| Pictures of Mounts
A few people have expressed an interest in mounting orchids, and wanted to see some pictures. I was unable to post pictures in the thread where I posted this before:
I love to mount orchids. It does mean that I have to water them more often so I do try to limit what I mount. A few of my mounts do go outside in the summer, however living in Alaska, most stay inside. I water all of them by "dunking" them in a bucket of water. Typically they get watered every other day. I make sure all of my mounts are small enough, or are mounted in a way that it can still be submersed in a bucket. Most of them hang over an area that can stand some dripping, for the few that are hanging over carpet, I put a drip trays down. If one of my orchids (typically a phal) starts to grow leaves in wild directions or is having problems with roots rotting, I mount it. So far the orchids all love it, and I love the natural look they give off. I've only been disappointed with one mount, and that's not because of the plant, but what I chose to mount it to. It was early on in my mounting days that I mounted a seedling that I purchased at my orchid society. I used some sort of fern, or twigs smashed together into a square shape. (last picture) The material started to break down from day one, and has only gotten worse. Fortunately the orchid seems to like it, I just hate little twigs breaking off every time I grab it. I learned my lesson and haven't mounted anything to that material again.
Pic#1-Phal violacea var. coerulea ('Krull's Navy Blue', AM/AOS x 'Crystelle' HCC/AOS)
Pic#2-Rhyncholaelia digbyana
Pic#3-Phal violacea var. coerulea ('Gulfstream Blue' JC/AOS x Self)
Pic#4-Phal violacea var. coerulea ('Gulfstream Blue' JC/AOS x Self)
Pic#5-Phal Baldan's Kalaiedoscope 'Golden Treasure' AM/AOS
Pic#6-Bulbophyllum macrobulbon
Pic#7-Blc. Lucille Lundberg 'Yellow Sky'
Pic#8-Middle-Masdevallia princeps Sides-Darwina Charm 'Blue Star' HCC/AOS
Pic#9-Top Left-Dendrobium Cathy Beck Bottom-Sedirea japonica Top Right-Bulbophyllum barbigerum
Pic#10-Dendrobium Kuniko
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