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Awww very nice Phrag there!

Your collection looks great. What kind of lights are you using (specifically on the upper shelf)?

Oh.. my.. gosh.. I love your setup! It looks so neat and all those neps look sooo good!

I love your plants! What are your light conditions??

Can you put a photo from your Cephalotus like how is it now

Man, it's so weird seeing pictures of my old collection again, really brings back memories!

It's been quite a while since I've been active on the forum, so I feel a little explanation is in order. I completely quit the CP hobby a few years ago, after losing much of my collection to a combination of neglect and various pests over a few months, I lost all interest but last summer I got back into CP's and have been rebuilding my collection since. This time I decided to try a terrarium setup made from a 93 gallon cube aquarium that wasn't in use, and so far I'm pleased with the results! I've been getting great growth on all my plants and some of my masdevallia orchids have actually decided to bloom after looking pitiful this summer in the heat. I hope to update this thread regularly again, these pics are a few weeks old and I'll try and get some new ones up this weekend.

A few pics to hold you guys over,

Terrarium Overview (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. macrophylla SG (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. aristolochiodes SG JH (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. aristolochiodes SG JH (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. truncata (g) EP SG (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. palawanenesis SG NE (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. attenboroughii 1650m SG JH (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. peltata? TC BE (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. peltata? TC BE (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. rajah TC NE (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
N. robcantleyi SG (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr
My first Masdevallia flower this year, it has since opened.
M. veitchiana 'Peach Fuzz' (1/26/17) by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

I'm going to be doing a full update of the terrarium in a few days, I have some stuff in the works that will likely change the setup a bit. For now though, we finally had some sun so I took some of the plants out and got some better photos! I guess it helps when you're not trying to take a photo through water-spotted glass!

N. robcantelyi SG BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

This was hiding in the back of the pot, what a nice surprise!
N. robcantelyi SG BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. robcantelyi SG BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. jamban TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. jamban TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. petiolata TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. petiolata TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. truncata (g) SG EP by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. truncata (g) SG EP by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. vogelii TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. vogelii TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. mira TC BE by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. deaniana SG JH by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. deaniana SG JH by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Love all your plant and setup. I'm new to Nesps myself. Are all these lowland Neps?

Hungry Plants wrote:Love all your plant and setup. I'm new to Nesps myself. Are all these lowland Neps?

These are actually all highlanders, I can't grow lowlanders to save my life. My temperatures, especially in winter, are too cold to keep them happy.

mikefallen13 wrote:Wow i think im about due for an update as my last post in this thread was in July!!

The nepenthes rack (dont mind the sad looking vogelii just gave it a trim)



argentii looking happy again

little rajah

maxima x (x trusmadinesis)

eymae x (x trusmadinesis)

truncata x veitchii HL

new pitcher on my royal truncata

vogelii basal pitcher

and one non-nepenthes
Phragmepedium socerers apprentice 4N x caudatum sandrae

What lights do you use? BTW, your plants are extremely pleasing to the eyes.


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Back in the day I used mainly T-12 shop lights and incandescent lights that were supposedly designed for growing orchids (I forget the name of them). They worked but were highly inefficient for the wattage. I now use only T-5 fluorescent fixtures for my CP's and orchids.

I really need to get some new pics, the setup has changed quite a bit since I last updated.

Update time!

Things have changed a little bit!

Tent Overview 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Top Shelf 1 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Top Shelf 2 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Top Shelf 3 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Top Shelf 4 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Lower Shelf 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. rajah TC NE 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. vogelii TC BE 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. petiolata TC BE 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. chaniana TC BE 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. jamban TC BE 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. RHH SG JH 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. robcantleyi SG BE 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

N. robcantleyi SG BE 5/23/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

Some non-nepenthes pics

M. veitchiana 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

M. welischii 'Rip Hoff' AM/AOS 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

D. cuthbertsonii orange 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

This particular bloom has been open for 3 months and still looks perfect
D. cuthbertsonii 'White Tips' AM/AOS x self by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

D. regia 5/26/17 by Mike Fallen, on Flickr

I'll go over the details of the new setup in another post! Thanks for looking!