Jonna, first I was looking at Mexico but now Yucatan which does bring you nearer. Rio, can we go North a bit. If you had said Macio or Fort Aleza but I would rather like Surinam. Any way, you are hitting the nail on the head. "None of these areas are defined by the cold" but neither are they defined by the heat "but by rainfall and warmth", warm and hot there is a difference. Most of these areas have a daily cloudburst of maybe fifteen minutes if not more. Humidity is not low, sometimes a person can feel the density as if in a swimming pool. I am again coming back to Asia. I know most of the people in this area would be interested to know about cold not from the point of view of which plant would do well but which to ignore.
I think we are on the same page but it does seem to be a philosophical discussion unless we set some tangible parameters like what are the maximum and minimum temperatures. "which need low or high humidity", I can understand that from your view point but it is also important from our view point and is not reflected in the database. Singapore, as it is the most developed country in this belt a visit to its met/weather data site should give us a better indication of maximum/minimum mean temperatures and humidity levels over the last two hundred years or so. Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Malaysia their data should also be in black and white over the last two hundred years and quite reliable. Central Africa due to benign condition has never been peaceful but in conflict so data from there is a bit chancy. Brazil, I was there in late 70's early 80's so I am a bit leery about their data. Surinam is lost in a deep hole. Peru, again mountain country. Leaves us only Far East Asia to use as a benchmark.
My mental world map is a bit rusty but isn't Yucatan mountain country? Not fair, just like some one from Kandy setting the parameter. Sri Lanka has one mountain only, famous for Adam's foot print and Kandy is on top of it. I am also in mountain country and thirty miles away the altitude difference is 1500 to 2000 feet, when I post pictures from there people do get confused, how come he is in zone 9 and posting pictures of plants from zone 6 or 7?
" Personally, I'd be happy to just know what plants need cold to do well, which need low or high humidity and which need a dry and wet season or all year rainfall". What about people like Noel? I can understand his climatic conditions and so can you
but he is stuck with the database as reference. What about people who try to grow Blue Jade Vine in Texas or Florida after checking the database
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Regards,
Arif.
