Madevalia Cheryl Shohan

[Salixx]

... I guess it will depend on your definition of addiction! I mean... I stopped buying orchids all over the place... I only buy Masdies like crazy now!

I am going to be the black sheep. My humidity rarely gets above 50% in the winter where I grow the majority of my cooler growing plants. I don't want it above 60% for fear of mold issues in my apartment. . I rarely have leafy drop issues- only a few have and they stopped once I addressed the underlying issue: water restriction. One, a glandulosa, had rotted roots. I mounted it on a kool log and it's slowly recovering. The other, a constricta, got too dry in transit but had healthy roots and a few days in s/h stopped the drop.

A long winded way to say humidity can be secondary with healthy plants- at least mine. However, it is also critical in recovering leaf droppers since higher humidity will slow water loss.