new orchid order!!! humidity?s
 

Hello I just received my oak hill gardens order. Very happy. They are cute little babes. Now the hard part keeping them alive and happy. So i set every thing up. You can see from the pictures how my set up is. Humidity troubles!!! OK so I have clear bins in my east window one foot from the window with some Paphs to block the direct sun. I put small 4" baskets in the bin upside down they have slots on them. I put the seedlings on top of the small bins and added 3 gallons of water. Which raised the humidity to 52% so then I put a humidifier on for two hours which raise it to 63% OK my questions are.

Is this enough humidity?

How can i raise it higher?

How long should i leave the humidifier on for through the day?

Should i fertilize them? or leave them awhile till they grow bigger?

I would love to hear any comments you would have for me. As I am a new beginner with seedlings. Any info you could share iam quite sure it will come in handy.

Can't really help you on your question, but WOW what a nice job of packing them for you!!! They look very healthy and I would say that you have them set up wonderfully.

Thanks they did a very good job of packing and I am very happy with my order. Now I just have to keep them alive. The hard part lol lol

I am sure you will do just fine. Congrats.

They sees to be in a pretty well place to grow... ! They look very healthy... I really like your setup!
Get ready for lots of bloom in a few months !

I am not sure how old they are but I can't wait. I did't think they were going to bloom for two years. If they bloomed in a few months I would be so excited. I have lots of phals and do pretty good but these are my first species. So i am sure I will have lots to learn with these little ones. Thanks you

Here is my list of seedlings.

Wholesale-Phalaenopsis bellina ****2.25inch
Wholesale-Phalaenopsis amboinensis 2.25inch
Wholesale-Phalaenopsis violacea v. Malaysia 2.25
Wholesale-Phalaenopsis mannii *2.25-2.5inch
Wholesale-Phalaenopsis mariae *2.5inch
Wholsale-Phalaenopsis mannii v. aurea x self 2.5
Wholesale Phalaenopsis javanica

Five of each

I liked the series of photos showing the package and the opening- almost like I got the orchids myself.
I might add a small slow fan to make sure you have good air circulation, unless you can open windows.
That is clever the way you have put them in the bins on top of the little baskets.

Thanks!,, one of my favorite things about orchid board is seeing everyones setups, displays and of course the orchids. So I thought would show everyone my order step by step. It's so fun looking at everyones orchid childrens. I am going to add a fan but every were seems to be sold out. It's been kinda chilly in Florida so I'll have to wait a few to open the windows. Thanks for you advise. I will use it.

I would think that you have enough humidity. Phals are more forgiving than many other orchids.

what a lovely order! I notice you got several of the same kind, just curious as to what you plan on doing with them all when they get huge? ;) They look really healthy, and seeing your photos make me really want to place an order! I like how they packaged inside an ice cooler! Genius!