Hello
I've created a new website, where I moved all the previous materials as well. Go to:
http://explority.eu
Cheers
Mateusz
piątek, 25 września 2015
sobota, 26 kwietnia 2014
New shots
A few new shots from the growroom!
Cheers
Mateusz
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| N. edwardsiana slowly showing its "teeth" |
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| Wonderfully coloured H. pulchella (Amuri) |
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| Paepalanthus spec. Cerro Neblina after repotting - flowers incoming |
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| And last but not least - H. nutans (Roraima) in bloom! |
Cheers
Mateusz
wtorek, 18 marca 2014
Another panel ready
Hello!
I've just finished assembling my newest (and biggest!) LED grow panel. That's gonna be my main Heliamphora grow chamber.
Power: ca. 200W
Dimensions: 135x50 cm
Cooling: 120mm PC fans (6 pcs.)
200W, 12V power supply
I've just finished assembling my newest (and biggest!) LED grow panel. That's gonna be my main Heliamphora grow chamber.
Power: ca. 200W
Dimensions: 135x50 cm
Cooling: 120mm PC fans (6 pcs.)
200W, 12V power supply
Soon moving some plants inside! Stay tuned!
Cheers,
Mateusz
P.S. Thanks for the first 100 Facebook likes, still hoping to see more! :-)
środa, 12 marca 2014
Some photos
Hi,
Here you can see some recent shots from my collection
Best Regards,
Mateusz
Here you can see some recent shots from my collection
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| H. uncinata |
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| N. edwardsiana |
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| H. spec. Akopan |
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| H. minor 'Burgundy Black' |
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| N. macrophylla (2 plants in the back) and N. x trusmadiensis |
Best Regards,
Mateusz
wtorek, 11 marca 2014
Comeback!
Hi all!
After my very long absence here, I finally managed to relaunch this site! I've had a lot of work with my project, but now I'm (almost) ready with all stuff.
Just to summarize the whole thing: I've already moved most of my plants into my new growroom. It's located in my basement to provide cooler temperatures for all the stuff. I built 2 new setups, and partially re-arranged my "Heliarium #3" described in the previous post. Some people who contact me via Facebook already know what I'm talking about ;)
I designed and built one large terrarium, mainly for highland Nepenthes species and some tropical epiphytes. The whole construction is based on aluminium profiles along with polycarbonate and plexiglas sheets. Currently it's lighted with 2x150W HQI lamps, but soon to be replaced with my next self-built LED panel. The dimensions are 150x60x100 cm, with a 40 cm high Cephalotus chamber underneath (yet to be done). Rest is all the same as always - PC fans, ultrasonic humidifier, automatic time controllers...you know what I mean.
The second setup is nearly identical, just split into 2 separate terrariums (one is 50cm high, and the second one is 60cm) designed specially for my growing Heliamphora & other South American plants collection. I'm finishing my next LED panel, so soon it will start it's service as a new home for my most precious species.
What about my collection, everything is growing perfectly. I managed to get some new species and hybrids, what gives me opportunities to make more and more hybrids in the near future. Finally, my little indoor nursery has started to run forward faster and faster, what I'm really excited about!
There've been a lot of things about which I could talk now, but I don't think it's really necessary - I've come up with a new vision of my blog. I'm still going to post news from my growroom, but once I'm finished with everything, I'm just going to focus mainly on the plants - not only carnivorous! I'm slowly getting into discovering some new fields of interests (such as antplants, orchids, interesting succulents), so I would like this blog to become more wide-themed. If possible, I want to make this site interesting to as many people as I only can, and maybe ignite a kind of spark in some of them - that kind of spark that years ago made me amazed and curious about the wonders of nature all around us! I still have to figure out how to run my site in the most effective way, but I hope that you'll help me with that! All suggestions are welcome!
To finish for now, there are some quick shots from my basement - still got some work to do as you can see.
Best Regards,
Mateusz
After my very long absence here, I finally managed to relaunch this site! I've had a lot of work with my project, but now I'm (almost) ready with all stuff.
Just to summarize the whole thing: I've already moved most of my plants into my new growroom. It's located in my basement to provide cooler temperatures for all the stuff. I built 2 new setups, and partially re-arranged my "Heliarium #3" described in the previous post. Some people who contact me via Facebook already know what I'm talking about ;)
I designed and built one large terrarium, mainly for highland Nepenthes species and some tropical epiphytes. The whole construction is based on aluminium profiles along with polycarbonate and plexiglas sheets. Currently it's lighted with 2x150W HQI lamps, but soon to be replaced with my next self-built LED panel. The dimensions are 150x60x100 cm, with a 40 cm high Cephalotus chamber underneath (yet to be done). Rest is all the same as always - PC fans, ultrasonic humidifier, automatic time controllers...you know what I mean.
The second setup is nearly identical, just split into 2 separate terrariums (one is 50cm high, and the second one is 60cm) designed specially for my growing Heliamphora & other South American plants collection. I'm finishing my next LED panel, so soon it will start it's service as a new home for my most precious species.
What about my collection, everything is growing perfectly. I managed to get some new species and hybrids, what gives me opportunities to make more and more hybrids in the near future. Finally, my little indoor nursery has started to run forward faster and faster, what I'm really excited about!
