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Originally Posted by CrazyCatMum
I'm currently looking for orchidarium/terrarium/greenhouse ideas so I can increase the humidity...currently I'm liking the Ikea Akerbar but if you have any other suggestions I would be grateful!
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I have not grown pleurothallis rowleei, stelis thermophila and a masdevallia paivaena which means I cannot give you any specific advice for them. I grew mostly Lepanthes (until the bush snails got them) and used an aquarium with a plexiglass cover which had rocks and water on the bottom and was misted twice a day.
I currently have a Dracula papillosa (a 'warm-growing' Dracula), Lepanthes telipogoniflora and Lepanthopsis astrophora. I meant to set up a terrarium once more but, nearly a year later, they are still in jars under LED lights. I use distilled water with the occasional addition of a tiny bit of organic, liquid fertilizer. I use air-conditioning in the summer to keep temperatures around eighty or lower. The Lepanthes and Lepanthopsis have the very bottom of their pot/mount sitting in water so that the moss remains damp. The Dracula is in lava rock and sits in water (I worried about the blooming as it often sends spikes downward but, with the water, it sent the spikes upward). Hopefully, someone who grows these orchids can give you specific advice. Good luck with them!
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