Stager- Heed Thine Own Words!
Lest you think that Stagers are perfect and never have any clutter, let me show you just a portion of what I’m dealing with this afternoon. 
This is not to rub it in to my friends to the north, but we in Florida are having a cold front coming in tomorrow night. My friend, Toni Weidman, over in the Tampa area will get cooler weather than those of us here in Palm Beach County. I know that she and Craig will probably be doing the same thing I’m doing, if they haven’t already.
Every winter for the 1 or 2 times that I have to go through this, I chide myself for having so many orchids. Before I moved to Northern Virginia several years ago, I had about 125 orchids. I have since “downsized” to about 50 (give or take a few) and once again, I’ve vowed not to buy another orchid. (at least until the next orchid show)
Don’t laugh, we take temperatures in the mid 40’s at night very seriously. When you have 50+ orchids outside, they can be very high maintenance in cold weather.
Their little roots don’t like to be outdoors in below 50 degree weather for more than a night or two. Some, like my vandas are particularly sensitive to cold weather. And those just all happen to be with buds now, so they need to be protected.
If left out, likely they won’t just diebut they will show their unhappiness at being kept out in the cold by refusing to favor us with their beautiful flowers for the next year (or two.)
I am off to haul in some more orchidsand wonder to myself why in the world don’t I edit some of my collection.
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| This is why!!! |
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