Wow, they are decently smaller than their cousins the White orchid. Well now I can wait for them to grow up in peace! I have 2 adult males and 3 sub sub females.
Sand, interesting, how well does it hold the moisture? I recently switched out all of my orchids to a coco coir/moss mix and it seems to work really well. I do like the sand idea......Not sure if springtals like sand though..,......
Doin good soo far, out of 7, I have 5 left, looks to be 3 L4-5 females, and 2 L5ish males. I also have 4 ready to mate female h. coronatus, so many orchid ooths will be available soon :)
I feed gravid females 2 a week, to supplement them with high fats for egg development, but rarely use them otherwise. If used on occasion, they are great, but not as a staple food source.