My wife and I ordered orchids from Houserman a year and a half ago and we were send orchids that were in very poor condition and not the sizes we ordered.Several were in such bad shape that we immediately contacted them and was told there was nothing they would do.We took all of the orchids putchased from them to the N.C.S.U Lab for testing due to the feat that they could be infected with a virus.I was contacted in a week and told that infact the orchids we delivered to them from Housermans orchids infacted tested positive for virus' and it was recomended that they all be distroyed.We had contacted them first by phone and informed them of the poor condition of the orchids they shipped us along with the fact that the 2 Angracieum Sesquipedial in spike was not shipped as ordered as was not the 3 Vanillia Planifolia or the 5 assorted Neofinetia's we had ordered.That was when we were told there was nothing they would do.After we recieved the information from the lab we contacted them again and again we were told that they were not going to do anything about refunding our money, replacing the plants and that they never shorted shipments therefore we could forget recieving the missing plants from them.We have been growing orchids in my family for 40 years and never had such a problem with a grower or fellow orchidist before and we have contacted them on several occasions since but no replies to our problem. So they have given me no choice but to let everyone know to Stay away!!!!!!!!!!!! Chris Perhaps with the word getting our Housermans will start treating customers better. Returning their calls and emails would be one place to start!

Tropical Plant Products on Silver Star Road just off of N. Orange Blossum Trail. I believe it was 16.99 for 4 cubic feet. I was looking because I want to start making some hypertufa. They also have tons of orchid related products at the best price in the Orlando area.

I think there are several factors working here. I think using the mist just to cool it down is making it too moist as one person said. Also, I'm sure it is still getting too hot. Orchids like good air movement, and if all you have ius a small fan in the wall, that might not do it. You have been given a lot of good ideas already. I'd think backwards on this. How much did this greenhouse cost you, and how much room in your yard do you have for doing this hobby/business? I have been growing some plants in homemade greenhouses for 19 years now and for what you might have paid for the greenhouse, you could probably make something like Gary mentioned. The wood frame covered with 5 year poly works real well. I roll up the sides during the year and only close it down during the winter, and still I also have vents to open after every morning it is closed down. I remember one day when it was 50 outside at 1pm, it got 125 inside. The plastic was puffing out like a ballon and when I opened a vent, it was like a 30 mph wind coming out. Anyway, bigger fans would be good for orchids and maybe hold off on all the extra moisture for cooling which might have a tendancy to rot more than help. I am familiar with Bunnell, I have made 2 presentations there in the last year. It is cold at times, but the home made greenhouses would work good there. I had 21 last season and have hade 19 since I built my first greenhouse and my tender plants have come through nicely. There is so much that can be said about this subject, but I guess thats my fast 2 cents, I have to go out and spray some roundup, weeds are getting too tall.

I posted this in a new thread, but it's prevalent to this as well, please answer these questions to the best of your knowledge, thank you: Hey all, so my manager calls me in today and tells me things are going slow for me as far as picking up on things that I should be picking up on, and I four weeks ago switched from MR/DD to Vet Assistant and now I completely feel like crap about it. I feel like I want to find a new job because in my mind, the worse thing before buying a home in a few months is to be fired. Here's the whole situation: I make 30k a year. My fiance 46k. I made 23k two years ago (first time working full time since I was doing temp work and not doing much with my life), and then 26k last year. This new job got us 4k more (but it's weird because hours aren't set, even though I make 14.50 an hour rather than 12.50, it's 35 hours due to being charged an hour for lunch break, and the hours change weekly) So, basically I want out. I have a job interview I did, $33k a year (around $15.50 an hour) but no benefits ($350 stipend towards Obamacare). Another open position at a day care center for $10.50 an hour) - $21,00 a year. I don't believe the position at the day care center is a smart move. Definitely not. I feel my days are numbered with this new job - I feel, what's the point of putting so much energy in if I'm just going to potentially get fired? Why learn more? It's not the type of job where they train you. See, this job was open because five people left in a row. I was hired, then a few others and I feel that maybe I'm the weak link. I have ADHD, I don't learn too well, but I am a hard worker. The manager basically said that she knows I'm engaged, and changed jobs and looking to start my life and that she understands that, etc. She didn't fire me, but I feel I'm on the firing line. Makes me feel like crap. I live at home, I plan on buying a home in 2016 (winter). I am curious if dropping down to let's say $12.00 an hour (roughly $1350-$1400 a month) from what I make now $14.50 is going to affect us getting a mortgage? I can ask my mortgage broker directly but I'd rather not. I wonder if we will be scrutinized and asked about it. When I spoke to my mortgage broker, we talked about down payments and we will be doing a $200-250k down payment so based upon 70k (the broker estimated at 6k less to round it out) he said with 200k down we can afford up to a $480k home) - We wouldn't even consider buying anything NEAR there, but it's good to see that 6k less (gross), which would be probably $11.50 an hour I would guess, would still net us a good pre-qualification. We are looking up to $420k home, pref something in the mid to late $300k). At times I wish I just had a simple, secure job. Something 9-5, full time, benefits. My new job has been crazy scheduling and weekends non stop. Sometimes I forget what day it is. It's a good change of pace from my old job, but not a forever job and I knew this. I do make half that money doing video work on a monthly basis so supplementing some extra money is helpful, as long as there's work and there has been for many years, so that's good. But it does concern me with the drop in pay if I decide to try not to get fired and to find something before getting fired. Is being fired and totally getting another career going to stop us from getting a home? Some people may say yes, some may say no. I will say that I am not completely happy with my job and the hours are 32-38 hours, varying and I want a full time set 40 hour work well. Or how would it look if I took a part time with benefits job and did that, and supplemented my money other way? For example $1,000 a month. So to go from $1,400 a month to $1,000 a month, will that stop us from getting a mortgage? I'm trying to figure out options here. My love is video but video jobs full time are in NYC and the cost of a train monthly is $400-500 bucks. It's insane. I've been thankful to work close to where I live and to be successful making consistent money every week with video work. It really helps and will help once we get a mortgage.So, I am interested in hearing everyones thoughts.