"New" orchid cabinet with drip wall

[Froggle]

That's an amazing set up Magnus - inspiring actually! Did you plant the moss? If so what type of moss is it & did you plant it in clumps of grind it & spread the powder letting it grow from that?

[Magnus A]

Yes, I did plant the moss. Took some mosses from my mounts that have come with my plants and mixed it with water in a kitchen blender. Then I just sprinkled the very dilute moss water over the slabs. The Hygrolon acted as a nice filter :-) but I could barely see moss on the slabs if I did not looked close.
I have also rubbed moss into the slabs. just took some moss between my fingers an just rubbed the surface with it. You need to use some pressure and it works very well on ruff materials like Epiweb but I have had great succes on hygrolon.

[ChrisAZ]

Beautiful cabinet! I like the clean look! I was wondering if you'd be willing to share some specifics about your LED system as well as the dimensions of this cabinet. It seems to be working great for your plants and moss! I'm working on the lighting for a large build and am trying to find out what is working for others. Thank you for any help you may have to offer.

[Magnus A]

Update, 28 October 2013:

[Tadpole]

That is too cool! It looks beautiful...

[nikkik]

Wow, that is amazing. Fantastic setup, beautiful follow through and awesome plants.

[Tindomul]

Wow!! That wall is going to look amazing. What a great job. Nice to see people using LED's now.

[Malitu]

Beautiful ...... can you explain how you set up ventilation.
How do you maintain temperature conditions .... and generally say something about the construction of the cabinet design and other details.

[Magnus A]

Originally Posted by Malitu

Beautiful ...... can you explain how you set up ventilation.
How do you maintain temperature conditions .... and generally say something about the construction of the cabinet design and other details.

Someday I will try to compile a build log, but I do not have the time at the moment.

But in short, the cabinet is bult with epoxi/glass fiber laminated styrofoam. The prelaminated part were glued together with epoxy filler.

There are no active climat control. LED add some heat during day and the drip wall cool alittle due to evaporation.

Air circulation is maintained by computerfans. On each side there are channels from under the false bottom to the top and computer fans suck air upp to the top.

[orchidsarefun]

lovely flicker photos.
BTW - I would recommend gastrochilus species....