Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week or so you know that
California gets extremely dry. Humidity goes into the teens routinely.
October seems to be dry. This year San Diego County burned, 10 or 12 years
ago it was Oakland/Berkeley. Humidity was 13% for the 3 days Oakland burned.

But I digress.

Of course I'm developing a taste for Masdevallias I've developed a taste for
pleurothallids and live in a dry environment.

I have a greenhouse that I grow a mixed collection in. The pleurothallids I
currently place right in front of the swamp cooler, and they do 'OK'. Not
great but OK.

I'd love to grow some Draculas, Scaphosepalums etc that require light,
humidity coolness - in short everything I can't supply.

I read a wacko idea on the AOS Forum. Get a cheap shower stall from Home
Depot. Comes complete with a glass shower door. Install it in the GH. Cut a
hole in the side for the swamp cooler to blow directly into the shower
stall. Maybe drill some exit holes so the cool air can then exit to the rest
of the GH. Or maybe not. the air would blow up and over the top of the
shower stall and mix throughout the GH from there. Leaving a residue of cool
ait trapped in the shower.

What I'm envisioning is a cold room where I could put a small humidifier for
more intense moisture in the shower. The glass door would allow light in .
The drain would allow condensed water to escape...

Am I nuts? Think it'd work?

K Barrett