Thanks. From the advice I have gotten, putting the Phals in the sunporch or the guest room should work well, as those are the temperatures that would probably prevail in late May or early June. I would probably get a bigger temperature drop in the porch, but there is more danger of sunburn. I'll ha
Hello Iris,
Just another thought on chilling phals, if you try the ice method, I
would use a cooler and those reusable gel packs (medical or you can get
a sporting good stores along with the cooler) that you could freeze
during the day.
Cheers,
Mark Sullivan
1% for Orchid Conservation
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Hello Iris,
Chilling phals to 34 to 40 in the refrigerator is to cold, but you could
turn up the refrigerator's thermostat. There is no reason that that
would not work.
As far as ice, I wouldn't put it in a pot. You could try an experiment.
Put the ice in a large container with lid (bucket, gar
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19-16C is safe temperature to induce flowering.
That's 60-66 F. I could easily get those temperatures at night around the end of May or the beginning of June, in my unheated guest room with the windows open.
Iris
Hi Iris -
In the deep south, many people seem to keep cymbidiums
as outdoor plants. I've heard of those who went so far
as to put the pot into a cooler, which is kept filled
with ice, renewed as it melts, until the inflorescence
is well established.
A bit radical, but sometimes our winters can be t
quoting Iris:
"The conventional wisdom is that if you chill most Phals for a period of two
weeks, they will bloom 120 days later. According to this, if I want my Phals to
bloom for our orchid show in mid-October, I have to put them on a chilling
regimen around Memorial Day. Now there may be no na
The conventional wisdom is that if you chill most Phals for a period of two weeks, they will bloom 120 days later. According to this, if I want my Phals to bloom for our orchid show in mid-October, I have to put them on a chilling regimen around Memorial Day. Now there may be no natural chilling av
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