[GrowRR] regional differences?

[Kenneth Quinn]

Last week, I was contemplating ordering tillandsias from a dealer in 
California and asked a friend if they wanted to order some also.  That 
person remarked that plants from California don't do well here in New 
Orleans.  After I thought about it, I realized that I had brought home about 
20 tillandsias from a visit in 2001 and only one was still alive; a more 
recent order from another dealer had 100% mortality rate over the next year. 
These were healthy, top-rate plants when I received them, and I am not 
exactly a novice at growing bromeliads.  It must, therefore, be a matter of 
the different climates - those from CA are used to sharp contrast in day and 
night temperatures, for instance, while here they have months when the 
differential is only about 10 degrees.

Has anyone else noted this problem?  Has anyone in CA obtained plants from 
Floreida only to have them languish and then expire?

Kenneth Quinn