Start of a journey (miniature Pleurothallid quaratine/prop box)

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This doesn't look like much, but hopefully it's still welcome here. My goal is to eventually have a nicely presented natural looking (or as close as I'm able) orchidarium. I have an Exo-terra medium extra tall that I'd like to use. Only problem is orchids made me nervous at my ability to keep them. So I started off small which you see here.

Five months ago I imported some miniature Pleurothallids from Ecuador. Ordered ten, but Scaphosepalum cimex was out of stock.
I got:

Masdevallia (Diodonopsis) erinacea
Restrepia brachypus
Stelis muscifera
Stelis hirtzii
Zootrophion griffin
Dracula lotax
Specklinia costaricensis
Scaphosepalum breve
Platystele stenostachya

The container is a simple Sterilite 27 quart that is opened for about ten minutes a day. Plants are misted five times a week roughly with the fan then running on low for several hours. Light is just a cheap Hygger aquarium light dialed down to 50%. Fertilizer is done weakly weekly with GrowMore urea free 20-10-20 mixed at 25%.

So far things seem to be going well. The Dracula came in very bad shape and has one original leaf, but has grown three small new ones. Both Stelis, the Platystele, the Specklinia and the Scaphosepalum have bloomed (with the Specklinia, Scaphosepalum and Platystele budding again). Only the Stelis muscifera blooms were truly long lasting going for a month, so I may need to do some dialing in. Everything has grown new leaves except possibly the Masdevallia which I'm unsure of.

Currently I'm feeling more confident about my abilities and looking to do another order with the same ultimate goal. Any thoughts, suggestions or advice is certainly appreciated.