BURRRRRR!! PLZ Help! - Orchid Board

Jkelee · #1 10-28-2008, 08:08 AM

& Burrrr!

This is just a simple question, I hope.
Last night, here in Central FL I woke up and it was down to 51! Yikes!

The Yikes is because I didn't cover/do anything different with my chids. Yikes!

Since I have Catts, Dendros, Vanda's, phaphs, Zygo's, Tolumnia's, Phals, and species all outside in my chid hotel,
Who has to come inside?

What is the LOWEST TEMP chids can take, and WHAT CHIDS can't take that Lowest Temp, out of what I have??

soccerdefence · #2 10-28-2008, 08:22 AM

im not 100% but for, at least your catts and phaphs I do believe 40 is the lowest...

bonsai1504 · #3 10-28-2008, 08:54 AM

i don't let mine go below 45 degrees. they can go down to 40 but it is risky.

Jkelee · #4 10-28-2008, 11:07 AM

Thanks Cullen & Houston!!

Any others with some Good Advice on What chids can hang in the COLD Nights?!

Swamper · #5 10-28-2008, 11:20 AM

Sanday had a similar thread which I'll give you the same answer, as for the vandas 38 degrees is what I have heard they can start hurting. However even 50 with a 20mph wind will burn them. Your hotel,motel, holiday inn should be ok for them all year.

cb977 · #6 10-28-2008, 11:34 AM

I try to keep them at 48-50 and haven't had any problems...but that's with no wind. The vandas like the cooler temperatures the least, if anything...protect them.
What they got hit with last night should be fine, don't worry.

We woke up to 48 this morning! It's FREEZING!!!
(That was a funny, Ross

)

Ross · #7 10-28-2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cb977

We woke up to 48 this morning! It's FREEZING!!!
(That was a funny, Ross

)

I hear ya! We have snow on the ground. Northern New Jersey has 4". It's covering the trees and piling up fast in southern New Jersey. We have maybe an inch or so. This is pretty much the earliest I can remember for this kind of weather.

Royal · #8 10-28-2008, 11:37 AM

Sunday night got down to 35! The weatherman was wayyyy wrong, and ALL of my chids were outside!

cb977 · #9 10-28-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

Sunday night got down to 35! The weatherman was wayyyy wrong, and ALL of my chids were outside!

Oh no! See any damage, Royal?

Royal · #10 10-28-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cb977

Oh no! See any damage, Royal?

Nope, none that I can see - yet. Lots of spiking going on too. I hope they do ok. I'm pretty hard on them, extreme light, extreme heat, extreme cold. I know it's not optimal, but all of these little buggers are way more tolerant than conventional wisdom dictates. While keeping a Phal at near freezing temps just is not a good idea, brief swings don't seem to really set them back. They just shiver a bit and keep growing!