Cairns Botanic Gardens & Conservatory On The Coldest Week Of The Year

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[@Maudiebryan]

Thank you Kim and George. Great tour.

[@reallifefuntopia8273]

Thanks for joining and watching both channels! Cairns gardens alone are worth the trip!

[@lyonheart84]

I'm guessing the pink flowers that looked a bit like papaya flowers in the conservatory were maybe Medinilla Magnifica ? Beautiful surroundings there

[@reallifefuntopia8273]

You may be right on the plant name, Brett. We both adore the gardens and Edge Hill.

[@stevemacerak6168]

Hi Kim, come to Mel, nice weather 😲

[@reallifefuntopia8273]

We're there on our other channel 😉

[@RussellBooth1977]

My grandmother on my dads side used to grow orchids in a shade house near Mullumbimby in New South Wales,she used to show them at the Orchid shows which she used to go to at Lismore. So they grow in a 10b cold hardiness zone let alone zone 11 which is what zone Cairns is in, well, after my grandfather died in 2017 & my grandmother was also living in the nursing home that he died at & she eventually did last year my cousin who lives 3 houses down from their old house took most of them back to his house where they all died because he left them out in the hot sun,my point is that he should've at least put them underneath a tree so that they wouldn't get cooked. My dad took what was left back home with him to the Newcastle area where we live & he does have a king Orchid which grows beautiful flowers during the warmer months, so they will grow in a 10b zone which is zone my area is in. I have some self sown Crows nest ferns which spores came from old leaves that my dad put up the backyard to incinerate, the spores blew onto some brick work which gets moist & I transplanted them into pots,he brought the original ferns back from the far north coast of New South Wales many years ago. So,I do want to grow orchids as well, they need to be planted in a semi shaded area but,my dad has his king orchids growing in a shaded spot in the garden as well. Next Thursday we're forecasted to get a 23°C day in our area but the nights will still be at about 8°C, we live near the Barrington Tops which is a part of the Great dividing range, they got a light dusting of snow this week &; there has been snow at the snowy mountains as well obviously, the cold winds have been blowing off those mountains & we've been getting 13-14°C days this month. It was forecasted at 16°C yesterday but the wind chill made it feel like it was 13°C !

[@reallifefuntopia8273]

Lucky for you in Zone 10. I'm in 9B, with at least 5 months of single digit nights. No orchids for me.