Recommendations for Dorm Room

[Aluka]

I grow my orchids in my room inside a fish tank with an planted aquarium light. seems to work well =D

this is a 11 gallon tank (you can get a cheaper 10 gallon at petco for 10 dollars) i have 8 orchids and a few succulents in it. Also if budget is an issue, instead of an LED light, you can get a clip on work light at home depot ($7) + 13watt daylight clf bulb rated 6500k (2/$9). The best thing about the clip on light is that you can adjust how high or how low you want to hang it depending on what your orchid needs. If you need more light you can get a 26 watt clf instead.

So a budgeted version of this will cost you around $26 before the orchids. If humidity is an issue you can get a glass top at petco ($15) or get a glass panel cut at lowe's ($5), or get a piece of eggcrate at homedepot to put in the bottom of the tank, fill the tank with about an inch of water. let the orchids sit on the eggcrate (not touching the water).

Tho, if you plant them in s/h (i do, =D), humidity shouldn't be an issue.