Orchids that do well in terrariums.

[sbgladden]

Very nice. How did you attach the moss, bark, etc... to the back glass?

[flowerchild]

Originally Posted by sbgladden

Very nice. How did you attach the moss, bark, etc... to the back glass?

There is acutally a wooden frame with a 1/2 steel mesh (like fine chickenwire) staple-gunned to it in front of the back glass.

From there i put down newspaper on my floor to catch any glue drips and painstakingly glued all of the bark and moss to it.

I did this so that i can hook smaller mounted orchids to the grid. For now there are only a few hooked on... but a few more trips to the greenhouse and that will change!

All in all, it think the effort was worth it.

[RSS]

I'll check through my tanks real quick and get a listing of things that are actively growing and looking well.

Sarcochilus ceciliae - needs special attention
Laelia lundii - needs high light, some special attention
Bulbophyllum alagense - easy
Epidendrum discolor - easy
Epidendrum porpax - easiest
Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes - What a name, well this guy is actively growing in ONE tank, and not growing in another tank with very similar conditions, I'm listing it because it is doing very well in one. I split this guy up into 4 areas, 1 is doing very well, 1 is there taking up rent, 1 is slowly dieing, 1 is dead.
Epidendrum polybulbon - easy so far
Soph cernua - needs high light
Dendrobium prenticei - good choice
Epidendrum congestoides - needs some attention
Bulbophyllum pardalotum - can get a little large, and rambly
Zootrophion atropurpurea - little large for a vivarium but is growing well under low light right now. Really odd
Pleurothallis brighamii - very nice plant, grows and flowers under lower light levels. Can take a bit of abuse
Dendrobium torresae - tiny
Ceratostylis philippinensis - don't want to type that name again, a good plant to place by a fan, mine seems to love the airflow and drying out. Good plant so far.
Diplocaulobium aratriferum - so far so good
Diplocaulobium chrysotropsis - so far so good
Sedirea japonica - yep yep
Dendrobium rigidum - medium light seems right
Pleurothallis grobyi - mine is 1.5 inches from 2 T5HO lights (daylight and the blue bulb, can't recall the name) and is growing like crazy, very nice plant and tiny too. No flowers or spikes yet thou.
Bulbophyllum sessilis - moving along nicely so far
Stelis barbata - very nice little guy, I've treated this one pretty bad and its alway rewarded me with flowers. Its been divided a few times and is about ready for its next split. Its been under low and medium light. Flowering under both.
Bulbophyllum lasiochilum - mine are very rooty
Haraella retrocalla - Yep yep covered I'm sure
Denchilum wenzelii - growing fine and flowered once under medium light
Gastrochilus matsuran - click here IOSPE PHOTOS go WOW and get one!
Dendrobium cucumerinum - tiny, mine are in medium light
Stelis morganii - currently mounted to a swamp stick as an experiment, growing nicely
Pleurothallis luctuosa - thought it need some special attention, then I put it in my junk vivarium and ignored it. Its growing like mad.......
Scaphosepalum fimbriatum - flowered and growing, low light
Epidendrum longirepens - earning there rent
Bulbophyllum inunctum - large for a vivarium, but I got ahold of 2 1 bulb plants and returned them as 2 2-3 bulb plants under low light. Can't say for long term, but they did well for about 6 months

Thats enough typing for now . Hope this is helpful.

[Karina]

Hi,

in my tanks grow very well Ornithocephalus, Saccolabium, Haraella odorata, Zygostates lunate, some Tolumnia-hybrids and a few Oncidiums like Onc. edwallii and Onc. harrisonianum.

One of may tanks I use also for young plants, who was deflask recently.

BL Maikai doesn't works in my tanks.

Greetings Karina

PS: Please excuse my bad english...

[vmax3000]

Originally Posted by capdale

Trichosalpinx rotundata & Lepanthes Calodictyon.

Pray tell, where did you find them??? I can't find a calodictyon to save my life. In my terrarium (a 2.5 gallon number...aka itty bitty), I have an incredibly happy Lepanthopsis astrophora "Stalky" that has bloomed continuously since I set this thing up spring 2006. Then, I went to the WOC in Miami, Fl and Andy's Orchids terrarium was such an inspiration to me, I couldn't help myself. So, I starting stuffing it!! Pleuro. brighamii has stayed green, but has yet to bloom. My Isabella pulchella hasn't died, yet.... I recently added an Ang. distichum (love these). I am hoping it survives. The Lepanthes elegantula took a nose dive almost immediately. I took it personally and didn't replace it. One plant I would hesitate to suggest, as it grows much faster than I had understood: oak leaf creeping ficus. It's cute, but it's attempting to monopolize my whole set up, for all it's worth. I attached a picture from when I first started it. I have since added a simple terrarium humidifier. So far, so good!

[buffalo]

We need more additions please. whats doing really well in your terrarium .
I am trying anubias, luck bamboo, a piece of ivy (don't know how that will do) i have had good luck with baby tears but they tend to take over; so you have to control them.

[R Srinivasan]

Originally Posted by buffalo

We need more additions please. whats doing really well in your terrarium .
I am trying anubias, luck bamboo, a piece of ivy (don't know how that will do) i have had good luck with baby tears but they tend to take over; so you have to control them.

There are varieties of compact and dwarf cultivars of selegenellas, mini-African violets, variegated ajuga reptans , mini bamboos, dwarf hybrid spathaglottis bearing short spikes of deep prple and yellow blooms. Also there are many other gesnerides that should be suitable.Take the initative to visit some nurseries in your area you find many more to select for your terrarium.

[oddworld]

These do great in my dart frog vivs, 65 to 85 degrees.
Upper level:
Dendrobium oligophyllum
Oncidium croesus
Bulbophyllum Kalimpong
Cirrhopetalum tingabarinum
Bulbophyllum fascinator

Mid level/Lower levl:
Dracula lotax
Masdevallia herradure
Masdevallia "Glowing embers"
Pleurothallis allenii
Pleurothallis microphylla
Restrepia brachypus
Restrepia muscifera

Currently experimenting with:
Bulbophyllum lasiochilum
Bulbophyllum odoratissimum
Pleurothallis restrepioides "dragonstone"
Pleurothallis fastidiosa
Pleurothallis megalops
Restrepia antennifera
Masdevallia "Angel tang"
All are recent additions to vivs, too soon to tell whether or not they flourish, but I think they will do just fine


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[Cassia]

Wow. Amanda was right--here's the Treasure Chest of ideas for a beginner who wants to create a viv with orchids and day geckos! I'm going to have to print out reams of info . . .

[vmax3000]

Originally Posted by buffalo

We need more additions please. whats doing really well in your terrarium .
I am trying anubias, luck bamboo, a piece of ivy (don't know how that will do) i have had good luck with baby tears but they tend to take over; so you have to control them.

My Leptotes calodyction put off a new leaf!!! It seems to be doing well amongst the other little orchids.