There are tons of miniature orchids now available for relatively easy terrarium culture. The epiphytic species require high humidity (how they obtain water) but most also need good air circulation. I’ve achieved excellent results using a misting system alternating with small circulating fans in the top. If the roots are kept too wet they often develop root rot and weakened plants become susceptible to plant pests especially if the air becomes totally stagnant. Cycling the light promotes blooming.
You guys do some really awesome builds. Low-key jealous-lol! For our next build we are going to try out some orchids again. Buying a few from glass box tropicals and we’ll see what happens. We live in such a dry climate that it’s difficult to get the humidity and air flow just right for orchids. I liked this format of you taking an existing enclosure and reworking it.
African violets and various gesneriads like high humidity but do not like to have soaking wet leaves at all. Their fuzzy leaves retain water which will cause them to rot away especially if the plant crowns are constantly kept wet.
Thanks for the tip! I have considered it, but these tanks have a decent amount of ventilation already. Although, if you can send some links on IG or my facebook that would be awesome!
Fantastic video. I’m actually in the process of getting some plants for some terrariums I’m going to be making friends and family as gifts- so far I’ve gotten a few varieties of Ficus pumila, Pilea depressa, several Fittonias, peperomias and Seneca rowleyanus. This is such a deep deep rabbit hole! Thanks as always for your content. And don’t you hate it when Orchids choose violence? 😂
@@MikeTytula love it! My first college roommate in (ahem, 1988) was huge into orchid breeding. He even has a species or cultivar at least, named after him! I just got two orchids from a local store myself. Let’s see if I can keep these 2 alive and blooming! And again thanks for info as always! Ultra-violence.
@@MikeTytula Awesome! If you happen to find out please post an update. I’d be interested to know. Crazy how similar they look. Lance Leaf looks awesome, but grows tall so fast
Same here! Gets me in the mood to get working on the blue histo vivarium! Long weekend here... it's getting started... and maybe finished depending how hard I go haha
Hey man love the vids! Have you ever thought about a potential collab with Serpa design 👀 also what sort of maintenance do you do for your orchids I’ve had horrible luck
Hey Mike! I have been setting up my first vivarium with the filter foam and substratum method, and had some questions about planting into it. I recently planted a sonerila into my foam, and just cut out a hole of the filter foam and stuck the root ball in with some milled sphagnum. Do you have any tips for planting these longer root plants in the foam? The substrate mix you added in this video seems like it would make it easier, but you don’t seem to have a substrate mesh to keep it out of the foam. Does the heavy misting not push it all down and give you a sloppy mess fully of bacteria in the bottom of your tank? Thanks!
The filter foam itself should act as the screen filter. Of course you can definitely add a screen mesh overtop of it. Perhaps I will on the tank that I am building tonight on Livestream!
@@MikeTytula me too !gotta have my coffee !..I got a crested gecko 3 wk ago she doing great !had her 1st shed .n it was perfect of coarse she ate it lol 😂 I named her bindi after Steve Irwin daughter
