There's something wrong about this El Nino effect! It's caused by the warming of the Pacific ocean, so how come the Atlantic coast gets the benefits of warmer weather and more rain, while the pacific coast gets the opposite? This just doesn't seem right.
I do have to say we did wake up to 60F this a.m. after several days of 44F, and RAIN...a whole 1/4" today. It never did get above 62F though.
I will say that the few orchids that are blooming last forever in this cool weather. It also takes forever for the spikes to do anything though.