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Cool vivarium – let there be light

Karma — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:50:20 +0000

Now we are getting really close to completing the build part of this project – finally!! This week most of the big stuff came from Dartfrog in the UK, lights, rain system and a bunch of other assorted goodies. So, it was a really heavy week, but this is the home stretch. Good thing [...]

Cool vivarium – a cool install

Karma — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:09:54 +0000

Alright… finally a third report on the vivarium project. It is still a lot left to be done, I am still waiting for all the supplies from UK for one, but it is actually starting to feel like I am making some headway… This is what I have been up to the past two [...]

Cool vivarium – an epic wall

Karma — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:45:31 +0000

They may say that one who is waiting for something good can never wait too long… but I am starting to feel the time crunch now… I have a lot of plants coming from Peru in a few weeks and I am nowhere near ready for them. I have ordered a lot of gear for the [...]

Cool vivarium – day one

Karma — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:59:56 +0000

Finally there is a new large terrarium standing in the orchid room. Empty as of yet, but full of promise. This is truly a Valentine’s Day gift right up my alley, much better than roses!

I will convert this terrarium into a cool vivarium and create my own little orchid cloud forest in there. [...]

Gimme more Aerangis mooreana

Karma — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:03:14 +0000

This lovely little orchid is blooming right now, and I must admit that that it is a pretty powerful sight. Aerangis mooreana is a small warm grower from Madagascar and the Comoros Islands where it grows at elevations of sea level up to 600 meters. I grow mine in the warm vivarium mounted on a clay pipe filled with [...]

Project flask babies, an update

Karma — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:17:35 +0000

So a whole bunch of the little flask babies I ordered from Equatorial Plants last summer got to move out of the nursery this week. It was a pretty big job, but really fun to see how much the little guys have grown in about 9 months. It is almost like giving birth, well [...]

The Angraecum florulentum saga continues…

Karma — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:03:09 +0000

…but now it is starting to sound a bit more like a fairytale! The first two buds have opened. They probably will open up a bit more, but I was so excited to see the beautiful crisp white waxy flowers that I just had to share. Especially after all the drama the past week… [...]

How to heat the new vivarium…

Karma — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:18:53 +0000

I have experimented a little with my new orchid vivarium and I have not really solved how I will heat it sufficiently… I want to keep it in my intermediate/cool growing roomwhere nighttime temp can dip down to 15 degrees in the winter. So the room temperature is definitely not helping. I am aiming for a medium temperature (at night) of 19-24 degrees inside the [...]

Whoops… I came home with another orchidarium

Karma — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:40:20 +0000

I was window shopping at terrariums on “blocket,” kind of a Swedish version of Craig’s list… I saw one, the guy lived 10 minutes away and I gave him an offer of half of what he was asking and he took it!! … soooo it just kind of happened….

Ehm… anyhow, the dimensions are [...]