Here's my growing area outside this morning. We had low 40's last night, and might get below 40 tonight. Note the candle/clay pot in front of one greenhouse shelf unit. One old pillar candle kept it above 60 all night in there last night. The candle is in a metal can, and covered with an inverted wet clay pot plus a foil diffuser over the top to keep the heat from rising straight up out of the drain hole.
Rest of the orchids are in the house, in fact I have a makeshift OC going on in the shower area of our bathroom which, fortunately, has 3 wonderful south-facing windows. The Vandas are loving it right in front of those windows. I had orchids in the bathtub while I was away, and will have to clear a space under the shower because Marsh is coming home next Tuesday (he's been away for a month, lucky for the orchids!) They all get a warm shower each day.
The rest are in the dining room and get schlepped outside for some light in the warm part of the day. Not sure about today, though! The tile floor lets me spread wet towels and placemats under the plants to raise the humidity up nicely. Happy orchids! But I'm so ready to get them back outside, let there be spring!!
