After about a month I decided to rearrange in the nursery a little bit to get better humidity and to solv the temperature issues I have been dealing with…. it’s been working out really well.
I replanted the babies in tin cooking forms, then filled the mini-greenhouse bottom with leca and water. The leca works as an insulator, so now […]
After three weeks, everyone is looking great!!
My only concern is the temperature in the nurseries. I will start bringing down the temp in the growing room at night soon and it will definitely be too cold for these little ones. So I have installed a heating pad, like you would use to heat terrariums for reptiles. It […]
I picked up my 3 flasks from Ecuagenera in Ecuador at the Gothenburg International Orchid show this weekend. The Masdies looked good (decumana and infracta), but the Dracula cordobae came with a 2 cm large spot of mold in the agar. So I had to deflask the little ones right away, too bad […]
The babies arrived from Equatorial Plants in Durham UK by the end of August 2008. I had arranged a large order (50+ hobby flasks) together with some virtual friends on an orchid forum I frequent. It was quite s bit of logistics to pull together but it was fun.
I had 5 flasks with about 5 babies in each for myself in the order. They were technically not really flasks as the guys had […]
It seems it will be a rather costly ordeal to get circles cut by a professional… so I am thinking I will have to do it myself after all. What a bitch!
I think that the thinner 1,5 mm thick PVC I used for the tube is too thin to support for the lid/bottom so I am back to tackling the 3 mm PVC […]
I decided that I needed to seal the clay pipe on the bottom so I can take out the pipe without creating a swimming pool in my livingroom (somewhat of an overstatement but you get the idea). The best solution seemed to simply glue a clay plant saucer to the bottom with some constructuion adhesive.
After gluing the pipe I started worrying about the […]
Let me tell you one thing about PVC. It is freaking hard as hell and still the most brittle material you ever saw!! I admit it. I capitulate. I will pay someone to cut the darn circles or it will near kill me, and still not look very good. I just need a bottom and a lid so hopefully it won’t be too expensive. I hate it when hubby is right (only kidding dear).
I found […]
Another trip out to the local hardware store to replace my original type of silicone for one made specifically for aquariums – apparently, the regular stuff would not have stuck to the PVC material I am using since it contains oil. You learn something new every day.
On the upside. I found a real cool termometer/hygrometer to use for the build so that made it all worthwhile.
Just when I had begun to despair, I received a donation of a clay pipe from a fellow friend on an orchid forum I frequent, thank you very much Tommy! He even had it sent up for me to collect at the big orchid show in town this weekend by another fellow forum friend, thanks Piali! Now the project is ‘go’ again!
Alright. I know what I need to accomplish, but can it be done? I can buy a prefab. nano for about 2500 kr (swedish krona), but can I build it cheaper myself and still be satisfied with the result?
After doing some more research I think I can bring it in for around 500 kr if I build it myself so I am forging ahead. I found the PVC sheet to make the tube from and […]