Papua New Guinea cold tank in hellishly hot Austin

[ChrisFL]

Temperatures are regulated by the cold plate from a Haier dorm fridge inside a 10 gallon vertical tank. Watering is provided by two MistKing nozzles, air circulation is accomplished using a 2" ADDA waterproof DC fan, lighting consists of 6 phosphor-coated CREE XP-G R5 cool emitters driven at 1 amp each, with 40 degree lenses. The emitters are mounted to an external heat sink and add no heat to the internal system.
Day temps are ~73 F (~23 C) and night times are ~48 F (~9 C)

Species list:
Dendrobium cuthertsonii
Bulbophyllum patella
Bulbophyllum reevei
Bulbophyllum tentaculiferum
Bulbophyllum tricanaliferum

[youtube]Wh8EvhQkFNw&hd=1[/youtube]

 

[Gcroz]

Neat! Would love to see a video of the actual set up with details. I'm trying to figure out what to do with my draculas this summer!

 

[NYEric]

you live in New Hampshire for Pete's sake. What do you have, like a 3 week summer?!?! oke:
Cool stuff , thanks for sharing. Is it really hot in Texas now? It's damn cool here. Keep cool.

 

[Gcroz]

you live in New Hampshire for Pete's sake. What do you have, like a 3 week summer?!?! oke:
Cool stuff , thanks for sharing. Is it really hot in Texas now? It's damn cool here. Keep cool.

You NYC folks always think it's cool and nice in the country. We get 90's here and it can be a pain the arse to cool the gh for draculas!

 

[cnycharles]

you could stick all your pots into clay pots for a few weeks; make zeer pots. if the roots are cool the plants might not mind the heat as much

could also stick them underneath the benches

nice setup, by the way

 

[Gcroz]

you could stick all your pots into clay pots for a few weeks; make zeer pots. if the roots are cool the plants might not mind the heat as much

could also stick them underneath the benches

I know! Way to easy. I want to do it the hard way and give the draculas a nice summer vacation!

 

[W. Beetus]

That looks awesome! Great setup!

 

[SlipperFan]

That's cool, Chris!

 

[ChrisFL]

Thanks guys! Just added a field-collected red cuthbertsonii.

 

[NYEric]

Wow! That's not common. Good pick-up!

 

[biothanasis]

Great work!!!! :clap:

 

[ChrisFL]

[youtube]3c6JylZxB8o&hd=1[/youtube]

Bulbophyllum reevei
Bulbophyllum sp. 'Annabelle'
Bulbophyllum sp. 'Tep Tep'
Bulbophyllum tentaculiferum
Bulbophyllum tricanaliferum
Dendrobium cuthbertsonii
Dendrobium brassii
Dendrobium subuliferum

 

[NYEric]

OK, but what was the temp?

 

[ChrisFL]

75 day, 48-52 night.

 

[SlipperFan]

Cool!

 

[NYEric]

, Midwest humor!

 

[SlipperFan]

Midwest temperatures! (except when it's hot or freezing...)