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Originally Posted by tunachris
Although I have no direct experiece, I have heard of "water walls" being used in greenhouses to cool and add humidity to the greenhouse. In this application, orchds aren't grown directly on the water wall, the wall is on one end/side of the greenhouse to regulate the intenal conditions. I don't think many if any orchids could handle the constant water flow of the wall, but I may be wrong. The water wall functions as a swamp cooler in the greenhouse.
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Yes that was my concern too, I don't know that other orchids would tolerate the moisture level mounted on such a wall that masdevallias etc do..
I wonder if they can be grown semi-hydro style but on a wall?
What I want to do though is more than just a wall- I want the look of the full on viv, the kind that Tindo and others have so masterfully created to resemble a slice of ephipytic nature; ie branches coming out, other complementary plants like tilandsias, broms etc..
I would also like possibly to use some 'terrestrials' like paphs and jewel orchids...
I guess it boils down to, plant selection, system design and function, asthetics and maybe in the end a little experimentation of trial and error.?
