Cold!!!!!!

[Pilot]

Hi All--

Last night we got down below zero here in Colorado. Of course, this is when my thermostat in my solarium decides is an appropriate time to die. My hi-lo thermometer read 50 degrees F exactly. So I got out a fan and started sending warmed (62degree) air into the room from my main room while I fixed the stat and got out a space heater to turn on full blast! Thankfully, I have a 360° fireplace so I got wood burning now, too.

My question is, how badly did my warm-growing phals-- bellinas, speciosa, purple martin etc-- get hurt by this???? Thankfully, they do live on seedling mats but even in the orchid ICU I have a seedling in, it read 60. So without a cover, my guess is the plants were at best 55°. For how long? I don't know, sadly. I only have a hi-lo device, not one that records over time. I will keep these guys as warm as I can while we suffer through this intense cold but if anyone has any input or suggestions, I'm all ears....or eyes as the case is.

I should mention, I also grow in s/h...arg! So evaporative cooling could have made things worse, those I don't think there was much evaporation going on as there is a humidifier going in the room, too. But it is Colorado...so it is dry!