Purchased online Phal seedlings keep or exchange?

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My Orchids are outdoors on a covered open/breezy porch and I am in the upper Florida Keys and moss maintains a consistent moisture much longer than bark in our hot weather.

I am intrigued about collecting rain, but so far I haven't come up with a method to work into my other duties, activities, pets and responsibilities but we do have a whole house water filter and seller has recommended I use DISTILLED water on these young seeding plants and I am actually moving them into the house because he says 85 degrees is too hot for them, that they need 70 - 80 degrees which is exactly what we keep our house. Seller also states humidity needs to be consistent so I like your watering idea for these, more often and not soaked but moistened.

Thank you for the links, have skimmed over them and they looked tremendously helpful and a great find. Especially liked Ray's fertilizer regimen that has "flood the pot with water at every watering" which seemed a wise consensus I had already come to on my own which I had questioned and mentioned before.

My fertilizer regiment alternating between the four types of nutrients is working quite effortlessly and well for me but I am not beyond improving it and I'll look into reworking it to provide more nitrogen. I have just watched so many "old timers" sharing their fertilizing regimens and they are quite strict and inclusive so wanted to do the same because I hear over and over again most issues stem from lack of a particular nutrient so I wanted to have them all covered. Many swear by seaweed extract and others garlic water so I'll try to get some experience trying them. Anecdotal evidence is high on my list of what I trust.

Update: Interestingly Ray's fertilizing program is pretty similar to what I am doing with my 4 different nutrient solutions - including the garlic. His NPK fertilizer has added cal mag, and his Kelpak stimulant is a seaweed extract supplement. And in addition he adds a probiotic and garlic IS a probiotic! So I think I'll comfortably stick to my plan that is like clockwork for me and super easy to manage and keep track of with the color-coded tag system I have in place. Also with regards to soaking the pot, it is my understanding watering like that brings fresh air in when it drains leading to important air exchange.