let me swim against tide about this particular concern. Based on my own attempts to grow slc's in south FLA over a 25 years+ span... maybe a dozen plants. All were clones and hybrids except Sophronitis cernua (straight species), which I think is pretty much indestructible.
They all mostly lingered and slowly manifested their unhappiness about the temperatures in the high 90's.
eventually all faded away.
At one point I sought out a slightly shadier spot in my property and mounted a couple of sc crystelle "smith" mostly to see if there was hope any hope at all. This spot was on a roebellini palm and about 12 inches off the ground and in a very breezy part of my yard. This did the trick. Because of the lower light level,plant beng closer to the ground and believe a lower temp, mounted on a trunk and pretty much ignored as far as feeding. The plant did get frequent water as it was hit by my sprinklers 2-3 times a week and by rain.
There s likely a variance depending on which sophronitis species was used in that particular breeding and am sure some slc's will do just fine with regular catt culture. Just the same if you had a "cooler" spot to place them they may benefit from it.
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