When I lived in Galveston, Texas, we used to utilize the ice left over from our adult beverages to provide cooling to the root systems of orchids that required a period of cooler temperatures to flower. A lot more fun than lugging pots around but I honestly don't recall it being that effective - at promoting flowering that is. Certainly made hot afternoons more bearable for human folk. Boyce Tankersley On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:26 PM, <iain@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org> wrote: > Just a thought Nathan but have you considered that if the mountain i.e. > the cold won't come to Mohamed > therefore Mohamed i.e. you might go to the mountain. Perhaps if you had a > friend or acquaintance who > lives in your latitude but at higher altitude[s] it might be possible to > achieve your objective with this > genus. Our problem with Lilium is invariably the opposite e.g. the > Cardiocrinums over winter in either > our garage or workshop depending on space and how many. Not having grown > Lycoris I don't know how > amenable it or they are to potted winter migration. Might be worth a try. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >