The growing areas MEGATHREAD!

[Grandma M]

Roy

What a beautiful thought. It brought tears to my eyes. Your 'thought for the day' is so appropirate for our world today. Thank you for sharing your sentiminats.

 

[Roy]

Thanks Grandma M.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Bump!

Thought I'd bump this up again (so I could show off my stuff of course ).

I've got about 42* orchids now growing on the two shelves on humidity trays. I didn't see any noticeable increase in humidity when I started using the trays, but they sure are nice for catching drips. I run a pad-type room humidifier for 16 hours a day and it keeps the humidity in the room at about 45 - 50%. I also run an oscillating fan for about 12 hours a day.

I'm currently using the bottom two shelves as a grow-op for my outdoor seedlings. But after the end of May, that's going to change. I'm going to start using those shelves for growing orchids under lights, effectively doubling my orchid growing area. :drool:

*(I only had 16 or 17 before joining this forum oke: you're all responsible for my addiction).

 

[Candace]

IKEA shelving, yes?

 

[philoserenus]

nice ^^
yoyo, how do u get ur spikes to grow 'up' on the top 2 levels of shelving when u dun have lights above them and have a window on the side?

 

[Pete]

i need to take some updated pics showing the whole greenhouses but this one is good for now!

 

[paphioboy]

Pete, is that coelogyne pandurata? How do you keep your plant so compact? Mine sprawls all over the place, with long rhizomes between each bulb...

 

[JeanLux]

Pete, is that coelogyne pandurata? How do you keep your plant so compact? Mine sprawls all over the place, with long rhizomes between each bulb...

very good questions :rollhappy:

it looks like a great pandurata, some more pict. please!! Jean

 

[Pete]

it is a pandurata. i dont do anything culturally to keep it compact. i think it is in the parentage. this is a sib cross of two more "clumping" types than the traditional running ones..i dont have any other photos of that spike but there are a couple more coming now..

 

[goldenrose]

Thought I'd bump this up again (so I could show off my stuff of course ).

I've got about 42* orchids now ..........
*(I only had 16 or 17 before joining this forum oke: you're all responsible for my addiction.

Thanks! Nice to know we're keeping up on our enabling!

 

[Tom499]

Seeing so many immense collections being grown in the home has certainly given me confidence I can too =)

 

[Gilda]

My growing areas

I grow in a North facing sunroom, with an east facing corner and also have a "tree house grow room" adjoing my sunroom. All my trays drain to the outside in both the sunroom and the grow room ! (Thank you dear sweet hubby !) To optimize the space ,I also have benches underneath the ones on top in the grow room..lighting is with flourecents down there. In one corner underneath is a DEHUMIDIFER that I have to run in the winter to keep the condensation from dripping . In the summer , I have lattice and shade cloth diffusing the sunlight, and in the winter only shade cloth. Fans run 24/7 in the summer and several run all winter too. Heating is an electric baseboard heater...tis well insulated so it doesn't require much heat. I have a small swamp cooloer that works well on less humid days..it blows through a screen door. We are wanting to replace 2 panels of glass with a sliding door for optimum breeze...should have done this to start with. Oh, by the way, this grow room use to be our deck..which is 10ft off the ground !!
Hope you enjoy !

Benches & lights underneath...amazing how we orchid nuts find extra growing room !:rollhappy:

 

[Candace]

It looks like quite an oasis, Gilda.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Wow! Gilda - that's a fantastic set up you have. :clap:

Joanne

 

[Heather]

I'm still waiting for dear sweet hubby to show up and help me out here!

I always enjoy seeing your home, Gilda.

 

[Gilda]

I'm still waiting for dear sweet hubby to show up and help me out here!

I always enjoy seeing your home, Gilda.

Heather, you will have to get in line and take a number all my women orchid growing friends try and beg, borrow or steal him ! He has made several trays for their benches. Another lady tried to hire him to build her a sunroom! Now, if they really knew his talents:evil:

 

[paphioboy]

That's a fantastic growing area, Gilda! So may blooms both in and out of the house...

 

[swamprad]

Very impressive, Gilda, so many plants in bloom too!

 

[SlipperFan]

What a great place to just be in.

 

[NYEric]

In one corner underneath is a DEHUMIDIFER that I have to run in the winter to keep the condensation from dripping .

Gilda, don't you live in Texas or Kentucky or something; what do you know about winter!? oke:
Looks very good BTW.