Thanks Lee, Michael, Bill and Nhu. I appreciate the tips and ideas. -Rex Philippines On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:08 PM Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote: > Just found a climate graph on the US Climate Data website of Kula, Hawaii > showing it’s average monthly rainfall and average monthly high and low > temperatures. It’s actually even more pleasant of a climate than I > remembered it. It reminds me of the San Francisco Bay Area climate. (Hope I > do this attachment thing correctly.) > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a > Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > > > On Aug 27, 2018, at 8:49 PM, Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > Just one comment from when I did a little climate exploring around the > world: It turns out that on the west-facing slope of Haleakala on the > island of Maui in Hawaii, from about 700 meters (2300 ft) to 1200 meters > (4000 ft) in altitude, the climate is distinctly mediterranean (cooler and > rainy in the winter and warmer but dry with little to no rain in the > summer), and I’ve seen mediterranean-climate plants growing there such as > wine grapes, Protea bushes (just Googled and found 5 Protea farms there, > all in the upland/upcountry area surrounding Kula), olive trees and > lavender. I suspect A. belladonna would grow there without much trouble. > There may be similar climates in other higher elevation tropical areas of > the world (such as maybe Peru?). > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…