My grow area now

[orchideya]

Small corner in the basement:

Larger tank:

Smaller tank:

 

[Justin]

Really great job and very healthy plants.

 

[17andgrowing]

What an awesome grow area.

 

[troy]

Looks great, the back is open for ventilation? How big are they?

 

[orchideya]

Thanks!
There are no openings, they are totally closed except some small gaps in sliding doors. Otherwise humidity will be way down.
Small tank is overpopulated with phal seedlings, I purchased three flasks of novelties last summer and they grow so fast...
The large is 62 X 22 X 32 inches
small is 60 X 22 X 22 inches

 

[troy]

Excellent!! Although you need fresh air for transpiration

 

[Happypaphy7]

Looks great!!!

 

[abax]

Your plants are sooo healthy and the growing area is very
clean. If anyone deserves a greenhouse, you do.

 

[paphioboy]

Lovely orchidarium... And too much empty space oke: Did you varnish the leaves on that phal in the middle of the first pic? lol

 

[NYEric]

So clean!

 

[My Green Pets]

You will have to share your secrets on how to appease the fungus gods

 

[orchideya]

You will have to share your secrets on how to appease the fungus gods

I pray those fungus gods every night :rollhappy:

But seriously, I never had that problem in the tanks since I built them back in 2013. The large one is colder, but humidity hovers between 55 and 60% only, probably not humid enough for fungus.
Smaller tank is very humid, around 80% RH, but it is warm.

I have fans scheduled to turn on for 30 minutes every couple hours and I make sure there is absolutely no water left on the foliage after watering. Pretty tedious job with seedlings, but I like the look of healthy leaves and I only have to water them every 2-3 weeks, so at the end it's not that bad.

 

[troy]

Hhmmm, low maintence sounds great!! I have to water alot!!! Although my humidity is 80 percent 24 hours a day

 

[orchideya]

Strange that you have to water alot in 80% RH. Maybe you use fast drying mix?
I have small fir bark and perlite in the plastic pots, seedlings in plastic drinking cups with holes in the bottom, it takes quite long to dry out, especially when bark starts to break. So, usually right after repoting with fresh bark I need to water a bit more often, maybe weekly, but after few waterings it gets "low maintenance" again.

 

[Wendy]

A very nice setup. Clean, and the plants are so healthy. :clap:

 

[troy]

I repot quite often

 

[TrueNorth]

Beautifully constructed!

 

[phraggy]

A job well done. Super.

Ed

 

[mSummers]

Nice setup! What do you use to power the fans?

 

[orchideya]

Thanks!
Just a regular outlet connected through iPhone charger. Here:
http://orchidlog.blogspot.ca/2013/01/fan-for-orchid-tank.html