Hi all,
We had windchill of --16 last night so our pipes were frozen when we awoke. After a 6:30AM trip to HD for a better heat gun (my ancient hair dryer kept shutting off when it was hot) and a few hours of trying various pipes, we had the water running by 8:30 and now know exactly what to do if it happens again tonight. All orchids were watered in a timely manner.
We got about 11" of snow and we are done snow blowing with gorgeous sunshine streaming in, just like at Ursula's. I believe the coast got a few feet. School was cancelled state wide due to the cold.
I have a Lepanthes calodictyon. I started growing it in a one inch glass cube. It was happy and bloomed then started to drop leaves. Turns out it loved the humidity but not the lack of airflow. I have moved it several times. Right now it is thriving in the front of a shelving unit protected from the light of the long window by other plants with a fan blowing directly on it in intermediate temps and watered every morning. Hoping to get blooms sometime.
Black Jungle Terrariums has many orchids successfully growing in their terrariums and I haven't seen any little fans.
