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Old 06-16-2007, 01:21 PM
Vanessa Vanessa is offline
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What is the humidity level suppose to be inside a room that is satisfactory for Orchids? I have some Mini Catts on a window sill in bright S.E. exposure. Now I read that humidity trays are useless?? (the humidity tray sellers won't be happy about that! ) The rest of my orchids are outside on my screened lanai.........maybe I should move them out there? I swear the more I learn the more confused I get.......am I the only one?
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Old 06-16-2007, 01:34 PM
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Hi Vanessa. That's the beauty of raising 'chids (both kinds) the more experience you have the less you realize you know about the process.

As for humidity, it depends on the type. Cats in general like humidity but really will tolerate and thrive in a variety of conditions. Your windowsill sounds fine as long as the leaves are light to medium green. If they get brown spots you may be sunburning them (don't think east window should do that though.) You have read correctly that trays don't serve very well to raise humidity however they serve a very different purpose: they catch the drip from watering. I would keep them. The humidity where I grow everything from Encyclia to Cats to Brassias to Paphs to Phals and some minis of various types has very large photographer's darkroom trays lining the bottom of the windowbox. They have gravel in them and "egg crate" material over them as a grate for pots to sit on. My humidity runs from high 30% range in winter to 60-70% summer. All the 'chids, except for the Miltonia, are doing well and reblooming.

I think you should keep up with what you are doing and just watch for signs of stress before making major changes.

Hope this helps.
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Old 06-16-2007, 02:17 PM
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Ross, thank you for lowering my blood pressure.

I must say I just viewed your gallery and stand (well actually sitting) humbled in your presence.

I also must say that I have garnered more info from this board then I could ever find in books......I must work on the confusion thing getting in my way. I know I can do it!
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Old 06-16-2007, 02:35 PM
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Way to go! I know you can too, we all went through similar experiences.
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Old 06-16-2007, 07:54 PM
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your catt will tolerate low humidty just fine
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