My Greenhouse - Orchid Board

vmijct · #1 11-10-2009, 08:44 PM

Hello all,

Fairly new to this site. Bought this greenhouse last spring. Prefab, single wall fiberglass, corrugated, aluminum frame. The stone on the floor is 12 inches of #53 stone which packed down real nice and drains like a seive(filter fabric underneath the stone). Gas heat with electric backup. Vents installed this summer. Had to do additional caulking as I found out last spring that the fiberglass sheets weren't one piece. Added 30% shade cloth this summer. About 25% of the plants came from my collection I had when I moved here. I still want to widen the benches since I ran out of room already.

Ethan · #2 11-10-2009, 11:11 PM

That looks incredible! I love your setup with the vanilla growing on the wood throughout - looks very naturalistic - nice job!!

Bolero · #3 11-11-2009, 04:01 AM

I love seeing other peoples orchid houses, especially when they look that good.

SP2340 · #4 11-11-2009, 05:15 AM

Very cool! That Vanilla is taking over the whole house!

Bird Song Farm · #5 11-11-2009, 07:16 AM

Wow, what a great green house! I just love it and am envious as all get out! That vanilla is simply fantastic. I just got a piece and am hoping for the best but I'm afraid it doesn't look good at this time.
Thanks for posting your pictures, I really enjoyed my visit to your "orchid paradise".
Al

Sandy4453 · #6 11-11-2009, 07:23 AM

I agree with everyone...this is a big

. Beautiful and so creative. Outstanding!

DebsC · #7 11-12-2009, 12:17 PM

Great pictures! Thanks so much for sharing.

vmijct · #8 11-13-2009, 11:25 AM

The "branches" running perpendicular to the roof beam are cork tubes with chain running up the middle. In the future I plan to attach Catt's and Vandas to them. I already have a very successful Catt transplant on one. The thing was dying and I had a tube that was too short to hag on the ceiling so I figured why not. Not only did the the Catt recover it's sending out roots like crazy. It loves the cork tube. I put a little sphagnum moss behind it to get it started because it had no roots and looked 1/2 dead. I hung the tybe vertically with a wire hanger down the middle.

vmijct · #9 11-13-2009, 11:27 AM

Addendum to above: see pic 6 of 13 and you'll see it hanging about 1/3 from right.