean by "cold growing." If you mean plants that experience cold winter temperatures, then the two hardiest epiphytes are probably Dendrobium moniliforme and Epidendrum magnoliae (syn. Epidendrum conopseum). D. moniliforme has the most northern range of any Asian epiphyte, and Epidendrum magnoliae the most northern range of any American epiphyte. I have also seen references to Neofinetia falcata grown outdoors in Yokohama, Japan. Since Yokohama occasionally has snow, N. falcata must be fairly hardy. All three of these species are dormant in the cold winter. When actually growing, they want hot, humid conditions. At the northern extent of its range in North Carolina, Epidendrum magnoliae is found along the coast and usually over water. Therefore, it is probably protected from the more severe frosts that would occur inland at the same latitude. If you mean plants that actually grow in cool conditions, then you want to look at cloud forest epiphytes -- things like Dendrobium cuthbertsonii and Telipogon species. The higher the altitude, the more cold-tolerant the plant will be. However, cloud forest tropicals usually will not survive frost, and they are also intolerant of high summer temperatures. I hope this helps. Nick |
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