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Terrarium Pics

  • #41
there is 1-dionaea, 1-pinguicula weser and 2-n.x.ventrata.
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Nick-Hubbel.....can you tell me what is that red thing inside your terrarium.....that "pipe".
 
  • #42
purplesundew,
I love your set up!
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Wish I had that many plants! (well, working on it...got a zillion seedlings...
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All those plastic takeout containers.....NICE! I've taken to using those big plastic jugs that Utz pretzels and animal crackers come in.
 
  • #43
Wow.. thanks for all the kind words everyone
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The terrariums look kind of bare now due to so many plants being removed to start dormancy. Good thing I took the pics when I did!
I envy those of you who can grow CP's without the need of a terrarium.. but due to our harsh Alaskan winters an indoor set-up like that is almost a necessity.
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Wood heat doesn't help either.. talk about low humidity!
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Anyways, come on everyone.. keep posting those great pics
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  • #44
Bonnie,
LITTLE setup! little! that huge! whats in the cow? (my mother saw it and now she want me to get a bunch of utrics and put them in "cow pots" like the ones you have
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lol.
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the cow pots kinda cool.
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  • #45
Spec73, usally milk is in a cow but, in that one it is full of U.Sandersonii. she told everyone already
 
  • #46
Ok.. since the cow has been kinda popular here is a close up pic of her.. the sandersonii are kind of flat right now because my cat sat on them.. sorry
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  • #47
sat on them? how did he/she get into the terrarium to SIT on it? (maybe she/he thought it was a kitten and was trying to take care of it?)
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j/k (I dokn't see how it could happen...)
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  • #48
She jumped onto the terrarium and fell through the lid... it was one of the many times I've walked into my room to find a Felis catus next to my Utricularia tricolor sitting on a U. sandersonii and chewing on a lovely Pinguicula lutea.
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(Not always the same plants of course..
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  • #50
Here's mine (I've added a few more plants since this was taken.):


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Inside the top level, looking right:

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  • #51
Ooooh!
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Nice set-up dodecatheon
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Very professional looking. I can't tell.. did you make it yourself??
 
  • #52
Yes, I did. It looks a little less professional in person, as i am not a very skilled carpenter.

Someday, though, I will have a greenhouse. I'd love to have my utrics in bigger pots, with proportionately more flowers.
 
  • #53
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (dodecatheon @ Nov. 11 2002,11:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Here's mine (I've added a few more plants since this was taken.):



Inside the top level, looking right:

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dodec,
    what species of utric is that? (the one in the back-left corner with long stolons)
 
  • #55
That really is a beautiful terrarium. I'm just curious though. I would be a bit worried about about the humidity affecting the lights and their electrical components. No probs. in that department? Is there ventilation? I can't quite make out that kind of detail looking at it.

Take care!

Chris
 
  • #56
Do you put sand on the tops of all your pots? For neatness or does it help with something else? It looks really really nice!
 
  • #57
can anyone tell me where to get sand?  is the rock sand or whatever it is homedepot sells safe for our plants?
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  • #58
We got our silica sand at a welding shop. Industrial shops provide that sort of thing for sandblasting and such.

Personally, no problems with my tank and electrical components with humidity.
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  • #60
There is a sheet of glass between the plants and the lights, so humidity isn't a problem, and the bottom of the each level is sealed so water can't leak into the fixture below.

The sand was an experiment to see if it would help with the algae. It helps a little bit, but the plants seem happier without it. Not a very scientific experiment.
 
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