herp kits for orchids from petsmart
 

not advertising here but found petsmart has a lot of goodies for orchid people that you would not think of to go look at a pet store for. Like coco husk bricks and mats, cork, new zealand sphag, wood mounts, hydroton, fiber planks...alll kinds of stuff.
I found one of these on sale and I think they would make great starter kits for a mini orchidarium

Exo Terra Rainforest Kit - Starter Kits - Habitats & Accessories - PetSmart


you can get foggers, misting kits, mini waterfalls, and

the repti fogger has got my attention
Zoo Med Repti Fogger Terrarium Humidifier - Habitats & Accessories - Reptile - PetSmart

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cool! I have gotten material to use for mounts at the pet store before - other than that I hadn't looked around too much to see what could be used for orchids - good deal :)

cool! i have used terrarium backs for mounts, imo the plants LOVE them. i looked at the links, but i cant find hydroton or chc bricks or spagh or chc mats :\

Exo Terra Coco Husks Tropical Substrate - Substrate - Reptile - PetSmart
coco husks
Zoo Med Eco Earth Value Pack - Substrate - Reptile - PetSmart
coco fiber mats
Zoo Med HydroBalls Expanded Clay Terrarium Substrate - Reptile - Free Ship - PetSmart
hydroballs
Zoo Med New Zealand Sphagnum Moss Reptile Substrate - Sale - Reptile - PetSmart
new zealand sphagnum..this is the good long fiber moss here!!!

you know if this stuff is safe and clean for animals has to be worthy of a plant :) I still soak any coco husks I use no matter what until the water isnt salty

!!! thanks !!! i was wanting to try s/h!

I have too :) just didn't want to buy a small bag and pay for big bag shipping rates so having it close by makes a difference

cool - wouldn't have expected leca at the pet store - who knew?

[FONT="Palatino Linotype']All these materials are pretty standard for building vivariums, whos major component are plants. Thats how I started my orchid hobby, in a search for orchids that would grow in my vivariums.
Anyhow, a lot of times I find cheaper stuff in places other than pet stores because they tend to inflate their prices.
I do like to see what they sell and get ideas, what is good for tropical frogs is often very good for plants. hehe. [/FONT]

FYI, if I was going to get a fogger, I would probably just convert a cool-mist humidifier.


It would probably be cheaper, give you a unit that held more water and that was more effective at doing the job, and would probably operate more quietly

i cant find LECA anywhere around here. and i just wanted to try s/h with a phew plants, so maybe ill fork over the cash so i dont have to pay more for shipping than for the actually LECA