Becca,
I'm growing in a south facing window in my bathroom, and I think I just can't keep the humidity high enough. The way this plant is positioned it gets mostly morning "full" (shaded through the window and screen plus some tree cover) sun and then lots of light in the afternoon but the sun doesn't shine on it. I soak it every other day (all of my plants are miniatures and seem to need a pretty frequent watering schedule) and mist it every morning but it always looks so dry! I water all my plants w/ tap water (which they don't seem to mind) and fertilize every couple weeks w/ a weak dilution of orchid fertilizer (don't remember which brand off the top of my head). temps range from mid 70s in the day in the summer to mid 50s in the winter at night. I've got pretty limited growing space and I'm not even sure if I cold fit a humidifier/grow lights in the area I've got the plants as it is a very small bathroom (my way of increasing humidity right now is running the shower! not really conventional but it works.)
My concern is that for 6 months I've been watching it slide slowly downhill - I think it's trying hard to adapt to conditions that fundamentally just aren't right for it.
Thanks for your reply (and your willingness to help)
~audrey~
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