From: "Don Bittel" donbit121 at hotmail.com> on 2006.11.22 at 04:12:19(14824)
I take exception to the comments from CA that anthuriums are wimps, and
can't take temps below 70 degrees. I grow hundreds of anthuriums outdoors in
central FL, even small seedlings, that take temps down to 40 or 45 with no
damage. All but a small few have survived 33 to 35 degrees, and at least
half have survived 25 to 30 degrees, (with heavy leaf damage). I only bring
in the kings and queens when it will get below 40. and anth. coriacium
survived 25 degrees with no damage at all.
Maybe in CA it's the humidity they need, not the warmer temps.
The real wimps are those high elevation ones that won't grow in the
states at all, except with special greenhouse conditions . And the biggest
wimps are those alocasias, which melt in the summer from stemrot if it rains
for a week, or go dormant as soon as the nites go below 50.
Don Bittel
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