Orchids in Aquaponics Setups?

[epiphyte0]

Very curious if anyone's growing orchids out of an aquaponics setup, i.e. hydroponics with fish.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Disas. Perfect for those kinds of setups. They like it cool though. Ideally no warmer than 85 F.

[epiphyte0]

Hrm I'll have to try that, with 880 genera + so many more hybrids it's hard to figure out which variety like more water

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Disa aurata
Disa caulescens
Disa cardinalis
Disa tripetaloides
Disa uncinata
Disa uniflora

Of these you'll easily find:

Disa tripetaloides
Disa uniflora

The following are a bit more difficult to find:

Disa aurata
Disa cardinalis

The others have not been brought into cultivation on any noticeable level yet. Which means to say that some private individuals may have a few specimens in hand, but they're not floating around for anybody to get their hands on.

All of these grow along streams or waterfalls.

[DelawareJim]

Philip mentioning growing along streams makes me think Phrags should work as well as many of them have their roots in water.

Cheers.
Jim

[Ray]

Given time to grow new roots, pretty mush any orchid can be "trained" to grow in what has been dubbed "water culture". In my S/H presentation, I have photos of a reed-stemmed epidendrum growing that way.