A SIMPLE WAY OF GIVING AN ORCHID PLANT 
ADDITIONAL HUMIDITY WHEN GROWN IN 
THE HOME 
Take any kind of dish or deep bowl. This can be 
made of anything; pottery, glass, metal, plastic. It does 
not matter. Fill the dish to the top with pebbles, bird 
gravel, chicken grit, pea rock or small stones. Now 
pour water over this until you have filled the dish or 
bowl nearly to the top. 
As the water evaporates the plant will receive 
additional humidity from the moisture laden air and 
also by osmosis. This is most beneficial to orchid 
plants, especially in homes that are heated in the 
winter when the air is abnormally dry. This method is 
also recommended in those parts of the country where 
the air is normally very dry and arid, as in parts of 
Texas and Arizona. 
However, if you can place a wire rack over the 
pebbles, and then place the potted plant on this rack 
about one inch above the wet pebbles, there will be 
less chance of the roots rotting. 
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