Finally have Pics of my growing areas

[Kevin_PR]

I was finally able to get some pics of my set up onto my computer. I took the pics with my phone and had to email them to myself(not easy to do on my phone). They r not the best quality but its ok.

First pic is a table that I have in my driveway. Here I have Gammatophyllum, eulophia, Platanthera, doritis, and Catt intergenerics. It receives full sun from sun up to 5pm. All the plants are acclimated, but there was a time when they did burn a little.

Second pic is just a clothes line I have going between trees. These guys get dappled sun till about 2 then full sun.

Third pic is my main growing area. Plants on the right get full sun, from sunrise till sundown, the Plants on the left get dappled sun, till about 2, then periods of full sun, back to dappled sun. I have a container with bog plants and habaneria repens growing in the front. I also have a container with guppies and cherry shrimp, in that big pot up front. It has a mangrove tree growing in it but its too small and has not reached the rim of the pot. When it gets larger I will put orchids on it. The length of the entire back wall is covered in chicken wire so I can hang my plants up. There is space between the wall and the wire so I get good circulation. That is my dog Athena digging a hole in the far left. Shes like my daughter, I had here since she was 1 month. I sleep w her everynight. Shes a great dane pitbull mix with one blue eye and one brown eye.

Fourth pic is the growing area located to the far left of my main area. Here I grow all my shade lovers. This is the coolest and most humid area of the yard. It receive dappled sun and then full sun for about an hour or 2. All plants here are mounted. Here you can clearly see the chicken wire on the wall. In every growing area I have a water feature. Here I have 3 bowls with floating water ferns, guppies and cherry shrimp.

Fifth Pic is a chicken coupe that was on the property. I have all my paphs and seedlings here. I grow ferns under the chicken coupe to keep it extra humid. this area gets dappled sun all day.

Sixth pic is a view of the main area from the side. I think growing the plants at different heights creates an microclimate in this area that is more humid than the surrounding area. The plants love it, just gotta trim the grass. On the bottom right of the pic is where my Phrags are growing mounted to the outside of tree fern pots. The pots are inverted and stuffed with sphagnum to keep them moist. They are also sitting on top of pebbles that are in a shallow saucer. I currently grow Phrag bessae, caudatum, and wallisii in this manner. The phrag bessae is reblooming as we speak but I have had these plants in my care for only 2months. They seem to be doing fine and not deteriorating, and the rebloom is a good sign too.

I love going out in the yard at night with a flashlight and seeing the geckos eating bugs, the day time lizards sleeping in my chids, and coquis singing. Too much light pollution for fireflies(firefly larvae eat snails). I love seeing lizards use my chids as a highway and hunting grounds. I just wish it was my house so I can have better landscaping. Oh well.

Well that's it.

[Kevin_PR]

To those that I gave Psychillis krugii, if you guys take a look at pic #1, on the back of the table 3rd plant to the right. That is where I grow the psychillis. It is in an area that get FS but its under the shade of a Grammatophyllum. I also grow it mounted where it gets FS, but in partial sun the plant looks better.

[slc]

So much lush greenery! Beautiful!

[Orchid Whisperer]

Like your setup!

FYI everyone, Kevin recently shared some divisions with me from the plants he is growing, including Oeceoclaes maculata, Bletia patula, Psychillis Krugii, Arachnis flos-aeris, Papiolanthe teres, and Dendrobium crumentaum. What a generous guy!

Thanks Kevin, and thanks for sharing the photos of your setup. It gives me some good information for growing them here at home.

[Ferns Daddy]

Great set up, love all your mounted orchids.

[nlm2951]

very nice, the material that you use for mounting should be low price there in PR, here is very high, keep mounting those orchids they look great

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Kevin, finally I can see what I have been only imagining in my head for a long time knowing you have collection of 300:-) Awesome, this is amazing set up and your plants get what they need. I just dream one day we will buy actual house with garden and trees and I could truly have my orchid paradise, balcony does not cut it!:-) I was also "gifted one" and the 4 plants I received are so far doing great here in Miami, many thanks Kevin!

[Kevin_PR]

@nlm2951 It is cheap $4 for a large cross section of tree fern that I can get 4 or more good sized mounts. So the large mounts are about $1 each. For the little mounts I use large tree fern chunks that come in a large bag for $4, sometimes has 10 or more good sized pieces suitable for minis, the rest is great for potting material. I love Puerto Rico

[GardenTheater]

Great setup. Wonderful mounting wall! Plants look fantastic.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Wow, these are the prices we would love here in Florida, every time I drive to my orchid needs supplier I end up between $50-100 lighter, and that's some stuff for maybe 20 orchids max:-)