umidità - humidity So ... a few weeks passed and, to begin, I wanted to buy a generator to ultrasonic fog ... well, I have to say a BIG disappointment humidity NOT salt! :-(
Or better salt, but very little, I do starting 4 times a day for 3 minutes and the humidity of the salt perhaps 5% each time, to return down in a few minutes.
Moisture, now that I have added other plants and are approximately 50% of capacity, is always around 70-75% during the day, rising at night for up to 90%.

terrario / orchidario, aggiornato ad aprile 2009 Now try switching increasingly shorter but more frequent, for example every hour, but I have to be careful that the "generator" immersed in the bowl does not go dry, since according to "spitting" a lot of water around ... (maybe it's time to build some "hat" to avoid it ...)

But I believe that in fact the best systems are "spraying" the end of water and mist. So start gathering info to build one or buy one ready.

Also in the terrarium there are now 3 new guests, bought last Sunday in Monte Porzio Catone:

  1. fern clear (I think something Cryptogramma)
  2. Gastrochilus obliquus (Thailand)
  3. Kefersteimia tolimensis (ao-02579)

Kefersteimia tolimensis in fiore The 2 orchids I have been sold by a friendly and helpful the French to whom I explained the conditions in my orchid has been safe and advise in these small plants.
I went to the exhibition / market armed with a list of species, one that I published a few days ago, but unfortunately I have not found a plant I was looking for because of the crowds, cramped spaces, the rush imposed by the company of his wife and son ( for many more years I will understand this mistake before it is NOT possible to bring this kind of events?) but especially the disproportionate number of species and varieties especially in the stands.

Gastrochilus obliquus, con i fiori pronti a sbocciare... I also underestimated the time it took me in every stand, in fact I sent a couple of purchases that eventually I had the opportunity NOT to do, or risk losing the last bus to the parking lot of the country. :-(

To bring up morale ... just today I made ​​a small order of 8 online carnivre seedlings of different species, so as to expand the collection! :-)
I should also add that, over the months, I'm fond of most carnivorous plants rather than Orchids. These small plants seem, in fact even easier to grow than to phalenopsis, while offering colors and especially particular shapes!