when to bring cattleyas indoors

[oscar freak]

now that summer is officially over at least on paper,the weather is in flux with cold mornings and hot days then vice versa when should i bring my catts indoors?low temps in the 10-15degree range celcius

[silken]

I would start doing it soon if temps are reaching 10. They can likely withstand worse buy why chance it. Mine get nighttime temps of 12 or 13C in the greenhouse in the winter and do fine, but I prefer to keep it to that at the coldest. I have a few more heat loving ones on heat mats so hopefully its a few degrees warmer for them. I have lots of Cattleyas.

[oscar freak]

thanks i have 3 at the moment and one is'nt looking so well,im trying not to kill it

[Leafmite]

I usually bring my Cattleyas (and most other plants) inside before I need to turn on the furnace but when it is cold enough to close the windows at night. I don't like to stress the plants with too much of a temperature difference.

[tarev]

I killed my Cattleya, stubborn me for leaving them outdoors in my growcamp last 2013-2014 winter..so if I were you move them now indoors, even if daytime temps goes high, it is the overnights that is quite finicky and tricky.

[oscar freak]

moved all but the cyms indoors yesterday,wind was quite cold.winter seems to come overnight.

[tarev]

Cyms are okay outdoors, they are tougher and can handle cooler temps better. They actually need the cool down too, to trigger some spikes.

[oscar freak]

bit of a sad story with those poor cyms i nearly loved them to death,how they still alive is a mystery to me they had nearly no good roots left and thought i would lose at least a few but all are hanging on have'nt lost a plant yet.dont expect any flowers this year will be happy just if they grow.

[jai_star]

Im in Auckland and yes for us it is the end of summer too but I tend to leave all Catts and Cyms outdoors even through winter as they can tolerate the cool temps. We have mild winters anyway

[oscar freak]

i dont think these would last even autumn here Joburg gets pretty cold here,i wouldnt even trust leaving them to close to a window indoors.