| I've had a number of orchid babysitters over the years. My advice is to prepare both your orchids and your babysitter as best as possible. If you have only a few orchids (maybe less than 50 or so) consider things like making a huge humidity tray our of your bath tub or a couple of large plastic tubs, this makes it easy for your baby sitter to water. All they have to do is come in and pour water in the pots until water comes out the bottom and into the tub. If you have less than 10 or if they are small orchids, the kitchen sink will work well for this too. Finally give detailed (but clear and not confusing) instructions for watering. If you have orchids that have different watering needs seperate them according to their needs (for example one tub gets watered once a week a secnd tub gets watered every 3 days or all of the mounted orchids hanging in the shower get sprayed every day). Print out the instructions for watering and place them immediately next to the orchids so every time your babysitter sees the orchids they see the instructions. It's all about the preperation.
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