Some minis I got in Singapore

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Andy grows Lepanthes up the wazzoo in his intermediate shadehouse. It's kinda humid and damp in there though.

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Hi Everyone

I setting up a 600 litre (150 gallon) fish tank with T5 lights and a humidifier to keep these orchids happy. It will also be cooled with a computer fan blowing over a radiator pumped with chilled water from an aquarium chiller. This is a temporary fix until my wardian case is made later this year.

Currently, I am running airconditioning and I am finalising the tanks general set up this week. I will post pics when I am done. I hope it all works as planned.

The orchids look fine. I am just struggling to keep them humid out of a tank. So they are sitting raised up in a a big glass bowl, water in the base. I mist them often. The only air movement is indirect from the aircond. Well, only another four days to get them into their new home

Brett

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Just some of the orchids my husband took back from Singapore this morning to me.

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Nice flowers.. SE Asia is good a producing for the cut market.

I got some glass lids for my tank today. I places the radiator/fan (with no cooler yet) in the tank, blowing over a basin of water and I am getting 95% humidity without a humidifier... So I have move my minis into the tank and cranked up the aircond until I get the chiller to cool the water for the radiator.

Brett

[dsim]

brett, i like the white ones and the yellow ones. where did u buy them in singapore? any issues getting it out of changi? or do u pack them as checked baggage?

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Hi dsim

I think you mean the Psygmorchis Pusilla (formerly oncidium) and Ceratochilus Biglandousus. No issues getting them out of Singapore and Thai customs, well what can I say.... I was flying Tiger, and carrying the orchids in a shoe box. All got scanned in the X-ray and no one said a thing.

If you want these species, Contact Woon Leng orchid nursery at New Page 1

Brett

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Hi Brett,
I am looking forward to seeing your setup

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The tank, lid and lights.. Needs tubes

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Here is the link about my efforts at cooling which are now underway A chilling experiment

Brett

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Hi everyone

I think I have got pods developing on one of the Ceratochilus and two of the Pygmorchis flowers that I pollinated. There is definite swelling and growth, where as the other blooms have withered and are falling. Fingers crossed they make it to flask if I am right and dont abort. I guess I will know in about 3 months.

Next the Lepanthes. I talked to Jean-Marc in France and he said he used a 40x magnfication glass.

Brett