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Misting orchids
I read somewhere to mist Phalaenopsis Orchids daily. Exactly where
should it be misted? On the flowers themselves or the top rim of the pot |
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The idea behind misting is to raise the local humidity, not specifically to
wet the plant. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "boothbay" wrote in message ... I read somewhere to mist Phalaenopsis Orchids daily. Exactly where should it be misted? On the flowers themselves or the top rim of the pot |
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I use a tray (of just about any kind) underneath my orchids to hold
water with a grid of some kind on top. I mist now and then - mostly when I see dust and then wipe off with a cotton ball - works good.....Burr |
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I read that just building a constant humid enviroment for your orchids
is best. They need the 24-7 moisture and misting drops off in a matter of minutes, plus it can lead to stuff like crown rot and other stuff. |
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boothbay wrote: I read somewhere to mist Phalaenopsis Orchids daily. Exactly where should it be misted? On the flowers themselves or the top rim of the pot ****Move to Southeast Florida where it is always HUMID!! Great for my orchids, out side. Bob |
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I have read that some studies have been done that show that humidity trays
are ineffective more than an inch or two above the tray. If you have a fan going for air circulation, which is perhaps more important for your orchids, the tray is probably less effective. A better way to supply humidity around your orchids (and justify more purchases to support your addiction) is to have more orchids around them as the plants give off moisture themselves. bob wrote in message ... I use a tray (of just about any kind) underneath my orchids to hold water with a grid of some kind on top. I mist now and then - mostly when I see dust and then wipe off with a cotton ball - works good.....Burr |
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bob wrote:
boothbay wrote: I read somewhere to mist Phalaenopsis Orchids daily. Exactly where should it be misted? On the flowers themselves or the top rim of the pot ****Move to Southeast Florida where it is always HUMID!! Great for my orchids, out side. Bob Bob, I'm surprised to hear that you feel the need to have more people moving down there. ;-) Steve |
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Yes, moving down here with us would do it, alright. But here's a thought
about indoor humidity. We don't want our indoor air to be too dry. But it seems to me that if you bring the humidity in the entire house up to the standard that your orchids enjoy, you are inviting some problems. You don't want moisture running down your walls, after all. I think it would be best to stick with high humidity in your orchid grow area, though I certainly agree that raising the level in the entire dwelling can be beneficial, to a point. Diana |
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It would be great to raise the humidity level of the house to 40% or so, and
then maintaining the humidity in the area immediately around the orchids would be a lot easier. When I did pennance in Yankeeland for some years (Yes, Ray, I did live in Yankeeland for a number of years in my younger days), we had a humidifier inserted into the main heating duct and supplied with its own water supply. We did have to periodically clean the tray due to the mineral precipitation. The drum rotated evaporating water into the dry air. There ae probably better ones on the market today, but they do exist. And we had significantly fewer colds and lower heating bills since the air was more comfortable. Gary wrote in message rg... On 3 Jun 2005 21:40:17 -0700 in .com wrote: I read that just building a constant humid enviroment for your orchids is best. They need the 24-7 moisture and misting drops off in a matter of minutes, plus it can lead to stuff like crown rot and other stuff. Any pointers on how to keep that constant humidity going? I've done a winter of feeding humidifiers for orchids in the house and have enjoyed the extra humidity myself. But I'm thinking it might be smarter to do something automatic for the whole house to bring up the base humidity for the house so I'm not refilling humifiers as often. Thoughts? Suggestions? -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil |
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Hi V_coerulea,
Yes, a swamp cooler is more efficient than air conditioning for raising the humidity. However, during already humid conditions, it will not lower temperature and becomes very inefficient; thus, most high temperature desert days lend itself nicely to a swamp cooler in which case I have seen an 82-87 degree temperature in the greenhouse when temps have surpassed 100 and humidity is low. Unfortunately, misting is not always the answer either. If misting occurs late in the afternoon, water remaining in the crowns of vandas will produce rot. Disease also will sometimes occur when both humidity and temperature are high. I have had blooming plants for weeks inside the house wihen humidity has dropped to 15-30 (temperature inside is moderate due to air conditioning) and still thrive when returned to the greenhouse; so, I am not too certain that for some species that dry conditions for short-term are terribly negative. (I know this might be contrary; however, I have kept plants inside (w/ heat and air conditioning) which were in bloom and developed pods for the duration of the pod only to have them come into bloom again)). .. . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/page3.html flasks, too -- http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/flask.html V_coerulea wrote: It would be great to raise the humidity level of the house to 40% or so, and then maintaining the humidity in the area immediately around the orchids would be a lot easier. When I did pennance in Yankeeland for some years (Yes, Ray, I did live in Yankeeland for a number of years in my younger days), we had a humidifier inserted into the main heating duct and supplied with its own water supply. We did have to periodically clean the tray due to the mineral precipitation. The drum rotated evaporating water into the dry air. There ae probably better ones on the market today, but they do exist. And we had significantly fewer colds and lower heating bills since the air was more comfortable. Gary wrote in message . org... On 3 Jun 2005 21:40:17 -0700 in ps.com wrote: I read that just building a constant humid enviroment for your orchids is best. They need the 24-7 moisture and misting drops off in a matter of minutes, plus it can lead to stuff like crown rot and other stuff. Any pointers on how to keep that constant humidity going? I've done a winter of feeding humidifiers for orchids in the house and have enjoyed the extra humidity myself. But I'm thinking it might be smarter to do something automatic for the whole house to bring up the base humidity for the house so I'm not refilling humifiers as often. Thoughts? Suggestions? -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil |
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