My orchidarium is ready

And damn it looks big. I thought i will start that from now so you can help me out.

Here are the pics. Its 130x1.00x75 cm.
i am still waiting for the egg crate .
So far i got 2 hagen glo 48" t5's(which i msy need to add another 2 of them i think), my cork bark mounts, lots of hygrolon,2 fans attached together in a a box(may need another two?
i will have around 30 phals plus dends and a couple of vandas.
I hope it will go well so i will be able to add more species.
Any suggestions from user are more than welcome.

 

With your help i feel more comfortable. Thx

 

Nope. Unfortunately am not a handy man.
The man you can see in the picture did it. Its a pet shop owner doing this job for 30 yrs.

 

Try a pet shop that sels fish.

 

Sells

 

Am trying different things with hygrolon so i can eliminate watering.

Basically i tried mounting a phal on a plastic bottle of water dressed in hygrolon. I opened a hole in the center of the bottle and placed a wick inside it. For the last 4 days the cloth feels wet enough and it looks like working.

So now am looking for a way to mount my orchids on cork bark with hygrolon but i need to find a way how that will work so i will not have to water them every other day.

 

I will try to post some pictures to see what i mean

 

The bottle i was talking about. Am trying to see if it works and after i will do a better job on dressing the bottle .

 

I tried mounting a phal on a bark piece i have. I used silicone to glue hygrolon on the top of the bark where the miniature phal will sit. Does silicone harm orchids or hygrolon?

 

Do you think this will absorb water for the roots?