We had a high of 96 degrees today....so it looks like my orchids will stay outside for a while yet.

Must be nice to live somewhere warm. :|

It is going to drop to 30'F (-1'C) this weekend and, with the breeze, it will feel colder. I'll probably bring in the Pleione bulbs this weekend and most everything else.

I did manage to find very good homes for all the orchids that didn't fit in a window or under the lights...and the unscented Brassavola nodosa. It was especially painful to give away the mossiae and purpurata. To console myself, I ordered another C. aclandiae (a coerulea form, this time, promised to be strongly fragrant).

I am really curious what plants of yours, if you remember where you unable to get rid of pests on. Was it one alliance or specific plants? I have found cattleyas attract the most and of those certain cattleyas I canot get rid of the pest. I am at that point to where it's not worth it, I can buy another.

Socal still in the 80s, so will be out for a while

So who has brought their plants inside already?
 

Zürich, Switzerland.
45/50 F, 70-100% humidity

Everything is inside except Den. thyrsiflorum / kingianum, the Holcoglossums and the Ornithidium sophronitis

We had a light frost last night up here in North Central Ohio... I'd brought in most of the orchids except for my Den. nobile, Den. kingianum, and Neofinetia falcata earlier in the week when lows started hitting the 40's. Brought in the last of the orchids except the Neos last night--and good that I did since there was frost on the car windshields this morning.

Neos are fine with temps into the upper 20's, so figured they'd be able to stay out until tonight.....I've seen pix of them with light snow, but don't want to push my luck.

Catherine

The forecast here shows 40 F for tomorrow night, so tonight at 51 is probably the last night they spend out.

The sad thing is of course temperatures rebound after the next day....but I hate back and forth.

I pushed my luck with the Catts and even Phals and kept them out until night temps dropped into the 40s as long as the daytime temps got into the 60's, but I made sure to keep the plants and the dry side during the last week or so they were out and misted the mounts only in the morning so things would have a chance to dry out before the temps dropped.

So far no signs of rot anywhere, and pests were minimal, though I did have a grey tree frog hitchhike in one one of the oncs. Cute little guy, and he'll probably spend the winter on the plants....There should be enough water since I mist daily and have some other houseplants with damp soil.

Catherine

I've been having a 40-50 deg swing from day to night temps. Mine don't seem to mind the cool nights when the days are warm.
Cool nights and days are when I have to make changes.


Maureen

We had a light frost one day last week and again last night. The nobile and cymbidium stayed out, but I brought them in tonight. We are supposed to get 20s over the weekend. Then it's supposed to warm up a bit. I only have a few that I put in and out, so I will do that until nights stay cold.

Forecast shows lows predicted in the 50s, highs in the 60s and 70s until at least Sunday Nov. 8. I already brought in Phals and other more cold-sensitive types. I will likely leave some orchids out at least until next Sunday, and possibly through Nov. 11 for cold-tolerant ones, since there is no forecast of temperatures lower than 44 F (7 C) in the forecast through the 11th.

I always forget that it isn't so cold in other places....
I just have the pitcher plants, figs and indoor strawberries outside right now, protected by the porch from frost.

I moved to Austin in 2010 and this will be my first year I've left all the orchids outside into November. The 10 day forecast doesn't make me think I'll bring them inside any time soon either!!

Some years I get no frost at all, but most years it happens. There are a lot of plants to move, including a lot of cacti, succulents and tropicals. I try to get it done by mid November. I keep my eye on the weather, because we usually get at least several day's warning. The earliest I've had frost has been November 20.

Isurus have you been inundated with flood waters?

As far as temps go, if not for a few cold nights, it's been a very warm autumn. Last year we had snow on 17 Nov, this year it's warm and sunny. Wish I could have left mine out this long but the weather's just too unstable. Until April...

Luckily I live on the second floor of an apartment complex that sits on top of a hill! The orchids have gotten two weekends of torrential rain, so I think they're pretty well flushed of accumulated fertilizers.

I am debating on what to do with my Den kingianum.
Night temperatures will be around mid to low 40's, day high around mid 50's.
If I leave it outside, it will get quite a bit of rain, which does not work well for a winter rest for watering. It looks like it is still working on growing/maturing a couple of canes though.
I could put it inside, into a cool north facing window & reduce watering ...
What do you guys think?

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My Den. Kingianums are staying outside for now. It has also been raining a lot here, but its a little warmer here.

My kingianums are also putting up new growths. They go out days, but I still have to bring them in at night as we have been getting frost most nights.

As was suggested by esticon seca, I am continuing to water until the growth are mature, then I will stop around Thanksgiving.

I brought my outdoor catts in last night because the temperatures dipped into the mid-40s. They're back out today, though!

I brought mine in 3 weeks ago. We got snow 2 days ago. Winter looks like it is here.

Mine have been in for the best part of a month because they forecast cold, but I needn't have bothered. The nights have barely dropped below 15.

December 31, and the weather has been so warm, I still have two Cymbidiums and my Coelogyne cristata outdoors. With warm rain this past week, several plants that looked like they would enjoy some rain moved back outdoors temporarily (nights hovering around 60 F, day temperatures in the 70s). The few that did move back outdoors include Cattleya, Phalaenopsis, & Oncidium alliances - they are moving back indoors tonight, with the low dropping to 47 F.

The Cymbidiums and Coelogyne will continue outdoors, but move to protection in my garage if the forecast calls for temperatures close to freezing. Indoors if it will get really cold.

My Cymb hybrid, Enc. magnoliae, and two Dend. kingianums are still outside. When temps fall below freezing AND they're wet, I bring them in. If they're dry and temps fall below freezing, they get to stay cold.

I've had all the orchids inside for some time, and a lot of cactus and succulents under frost cloth outdoors. We've had almost 12 nights of frost this winter so far, more than usual. We also had a week of cloudy weather with daytime temperatures in the mid 50s F / 7-8C and nights just below freezing. I realize those of you in the frozen tundra have to endure this for most of the year and I am empathetic.