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Welcome to My Terrarium Page |
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I've always been fascinated by terrariums, vivariums, and all their variations. This site is dedicated to that hobby. Hopefully others will find it to also be of interest. Links at the bottom of the page may help you navigate my pages. To obtain a larger view of any of the pictures herein, simply click on the thumbnail. |
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My 10 gal Terr |
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My former 15 gal Terr (1997) |
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I've had this terr for 10+ years or so now with some changes. It does violate several of the cardinal rules for terrs. In particular it 1) has no air circulation, and 2) it has no supplemental lighting. |
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This was a more utilitarian terr. Nothing had been done in the way of design. The floor was Hydroton -- a "puffed" clay material which tends to hold water. Lighting was simply whatever ambient daylight it received from the window.
In addition to some cp's, there were two Scaphosepalum orchids. These require constant high humidity, in my experience, or the flowers and buds abort.
Some plants were sitting directly in contact with the water amongst the Hydroton. Others were sitting on top of those little plastic supports you get in pizza boxes to keep the lid from touching your pizza.
This terr got dismantled when a buddy of mine gave me his 30 gal terr. The 15 gal is now a vivarium for my leopard gecko, Peanut. |
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A: In the upper left was a Pinguicula primaflora [butterwort] that did well for a while before dying. Directly below it was a Drosera spathulata. Bloomed repeated and non-stop for a couple years. Eventually it died -- I suspect it bloomed itself to death. Peeking from behind it was a D. capensis. This one never bloomed for me but lived for years before dying out. There were a couple Drosera sprouts in the beige container.
B: Darlingtonia california [Cobra lily]. It shouldn't have survived in this terr but it did for quite a few years. Perhaps because of the lack of room for roots, it stayed very short though it consistently gave me new growths. Eventually I removed a large section of it to pot it up. That portion is did really well until some varmit uprooted it. Unfortunately, the small section I left in the terr died out soon after I divided it..
C: The plant in the upper left was a Nepenthes ventricosa. Eventually it got too big for this terr. It is an epiphyte in nature. The pitchers grow off of the leaves |
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D: Most remarkable to me -- 2 dendrobium orchids that rooted in WET peat moss. This should have killed the dens a long time ago. As it is they've been in this terr for at least 9 years now and have yet to die. At least one of them has actually bloomed! This 'stunt' has not been repeated more than a few times but it was interesting all the same. |
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Websites of Interest |
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This is a small collection of sites that may prove useful or interesting: |
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The Terrarium Forum at Gardenweb |
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Dutch Vivariums |
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Now having mentioned the die offs you're probably wondering -- what the heck is left? Some rampant volunteer ferns [spores must have already been present in the sphag moss) and the dendrobiums are about it. But considering I've had this terr for over 10 yrs and -- except for pruning back the ferns once in a blue moon -- I have done next to nothing in the way of upkeep, I'm quite happy w/ it. It has done stints in some of the classrooms in which I've taught. Often I've gone a year or more without watering. As an experiment in an extremely low maintainence terr, I'd call it a success. |
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Wild Sky Gallery |
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Vivarium Constructon -- Dart Frogs |
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How to Build a Vivarium |
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next page> |
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some terrarium how to's |
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To my orchid pages + |
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You are visitor # |
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