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Growing in a Bedroom

Discussion in 'Growing Areas' started by tgreene5, May 24, 2012.

  1. May 24, 2012 #1
    tgreene5

    tgreene5 New Member

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    I am having great success - I love orchids, especially paphs and phrags. I set up a bakers rack with grow lights tied under the bottom of each shelf in a 5-shelf rack - creating a growing rack that you can pay a LOT of money for. Anyway all are doing great except one phrag. I'm going to take out and repot to see if I can figure out what's going on with it. I love my orchids!

    One question I do have - will a Brassavola Nodosa do well in this?
    rack of orchids.jpg
     
  2. May 25, 2012 #2
    Uluwehi

    Uluwehi angraecoids, dendrobiums and more Supporting Member

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    Thank you for sharing your growing set-up. It's great to see how much space you've devoted to them and I'm glad your having success. Welcome to OI :) When did you get started with orchids?
     
  3. May 25, 2012 #3
    Boytjie

    Boytjie Out hiking Supporting Member

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    That's a great little setup! I also grow indoors on one of those big bakers racks, and I've found that putting plastic boot trays (cheap from the big box stores) underneath helped save my floors. ;)

    -Stephen
     
  4. May 25, 2012 #4
    Marni

    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Looks to me as if you too are hooked on orchids.

    I'm not the best one to answer your question since I don't grow under lights and I don't grow Brassavola nodosa, but my guess is that it would need more light. Perhaps someone with direct experience can answer.
     
  5. May 25, 2012 #5
    Kitty

    Kitty AKA\Debby

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    where there is a will, there is a way, well done, congrats on your success !
     
  6. May 26, 2012 #6
    tgreene5

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    :) I've been growing for about 8 or 9 years, took a 2 year break (at the same time of a breakup of course o_O) but I just really missed playing with them. I mist them daily, get as excited as a kid when I get a bud (which I have a new one on a Paph by the way) Yahoo! Thank you for the hint on the boot tray - I'm going to go get one asap! Not my floors and I do NOT want to pay to have someone else's floors refinished!

    To buy one of these outfits already set up - is in the $500 or $600 dollar range. But with a little initiative....
     
  7. May 27, 2012 #7
    Tristan C

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    I suspect that between the window light and your grow lights, you should be fine with a Nodosa - I have one blooming in a windowsill that doesn't get nearly as much light as I thought it would need. Great looking set up, and those are some happy plants.

    -Tristan
     
  8. May 28, 2012 #8
    Reyna

    Reyna Orchid Obsessed Supporting Member

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    I think we all started (or are still) growing that way. Eventually you run out of window space. Looks like a great collection. We look forward to seeing photos.