Looks awesome, Paul! And thanks for spelling out your process in detail! I especially like that you talk about things that DIDN'T work for you, and how you went about correcting mistakes. I've been wanting to put together a terrarium for a while, and now that I've seen your great setup I'm re-inspired! Thank you!

You mentioned that you put in some aquatic plants to help reduce the splashing from your waterfall, but do you plan on adding any other non-orchids? Please keep us posted with any changes.

Yes! :agree: thanks for the thread Paul. Please do keep keep keeping us updated. One day I too mean to have a proper terranium and all this info is greatly appreciated.

Paul, how is the cuthbertsonii doing for you? I'm thinking about getting one, but I'm afraid my temps may be too high. My temp range will be similar to yours though, so your experience will be helpful.

Thank you everyone. I had hoped that at least one person could learn from my thought process.

Goods14, that's a tough question to answer at the moment. It has produced a flower bud which is HUGE in comparison to the plant, but not knowing what it is supposed to look like is causing me some confusion. It started looking rather sickly and getting really thin at the base of the bud like it was going to drop. But as of today, it looks like it's trying to open. So, as for flowering, I'm not sure yet.

However, the roots have been growing like mad! And, there is an entirely new set of leaves on a huge growth, so I'm very excited about that. It does appear to be happy, minus not knowing about the bloom thing.

However, I have heard that while we have to show patience for orchids when we see them setting spikes and blooms, this one is really testing my patience level! LOL...

That's what I wanted to hear! Congrats on your success with this one. I was excited to hear that it has been growing well for you. The flower is a bonus!

The temps in my tank are in the 76-80 range for daytime highs and 66-70 for night lows. Is yours still in the 66-78 range?

It is staying in that range, although the air conditioner went out a few weeks ago and it got into the low 80's for a few days. I still don't know what's going to happen during the winter months yet, but I'm assuming that the temperature range will drop with seasonal weather and internal house temperature. We keep our temperature at between 72 to 74 during the summer, and 69 to 70 during the winter.

BTW, I'm preparing to leave for Mexico so if you post another question it will be about a week before I can respond.

Ok thanks for all that information! I was mainly worried that my temps would be too high to risk trying cuthbertsonii, but I may be wrong after reading your information. Congrats on your success with the tank!

Enjoy your trip.

Hey Paul! I really like your terrarium! It is very spiffy. And thank you for going step-by-step! What was the species of grass you added? It looks really cool sitting right there in front of the waterfall!

I believe it was called Kyoto. It's a semi-aquatic "grass" that you can buy in the fish section of PetSmart.