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Cymbidium aloifolium cold tolerance?   Message List  
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I had a bit of a nice surprise lately when a cymbidium given to me some years
ago "probably
one of those yellow ones" turned out to be a nice aloifolium. The one i had
potted has some
6-7 spikes going and the one I remounted fairly high up on a cedar not too long
ago also has
started blooming. Thanks to coming across a nice pic by Jay, it was easy to
find out what it
was. Question is, since I no doubt one day will get the hankering to do another
mount, and I
know it does well with our high temps, what is the cold tolerance for this
species? Ie a
freeze. We do get them in SW florida from time to time - even right on the gulf
- and I cover
as needed - IF I HAVE TO.

Thanks!




Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:02 pm

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I had a bit of a nice surprise lately when a cymbidium given to me some years ago "probably one of those yellow ones" turned out to be a nice aloifolium. The...
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Most of my cymbidiums are the large Chinese hybrids, so the problem is getting them cold enough to produce flowers here. However, I have one species,...
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Well for an update... I found an answer I guess via Dave's of hardiness down to 25 to 30 degrees - so I think I don't have too many worries about the...
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Cymbidiums have been stereotyped as 'tropical' plants but they are not really as they grow up above 35 degrees lattitude in China and up in the Himalayas. ...
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