My First Orchidarium!!
 

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I'm a beginner here, and first heard about "orchidarium" from here 5 days ago. Now I have my first orchidarium set up for two days! I think I'm crazy:banana:

I got my first orchid last Thanksgiving, and now I have one Cymbidium, two Oncidium (one large, one small), three Phalaenopsis, one Paphiopedilum seedling and eight Cattleya seedlings. These seedlings are the main reason I want to set up an orchidarium.

The humility in my house is only 30% during a sunny day, and 40% at night. But in the orchidarium, it's around 65% with one fan runs 24/7. However, the temperature is the same as my house, which is 66F during the day and 57F at night. I think it's a little bit low.

By the way, my orchidarium is 12X12X18 zoo-med tank. And I only use one 14W CFL 65K, and Rob suggests me to get a 23W instead (THX). I hope it can increase my orchidarium temperature a little bit more.

I don't know how long it'll take them to bloom, I hope they can grow faster and faster. :lol:
I also worry about the light and the temperature may not be enough for them.

Does anyone have any suggestion, please tell me!

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Very nice! Everything looks so nice and healthy! Sorry, I haven't used an orchidarium so not much help. Except I guess you could set it on a seedling heat mat and that would likely raise the temperature evenly throughout the container. Seedlings seem to like more steady and warm temps than mature plants.

Very nice set up.
Joann

Thanks! I order a heat mat online, which is used for Terrariums. Hope it could work!