My Growing Room

[Shiva]

That's what I used to do, Clark, but since I reduced my collection to mainly phrags and paphs, I didn't need all the light the greenhouse provides, not to mention the trouble and cost of cooling it.
I updated the image of the cat yesterday. Her mouth is slightly open. She was probably meowing about the bad performance of Obama on the first debate. She's a very smart puss.

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Do you by chance have a basement?
I know they aren't as common in rural Que. I have had great success with my masdies there in the summer!

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[Shiva]

Nope! No basement! That's where the plants would be if I had one.

 

[Susie11]

Susie
Since you don't say, I must assume that you put your plants on a humidity tray and that you use natural light to grow them. If that light is enough for them to grow well, I would propose putting a heating mat under the plants, either in or under the tray(s). You should also put something underneath the heating mat to protect the top of your desk. In that concept, the heating mat would warm the water and help increase the humidity around your plants. A standing light would probably also work but it would tend to dry up the air. If you look at the pictures I put in the post, you can see large galvanized trays under the plants and wire shelves on top. Every time I water the plants, the surplus water collects in the trays, providing a higher humidity level for the plants.
You can find where to buy heating mats in plant magazines or catalogs, plant stores and ebay. They use very little electricity and raise the heat a few degrees. I hope this helps.

Thanks Shiva,
I have my orchids in the bedroom and they get natural sunlight to grow them. I don't actually have a humidity tray. I just have them in pots with a little water collected at the base after I water them. They do not stand in the water as they have a foam peanut to sit on inside the pot.

I will look into the heat mats but my initial thought were that they were expensive to run. Now that you have said otherwise maybe I shall have another think about them.

 

[SlipperFan]

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I updated the image of the cat yesterday. Her mouth is slightly open. She was probably meowing about the bad performance of Obama on the first debate. She's a very smart puss.

That cat sure has blue eyes!

 

[Ruth]

Nice setup! Do you use heat mats?

 

[Shiva]

Nice setup! Do you use heat mats?

Only for starting seedlings in spring.