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  • From: "Bell-Games, Tom" <tbellgames@burnip.com>
  • To: <pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [pleurothallid-l] humidification systems
  • Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:58:08 -0500

Linda,
If  you are trying to grow pleurothallids in Florida you are a braver fool than I!  Just kidding.  Actually, I know others who do a great job of it down your way.  And heat can be nearly as big a problem up here in the summers too.  One thing I have started doing here for heat is to move most of my cold or cool growers into the basement during summer.  I have a large set-up with multiple levels, lights, etc that gets things through our summer heat.  Unfortunately, a basement is a rare thing in Florida.  My thought is that if I can get this humidity thing licked, it will also help in cooling, at least when the ambient humidity is low.
 
I made a make-shift evaporative cooler at one point and used this in my growing area.  I built a frame out of wood (about 3 feet wide and maybe 6 feet tall).  I had a 5 gallon bucket of water with a small submersible (pond) pump in it.  This pumped water up through tubing and into a piece of PVC pipe running across the top.  The PVC pipe had holes drilled in it so water would drip down.  The water then passed over two aluminum filters - I think these were for a furnace, got them at the hardware store.  The water was then collected in a plastic tray under the wet pads where it was directed back into the bucket.  I set up a box fan behind the wet pads.  This circulated air through the wet pads which then cooled and humidified the air.  It worked fairly well, but am looking for something that is a bit more sturdy and reliable now.  Things started falling apart after a couple of years.
 
Oh to be one of those lucky growers over in the Pacific northwest or Bay areas!
 
Tom Bell-Games


From: pleurothallid-l-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pleurothallid-l-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Linda Sedlacek
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:44 PM
To: pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [pleurothallid-l] humidification systems

Hello Tom,

 

            I live in balmy Florida, so humidity is not as big of an issue for me.  Heat however is a problem.  I have noticed that I can keep some less-than warmth-tolerant orchids alive by keeping them in dishes of water during the summer.  My pleurothallids actually sit in little lids of water for most of the summer.  It sounds odd, but it works.  In the winter of course this method is discontinued.  Pleurothallids do not like to have their feet wet if it is cold outside.  (Some rotted pleurothallids in my collection will attest to this statement.)  In the winter, it is very dry here.  So, I let them sit in water for a few hours in the mornings.  This little trick has been successful for the year or so that I have grown pleurothallids.  I wish you luck with the humidity issue, it is a difficult one.

 

Linda Sedlacek

Tallahassee, FL

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pleurothallid-l-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pleurothallid-l-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bell-Games, Tom
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:50 PM
To: pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [pleurothallid-l] humidification systems

 

Hello out there.  This list has been incredibly quiet lately.

 

I am trying to improve my growing techniques by adding some form of humidification to one of my growing areas.  I don't have a greenhouse.  I am growing most of my things in what had once been a porch, but is now glassed in on three sides.  This is connected to the house and is roughly 250 square feet.  I had considered buying something that I think was called a hermidifan, manufactured by Jaybird.  Unfortunately, they seem to have discontinued this.  The smallest unit they now have is the Aquafog 400.  (I think they must apply model numbers by the price!)  My one concern about this is the potential for noise.  I have been in greenhouses that use some of the larger units and they are very loud.  Is anyone on this list using one of these?  If so, how do you like it?  Any suggestions for other humidifying devices that might work well?  As an alternative, I was also considering installing one of those smaller outdoor stand alone evaporative coolers - they look something like an air conditioning unit (I saw these on almost all the roofs of homes in the Salt Lake City area a year or so ago.) 

 

Tom Bell-Games


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