My orchidariums today, 23 Dec 2008, picture heavy......

[Connie Star]

Mycket fint!

[Ranchnanny]

Now that is really nice I like it being in a corner saves on space. Fantastic.

Sheridan

[Magnus A]

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

Thank you for photos You have a booming sophronitis!!! (on the photo with MH) I can't receive a blooming of my sophronitises. I think that they need cool temperatures, but you have a hot orchydarium. Take my congratulations!!!

How do you watering orchids?
And please say more about condition of you sophronitis grown: how do you often watering them, and what is the middle temperature?

Hi
Yes I have blooming Sophronitis in my cabinet . Acctually two, Sophronitis brevipedunculata . Though I have been cheating a little as I have them on my balkony during the summer so they get some cold nights.

But those are S. brevipedunculata that seams to handle warm condition quite well. But they need LIGHT, Strong Light!

For watering I have a 8 liter (2 US gallon) spray bottle that I use twice or three times a week. I also have a ultrasound membrane humidifier under the false bottom in the cabinet with a 5 in. 12 V computer fan blowing the mist up into the growing compartment.

More questions?
/Magnus

[Ray]

Originally Posted by DelawareJim

I've also been thinking about trying some as the back wall of one of my aquariums to grow some of my aquatic ferns and mosses on.

Jim,

I have had a piece in an aquarium for about two years now, and it is populated quite nicely with ferns. As it is the original black material (made by the folks that make brown EcoWeb for me, but sold to me as Epiweb by Mikael Karlbom), it has taken a long time for the algae to take hold.

[Akhenaten]

Magnus A Thank you for answer
My Sophronitis brevipedunculata have enough light, but they have troubles with watering and roots.
You Sophronitis brevipedunculata very well

[Magnus A]

Akhenaten, I have also had problems with rots but mainly on the coccinea and wittigiana. I have been overwater mine when they started their restingperiod. There is sometimes hard to see when the resting period starts!
For roots I have found that Sophronitis just love Epiweb. The roots shoots into the material and are well protected inside.

/Magnus

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by Magnus A

For roots I have found that Sophronitis just love Epiweb. The roots shoots into the material and are well protected inside.

Very well