Catasetum temperature in dormancy

[Ben_in_North_FLA]

Roberta, excellent point to highlight. I saw this first Hand with a couple of catasetum plants from a South America vendor/ At first did not give it much thought, but then it made sense that plants were acclimated to southern hemishpere seasons and had to sleep through a full year before they adjusted and woke up. The plants were purchased in Florida in May (redlands show) and had just come from South America as they approach their winter, they continued to sleep through our summer and winter and woke up all normal at the next spring. Vendors should have said something. guess they did not want to discourage any sales. Plants skipped a whole year of growing.