Mini Orchids in Paludariums Care

[j0onahra3]

Hello, everyone!

I recently got into mini orchids after browsing through types of plants I could keep in my newly made paludarium.
I just purchased mine from Andy's Orchids.
I'd like to know if anybody else has mini orchids in a paludarium as well, and how you keep it maintained.
How often do you spray your mini orchids?
Do you keep them covered (no openings)?
Do you use a fogger?
What lighting do you use?

Here are the list of orchids I have in my 10 gallon paludarium at the moment:

schoenorchis scolopendria sp. creeping
oberonia rosea
pleurothallis grobyi
pleurothallis allenii
porroglossum meridionale
bulbophyllum moniliforme
masdevallia minuta

I have standing water at the bottom with a motor that makes a small waterfall at the corner of the tank.
I have a small fogger that hopefully keeps temperatures low in my paludarium.
I used to have plastic wrap covering the top to trap humidity, but I felt like there wasn't good enough air flow for my orchids, so I removed it completely.
Lighting seems to be an 18W t5 tube used for a nano aquarium.
I spray my orchids every morning.
The only concern is with my porroglossum meridionale.
It seems to have burn spots on the leaves.
I'm not too sure if that's because I may be using a strong lighting, or if it was too hot, or if there was too much humidity and no air flow.

Do let me know what I should do to get my paludarium to thrive.
I want my orchids to be happy in this enclosure.
I just don't know how often I should be watering it, or if I should put a cover to increase the humidity.
Any advise will help
Do let me know if I need to clarify anything as well.

Thank you!

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Not sure what the specs are because it's written in Japanese, but I'm guessing its 18W.
Judging from the size of the tube, I'm guessing it's a t5 bulb.

[Optimist]

I do. I am still working on it though. Yours is a higher light requirement. I got only 500 to 1500 fc orchids all intermediate to warm. It gives me less choices but at least they will all live in the same tempreture and light. For my water plants I have some anubias. My fish like to eat plants so I have to be carefull what I put in with them. The fish also can live 10 years, so I have to make them comfortable.

I have a mister, a cool air humidifier with tube. The plants need to stay damp, but not waterlogged. Like yours they are mounted, but I have some jewel orchids in small pots and also some non-orchid plants.

[j0onahra3]

Are you saying that my lighting is not enough?
Sorry if I'm not getting it quick, I'm still learning how to care for these small orchids.
But thank you so much for the advise.

So would you recommend me to cover the tank?
What do you think about the leaves on porroglossum meridionale?
Do they look like light burn or are they too wet?
I'm going to get a fan in the mail soon, so I will have some nice air flow.
Not sure if it's a necessity if the top is open.