Hi from Pennsylvania

[Subrosa]

Welcome! I'm in Schuylkill county now, but I've lived all over PA including a couple years in Pittsburgh. I grow all of my stuff as outdoor plants, but some of them need to vacation indoors for 7 months out of the year. I break my stuff down into categories based upon the lowest temperature I want them to see. My plants that are fine as long as they don't freeze, like Dendrobium kingianum, D. moniliforme and Neofinetia falcata have been outside for a couple weeks now. I've had to cover them a few nights here and there. When night time temps are consistently above 50°F the rest of my stuff comes out. But my real love are my hardy orchids that grow in the ground year round.

[nicc]

Originally Posted by Subrosa

Welcome! I'm in Schuylkill county now, but I've lived all over PA including a couple years in Pittsburgh. I grow all of my stuff as outdoor plants, but some of them need to vacation indoors for 7 months out of the year. I break my stuff down into categories based upon the lowest temperature I want them to see. My plants that are fine as long as they don't freeze, like Dendrobium kingianum, D. moniliforme and Neofinetia falcata have been outside for a couple weeks now. I've had to cover them a few nights here and there. When night time temps are consistently above 50°F the rest of my stuff comes out. But my real love are my hardy orchids that grow in the ground year round.

I've never tried growing outdoors but would love to try hardy orchids.