How to get a cooler invironment at night ??

[greenpassion]

I grow my orchids, 4 phals, 1 mini phal, and 2 ocidiums, on an island counter that divides my kitchen from my living room. I have no decent light from windows, so I have them under Led track lights, on a humidity tray. So far they're doing fine; coming out with new leaves, really healthy roots, good leaf color. My question is, I have read that they need cool temps at night to rebloom. I have 3 phals and the 2 oncs that had finished blooming a while back, and although I'm getting lots of root and leaf growth, I see no sign of any new spikes forming. I struggle with how to manage getting it cool for them and also, how to have air circulating, specifically thru the winter. Should I put a small fan near by to move the air? Does it have to be fresh air? And back to the temp at night issue, I keep my house at about 62-65 thru the day/eve, then turn down the stat to 60 or so thru the night. Am I looking at a lost cause??bua:

[Zoi2]

For my 2 cents: You probably don't need to worry about the temperature drop if your house goes down to 60 at night. The bloom spikes will probably start in January-March if you have good light.
I wouldn't think you would need a fan for additional air circulation if the plants are more or less in the center of a busy room.
Joann

[greenpassion]

Thanks!

[camille1585]

Me too, I think you'll be fine. My Phals are indoors all year long and they bloom just fine. The natural temperature drop at the end of summer is more than enough. Mine usually start spikes much earlier than jan-march though, usually between august and october once they've had a few weeks of cooler temps (no AC and no heating until november usually, so the temperature inside does follow the general trend of what's happening outside). July was cool after a very warm spring, so they're even earlier than usual. Right now I have 15 out of my 20 blooming size phals which either have spikes or are already blooming .

[Bud]

It seems like your plants are happy where they are by the way you say it has new leaves and roots. They will bloom again for you. All you need is patience.