Low Humidity Problem

[Lenka]

Originally Posted by unique562

I bought a greenhouse/hothouse for my orchids. I got it this summer and they seem to love it. I now have an orchid the has not bloomed in over 4 years blooming and a couple others blooming. The humidity stays 55 or higher. If you mist at least once a day the humidity will stay above 70. I put foil on the bottom to keep the humidity in.

Looks great Unique562! Mine will have to do with temporoary solution as we are planning to buy a house this summer (we are renting at the moment) and then i am thinking more something built in.

Is't great though to see how people care about their orchids and have ideas about stuff and share their experiances.

[unique562]

I usually set a small box fan at the bottom.

[Jbyron]

You can also place a small fan and have it blowing on a tray under your orchids or some other water container. It will increase the evaporation rate. Be careful not to blow directly on the orchids since it can dry them out as well. Be especially careful of any flower spikes.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Jbyron

You can also place a small fan and have it blowing on a tray under your orchids or some other water container. It will increase the evaporation rate. Be careful not to blow directly on the orchids since it can dry them out as well. Be especially careful of any flower spikes.

Hmmmm. My fans blow directly on my orchids 24/7 with no adverse affect. In fact many are in spike or new growth. I haven't done anything to try (in vain I am sure) to raise humidity with the fans.

[Pippin]

Use a real humidifier, they do the job and they're not that expensive.

[CodiMN]

Fans=good! Mine kinda like a "breeze."