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Summary: Greenhouses provide a great home for many growing plants, including orchids. Learn more in this free educational video series.
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William Hutchinson Bill has been working with orchids since 1951 but is the first to admit that he is still learning. He graduated from Stockbridge School of Agriculture in Flor... read more
A real orchid aficionado that has wide collection of plants knows that they have to have a variety of temperature zones that they have to grow their plants at. And in this greenhouse range which I've had for the last few years, I grow in three temperature zones. The one greenhouse temperature zone, right now is 72 degrees and normally it's dropped to about 62 at night. In other words there is a 10 degree differential range between day and night temperatures. Adjacent to this greenhouse is the cold greenhouse which operates at a temperature range anywhere from the exterior temperature which today is in the low 50's and last year; I actually turned the heat on twice when the temperature reached 39. The other greenhouse that I have is a intermediate zone which is halfway in between both of these greenhouses. One of the things we try and do is that 10 degree differential between day and night.