Mounted my new orchids -- & a howidunit | picture heavy

[SarinahL]

I ordered a bunch of orchids last week and had already decided to mount them.
Okay, on to the pictures!

The how-I-dun-it, mounting Gastrochilus Japonicus:

Orchids to be mounted, and available mounts (got it at the petstore). I had soaked the mounts a couple of times before, the last time in fertilized water (don't know why, thought I'd give it some nutrients for the plant? Don't know if it made sense)


Teasing it out of the pot. It was in very fresh sphagnum as far as I could judge, and no damaged roots at all. If they were there, I normally would've removed them at this stage. While I was preparing my stuff it was soaking in a weak fertilized solution.


positioning on the mount:


Putting on sphagnum, and a little bit underneath, and tying it with plasticized wire:


Making a little loop and adding the label:


Tadah!


All of them mounted, from left to right Renethera Vietnamica, Gastrochilus Japonicus, Sedirea Japonica and Cattleya Aclandiae:


And gave the Cattleya Aclandiae a little companion, another Aclandiae:


And then I watered them. I still need to hang them on my wall, will update if I do.

[SarinahL]

Here are close-ups of the other mounts, plus two I had bought already mounted.

Renenthera (Renanthera?) Vietnamica


Sedirea Japonica


Mounted this NoID mini-phal earlier this week, I already had the plant.
It is now a centrepiece on my dining table, and working on a keiki ^.^




Another Cattleya Aclandiae


Schoenorchis fragrans mounted on wood, hanging on the last ever available bottle of my favorite 2001 Rioja.

[Daethen]

Wow, you did a great job!!! They all look terrific.

[BGGraham1]

Awesome work! I am loving the look of mounted 'chids, and can't wait to do more. I like your choice of mounts, and the plants that you chose for each one. Very artistic display.

[denite25]

great job

[orchids4me]

They look great!
Good job!!

[otis 226]

Yep. Super-looking job. Great mounts and mounting. Your choice of plants is excellent IMHO, as well. I also really enjoy seeing orchids mounted and watching them take to them.
Cheers,
Tony

[-k-]

Excellent! great job...

[HotPot]

you know you could get a piece of bark make a hole in the back to feed a wick through attach the orchid to the bark and tie the bark to a wine bottle which had the wick from the bark going into it, fill the bottle with water and it will slowly wick water to the bark