My Balcony - Orchid Board

TOMMYMIAMI · #1 09-17-2013, 09:12 PM

Since I did receive Physan today and spent some 3 hours of cleaning and disinfecting and organizing again, I decided to share my balcony pics again. Since July, there is many mane new orchids, and there is still some 20 on the way, but that is it for this year. My final number will be somewhere around 130'ish.

It is amazing even for me, how I can squeeze so many orchids at this little place, but so far it seems working, with a huge help of chains and hooks and other stuff. The left side is low light side, the right side with dracema tree is high light side, I have also sun shades that I do spread when there are sunny days, which this summer really does not happen too often, I have to actually cover them with plastic to protect them from constant rain. Everyone who thinks your balcony is too small, it is not!

TOMMYMIAMI · #2 09-17-2013, 09:13 PM

And the mini's are in the small corner growing area in our living room:-)

GardenTheater · #3 09-17-2013, 10:30 PM

Great use of space...and there is room for more. I'm impressed with how many you have fit in. Good job!

TOMMYMIAMI · #4 09-17-2013, 11:30 PM

Many thanks. I have one last order on the way, actually 2, one for the outside with some 20 awesome pieces and one mini's for the inside hygrolon cylinder, so once these arrive that's it for me for this year:-) And yes, I am shocked as well, how many I could add actually, this June I had maybe some 50, now going over 130:-)

ronaldhanko · #5 09-18-2013, 01:24 AM

Looks good. There's always room for one more, though, and one more, and one more......

TOMMYMIAMI · #6 09-18-2013, 02:03 AM

:-)
There is always room, however I did just finished my list and counting and I am good till next year. I did pretty much crossed everything from my wish list (few pieces left), and I am happy with what I have. Now I will have to see if I can manage to take good care of them and make them bloom and thrive. There is always NEXT YEAR:-)

AussieVanda · #7 09-18-2013, 08:38 AM

Sooo, any room for table and chairs?

TOMMYMIAMI · #8 09-18-2013, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by AussieVanda

Sooo, any room for table and chairs?

Hahaha, chairs are on the side, they "can" be used if you need them, but we don't:-) table is serving as a stand for the orchids. Pretty much balcony belongs to my orchids and me, that's it:-) My family thanks God loves orchids, so as far as there is a spot for one chair and they can sit in the middle of orchid jungle, they are happy:-)

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Originally Posted by tucker85

Everything looks awesome! I like the Spanish moss you used. Good growing.

Many thanks Tucker

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Originally Posted by Eskevingo

What is left on that list if I may be curious.

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I think the worst thing is when you have to move and have a large collection, which I would say your is large. Its hard to replicate the growing conditions and some might not make it, especially the more sensitive ones. When I moved it took me a day to move all my furniture and another week to move my chids and after that about another 2 weeks to do the new set up. Lost a couple of nice chids

I totally hear you Kevin, however since I do own the apartment and have to pay the mortgage, I am not planning to move any time soon. And when we move, it will be only to house with garden, most probaly in Florida, so I think I will manage to keep them alive and I will actually be able to provide better conditions, balcony is way to small to give some of them what they really need:-)

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Oh, Kevin, regarding the list, here are few:
Epidendrum Ilense
Potinaria Taichung Beauty Rouge Cattle
Vanda Sansai Blue
Aerangis Punctata
Miltona Moreliana
Paphinia Neudeckeri Rugosa
Grammatophyllum Wallissii
Catasetum Frilly Doris
Kefersteinia Mystacina
Bulbophyllum Moniliforme
And more, I can go and go, there is never finished list for me really:-)

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Originally Posted by Island Girl

Looking good Tommy!! May I ask where you got those clip lights for your indoor terrariums? I like them!

Thanks Island Girl. Clip lights are from amazon, it is LED, you can set up 3 different modes, only one row, 4 rows or all. They do run on batteries, but that's useless, otherwise you work for duracell and have full garage of them, so I got in radioshack the electric cables for 6volts with that small end. They do give pretty good light, and you can position them.

tucker85 · #9 09-18-2013, 09:28 AM

Everything looks awesome! I like the Spanish moss you used. Good growing.

Kevin_PR · #10 09-18-2013, 10:48 AM

What is left on that list if I may be curious.

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I think the worst thing is when you have to move and have a large collection, which I would say your is large. Its hard to replicate the growing conditions and some might not make it, especially the more sensitive ones. When I moved it took me a day to move all my furniture and another week to move my chids and after that about another 2 weeks to do the new set up. Lost a couple of nice chids