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Old 11-27-2007, 08:47 PM
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Default Madidum Hybrid warm tolerance

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Originally Posted by smweaver View Post
For those of you who grow Cymbidium hybrids containing the species madidum in their background, I have a question. Do you give your plants cool winter nights like standard cymbibium hybrids, or do you provide warm nights for them (like madidum receives in nature)?
Here in Hawaii I grow (and sell) lots of madidum hybrids. Our nights are never below 60 and while I've had bud drop on some supposed warm tolerant hybrids, I've never seen bud blast on the madidum hybrids. Parish Madness, Pat Ann etc.and madidum itself.
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