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Finally a really bright idea

Karma — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:52:54 +0000

This is what happens when good lights go bad… or at least when you wire them up badly. They eventually burn out and die. So after about a year and a half I had to bite the bullet and rebuild all four lights for the cool vivarium. Because one after one, they had all [...]

The Swedish Orchid Society magazine

Karma — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:25:35 +0000

I have not had a whole lot of time to write lately, and I have had soooo much to write about too! There is so much blooming over here right now that I have not had the time to photograph them all. But I have a pretty good reason for it. I am very pleased [...]

Fog system 2.0

Karma — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:29:46 +0000

Finally, I have completed an upgrade to the fog delivery system in the cool vivarium. This new system is delivering the fog horizontally, cascading down about two thirds of the back wall and the right side, enveloping the plants mounted there in a cool mist, and filling the whole vivarium with fog in about 3-4 [...]

Spring cleaning and another rain system upgrade

Karma — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:01:27 +0000

Yes you heard me right, yet another rain system upgrade… I have actually been wanting to simplify the watering setup I have for quite some time now. I basically wanted to take out the drip system and expand the rain system instead. Yes, admittedly I am a perfectionist and a little bit of a [...]

Cool vivarium – some fine tuning and upgrades

Karma — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:38:55 +0000

For the past few weeks I have been working on a few long awaited upgrades for the cool vivarium. Well, long awaited for me, I am not a very patient person… Now they are finally all done and I am very pleased with the results. So here is an updated photo of the viv [...]

The great root containment project

Karma — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:29:45 +0000

I have been working on solving a problem, a rather nice problem I suppose… but a problem never the less. All the mounted orchids in the cool vivarium are doing really well and are growing like crazy. They are also putting out roots like crazy. A lot of them have grown straight through the EpiWeb [...]

New baby arrivals… Dendrobium cyanocentrum f. blue

Karma — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:20:56 +0000

This is so exciting… and I just have to give a hug and a huge plug to a very nice orchid grower for this one. I very recently (and suddenly) lost both of my Dendrobium cyanocentrum orchids and it really, really sucks! A heartbreaking experience since I raised both plants from flask to flower [...]

A humid lift for the room

Karma — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:35:47 +0000

Alright… I have spent so much time on the cool vivarium lately that I have kind of neglected the rest of the room a little. So today I took some time to spruce things up a little. The humidity delivery system needed an upgrade, so I got the humidifier all cleaned up (soaking it, well [...]

Ecuador orchid flask baby report

Karma — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:01:04 +0000

It was finally time to repot the little seedlings I bought from Ecuagenera in flasks at the orchid show in Gothenburg 2008. Since deflasking them I have grown them intermediate/warm in a small mini-greenhouse and communal pots with sphagnum moss. It is recommended you grow all small seedlings, even cool growers, a bit warmer [...]

Cool vivarium – a photo update

Karma — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:31:06 +0000

Ok… I think it is time for a photo update of the cool vivarium. It is really starting to fill in now and I am quite pleased with how the viv is performing!! If you are curious to see exactly what orchids I am growing in there so far, you can look at this photo [...]