DOOA Terrabase M & L

[VarunA]

Hi,
This terra base has been running for3y now. I had a bunch of orchids which died, but a few survived and started thriving after I moved the terra base from my cold basement into the bedroom/warmer area. Now it is my bedside lamp/setup. Until today, I had housed the large terra base in a smaller 20x20x35 Neo glass air. It definitely looked claustrophobic. I finally was able to find a dooa terra 30x30x45used from a friend and updated the setup.

Old setup

New tank/home for the terra base L

cheers,

V

 

[VarunA]

I liked the sand treatment so much that I decided to follow suit with my older terra base M.

Before

After:

 

[Ed Wiser]

What plants are you using on your terra base

 

[Le duke]

What plants are you using on your terra base

Also interested to know this. Looks amazing.


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[VarunA]

Thanks! The main base layer is Christmas moss ...both have some random terrestrial mosses as well. The fern going wild is bolbitis heterocilia....forming spore fronds like crazy and overrunning everything. There are a few lepanthes species like gargoyla, calodycton, caprimulgus....dendrobium cuthbertsonii, dendrobium 'another Papua New Guinea species I forgot'.....mediocalcar decoratum, some fissidens nobilis.

 

[Ady34]

Beautiful, love the lepanthes 😍

 

[Le duke]

Thanks! The main base layer is Christmas moss ...both have some random terrestrial mosses as well. The fern going wild is bolbitis heterocilia....forming spore fronds like crazy and overrunning everything. There are a few lepanthes species like gargoyla, calodycton, caprimulgus....dendrobium cuthbertsonii, dendrobium 'another Papua New Guinea species I forgot'.....mediocalcar decoratum, some fissidens nobilis.

Do the Lepanthes calodictyon do well with a more or less consistent soak from the terra base?

Always liked it, never kept it. Don’t want to kill it if I get one.


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[VarunA]

Do the Lepanthes calodictyon do well with a more or less consistent soak from the terra base?

Always liked it, never kept it. Don’t want to kill it if I get one.


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TBH I have been growing lepanthes for over 15y and I have killed way too many to count. Although some I have going for at least 5-6y now in my tank/grow tent. The one I put on this terra base didn't grow at all (used to make a leaf once in every3-4 months) and would drop its older leaf when it made a new one. As with most orchids, I would air on the side of keeping it a bit drier. Also note it tends to be a more intermediate conditions orchid which may like warmer temps than some other ones. I fill the terra base up once in every 3wks to a month. I remove the base...drain the water and refill with fresh water (alongside general cleaning of the tank). So far that seems to be working well.