Hymenopus coronatus Ooth care

[mackids]

Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone has tips for tending to a orchid ooth and the nymphs once they are hatched. This will be my first ooth and I want things to go smoothly

 

[yen_saw]

Keep the ooth warm and humid (85F/80F). I sprayed the ooth daily. Feed the nymphs fruit flies two days after they hatched, you may want to move them to a bigger cage if you have way too many hatchlings. Good luck.

 

[mackids]

thanks so much. I should have the ooth in about a week. I'll update everyone when it arrives!

 

[Ian]

Excellent, best of luck mackids. Quite an achievement to breed the Hymenopus I think!

 

[jonpat83]

How long do they take to hatch? I have one that will be 4 weeks on sunday so i'm stocking up on the fruit flies in advance!

Also how often approximately do they lay?

 

[yen_saw]

It takes 5 - 7 weeks days to hatch. I had one that took 49 days to hatch, but most of the Orchid ooth will hatch in 35-42 days. When the orchid female is well fed, she will lay the ooth at least once every 3-4 week. Some of my mated female orchids have produced 4 ootheca each and it is looking great. I believed she can continue to lay another 1 or 2 oothecae.