Orchids and vacation

[Lorraine]

Originally Posted by Discus

Lorraine - good point, but even outdoors, it seldom goes from 80/90F to 40F overnight (i.e. it doesn't shift from "summer" straight into "winter") - there's a gradual seasonal increase and decrease (although of course it's day-by-day a little jagged [thanks, weather], the trend is fairly gradual).

Having a centrally heated house and then going away for a while switching the boiler off/very low is a bit like a sudden shift from summer into winter.

Great food for thought Discus. I wish the gradual temp was always the case.

Unfortunately we can be at 75/80 one day and a cold front slam us the next day and stick around for several days even a week. We have to be vigilant of the weather all the time and have plan A, B and C already thought out. Oh I just love Florida...It keeps me on my toes!

The suggestion made to gradually lower the temp prior to leaving is a good possibility.