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Originally Posted by cluelessmidwesterner
Living here in Northern Midwest and in a turn of the century house, would it be feasible for me to do S/H? Or would it chill the plant too much due to the combination of evaporation and the cooler air temperature in the house especially on a very cold day/night below zero (not counting the windchills)? There are days in January/February some winters that it gets mighty chilly in the even in the house with the boiler working overtime trying to keep up.
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I live in northeastern Kansas in a house built in 1907. Fifty some windows total, all but three original to the house. Pretty much all my orchids are in S/H. Most stay in the basement all winter, under lights. Unfinished basement with thick stone walls. Temps at night go below 60, daytime 65 to 68 depending on outside weather. Around end of December I put an electric heater in that area, and it runs at 68 during the day and is off at night. I grow/bloom Catt, Bulbo, phrag, paph, Blc, Zygo, Onc, Tol, Cymb, Psychopsis, etc; in other words, wide variety.
There's a fan, a mist system over certain (a vanda, Tolumnia, etc) that goes off for 30 seconds three times a day. I've yet to have a problem heatwise. Having said that, I've killed orchids over the past twentysome years. Likely the ones that couldn't stand my culture of them.
Oh... and I keep phals upstairs for the most part, other than the few that are mounted. When I kept them in the basement I used a couple of seedling heat mats. They live upstairs now because I have a place for them that nosy dogs can't reach. Upstairs temps 68 day, 65 night.
Short answer: Why not give it a try?
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