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I'm not an expert on cellulose paint, but I think you can bake it at about 50 degrees. Some greenhouses are very humid though, so not an ideal place.
I roller-painted my girlfriend's bike using thinned Rustoleum and a high-density foam roller. It needed a lot of rubbing down, but the finish was as good as a decent powdercoat. It was very tough and a very cheap way to paint a frame, but considering the amount of wetsanding I had to do, I wouldn't do it again. And after all that, she decided she didn't like the colour... got the bastard powdercoated in the end.
In the US classic car scene, there's a cult following for people painting their cars with rollered Rustoleum - google it for guides and tips, the results can be excellent.