There've been a lot of things about which I could talk now, but I don't think it's really necessary - I've come up with a new vision of my blog. I'm still going to post news from my growroom, but once I'm finished with everything, I'm just going to focus mainly on the plants - not only carnivorous! I'm slowly getting into discovering some new fields of interests (such as antplants, orchids, interesting succulents), so I would like this blog to become more wide-themed. If possible, I want to make this site interesting to as many people as I only can, and maybe ignite a kind of spark in some of them - that kind of spark that years ago made me amazed and curious about the wonders of nature all around us! I still have to figure out how to run my site in the most effective way, but I hope that you'll help me with that! All suggestions are welcome!
To finish for now, there are some quick shots from my basement - still got some work to do as you can see.
Best Regards,
Mateusz
wtorek, 10 września 2013
"Heliarium" #3
After a long time, I finally managed to (almost) finish my third Heliamphora terrarium ;) It's just my old grow-rack terrarium - but totally rebuilt. But it's a long story, so I'm giving you just a quick, overall summary:
WALLS:
-I used plexiglas sticked to the rack using silicone, now there are multi-chamber polycarbonate panels attached with screws.
TOP:
-transparent plexiglas panel (no colour)
SLIDING DOORS:
-2 transparent pieces of plexiglas. However, they need to be replaced - I took some wrong measures and they tend to fall out. I think next time I'm just gonna use glass.
LIGHTING:
-150W LED panel (I used 5050 LED strips, 1:1 cool white and blue/red). The panel is cooled - high temperatures can dramatically lower the efficiency of the diodes. I used 3 80x80 mm computer fans and 4 radiators to keep the panel as cool as possible - works well.
I also made an experimental Peltier-cooling system, using a 120W Peltier cell, a radiator with a small fan and a water cooling system designed for PCs. Unfortunately, the whole system will be dismantled. It works fine, but the terrarium is too big for it, so there ain't any bigger temperature drops. I'm planning to use the Peltier system in another, smaller terrarium - I still think that there must be some good way to use it, but I just have to figure out how to do that ;). Anyway, the terrarium will soon be my main propagation chamber and it's gonna be moved into a cool basement, so the temperatures should be fine for the plants.
Of course I also use an ultrasonic humidifier to keep the humidity on a right level.
Some photos:
If you have any questions - feel free to ask, I'm waiting for your messages ;)
Now it's time to start building another terrarium...
Best Regards,
Mateusz
WALLS:
-I used plexiglas sticked to the rack using silicone, now there are multi-chamber polycarbonate panels attached with screws.
TOP:
-transparent plexiglas panel (no colour)
SLIDING DOORS:
-2 transparent pieces of plexiglas. However, they need to be replaced - I took some wrong measures and they tend to fall out. I think next time I'm just gonna use glass.
LIGHTING:
-150W LED panel (I used 5050 LED strips, 1:1 cool white and blue/red). The panel is cooled - high temperatures can dramatically lower the efficiency of the diodes. I used 3 80x80 mm computer fans and 4 radiators to keep the panel as cool as possible - works well.
I also made an experimental Peltier-cooling system, using a 120W Peltier cell, a radiator with a small fan and a water cooling system designed for PCs. Unfortunately, the whole system will be dismantled. It works fine, but the terrarium is too big for it, so there ain't any bigger temperature drops. I'm planning to use the Peltier system in another, smaller terrarium - I still think that there must be some good way to use it, but I just have to figure out how to do that ;). Anyway, the terrarium will soon be my main propagation chamber and it's gonna be moved into a cool basement, so the temperatures should be fine for the plants.
Of course I also use an ultrasonic humidifier to keep the humidity on a right level.
Some photos:
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| View from the front |
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| Peltier cooling system |
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| Upper side of the LED panel |
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| Smoke...on the Helis |
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| Humidifier |
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| "Cold plate" of the cooling system, with a fan blowing air through the cold ribs of the radiator |
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| LED panel |
If you have any questions - feel free to ask, I'm waiting for your messages ;)
Now it's time to start building another terrarium...
Best Regards,
Mateusz
wtorek, 27 sierpnia 2013
Back to life...
Hi everybody!
Due to my 16-day long bicycle pilgrimage to Rome, I had no time, thoughts and even opportunities to post anything new on my blog. But now, finally I can get back to my project ;). My new-old terrarium is getting some last improvements (a new LED lamp is being built), so I think I'm gonna show it to you soon. But now, time for some new photos!
Best Regards,
Mateusz
Due to my 16-day long bicycle pilgrimage to Rome, I had no time, thoughts and even opportunities to post anything new on my blog. But now, finally I can get back to my project ;). My new-old terrarium is getting some last improvements (a new LED lamp is being built), so I think I'm gonna show it to you soon. But now, time for some new photos!
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| From the left - H. tatei (Marahuaka), H. uncinata (Amuri), and a small H. ceracea (Cerro Neblina). Hope it starts to grow well soon! |
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| H. exappendiculata (Chimanta) |
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| H. exappendiculata (Chimanta) flower. Thanks to Marc Roller for a stunning plant! |
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| N. lowii (Trusmadi) pitcher with my H. purpurascens - first adult pitcher on the way! |
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| Small H. exappendiculata (Aprada Tepui) |
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| Small H. exappendiculata (Aparaman Tepui) |
Mateusz
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