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Old 03-17-2012, 10:39 PM
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I don't think you have to have 80%. Mine never get below 50%, and are regularly at 60-80% in my basest grow area. You can get away with regular misting for awhile, but the roots really struggle in low humidity.
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Old 03-17-2012, 11:55 PM
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If yours are mounted, do the roots get enough moisture? I potted all mine so the lava rock could hold humidity around the roots longer. With the aeranthes, I let a little water sit in the bottom of the saucers where the roots don't reach. The water evaporates through the rock to provide extra humidity. They were so little and delicate last spring (just out of flask and rootless) that I still baby them. The one thing about angracums, aeranthes, and aerangis is that they need good airflow around roots and leaves. If you do pot them, use plastic net pots. You can spray lava rock to provide extra humidity. Good luck. These can be grown, you just need to tweak a bit to make them happy. The only bad thing about potting the leonis and didieri is when they bloom, I don't think it will look as nice. Good luck!
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Old 03-18-2012, 07:01 AM
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I don't think you have to have 80%. Mine never get below 50%, and are regularly at 60-80% in my basest grow area. You can get away with regular misting for awhile, but the roots really struggle in low humidity.
I don't agree that misting does anything, and you would have to "mist" every few hours to do anything for your plants. I water my mounted plants daily, and have a humidifier on the windowsill for them. And even with that, I am not able to attain 60-80% Humidity levels. The humidifier just can't pump out that level of moisture.
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