Enc. mooreana temperature - Why there are no experts

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by Ray

Let us also not ignore the fact that a single species may very well have several different population ranges, and some may have adapted to different - in this case warmer - conditions than others.

I think that decades of propagation and selection, as well as the use of chemical compounds to change ploidy, must have had an impact. Basically all commercial growers want to move the dial so that plants can be grown in "average" conditions and not at either extreme - it's a bigger market.
I doubt that many of today's "improved" species would survive or thrive in their natural environment.

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[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

I think that decades of propagation and selection, as well as the use of chemical compounds to change ploidy, must have had an impact. Basically all commercial growers want to move the dial so that plants can be grown in "average" conditions and not at either extreme - it's a bigger market.
I doubt that many of today's "improved" species would survive or thrive in their natural environment.

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In the case of plants that are well established this is almost certainly the case, but many orchids simply haven't been numerous, desirable, or maybe just lucky enough to have received that sort of attention. This plant sounds like an example of the latter.