It is about 96 in my home during the summer  (no A/C) and yes I did lose some of my Hoya's but some thrived The ones with the thicker leaves did well We live in an oven as well from June till end of September (It is now at last cooling off) and this summer was particularity bad I lost a lot of plants and  will make sure not to buy again But some did well and I was surprised I do keep two humidifiers on all the time when it is hot and dry which is pretty much for four months Winter is cold  and dry and my tropical plants are all indoors even some cactus as well as succulents (it freezes and we get snow )  I doubt the Medinilla would do well here Too hot or too cold  I love the   filming set up but then I enjoy all your videos !

Chiming in on filming setup, I do like the casual "in the middle of gardening and suddenly I have something to say, sit down amongst my plants" setup. We also get a new view of some of the plants we don't see as often. 😍

Hello New York Girlie here in Harlem. I have a Cymbiformis that went dormant in summer. Leaves dryied up, turned brown and refused to drink. I almost chucked it into the bin. Then we were hit with cold fall weather and it begin to come back slowly. Its still struggling but green and drinking water again. I think  it will make a recovery.

Thank you ! Forget what we have in the Canadian fridge 😂 And the struggles you have in the oven . Such perspective to ground me and helps me laugh😅 . Well done .

🤣I had to stop and count my aroids when he said to free yourself from the bondage and chokehold of aroids . I’ve got 47 aroids but I’ve got other plants as well

Take us to church, Ebuka!
Canadian girlie here (freezer region lol) grateful for our very well insulated and temperature controlled houses. In summer we keep our house around 23C (74F) and in winter around 21C (70F). Only on the very coldest days (-40C and windy) does the heat struggle to keep the house at 21 (70). Most plants do well with our temperatures but the ones that struggle are the ones that want more humidity (ferns, calatheas and the like). We are a dry freezer. The house generally is between 30-50% humidity.

Your collection is thriving! They all look so beautiful 🤩🙌

I’m convinced my jewel orchid is a born and bred New Yorker because it grows faster in the NY winters. It despises summer. Doesn’t like sun or humidity

Just a thought…should you get an additional shade net or maybe even a screen house in advance of the dry season for the calatheas for protection. They are so very breathtaking with the colors and leaves.

I learned a lot about microclimates while living in the LA, CA area. Plants natives to the cooler, foggy coast would not grow 30 miles inland. Desert plants needed full sun and no summer water. Here in Texas, we have a dry hell summer, will occasional deluges. Milder spring and fall with more rain. Winter varies from nice to snowmageddon. Usually one ice storm per year. So I have an unheated greenhouse and am working on making space for indoor plants.

I feel like you'd thrive in Kenya love❤ lovely video as always. I can't stop watching and rewatching

Medianilla is always available here in my country, The Philippines. The elder aunties here love blooming plants. While the millenial aunties prefer the aroids and agloenemas.
I love your videos that includes the beauty of your garden. I personally prefer you filming with them lovelies.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you can do whatever you want is always hilarious and cool including location

I guess I am a part-time oven dweller and part-time freezer, well more like refrigerator dweller. I live in the desert end of California. Our summers are brutal. There have been 5 or 6 casualties in my outdoor plants alone. My H. polyneura always struggles even though I put it on the floor since heat rises. My Phals are doing okay; I keep them strictly indoors. A couple more to add to your list of cold loving plants are Masdevallias and Miltoniopsis; these are both orchids; they don't like the heat. Happier in winter for sure. My H. bella hangs near an AC vent, so that probably explains why it is happy.  It has flowered 3 times.

In Florida, almost lost my El Choco Red philodendron this summer due to high heat. Brought it inside and its doing much better. They like cooler temps 65-75°F.

One word - Peliosanthes. "Oh, your peace lily is so huge and bushy. But why isn't it blooming?" Because my "peace lily" is an aspidistra.
Seriously, I went to Europe and these plants are standing on frost-covered windowsills because when winter comes, they don't turn on the heating there, they just live indoors in their outerwear. And these plants are doing just fine, blooming and bearing their bright blue berries.

Must be a Hoya, cuz I’d bow out too 😂

😂😂😂who was that? Your neighbor? That look on your face made me chuckle 😂😂.

I sit here watching it attempt to snow outside, thankful I'm no where near an oven. My partner would keep the house 23-25C if up to him but I want it at like 18C, so we meet at 21C. I've killed multiple peperomias and a peperomides though, it's dry as can be here. I fight to get the humidity to 30% around my plants in winter.

Yes so much of my pants are thriving in the rainy season it make me sad because the rest of the year in my country is scorching. 😭