Phalaenopsis gigantea - long term growing project

[Shadeflower]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Is that really s/h you are doing if the reservoir level is under the net pot? Do you have some photos of the potting set up? I'm not sure I'm visualizing it correctly from your description.

a small gap at the bottom, the pot gets filled to submerge the net pot slightly, then as the water level drops it drops below the net pot, letting the net pot dry out but creating a humid environment.

I think Camille's idea is fine as phals really don't like to dry out so having that gap to let the net pot dry out more than what Camille has shown is not beneficial imo but it would work.

Great pot Camille, thx for sharing that it took 14 hours to print it lol. I bet it cost a couple of euros in plastic too, I've been wondering if a 3D printer will help me with anything but considering how expensive the material for printing is I worked out it's still cheaper to just find everything yourself (if you can find the right size that is)

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Shadeflower

Great pot Camille, thx for sharing that it took 14 hours to print it lol. I bet it cost a couple of euros in plastic too, I've been wondering if a 3D printer will help me with anything but considering how expensive the material for printing is I worked out it's still cheaper to just find everything yourself (if you can find the right size that is)

I think my boyfriend said he paid about 18eur for a 1 kg spool of PLA. I can check in the 'blueprint' to find the the quantity used, but I think the pot works out costing around 2 to 2,5eur. The largest standard net pot I've found is only 11cm wide, the holes are too large to use leca, and the pot way too flimsy (cost: 0,50eur). The other option I found are these slightly too large pots made of thicker plastic. (Epiphyte pot), Not only are they more expensive, I also have to factor in shipping costs from Germany and I didn't need/want anything else from that vendor right now. Maybe on ebay/amazon/hydroponic sites I could have found something in the Netherlands, but I'd still have shipping costs. Overall, I think 2,5eur is a pretty good deal and for that price I also get exactly what I wanted.