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I posted this in the Pine and Bull snake forum as well but thought Id post it here because I check out these forums the most on here, and hope you all don't mind since we all like to show off. As others on here can attest and have shown, snakes can be addictive, and eventually with some folks, 2 snakes becomes 10 and so forth. Its always been that way with my orchids which I began growing at 14 and while I had a good collection a while back, I had to sell it due to not being settled. Well having bought my first place, I could have some fun. Nice thing is that the orchids and snakes both like low winter temps for better blooming and hibernation. The 7 tarantulas I have and my Ball Pythons and Hogg Island Boa, all have heating pads along with the younger natives that I don't want to hibernate yet. Hope you all enjoy the pics, this is the best growing set up I have done yet since my Cattleyas are blooming well. AS you can see, its not all orchids but they make up about 130 of the plants. Of the orchids I grow Cattleyas- with a focus on uni foliate species, Paphiopedilums- I do best with the multi floral, Phalaenopsis, Oncidiums, and odds and ends. The room looks out into my porch garden where I grow Bonsai, Roses, and other stuff- of which the Rembrandt tulips are rockin' at the moment.

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1.1 Newton County, IN Bulls
1.0 Texas Red Bull
0.1 Kansas Yellow Bull
2.1 Red X Yellow Bulls
1.0 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Bull
1.1 Carolina Northern Pines (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Henderson County, NC Black Rats
1.1 Gray Banded 'Blair's' Kings
2.2 Coastal Cal Kings
1.1 Speckled Kings, Harris County, TX
1.1 Eastern Chain Kings (M from GA & F from NC)
1.0 Hogg Island Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons

In the last three pics you can see one of my female coastal Cals and in the upper left tank of one of the pics you can see some of my female gray banded. The snakes in the closet, are my ball pythons, eastern Kings and on the top shelf, my baby Hogg Island Boa.

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1.1 Newton County, IN Bulls
1.0 Texas Red Bull
0.1 Kansas Yellow Bull
2.1 Red X Yellow Bulls
1.0 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Bull
1.1 Carolina Northern Pines (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Henderson County, NC Black Rats
1.1 Gray Banded 'Blair's' Kings
2.2 Coastal Cal Kings
1.1 Speckled Kings, Harris County, TX
1.1 Eastern Chain Kings (M from GA & F from NC)
1.0 Hogg Island Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons

I meant that I had to sell off my snakes, yet have always had a decent orchid collection.
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1.1 Newton County, IN Bulls
1.0 Texas Red Bull
0.1 Kansas Yellow Bull
2.1 Red X Yellow Bulls
1.0 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Bull
1.1 Carolina Northern Pines (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Henderson County, NC Black Rats
1.1 Gray Banded 'Blair's' Kings
2.2 Coastal Cal Kings
1.1 Speckled Kings, Harris County, TX
1.1 Eastern Chain Kings (M from GA & F from NC)
1.0 Hogg Island Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons

My wife does orchids. I have a new snake room. Sounds like a plan...
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Greg Jackson

i would like to live in that room!

Very nice looking set up!!

~ Mike Russo

Hell yea, I love snake rooms that are not just racks. I love all the tanks, I love to set up real nice tank set ups as well. Im gunna post some pix of my snake rm. do have racks,but some nice tank set ups as well. Awesome room man.

Joe

What kind of lamps are those hanging from the ceiling?
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Looks like a nice place to spend time in. Well done.
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“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” Emmerson

Great stuff! Orchids with a heavy emphasis on pits...interesting juxtaposition.

