Showing posts with label orchid tank 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orchid tank 2. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Video of my orchids

I made first attempt to create a video of my orchids. As simple as it sounds, after all orchids are still objects that don't need to be reminded to pose and smile etc., I don't think it was a successful attempt. The lighting is weird, the focus does not stay where it should.
I am posting it here anyway just to keep record and compare to the future ones(if there will be) to notice improvement(again, if there will be)...
I used camera from my cell phone LG G4 which supposed to be good, so all the faults are from my limited expirience.



Sunday, January 17, 2016

My tanks re-arranged

Here is my grow area now:



Two reptile tanks in the corner of our unfinished basement.














Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Slippers tank

Well, it is actually my old tank number two, but slippers almost completely took over it:



I have sold bunch of phalaenopsis hybrids on ebay, threw away few plants that didn't cooperate and now there is some space available for paphiopedilum seedlings to grow in:



And also for newly preordered phragmipedium flasks that I will get in October.
Just for the history - a closer picture of Paph. hangianum seedlings, I am fussing around them a bit because they are kind of rare:

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Orchid tank 2 is ready

Whole week every evening I was busy building my second orchid tank. Here is the result:




It came with glass shelves about half way up, so I decided to keep them and have vandas there, closer to the lights. Bottom part has two sets of levels. I wanted to keep the middle untouched, just in case I ever get really tall plant:



This tank is much larger than the previous and has enough space to fit all the rest of my orchids that didn't get into first one, with some room to spare.




Sunday, February 24, 2013

Orchid tank number two

Encouraged by the results of my first orchid tank I was also feeling sorry for all the orchids that didn't get in there.
After some efforts in convincing my family that I absolutely need the second tank - here it is (two vandas there just to see if they will fit):



It is much taller than the first one and is 62" long by 20" wide and 32" high. We had to shuffle the furniture around the basement to find a spot for it.
There are two shelves already in place, I plan to put vandas and cattleyas on them and will create couple levels for phals at the bottom.
The Hydrofarm light fixture is on order, meanwhile I will have some fun cutting egg-crate to create the layout...