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Originally Posted by epiphyte  I included lowest average temperature of 35F to a highest average temperature to 66F and the admin removed my temperatures and instead wrote... "Plant grows in cool to intermediate temperatures..." I asked him what the benefit is of generalizing information when specific information is available but he hasn't responded yet. |
I think I know why your post was edited. Although you didn't say it in your post, it looks as though you gave the winter night-time low temperature and the daytime high temperature? If you say an orchid is "cool growing" I automatically know the ideal night-time temp is around 50-55F and the ideal daytime high temp is around 60-70F. It gives me a range of temps to work with and so it provides a little more info than what you posted.
There's a problem with Wikipedia and other Wiki sites and that is that the info posted on a topic is usually not placed there by an expert in that field and therefore are often peppered with mistakes. The bottom line is that there are other much more reliable and authoritative sources for information. For this reason I rarely use Wikipedia or other Wiki sites for orchid information and usually refer people to other sources, at least until the quality of information on these sites gets better. I'm not saying the posters are being malicious or are intentionally posting incorrect info, I'm just saying their posts are often limited to whatever knowledge they have on hand which may be incomplete or inaccurate.