Since 2005 I am „addicted“ to orchids. I started like others with the typical hybrids
(Phalaenopsis, Dendobium, etc.). The desire to culture species led to the acquisition
of four display cabinets because of the unfavorable climate in my apartment.

To keep order and clarity about the plants I programmed a software to manage
my orchids that I made available to any interested person a short time later.

At the beginning of 2014 we moved from Germany to Thailand taking some of
our plants with us. Here we build an orchid garden at about 400 m² that offer
enough space for more than 2000 plants.

The transition from indoor cultivation in a controlled environment to outdoor
cultivation required a fair amount of learning. Almost like a new beginning, since
here we can only control the maximum amount of light (via shading material)
and the minimum amount of rain (via watering). Otherwise, the plants are exposed
to the weather conditions, have to cope with maximum temperatures of over 40°C
and minimum temperatures of 12°C throughout the year, as well as humidity of less
than 40% in the dry, hot season and even wetness for days in the rainy season. All of
this naturally led to losses, and the increasingly extreme hot seasons due to climate
change only make things worse.

In the long run, only those plants that can cope with these conditions survive, and
there are a surprising number of them. We currently cultivate around 2000 orchids
in our garden, including 330 different species from 85 genera and 160 different
hybrids from 55 genera.

Imprint:
Ricci Zepmeusel
148 M. 6, T. Choeng Doi, A. Doi Saket
Chiang Mai 50220, Thailand

E-Mail: info@rz-orchideen.de