My Carnivorous Plants (New)

My mini greenhouse occupants!

Newly bought pot of Droseras!

D. Burmannii

D. burmannii flower stalk

Very dewy D. burmannii

Drosera spp?

Drosera spp?

DIY MH E-ballast cage

The MH E-ballast gets pretty hot while in use and almost got burnt when I accidentally touched it while shifting things around the power point. The cage is constructed from eggcrate (light diffuser) and zipties. Benefit of this cage is that it will prevent accidental touching of the hot e-ballast surface, it is well ventilated with the large holes as well as allowing the eballast to be positioned vertically to allow maximum heat dissipation compared to lying flat.

MH light up and running...

Front view

Front Quarter view

De-Lighting 70W MH pendant with WGNLITE 70W 8000K MH bulb

Temporary plastic coated wire to hand the pendant before I finalize the height of the lights

Shifted some the orchid on the branch as I find that location too wet for the plant.

ID of the species in the paludarium

The orchid on the left (next to waterfall) --> Bulbophyllum contortisepalum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The orchid on the branch --> Dendrobium peguanum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The fan shaped plant on the right --> Psymorchis pussilla ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nepenthes bellii

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Drosera aliciae

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Drosera scorpioides

Setting up and planting begins!

Peatmoss and perlite mix.


Sphagnum moss and perlite mix.


The first layer of peatmoss and perlite mix at the bottom.


DIY my own anchoring hooks for the plants onto the expanded foam area. I avoided the normal wires as they will rust. So I took an old used stainless steel mesh formerly used to tie moss, took a clamping plier and pulled strands from the edges, cut and bent to shape. Due to the still wavy shape of the wire, it is just perfect to enhance the grip in the foam compared to a straight wire.


Finally planted...80% intended flora and fauna in....left the top ledge plants and some guppies, otos and shrimps.


Full tank shot.


Left front waterlogged area with sundews planted. Added some nice looking moss and hopefully they will lawn over.


Right front waterlogged area with ping and mini orchid planted. Crypts in the water and water line. Nanas dotted the scape occupying areas wet with dripping water.


Orchid spp over the left ledge just next to the waterfall.


Another orchid spp. tied to the wooden branch and nep bellii in the right upper ledge.



Hoping to fill the left upper ledge with a bromelaide spp. as well as collect some ferns to stuff the moist nooks and crevices.

Final touchup before setting up and planting starts

After the black silicon is cured, remove the 3M painter's tape. I had to touch up some areas I missed the first time round as well as the bits that the edge of the blue tape tore out when it was removed.

Fine mesh with thin layer of filter wool cut to shape to be laid underneath the peatmoss/sphagnum layer. This will prevent the finer bits to fall through and clog up the water pump prematurely.



The rear of each suspended pots are lined similarly towards the back where the water is expected to drain.

Commercial water drip distribution kit..Finally!

Got this Jebo set from Seaview......works exactly as I required with plenty of outlets to spare.