Dendrobium overwintering in the north
For context: I am an indoor only orchid grower who lives in Philadelphia. I have successfully grown phalaenopsis, oncidium, and psychopsis orchids (I am working on paphiopedilum also but with mixed results right now).
I recently bought a Dendrobium Loving Memory Fizz and I was wondering how indoor growers deal with overwintering this orchid variety. It sounds like it will require a more intense temperature drop then I can provide indoors or then I have needed with my other orchids to get them to flower. My current thought process is that I will need to leave it outside for a month in the fall to get it to flower. Everything I see online says to leave them outside in November and take it in before the first frost. However, in my area the first frost happens typically in early November so I am mainly asking if anyone on this forum who grows dendrobiums in northern latitudes can tell me when they take these orchids outside to force overwintering/if their is another option I have not thought of/ if I am dramatically overthinking this.
Thank you in advance for any feed back you can give and sorry for the longer post
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