| Importance of humidity
Hello,
I've always been fairly careful about maintaining high humidity levels for most of my orchids. A little over a year ago I moved to a very dry part of Northern Canada into a well heated apartment building - most of the orchids that I kept in a small greenhouse were suddenly forced to live in a very dry room (some got a terrarium). Despite the presence of humidity trays, humidity has been in the 20-30% neighbourhood for over a year.
I've noticed almost no effect on the orchids themselves. They are all very healthy and most are blooming on schedule so far. I need to water more often (twice a day for some of my mounted orchids) but haven't had any problems. Obviously I've grown a little skeptical about published info on humidity levels and I was just wondering what other growers more experienced than I thought about it. |