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Old 06-14-2007, 06:20 PM
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Ray, my temperatures I am growing in are mid 70's to 80 during the day and in the evening around 60 to 65. These are the temperatures for the plants that I grow inside. I have cymbidiums that I grow outside. The Phal I repotted I had got from my Grandmother, she had gotten some water on a leaf so I took it home to cut the bad part of the leaf off. I remember her saying she was also watering the plant at first while its plastic container sat inside of a ceramic container and so it would sit in the water....and then she realized she shouldn't do that. The Phal was planted in a bark mixture and the roots were healthy healthy healthy and very green! I feel bad for almost killing her only orchid and she only had it for about a month. I think my problem is the humidity with the s/h culture. I could be wrong, but my humidity is only around 20% here. I should get something to measure the humidity when using humidity trays that I have built into my plant table.

Anyways...so I have bright light, temps around 70 to 80 during the day and around 60 to 65 in the evenings, and very low humidity. I am sure that the humidity part is what is causing the problems with the roots rotting so fast in the s/h culture, I am correct? Thanks for trying to help me, I know it is not easy
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