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There is my display tank, stocked with a dozen Dendrobates auratus. And here is a list of stuff in the tank: Ceropegia linearis ssp. woodii Dischidia pectinoides Dischidia ovata ‘Watermelon leaf’ Dischidia platyphylla Dischidia hirsuta Hoya spp. Rhipsalis cereuscula Peperomia alba...

I would love to be able to set up a nice comparitive study and present some publishable data describing the PAR of various T-12 avalible, but right now I don't foresee that happening. I did this comparison a few months ago and don't have all, or the exact, values infront of me. But if memory...

Sorry, but I drifted a little from the point of my rebutal. I can fully appreciate the fact that most people do not have the means to measure the paramters of interest to plant hobbiest (nor the funds to purchase the bulbs that are rated in this way). But my underlying point (my main point being...

Allow me to counter. Lumens are a measure of the intesity of the bulb as precived by the human eye. It is not a measure of the amount of radiation a bulb produces. So it is quite possible to have a bulb with relativly few Lumens still generating a lot of PAR, even more so then a bulb rated with...

GE's F40SP65 is by far the best cheap T-12 I have found. Forget Lumens, CRI, color temp... They don't mean squat when it comes to photosynthesis. It is all about PPFD. And GE's F40SP65 produces the most of the dozen or so bulbs I have played around with yet (about 3 times that of their plant and...

That many plants is all about space and time. There is a pic of my bog from the early spring in the bog garden greenhouse terrarium section.

I will jump in here too. I have lots of lots, of lots plants. I collect species orchids (I am starting to work on Florida natives, some very interesting stuff here. Mostly tropicals but I have a few temperate.), xerophytes (not realy cacti, more or less Asclepiads), Tillandsia and a few other...

I've been there. When I was in high school I had 3 cops show up at my door to search my grow room. They didn't find anything. Not saying it wasn't there, they just didn't find anything.

All except one have taken off. Of course it was the expensive one that didn't make it. lol

Supper easy, the things are absolute weeds.

And before I forget, how is the V. planifolia I sent you?

I have had virtualy no experince growing them. I am working on gas exchange in photosynthetic velamentous roots for my thesis and just recently got some of my first leafless species. The gentelman supplying the plants has had mixed results. His advice was inorganic substrate, generaly an empty...

nepenthes_lover, David Crump does have a mighty impressive set up going. A few of my plants are from him. If you are in the Charlotte area, you should also check out UNCC greenhouses. They have a plant sale a few times a year where you can pic up some neat stuff. Also off exit 36 on I-77 is Bob...

Rattler, Would you be so kind as to share the name of the place that has the leafless orchids? Thanks

Good luck on finding the other Vanillas, they can be a little hard to come buy. After a lot of searching I only recently got a V. barbellata. As for the leafless orchids, those are what I study. Camp Lot of Noise in Sarasota may have the Chiloschista you are looking for, but I know they have...