Is over-MISTING a possibility??? - Orchid Board

Christina Anderson-Abella · #1 10-07-2006, 01:48 PM

Hey again, orchidboard folks. Thanks for a warm (and humid, yet breezy . . .

) welcome. Now I have another question.

I'm wondering about misting plants such as phals, or in my case, two Dtps. "Hybridizer's Dream" 'Carmela' in tiny 2.5 inch pots. I have one inches beneath a shop light fixture. The other is slightly shaded by a tangerine tree in a south window.

I know that phals and phal-type orchids can't tolerate being watered too frequently, so I've been waiting for soil to get nice and dry before doing this. But, I can't seem to keep from wanting to spray them with my distilled water plant mister all the time! It's actually pretty fun for me to do this, so I probably do it once or twice each morning and then anytime I see them in the afternoons. I DO try to hold off before bedtime, to prevent rot.

This is a pretty weird question, but I'm just wondering! Is anybody else a "mister addict"? Do you have automated misting setups? Room humidifiers? Ever had a problem misting too much?

Thanks!

Christina

Tindomul · #2 10-07-2006, 11:06 PM

Me!! I'm a misting addict. I have MistKing Automatic Mister setup in one of my vivariums with orchids. The Phal, the Cischwenfia, the Haraella, and the Pluerothallis love it. The Platystele didn't like it so much, but loves the hand misting two times a day. Its all about air circulation really. I have one small phal in another vivarium that gets misted by hand only 1 every two or three days. Its very happy.