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Sep 22, 2018 8:25 AM CST
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Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
When I had a clean slate 15 years ago before I put very many things in my greenhouse, I decided to build a still pond and a stream. The water in winter helps to increase humidity levels, and well it just looks cool. This was the beginnings of the stream, years ago, and what it looks like today. I 'stream scaped' the thing with plants from aquarium stores (anubias, different varieties of Spathophyllum, anthuriums, dracaena that I bought in those little boxes at Petco where they let them dry out and almost die before giving them away for 25 cents each...and some thinks have just fallen in and rooted and are happily growing, like some epiphytic cacti, Hoya obovata, dieffenbachia, costs ginger (yes it will grow in water) and syngoniums.
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Sep 22, 2018 7:30 PM CST
Name: Bea
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What a lovely design feels so peaceful. Amazing how plants like humidity and flourish. Absolutely a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
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Sep 22, 2018 7:48 PM CST
Name: Carol
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You must have a very roomy greenhouse.
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Sep 22, 2018 8:38 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
ctcarol said:You must have a very roomy greenhouse.

I guess I do, its over 1700 square feet. I wanted a mini-botanical garden tropical house so I made one
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Sep 24, 2018 6:59 PM CST
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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That is one awesome greenhouse! Thumbs up I just picture my whole backyard roofed over.....
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Sep 24, 2018 7:02 PM CST
Name: Cheryl
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That is Amazeballs!!! I wanna see MORE!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! MORE!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! MORE!!
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Sep 24, 2018 7:45 PM CST
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Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
bumplbea said:What a lovely design feels so peaceful. Amazing how plants like humidity and flourish. Absolutely a great idea. Thanks for sharing!


You're welcome! Thank you for the compliment!
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Sep 24, 2018 7:47 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
ShadyGreenThumb said:That is Amazeballs!!! I wanna see MORE!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! MORE!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! MORE!!


I'll be taking some more photos soon. Thank you for the kind words. Its sort of a work in progress (again, after all this time). Spent 3 hours making big totems today for my variegated Monsteras to climb on.
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Sep 24, 2018 7:57 PM CST
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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I am looking forwards to your pics! Smiling
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Sep 25, 2018 3:33 AM CST
Name: Jim
Northeast Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)
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Beautiful, Gina. My greenhouse is too small (8x16) for a stream or pond, but I do have my dream greenhouse in my head, and it does have a pond.....someday...… Smiling
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Sep 25, 2018 5:43 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
I put in a drop fall for a brief period of time but it was a lot more trouble than it was worth and never looked right so it got the ax
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