Hi from Holland

[Grandma M]

They all look happy and well grown. I especially like your Colmanara massai splash. It's fantastic.

Welcome to the OB.

Marilyn

[Viperalus]

Hoi en welkom!

Originally Posted by RosieC

I grow on the windowsill mostly as well, although I have a couple of new orchids which I'm told can go outside in the summer here.

The main problem with windowsill growing is that you soon run out of space... well if you are anything like me you do anyway!

I agree with Rosie haha! Orchids are way too much addictive and since I also am growing in a windowsill soon I will don't have any space.

But I also grow them under artificial lights. Winters in the Netherlands are too dark and buds can't open the flowers.

[Leo]

Hoi Erik, welkom hiero

In Austria winters are way too cold as well, and dark! So i am growing some in a terrarium and the ones in the windowsill are getting some extra light as well. Though in compare to nice natural sunshine it is still dark even with 4 extra lights in the terrarium.

Nice Plants you have there.

Groetjes Leo

[camille1585]

Welcome to OB!

I'm not Dutch, but live in the Netherlands, in Wageningen. I spent 3 month in the Westland area a few years ago for an internship at a vegetable breeding company in De Lier. Nice region, but it's way way to crowded for me! I'm growing on windowsills as well, and have artificial lights too since the natural light is far from being enough at this time of year!

[Viperalus]

Now that Camille mentioned, yeah I also am not Dutch, but I love living here in Netherlands.

[Viperalus]

Hoi alemaal!

I would like a little help from my Dutch friends here. I try to find humidity trays, searching at Dutch Google but I can't find anything.
How would you call "humidity trays" in Dutch?

[Femme]

Hello and welcome!

[Phyrex]

humidity = luchtvochtigheid
tray = schaal, kom

Maybe this helps.

Welkom Erik; heel veel informatie hier!!!

[Viperalus]

Nothing Richard.
I don't believe that in the whole Netherland I can't find humidity trays for plants...

[camille1585]

Actually, i don't really think they exist here. I've looked for some in France, but can't find any anywhere either. So I made some myself. I found some trays in a store one day and I use those. I put a layer of hydroton pellets in the bottom with water and got some sturdy metal large holed mesh at a hardware store to put on top, and the plants sit on that.

However in the Netherlands I noticed that I don't really need humidity trays (I'm near Utrecht). Humidity most of the year is 60-70% and even in the winter with the heating on it doesn't go much below 50%