I, too, am curious to know what those lights are.
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Diego

SWCHR

Thanks for the kind words. The lights I use that hang from the celling are 32watt circular compact florecent bulbs that put out 120 watts of light, and I get these at Home Depot, the ones hanging underneath the table are 24 watts and put out 75 watts of light which work fine for the Phalaenopsis, Gasteria succulents and African violets. What you all are not seeing is that the wall with the door way in it, is where my office is so to speak, with my desk, computer and printer and personal ephemera. This room is a real picker upper during the dreary winters when its gray outside, and I can just walk in to the fans blowing, humidifier going, orchids blooming and good lighting and healthy air. It is a good room to just breath in and putter with the orchids and snakes and spiders(and the dwarf cave roaches that feed them). My friends like comming in there, and the ones that dont, can just avoid it with the door closed- though the orchids are a draw. It has to have the best air in my condo, and I think a GREAT place for my snakes to live. The orchids are sitting on sheets of Egg Creating, propped (with old plastic pots) up over plastic translucent rectangular clothing storage boxes with the tops taken off. Since I use cypress mulch in my cages, I have a lined garbage can against the wall to toss feces etc... in and a step ladder to get to the 40 breeder tanks on the top level to clean up after my Bull snakes that live in them. Kings are a bit cleaner for sure, and they live in 20 long tanks. The only living things that can be found elsewhere in my condo are my 2 freshwater tropical planted fish tanks that live in the living room, and look like green boxes with lots of small brightly colored and silvery fish swimming back and forth.
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1.1 Newton County, IN Bulls
1.0 Texas Red Bull
0.1 Kansas Yellow Bull
2.1 Red X Yellow Bulls
1.0 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Bull
1.1 Carolina Northern Pines (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Henderson County, NC Black Rats
1.1 Gray Banded 'Blair's' Kings
2.2 Coastal Cal Kings
1.1 Speckled Kings, Harris County, TX
1.1 Eastern Chain Kings (M from GA & F from NC)
1.0 Hogg Island Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons

Holy crap, none of the condo's around here look like that...
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Diego

SWCHR

brings back memmories....old days..plants and animals, turtles, spiders, scorpions....a terrarium with one day gecko...live plants....cool smells....cool stuff....the fun of just starting in this hobby,..(me and others).....aaaahhhh
now...all racks and all snakes...0 plants and 0 stuff that won't make kids and cash....numbers now....hundreds....LOL......

.....at times I think of going back to a few critters of all types and maybe even a chair and a couch in the room....full spectrum lights, orchids....aaah man...someday I am gonna get a bunch of them......tinking a back porch .......economy gotta go better soon......$$$$.

good luck......!!!!!!!

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so you use the 120 w for the cattleyas?
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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python 1.0
Eastern King 0.1
Mexican Black King
Great Basin Gopher
Hypo Brooks 1.0
White Sided Bull 1.0 (Envy)
Striped Pacific Gopher (Envy)
Axanthic Brooksi 0.1 (Mark Kenderdine)
Goini King 1.0 (Mark Kenderdine)
Northern Pine 1.0 (Nick Puder)
Arizona Mtn. King 1.0 (AAM Snakes)

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"

yes, now, each one only uses 32 watts of power so its not that bad on the electricity bill...
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1.1 Newton County, IN Bulls
1.0 Texas Red Bull
0.1 Kansas Yellow Bull
2.1 Red X Yellow Bulls
1.0 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Bull
1.1 Carolina Northern Pines (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Henderson County, NC Black Rats
1.1 Gray Banded 'Blair's' Kings
2.2 Coastal Cal Kings
1.1 Speckled Kings, Harris County, TX
1.1 Eastern Chain Kings (M from GA & F from NC)
1.0 Hogg Island Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons

thanks,,i am gonna try it....i can only grow paphs and phals on my balcony cause it gets a couple hours of morning sun,,but i miss dendrobiums and cattleyas,,,so gonna try a couple cattleya with the lights,,,,
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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python 1.0
Eastern King 0.1
Mexican Black King
Great Basin Gopher
Hypo Brooks 1.0
White Sided Bull 1.0 (Envy)
Striped Pacific Gopher (Envy)
Axanthic Brooksi 0.1 (Mark Kenderdine)
Goini King 1.0 (Mark Kenderdine)
Northern Pine 1.0 (Nick Puder)
Arizona Mtn. King 1.0 (AAM Snakes)

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"