This is what i started out with a basic a armoire (spelling?)Let me know what you think, i still need to add a bottom water reservoir. When I have the time I'll list the chids I list the chids I have.
Last edited by jonnygreenthumb; 11-29-2006 at 01:19 AM..
Tried to do it within reasonable money boundaries, so far I I've spent over 200.00, not sure maybe 300.00 and that's not counting the chids in it or the lighting, misting, warm air humidifier, cool air humidifier, and the...on an on. which I'm planning on improving with only MH instead of Power Compact. I wish the picture of the inside would have come out better though, much brighter .
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Have you considered using hardware cloth mounted 1" off the surface, on the sides and back of your unit.......with complete control of the environment, it would be ideal for a ton of mounted orchids!
...no those are not my pretty nails!
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Dave, how'd you know what my first comment would be??? Nice manicure
Jonny, the setup looks great! I agree with Dave's suggestion of a mounting "wall"...there are so many options of material to use and how you'd like it set up. I'm picturing a long horizontal strip of something hung along the top in back filled with mini-mounts!
I'll post some more in the morning. It has a few updates in it. I do have some long narrow wicker baskets already with some mini's in them. I also have some mounted that I'll get of all of that. The water reservoir will be added this weekend. I'm still waiting on an order to come in for a mini chid called PLEUROTHALLIS brighamii. I cant wait it's so small. I'll have to protect it from Calli my chameleon. I don't want it to get walked on by her. I cant wait to show you all what the orchidarium looks like now . I'll get the list of chids in my collection also listed.
Anybody got ideas on the warm/cold air humidifiers ducting that was mentioned earlier in the last post by me?Thanks for all the comments and helpful ideas I'm looking forward to keeping this going with you all on the progress.
OK the new pics are in my gallery. Check 'em out and let me know what you think so far. Input please Keep in mind this weekend I'm adding the water reservoir and false bottom, still wondering about hiding those humidifiers. The small aquarium is my Ghost Orchid.
Check out the Gallery pics.
Last edited by jonnygreenthumb; 12-02-2006 at 12:38 AM..
No I didn't even think about using that, I believe I'll be making a trip to Home Depot in the near future! Thanks for the idea, that's the kind of input I'm looking for. Criticisms are welcome also. Give me all the advice you can.
Thanks!
How about ducting in the warm/cool humidifier to save on interior space.
For misting I would suggest contacting Marty (http://www.mistking.com/) - he has an excellent supply of equipment. Mounted through some strategically placed holes in the cabinet would provide excellent misting.
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Looking for a misting system? Look no further. Automated misting systems from MistKing are used by multitude of plant enthusiasts and are perfect for Orchids. Systems feature run dry pumps, ZipDrip valve, adjustable black nozzles, per second control! Automatically mist one growing shelf or a greenhouse full of Orchids.
OK i cant get the temp lower than around 78dg. at night. I have tried to stop the warm air humidifier and kept the cool air humidifier going on full air speed at night and opened the top half were the lighting is located and put a fan blowing air into the bottom half. Any ideas on how to lower the temp to around 68dg at night?
I will be adding a misting system hopefully soon, my Carpet Chameleon will benefit from that to.
On the idea of taking out the warm/cold air humidifier and using a air duct I would probably have to run it through the top half through the lighting therefor heating the humidity even more. The duct could also run through the side making the duct pretty long. Wouldn't that prevent the warm/cool air humidity from entering the orchidarium properly ideas?
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Looking for a misting system? Look no further. Automated misting systems from MistKing are used by multitude of plant enthusiasts and are perfect for Orchids. Systems feature run dry pumps, ZipDrip valve, adjustable black nozzles, per second control! Automatically mist one growing shelf or a greenhouse full of Orchids.
My new orchidarium...take a look
This is what i started out with a basic a armoire (spelling?)Let me know what you think, i still need to add a bottom water reservoir. When I have the time I'll list the chids I list the chids I have.
which I'm planning on improving with only MH instead of Power Compact. I wish the picture of the inside would have come out better though, much brighter
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Dave, how'd you know what my first comment would be??? Nice manicure 
. I'll get the list of chids in my collection also listed.
Thanks for all the comments and helpful ideas I'm looking forward to keeping this going with you all on the progress.
OK the new pics are in my gallery. Check 'em out and let me know what you think so far. Input please
will benefit from that to. 
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