Bird/Greenhouse

Hi roth! Good to see you here! NICE grow areas.

 

Looks like a nice setup you have there. What kind of birds do you have?

BTW...welcome to OI and thanks for sharing your growing area with us and some of your bloomers as well!

 

very nice. Thank you for sharing your space and birds with us.

 

Gorgeous birds. It's difficult to get Major Mitchells even here now. There is a large flock of red-tailed blacks which take up residence for a few weeks each year in my neighbour's trees. I love seeing them (hearing them, not so much)

 

Welcome, rothschildianum!
Nice growing area & birds!
Do you have a preference in what kinds of plants you grow?

 

Gorgeous. The set up of my dreams!!

 

Welcome to the board and thank you for sharing your birds and orchids as well. I gotta ask... Where do you live? I somehow doubt you could be in upstate New York now. Enquiring minds want to know. My wife had Macaws for a while (before we were married) and she has the scars to prove it. Unfortunately when her late husband got sick the Doctors said the birds had to go. I know she misses her birds but orchids keep her busy enough now so she does not to think much on the birds anymore. Your plants all look very nice. Oh the birds too for that matter...

just tom

 

I've often thought of birds flying loose in the GH, but the ones that can tolerate the temperature range eat plants!

 

Maybe I should have clarified: the ones that can tolerate the temperature range, are easy to come by, and are inexpensive eat plants.

 

Hmmm.... I somehow thought you were in a warmer area. Have you wintered over in your greenhouse yet?

OK so I'll play the dummy... What is a softbill? Like Ray, I also have also wanted to have birds free flighting in my greenhouse. My exhaust fans are well gaurded but the thought of them eating on my plants has kept me from persueing the idea any farther... What do you think about a pair of canaries or finches? As you might guess I'm not a bird person but I do enjoy them..

just tom

PS what species of Catts do you grow in your area? I know the northern states can grow many orchids that we can't grow down here and vice versa. We grow a lot of the big Catt hybrids and species along with Dendrobiums and all of the Vandacious genera.

 

You and I are the same on our winter temps but then when it does get cold enough, it normally doesn't last but for a few days at a time. My bigest problem is keeping it cool durring the summers months. So far since the begining of last month we had 38 days of temps in the triple digits. All we can do to keep it below 90 during the hotest part of the day. I also run 10 fans circulating air on the plants and monitor the leaf temps closely. Our main greenhouse is 14 by 28 feet with a high pitched roof that might work well for the birds. I think I'm going to look for a pair of Finches.

I also have a trianea and a schilleriana but they are not doing as well as I would like. You should be able to click on my name and get a glimpse of our greenhouses if you like. Gotta go the wife is calling me for dinner.

 

Well the three cealing fans are not used anymore because the blades fell victim to the high humidity and statred to droop so I disconneted them but left them hanging. I figure they might provide a nice perch for the birds, in the center of the greenhouse.

just tom