Neo in Glass

[alsorchids]

I applaud your innovation Ryan. It sounds like this is doing well for your orchids. Living in New Mexico I work at maintaining higher humidity levels in my greenhouse, which is easier and more convenient than if they were in the house itself. I say this as a compliment in that your adapting to your plants needs and not hoping they adapt to you or a enviroment that otherwise might not be suitable to them. The Best Of Luck! AL

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by alsorchids

I applaud your innovation Ryan. It sounds like this is doing well for your orchids. Living in New Mexico I work at maintaining higher humidity levels in my greenhouse, which is easier and more convenient than if they were in the house itself. I say this as a compliment in that your adapting to your plants needs and not hoping they adapt to you or a enviroment that otherwise might not be suitable to them. The Best Of Luck! AL

Thanks, Al! That means a lot to me. I love these plants so the innovation seems to come easy. Of course, having a background in science helps but its also a lot of trial and error.

Ok here are the pics...

first is my neostylis, which shows the much taller vase. I was lucky to find one that has a "bowled" top, which makes it easy to place the plant inside and not have to wire a support etc.



The emerging new roots on the neo-- always a good sign.



Here's my neofinetia in her glass... the algae is a bit of a problem, but it seems to keep the humidity up in the glass-- so I'll go with it!



And a new root from the nefinetia, but inside the glass,