My newish Warm terrarium

[tropterrarium]

Just a quick update on what it looks like now. A few more plants, mostly Oberonia. Top left is O. leytensis with dual inflorescences. Cut the inflorescences from the other leytensis for the spirit collection. O. rufilabris and O. pachyrachis are in spike. The yellow leaves are a new Notylia from the Redlands show. Came bare roots, and with not too many of those, so is struggling.

Humidity is well controlled now, but the computer fans don't seem to last very long, maybe 6 months before they die. Hmmm.

Most species I grow are oddball. About 80% of IDs on the labels are wrong, and for most there is no indication on culture anyway, so it is just experimentation.



Below is a list of species in the terrarium

Eria javanica
Hippeophyllum
Hippeophyllum micranthum
Ludisia discolor alba
Notylia albida
Notylia incurva
Notyliopsis beatricis
Oberonia cavaleriei
Oberonia cf. obesa
Oberonia dissitiflora
Oberonia disticha
Oberonia iridifolia
Oberonia leytensis
Oberonia lycopodioides
Oberonia maxima
Oberonia merrillii
Oberonia mindorensis
Oberonia miniata
Oberonia oligotricha
Oberonia pachyrachis
Oberonia patentifolia
Oberonia prainiana
Oberonia rufilabris
Oberonia setigera
Oberonia sp. China
Oberonia sp. Phil
Oberonia sp. Philippines Purificacion
Oberonia species Burma

[Island Girl]

Wow! That's awesome! I love the way it looks! Hope your Notylia starts growing roots soon for u. I wish I had a place, or brand-name of a good fan to recommend as well, but I do wonder if a ventilation fan made for aquarium use would be appropriate? They would mainly be for marine/coral aquariums, if I'm not mistaken (to keep powerful lights from overheating).

[tropterrarium]

Hi Mary Linn,

glad you like it. I hope for the best as well for the Notylia. Those plants are not easy to get. Found this one at the Redlands show, though don't recall whether it was part of a pre-order or a lucky find.

Re fans, I think the humidity in the enclosure is not kind to electrical devices. The lighting fans are rather made for "normal" home humidity, and usually are on the overpriced side (IMHO). I attach some fans to my non-cooled T5s and those are also just computer fans. The ATI fixture on this tank has built in fans. So I try various brands of computer fans for the in-tank ventilation. In my other terrarium, I have some fans that are 5 years old, run 24/7 and are still fine. Go figure!

I will not reduce the humidity, as my dear Oberonias like it that way. It is interesting to note, that the leytensis in the warm terrarium flower about a month earlier than the ones in the intermediate GH. With Oberonias, I usually get about 5 plants per morph/species, so I can play with culturing parameters. Occasionally I get additional duplicates due to blatant misIDs, but that's another story.