My First Orchidarium!!

[shinv]

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

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.
I also worry about the light and the temperature may not be enough for them.

Does anyone have any suggestion, please tell me!

[silken]

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.

[Zoi2]

Very nice set up.
Joann

[shinv]

Originally Posted by silken

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.

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