Super summer time blooms!!

[tmoney]

hello red, your plants look great! are you using any supplemental lights, or just windowsill growing? do you keep any outside? just curious about your lighting situation. thanks!

[Red1122]

Originally Posted by tmoney

hello red, your plants look great! are you using any supplemental lights, or just windowsill growing? do you keep any outside? just curious about your lighting situation. thanks!

So right around the time I started my orchid collection we welcomed Charlie.......the fuzzy lawn mower into our home. I didn't realize cats loved to chew on plants, leaves, buds......so picky about her cat food, but LOVES my orchids.
I would really love to grow just out in the open, but they wouldn't survive. So I did the whole Ikea cabinet thing with grow lights, humidifier and fans. It's actually quite nice because I can control the temperature and temp drops, plus I have a few different lights that I have at different strengths for my lower light plants. I think the lights and being able to keep the cabinet at around 80% humidity is what has helped my plants come so far in such a short time

[DeaC]

Originally Posted by Red1122

So right around the time I started my orchid collection we welcomed Charlie.......the fuzzy lawn mower into our home. I didn't realize cats loved to chew on plants, leaves, buds......so picky about her cat food, but LOVES my orchids.
I would really love to grow just out in the open, but they wouldn't survive. So I did the whole Ikea cabinet thing with grow lights, humidifier and fans. It's actually quite nice because I can control the temperature and temp drops, plus I have a few different lights that I have at different strengths for my lower light plants. I think the lights and being able to keep the cabinet at around 80% humidity is what has helped my plants come so far in such a short time

Love the new addition! I had 4 cats at one time(only 1 now) and with a bit of persistence from you and a spray bottle they can be taught to avoid plants. Smart creatures but stubborn. But the cabinet sounds great. Send pix of it and him!

[Red1122]

Here are pictures of my case empty and full...I started collecting in December and I'm up to 30 something plants now.
My lower light, some what cooler plants are on bottom.
The lights on top are the only ones that give off some heat, the case gets into the upper 70s during the day and then cools down to the mid 60s at night
I have a smart power strip that controls the lights and a humidity controller that runs the humidifier to keep the case around 80% I chose not to weather strip the case so I get better fresh airflow
I find the orchids do better with a bottle of wine.....and notice Krampus keeps out the bad stuff