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Old 02-20-2007, 03:24 PM
Swanwillow Swanwillow is offline
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Default heres my plan, need opinions

ok, so I went through andy's orchids, and made a list.

what kind of list you may ask? since I'm eventually getting into a vivarium (this is for a terrarium) my list are mini orchids from Costa Rica and Panama.
My list has 12 orchids... All but 2 are 'shade' category. So I may cut my list down to 10 because of the other 2, or place those two at the very top of a terrarium

they do run the gambit of watering however. Many are daily watering types, one being watered 2-3 times/week, 5 labeled as 3-5 waterings a week. They all have the same temp ranges that I want... none need less than 80*F as their max... and I plan on the viv to be in the 70* range.
so, if you want my list (no, none are too easy to care for)
I have:
Epidendrum rousseauae
indirect light, 3-5 waterings a week
Masd, reichenbachiana
shade, daily watering
Masd. rolfiana
shade, 3-5 waterings/week
Masd. schroederiana
shade, 3-5
Masd. zahlbruckneri
shade, 3-5
Maxillaria wercklei
bright-shade, daily watering
Pleurothallis amparoana
shade, 3-5
Masd. erinacea (horrida)
shade, keep moist/daily watering
M. livinstoneana
shade, 2-3 waterings/week
M. seabrilinguis
shade, daily
Scaphosepalum calvellatum
shade, daily
Seaphosepalum endresianum
shade, daily

so, most are shade, all like it wet. The main point is that they are all from costa rica and panama.
The terrarium is a hex tank, and I plan on having a fair sized waterfall down the middle of the back of it, running into a pool of water (actually, the whole bottom of the tank, up 5 inches, will be full of water with large river rocks)

would the humidity be enough for watering? or spray from the huge waterfall? Should I invest more into a misting system also?
lights: 500-1500 light candles, what kinds of light put out that little amount?

I'll come up with more questions later I'm sure... those are the first ones.


oh, has anyone else done a terrarium with species only from one area?

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