How Low Can You Go questionnaire
Date posted: 21 March 2007 - Permalink / Shortlink
Questionnaire on temperatures maintained in glasshouses
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Questionnaire sent to participants before meeting.
In order to get as much out of each other’s experience as possible, I would like to gather some information on temperatures maintained in the glasshouses in your various gardens, for collation and to stimulate discussion at the meeting. Could you possibly fill in what you can on the form below and email it to me by 16 March or thereabouts?
Many thanks.
Jessica Gould
1 At what temperatures do you maintain your glasshouse collections?
Please fill in the type of specialist collection or house (if relevant). See end page for example of how Cambridge University Botanic Garden has filled in the table.
| Minimum temperature(ºC) | ||
| Collection | Reserve | Display |
| Tropical General Specialist collections (e.g. orchid house) | ||
| Warm temperate General (Mediterranean, Australian, South African plant material etc) Specialist collections | ||
| Cool temperate General Specialist collections, (eg. cacti, carnivorous etc) | ||
2. Why do you maintain these temperatures?
Because you have done so for years?
Because of the requirements of a particular species?
To encourage flowering?
Other (please specify)
3. Have you reduced the temperature for any reason?
Or has it ever fallen below this minimum temperature for any length of time (because of unexpectedly cold weather, boiler breakdown etc.)?
If so, why, and for how long?
What happened to your collections as a result?
Did you notice any adverse effects?
4. Is your heating/ventilation system:
Manually controlled
Computer controlled
5. Any other comments
Name of person responding:
Email address:
Name of garden:
Table for question 1 completed by Cambridge University Botanic Garden, as an example:
| Minimum temperature(ºC) | ||
| Cambridge University Botanic Garden | Reserve | Display |
| Tropical General Tropical Orchid house | 18 16 | 18 16 |
| Warm temperate General Temperate Fern House | 14 12 | 12 12 |
| Cool temperate General cactus and succulent house Carnivorous Plant House Filmy Fern House | 10 9 5 0 | 10 9 5 0 |