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Originally Posted by funkychips
OMG Ari, this is exactly what my dream space is like!!! I've always wanted a house with an 'airwell' section. It's like a house biosphere, the air within the walls is always humid. One thing though, does the sunlight shine through the section all year round, I mean like when the sun rays shift during certain parts of the year?
Like Andy says, your retirement home is a dream garden waiting for you. The only limitation is space. Most lowland orchids can be grown from anywhere at sea level to highland conditions. 
I really really love to grow orchids too, but currently I do not have enough niche space to grow wet sensitive orchids like paphios. I hope to grow them this way where they get enough bright light but won't be overexposed to rain. Or do you control their watering? Please advise, I'm already head over heels looking at your garden space!! 
Alvin |
Yea man i didnt gave a thought about the direction of light when the earth shift...thanks for reminding me and now i got another headache to deal with
sort like when you dont know you wont do anything about it, but when you do know you will roll on your bed thinking on how to deal with it
my airwell do get a few hours of direct sunlight, the left gets it in the morning around 10am the right gets it around 3pm...thats why all the good stuff are on the left side , many years ago the nusery aunty told me afternoon sunlight no good
about paphios, the ones i saw in the wild (west java highlands) they are found among the roots of big trees and rocks, the ground is indeed wet or covered with moss...very little direct sunlight ever reaches them if it reaches them at all. i have collected them many times...but it seems they never can survive the hot climate of Jakarta which is below sea level, in the end i buy them from the nusery (rp20,000...abt rm7) and to my surprise the nusery man told me that he got them from the same place where i had collected only he collected the baby ones and grow them to proper selling size....guess i was greedy taking the daddy ones..well human la, when its for free, always take big ones
actually i do have a watering system.....its call PRT...'pembantu rumah tangga'...or indo maid as you call them in Malaysia
, she waters them once evey 2 days in the moning before sunrise
yea the retirement house does have alot of space ...3.25 hectares of sloping land with 2 small spring water streams cutting thru and feeding Lake Saguling 6km away...this sort of land is not suitable for cultivation so to the mind of the kampung folks its worthless but to someone with a view to build an old english country home ...this is it man...a jewel. i got last year at 7000rupiah per sq meter( rm2)...so im broke now after paying for this and no more money to build any home yet.