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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Happypaphy7" data-source="post: 721391" data-attributes="member: 41545">It is indeed the different temperature ranges requirement that separate these Cymbidiums although they can all be grown the same way provided that the winter minimum temperature is well above the freezing point as ensifolium and sinense are nowhere as winter hardy as Cymbidium goeringii which is the hardiest of these, which makes them easiest one to deal with depending on what climate a grower lives in. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />But you are into cool varieties that take fine tuning for proper flower development, so that is the challenge.Both Cymbidium goeringii and Karan are native species in my country of South Korea. Karan only occurs in the subtropic island of Jeju while goeringii occurs in this island and way up north to about middle of the country where the January average temp is 0-2C. Jeju is significanly warmer than this.Even in Japan, Karan occurs in Shikoku, Kyushu and way down south in Okinawa. There is a colony found in Honshu but along the coastal line and a lot further down from Tokyo Yokohama area. So, I would expect much milder climate than what people would consider typical of Honshu.</blockquote>