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just back from woon leng. truly amazing the number of phals he has. he did tell me that some guys bought greenhouses with mister from him, but cost is not cheap. 6-7k for a 3x5m greenhouse. he is also running a 2 week course on orchid hybridisation. I'm definitely joining! is it worth being a member of Orchid Society of SEA?

Any of you tried creating your own orchid hybrids?

My understanding is that they need a 10 degree drop in temperature in order to bloom, but apparently it's not the case which is great! I feel that one of the best orchid nurseries at the exhibition was woon leng. They had the best variety. Not sure if anyone has other recommendations. Will be paying woon leng a visit tmr. Apparently they grow the phals locally.

grow hydrangea! I believe they will look amazing in a cluster, and with phals as a backdrop

just came back from the national orchid garden and singapore garden festival. its amazing to see the phals blooming in the orchid garden despite being in our tropical climate. and the garden festival had so many different types of orchids. really never knew SG had such an active orchid scene

I wonder if anyone owns cooked glasshouses in SG apart from gardens by the bay haha

Green culture is an awesome site, thanks for the intro! I wonder if things like baobabs are available in SG. My dream would be to get a cooled glasshouse to grow temperate phals together with marine fishes. Save on chiller hahaha

only? thats quite a collection you have haha I've never seen them imported often, how do you get them?

wow, never knew you keep phals too! Mine is a P. amabilis hybrid

wow very pretty! where did you buy it from? I buy my orchids from toh garden

Ah I see. Heard phals are one of the hardest to keep. But they are just so pretty!

Nice! Yours are the big white ones? How often does yours bloom? I water mine twice a week.

Anyone who keeps phalaenopsis orchids care to share your experiences?

Looks good, what made you choose these values?

I'm using AI Hydra and my values are listed. Nitrate and phosphate currently 0, will increase soon with feeding.

Hi I'm an AI Hydra user and wish to know what values you set your lighting to. Mine are... White 70 Violet 40 Red 25 Green 20 D Blue 100 Royal 100 UV 30

Yeah I heard of that. Where do people get the pool cleaners from though? Many of them also don't specify a dosage, merely stating that it's for x number of gallons of water

Anyone uses them? I believe they contain lathanum chloride just like their reef counterparts

Do these methods negate any effect of biological filtration? Not too sure if they kill nitrifying bacteria

Hi bud I did search but couldn't find info on it. It's also good to double check info on google with bros here who have experience. Anyway this is the sps and advanced reef keepers forum, not just sps. Hope you understand. Have a good day

Does it make a coral more brown for example?

Nice, is K1 the brand or what?

Does anyone know any good brands or where to buy? I'm not referring to the mass market brands but those extremely concentrated powder formations

As waste material, like how fishes and inverts do

It looks like this, as you can see there is only some green at the fringes