For experiment Phrag Eric Young was selected because it appears quite healthy and costed me only $20, so will be easy to replace if things go wrong. It was still blooming, had one opened flower and new developing bud at the experiment start. there were also few new shots starting to grow.
I have adjusted the pot by placing a layer of sphagnum moss at the top so the top of the medium does not get dry as fast. I put some pebbles on the flat plastic boxes from Ferrero Rocher chocolates to create sort of humidity trays:

When I moved plant here from nice and cozy orchid tank I expected some negative reaction like buds drop, growth stunting, brown tips on new leaves. But it seems Eric Young likes the new spot. It has been there for a little over three weeks and during this time it opened the bud ans stated to grow new one, new fans continue to grow nicely too.

I should mention that now we have -21C outside so the heater works like crazy to keep the house at 22C and brings the humidity in the house way below 30%. However my small window environment has RH hovering between 45 and 55%, although temps are down to 15C, but it doesn't seem to bother this phrag.
Well, now there it is - all the room for my newly pre-ordered 4 phrags...
Muito legal seu experimento.
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