Moving my Vandas outside. Good or Bad?

[mollycart1]

We are finally getting very nice "warm" day in Portland, OR. The high temparature during the day will be between 80 - 85 with humidity between 40 - 50%. I am thinking about hanging my Vandas around the tree which gets morning sun. Would watering once in the morning be enough? Or, would this not be a good idea after all due to the low humidity?

Oh, one more thing... The low temp at night would be around 45 degree.

Currently all of my Vandas grow under the lights with high temp, 75 and the humidity of between 55 - 75%. See the picture.

Thank you.

[Grandma M]

I think 45 degrees at night would not be good for vandas, too cold. Just my opnion.

Marilyn

[mollycart1]

Can I shock those stubborn chids?

[tuvoc]

I've become a 'tough love' advocate with some of my reluctant bloomers, putting them outside in all the sun they can take. However, I agree with Marilyn, 45 is still too cold for warm growers like vandas. BTW, yours look pretty good where they are.

Kim

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Vanda coerulea can handle 45 degrees F night temperatures. I own one, and I've had it for about two years under extreme conditions. Heat over 100 degrees F, lows of 45 degrees F. Heavy winds, no problem. This is a good one to start with.

Hybrids with V. coerulea have a good chance of having this same tolerance for cooler climates.

[JonnyBravo]

i'm going to be wishy-washy here and agree with every response so far. 45F is on the coldest side of cold that i dare to subject my handful of vandaceous babies to. but everything else seems perfect. so if they do well, thank me and everyone else who said it's ok. if not, blame those who said it was alright. you should be ok, but don't be surprised if you start dropping a few of the older leaves a little faster than normal, or see abnormal yellowing and/or brown spots.

[mollycart1]

So far, I only put out one of them. It has been a week. It is big enough to bloom. If the condition (or the shock ) is right for it, it will bloom, right? HEHEHEHE.

As for the weather, it has been really great. High is around mid to high 70s and low is low 50s.

[Gwenchanter]

I grow my orchids outdoors all year round but bring them in on nights that it gets too cold. I think they would benefit from being outside during the day but should be brought in at night.

[mollycart1]

I wish I were in Florida.

[Gwenchanter]

That's funny because I'm in Florida but I wish I were in California where I grew up . Being able to grow orchids is pretty much the only consolation for living here.