Can I get feedback and advice on my terrarium plan?

[Orchid Enthusiast]

Hi guys

Though my parents have been growing orchids for years around the house, I am pretty new to them and would like to grow mini orchids in an enclosure.

So far I have a wardian case that is about 9" x 12" x 16". It sort of looks like a mini greenhouse. It is one by H Potter I believe.

I plan on a drainage layer of some stones/pebbles (probably half the size of my thumb). For the substrate, can I use orchid bark or sphagnum moss or both? Above that, I want a layer of some sort of moss on any space I don't have orchids growing on.

For lighting I am probably using an desk lamp and screwing in an LED light that is 5000k like this , would this be sufficient? There is also a north facing window a foot away from the terrarium.


I'd also like to ask, given the space I have, how many mini orchids can I fit in? I mostly want to plant them as if they were growing on the ground but I will probably have a piece of driftwood/cork bark or two to mount two or three mini orchids on. I think I might stick to phals for now like Phal. parishii.

What do you guys think? Is this viable?