temperature for cattleyas
Once again, I'm here lol. I am trying to regulate my cattleya's day temperatures. I can't grow them outside and sometimes my mom has the AC on 72 F so I bought a plant heat mat that I can change the temperature. I just installed it and I set it to 95 but they say it takes around 5 hours to set itself. I decided to place the mat behind the orchids to see if it would change the air temperature within the small area. I have them on a shelf under a grow light but the grow light is higher than the plants so it doesn't produce heat on them and at the low setting it's kind of intense (Bloom Plus). It also came with a thermometer on the device, so placed it in between the plants by the leaves to see if it would help me understand the temperature for cattleyas. I hear it's around 75 - 80 F. Plus I have a cool humidifier on by the plants. Not sure if that will mess with the results. If anyone has any experience or I need to place it back under the plants, let me know. It's been about 1 hour.
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