Re: Backs, terraria, bugs

Don (dngess01)
Mon, 13 Jan 92 22:19:40 -0500

I started my first subscription with Vol. 4 or 5 sometime in the
mid-70's when the CP book by Randall Schwartz mentioned the CPN
newsletter. I let my subscription lapse several years ago, then
re-subscribed and bought all the issues I missed last year about a month
before the last issue of last year came out announcing the $5 or so
increase per year for buying back issues.

My D. glanduligera don't look too happy
growing under flourescent lights. Same with the most of the pygmies. Hope
they can hang on until it warms up and I can take them outside.

Someone mentioned the indoor greenhouse advertised in the Orchids by
Hausermann catalog. The cost is $300+. I got mine from Indoor Gardening
Supplies, (write for a catalog to P.O. Box 40567, Detroit, MI 48240). Mine
was a slightly scratched 3-tier model, with trays for $90. A plastic
covering was $35 extra. My cover is still being used, but is fairly ratty
looking with algae growing over a good part of it. I take it outside once a
year for a good scrubbing, but the algae grows back soon afterward.

Regarding food for CP, rotting fruit will attract lots of fruit flies. A
couple overripe grapes should allow fruit flies to grow and multiply in a
terrarium for a few weeks if you take precautions against fungus - keep the
air moving and don't allow the fruit to get too soggy.