Martin Hingst Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) Hello, found some time to do some maintenance in another terrarium today. Just some early shots. When all has established again, I will take some pics under natural light. Regards Martin Edited March 24, 2008 by Martin Hingst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 fantastic martin. :) I soo want to make a unified highland nep + heli terrarium like that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Beautiful pics. Any chance of a wide shot so that we could see the overall effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Beautiful pics. Any chance of a wide shot so that we could see the overall effect? To destroy the illusion? So, here the terrarium in its natural environment :-) Some pics in sun this morning Get out of my focus, nasty weed Ah, much better Down the cliffs... Always thought it would be ion x min, but that was wrong most likely. I believe there is ionasii in, maybe the opened flower will tell more. H. hispida: From the left... and the right... Thanks and regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 To destroy the illusion? It certainly didn't spoil it for me, what a beautiful setup. The rocks look very wet in one of the pics; have you got a waterfall going over them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Oh, the "To" should have been an "And"... (and the nasty weed more a "pushy vegetable" of course I love my Heliamphora ! Thanks mobile. I would not call it a waterfall, but yes, there is water running down the stone. Originally, the plan was to lift the fogger (on the right) in a high position, that makes the fog fill the terrarium better. And hide it somewhere - there the idea with the rock came up to me. So there is a little pump on the ground, that brings the water to the top of the rock. A part of the water is used to keep the reservoir for the fogger filled all the time. The rest is allowed to run down the stone. Very much to the pleasure of the U. sandersonii . Regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hi Martin, very good looking terrarium, very natural. I really like it. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Great terrarium and helis, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Earl Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Very nice Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Martin, How do you get the Utricularia to cling to the rocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) Thanks again no problem to fix U. sandersonii on the rocks - as a lithophytic species it has all that it needs to climb the walls. Just a bit of moisture - thats it. I can even wash down the algae off the rock with a quite strong water jet without detaching its stolons! I had posted some pics earlier here where you can see it climb up even the vertical Plexiglas walls. Regards Martin Edited March 25, 2008 by Martin Hingst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent T Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Hi Martin, I am a Heliamphora lover and I can say that this is beautiful... Very natural! I love it! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I wish I had your sense of aesthetics! I am strictly "ghetto". Tres sympathique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I wish I had your sense of aesthetics! I am strictly "ghetto". Tres sympathique! Me too, but this has sparked my enthusiasm to try to create a natural looking mini-terrarium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Me too, but this has sparked my enthusiasm to try to create a natural looking mini-terrarium And ME, although I suspect this will be one of the many things I never quite get around to. Lovely setup and wonderful Heli's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) And ME, although I suspect this will be one of the many things I never quite get around to. Hey boys - just try out - I am sure you will succeed! I can promise - I am so far away from being an artist at all - ask my art teachers at school (if they are still alive ) It is just getting inspired by the ideas around, a bit of mindmaking - and doing! Good luck - and let us participate when you're done Martin Edited March 25, 2008 by Martin Hingst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le petit Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 it's a real art, too bieatiful to be real !!! it's very impressive. I'm crasy about it !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerplantsguy Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Well done, Martin! That's certainly the most beautiful terrarium I've ever seen. Cheers, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Martin, could u pls tell us how you built it? did u use a foam back first and then put slate rocks over it to give that appearance?? As ppl asked...did u stick in a water pump+ pipe to emulate water rolling down the stones?? thanks, V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 (edited) vraev, the rock peaces are glued onto a Plexiglas plate. The pump is on the bottom in some cm of water, the hose behind the rock - you can see it (hardly, hopefully ;-) ) in one of the images of the link I have given above (esp. the 1MB picture http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5664/terra67is.jpg ), on the top left of the rock. Regards Martin Edited March 26, 2008 by Martin Hingst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 There may be an Aberdeen granite terrarium in the offing soon. The plant covered rocks have encouraged me to have a go at creating my own mini version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I will watch out for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 wow! well done martin. Nice job of hiding them...I can JUST notice the pipe...but very very hard to see unless u go looking for it. great job! :) This summer I want to redesign my "little 2.5 gallon terrarium" to make a polytrichum hillside with maybe a ceph in it. ;) this is how mine is for now...I removed the water as it was getting full of algae without a filter. So next time I will try something to rectify that. Martin....how do u keep the water from getting dirty and slimy with algae?? It seems that the full spectrum light we use is also very suitable for algae as well as our plants....do u use a filter to clean the water and keep it fresh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 No filter - though the whole system works as a filter somehow. So you won't get rid of the cleaning and water replacement. Nice little setup ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 how come?? hmm...well...the only way I can think about that happening is: - water isn't exposed to light too long and stagnant at the same time. - water is continously during all times running over the rocks. or else I don't how else without any sorcery you could keep the water clean forever. lol! thanks Martin....the selaginella as totally overrun the thing now. I am actually gonna take it apart this summer and I will make something more like an epiphytic setup this time with minimum soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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