Cymbidium indoors

[Roberta]

In general, most of the Cyms that don't need a a cool down are the smaller-flowerered pendant types. But also those that have Cym ensifolium in their background like Golden Elf and its progeny. If you can get your hands on Cym Chen's Ruby you get fairly large flowers, upright growth habit, and fragrant. (It's Golden Elf offspring, blooms in the late summer/early fall.) Don't worry too much about the heat, a shadehouse will protect from the burning direct sun. (90's F not a problem... where ES lives, above 110 F for weeks at a time more of an issue) "Warmth tolerance" is really "hot muggy nights" tolerant - hybrids that bloom without a fall cooldown and relatively cool summer nights. The others, you can grow leaves just fine in the Florida heat, but you want flowers... Do check around at local shows. New Horizons Orchids (now located in Colombia) has worked with a Florida wholesale nursery (Oglesby Plants, don't know if they still do), also don't know who they sell to. So the challenge is to find retailers who get their Cyms from such wholesalers and breeders, who have been hybridizing for the Florida market (and similar climates) for the last 10 years or more.