my quick´n dirty basement setup

[nepaholic]

Hi all
Thought about to show my basement setup for you.
Build this quick´n dirty setup last year and the plants seem to like it.
Not easy to loose a greenhouse with plants and start from scratch in a basement.
Anyway hope you like the pics

U. quelchii


N. vogelii




2 N. ... hm forgot the name

 

[Exo]

Very Nice!...nothing dirty about that setup.

 

[mikefallen13]

That's a very tidy setup! It Looks great!

 

[flasker]

Look real good. I love your LFSM!!!!

 

[nepaholic]

thanks guys


my hairy hamata start grow again after 1year break

 

[Dexenthes]

Beautiful! I love that U. quelchii and of course those Nepenthes...

 

[zlookup]

Nice little jungle you got set up there. Can't wait to see that hamata pitcher.

 

[amphirion]

you call that dirty, but everything looks so immaculate it's ridiculous! great job!

 

[Smitty]

Definitely a fan of the basement setups. They are very versatile when it comes to growing different CP's

Your N vogeli is so photogenic as well Great plant show!

 

[nepaholic]

yes you are right, but you also have much energy costs. i already think about to build a second chamber because i running out of space

 

[CreatureTom]

Amazing set up! does the humidity have any negative affects on the basement such as damp/mould or is it fully contained in the plastic?

 

[nepaholic]

Hi
well i had some trouble with the plants in beginning. i just had the table inside the room and the plants didnt grew for 1 year. after this time i thought about that the problem might be the bad air inside the basement because it is very humid there and there is maybe mold too.. then i wraped the table in the plastic and since this the plants start to recover and grow again.
right now i just have a fan blowing inside the chamber who blow the old air out. under the table i have a heating element that keep the room at 20C and dry the air. so i´m sure that not much humidity come out of the chamber...

 

[Rball]

i miss my basement in the old apt i lived in it helped keep everything cool, lights heated it up then when they were off gave a perfect night time drop in temps. oh and by the way thats far from messy

 

[mass]

That place is squeaky clean! Wish I had a basement..

 

[nepaholic]

thanks guys
here some more shots.
Strange hybrid among my izumiae seedlings


some villosa seedlings


Some tropical rhododendron cuttings. from sumatra, trusmadi and a hybrid


hamata x platychilla


i gave it a try and placed a cutting from my U. campbelliana on Xaxim (tree fern), seem to grow fine now and the cutting spread roots everywhere


even U. quelchii like tree fern pot


another rhododendron with a dubia upper in front of it

 

[flasker]

Love them all man!!! A cute hamata x platychilla. It will be bigger or small like that?

 

[nepaholic]

Hi all
here some new pics

N. villosa seedlings


N. edwardsiana AW


a eddy seedling


N. hamata hairy


some highland rhododendron







U. humboldtii

 

[mylesG]

great update!!! where did you get those highland rhodies? I like the look of them in with ur CPs alot

and your lil seedlings are awesome. I am so jealous of your villosa seedlings!!! they look real healthy

 

[nepaholic]

Thanks, well i collected the rhododendrons from friends here. I have many more in my collection and they are awesome.
But cuttings are a pain and take ages to get roots.

 

[Heli]

Wait..... Whoaaaa