Aerangis biloba

[Xara]

First plant to bloom in my new cultivation cabinet!

[catttan]

Congrats.It's growing very well indeed.

[stateless]

nice job, 2 thumbs up

[Breighz]

New member here- what is a cultivation cabinet? I think I have an idea, but would love to hear more! Beautiful blooms!

[Xara]

Hi and thank you! I use an old aquarium (375 l) to grow a lot of orchids in. Vivarium maybe tells you more? Not sure what the best English word is.

[Breighz]

Hi and thank you! I use an old aquarium (375 l) to grow a lot of orchids in. Vivarium maybe tells you more? Not sure what the best English word is.

I have a 189 litre aquarium I could utilize. More details, please?

[Xara]

Well, I basically just put aquarium gravel in the bottom and orchid compost on top. In with a few bits of bark, coconut fiber rope and a small tree branch: then I started planting orchids in there :-). I also have some plants in pots, easier to water those. Aquarium lights and a couple of fans, but I still water manually (mostly by spraying the plants).

[Xara]

Just one more (I'm sooo in love!):

[Cjcorner]

Makes me want to go find an aquarium to put indoors...course then the OH would go mental. I'll just enjoy your pictures for now...lol. Very pretty flowers! Would you post a couple pictures of the aquarium and all the contents?

[Xara]

Of course, this is the full view. But please remember that this is work in progress: I got the aquarium as a birthday gift and went live late summer this year! So these are VERY early days: this is the first bloomer... :-)