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Too much light?

Got this orchid (not sure if it counts as a mini orchid) from an orchid store a few weeks back. It just bloomed, but within a few days the flowers have been turning transparent and brown, and the remaining buds turned brown and shriveled.

I’ve been spraying it (inside a glass tank with good circulation) once a day or every 2 days, and it has an aquarium LED light on top of the tank I leave on for 4-5 hrs during the day (I took it out of the tank to photograph it).

Is it getting too much light/ not enough water? The tank is not heated at all so it stays around 70-75 degrees. Any advice is appreciated!!

Edit: light is an aqueon LED white/red light that is about 8-10” above the orchids in the 10 gallon tank. It sits on top of the glass lid of the tank (so filtered through glass). Should I add a layer of fabric or something to dim it? Unfortunately it doesn’t dim on its own.

u/Dry-Film6756 — 4 days ago
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What should I do/make with this bad boy?

Parent’s old computer. I know nothing about how to make this thing work. Tried plugging an Ethernet cable into it but it still doesn’t seem to be able to connect to the internet. Looks like it’s running Mac OSX 10.3.9 (last updated in 2004). Any tips or insight?

EDIT: looks like I posted this is the wrong sub. Not going to destroy it!! Just wanted advice on how I could use it or make it work!

u/Dry-Film6756 — 5 months ago