They're close related to masdevallias, aren't they? :)

They both belong to the Pleurothallis Alliance.
I think draculas and masdevallias share aprox the same growing conditions: cool and humid.

There are many, many orchids growing as understory plants in cooler, shady areas. Many miniature, wonderful Dendrobiums come from high-altitude forests in New Guinea. And many parts of southeast Asia have cool highlands with lots of shade-growing orchids.

Look up posts by Trollsvans and Helene, two Orchid Board members in Scandinavia. You can use the Search function in the maroon bar, above, to find all the posts by any member. Click on Advanced Search.

I will definitely look them up and the miniature dendrobiums you're talking about. :) Thanks for the advice!

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well that dendrobium phalaenopsis may do ok if you keep it drier, and grow it outside in summer months I'd imagine...

there are plenty of cooler growing plants that i wish I could grow! so you have options, but keeping humidity relatively high (My guess is that humidity can be a challenge because of interior climate control systems?) and maintaining light and light duration will also be a goal for you to grow orchids well...

Setting up artificial light to extend light hours or use of high intensity light bulbs can help... as well as setting up simple enclosures to up humidity can also work, even small setups around windows can be fun and easy... and with small setups you can join the mini orchid camp (that's my thing) and there are a lot of orchids that can fit in small growing case setups.

A blog i've looked at over the years is this:

orchidkarma

She grows in sweden quite successfully and details her various grow set ups. I think it could be a great resource for you.

She grows a lot of cool plants including a group of orchids call pleurothallids which included the masdevallia you have. (that one can do well for you if you can keep humidity high or it)

As far as easier orchids for cooler windowsills without extra humidity... i'd recommend miniature cattleyas, paphiopedilums, phalaenopsis hybrids, smaller growing zygopetalums, miltoniopsis hybrids... should do reasonably well. When you're ready to get into more specialized species or hybrids, we can all certainly recommend some when you get to that point.

In general however, setting up artificial lights in winter to extend daylight hours will help these, and any orchids.

Just catching the last post about the miniature dendrobiums... i wouldn't recommend those for the novice grower, they're pretty challenging overall to grow... although some are somewhat easy...

I have build a small indoor greenhouse for my orchids. I did this when I bought a small humidifier and a battery driven mini fan, to give them their own climate. There are some issues though, such as keeping the humidity stable (and the lack of light). I have no idea how to fix the issues with stabilizing humidity, other than maybe buying an arduino board to keep track of everything. If you have any easier/cheaper ideas, do tell :)
Thanks for the list of cool growing orchids and the blog. I will definitely check it all out!

Good luck!

Thank you! :)