Phal Strategy for South Florida

If you cannot control both temperature and light, it is very difficult to impossible for the hobby grower to grow Phals in South Florida. Even with low light, the heat of 95 degrees plus in July and August either kills or severely damages Phals. Some help can be obtained by misting fans. I have tried fans without the misting and even those had limited benefit. The easist strategy for hobby growings of a limited number of Phals is to grow the Phals indoors in a window. However, you will not be able to grow them indoors all year long. The temperature inside the house will not be variable enough to have good blooms. So you will need to move you Phals outside protected from direct sun when the weather starts to have 55 to 60 degree nights and no warmer than 80 to 85 during the day. This VARIATION in temperature will help the Phals bloom stronger and bigger......Good Growing!