A good mini orchid for mounting?

[Leafmite]

Tuberolabium woodii, ornithophora radicans, dendrobium oligophyllum, Sophronitis cernua, or angraecum distichum would all be good options for mounting. I have all these and they are terribly easy to keep alive. Some need more humidity, some less. I keep my haraella rectrocalla in a clear plastic box for humidity but these ones don't seem bothered by the dryer air.

[Stray59]

BTW - for mountings I use cork slabs a lot. I really hate to order online, because shipping is often more expensive than the cork! BUT, I found that the chain pet shops in my area carry hollow cork logs for reptiles and such to use as hiding places. The logs I find are about 12 inches long or longer and about 7 inches or more in diameter. I bring them home and either pry slabs apart with a screwdriver (tricky) OR just step on them and let nature and God determine the various slabs I get from them. OR I leave the log intact and plant on them. I have given several mounts away (as I said, I only have a couple mounted ones) and this allows for me to have quick access to them as needed rather than ordering them in. If you question the hygiene of a log (would not use one that has been used for pets!) you can boil or pressure cook them to ensure a clean slab.
I try to save money whenever, and this does it for me.
Steve

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by Stray59

BTW - for mountings I use cork slabs a lot. I really hate to order online, because shipping is often more expensive than the cork! BUT, I found that the chain pet shops in my area carry hollow cork logs for reptiles and such to use as hiding places. The logs I find are about 12 inches long or longer and about 7 inches or more in diameter. I bring them home and either pry slabs apart with a screwdriver (tricky) OR just step on them and let nature and God determine the various slabs I get from them. OR I leave the log intact and plant on them. I have given several mounts away (as I said, I only have a couple mounted ones) and this allows for me to have quick access to them as needed rather than ordering them in. If you question the hygiene of a log (would not use one that has been used for pets!) you can boil or pressure cook them to ensure a clean slab.
I try to save money whenever, and this does it for me.
Steve

I just finished googling all the species you mentioned....
A lot of info...
In the end I concluded that none of the plants you mentioned are suitable for this particular piece of wood.... almost all of them are suitable for the mounts I want in my room.
Actually most of them if not all are now on the list for my room....

No one call me crazy but I'm gonna try a mixed mount...
I normally try these ambitious dreams and fail for a long while... but I do succeed at some point...

That is assuming that my first few mounts go well... I'm not that stupid lol..

My local nursery has a large selection of cork slabs for mounting.. And there's a few reptile specialty stores in my area but honestly the ones in the nursery ate nicer and cheaper. They also carry coconut choir and tree fern fiber.
And epiweb which the lady refers to as devils web...
So I've got options... I've just had this particular piece of wood lying around for years and want to find a plant to suit it.

[Stray59]

Lucky you - none of the nurseries in Indianapolis are carrying slabs with exception of one and I am not paying $20.00 for one unplanted slab.
Glad you liked my suggestions - your thread has brought up several varieties I was not aware of and NOW I HAVE TO HAVE THEM - Oh Darn!! Anyway the ones I mentioned are tried and true forms that I included in my private collection. I would have thought that the Sophronitis, either cernua or coccinea would have been the right size, but you can envision your mount better than I. That is the fun part and I hope you enjoy the entire process from start to finish (are we ever REALLY finished?). I am glad that NYCorchidman mentioned Amesiella monticolla - he is right - it is a great little orc that really performs!
Anyway - when you find your plant and get it mounted, be sure and post pics. I am sure there are several members, myself included, who can't wait to see it -
Steve

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by Stray59

Lucky you - none of the nurseries in Indianapolis are carrying slabs with exception of one and I am not paying $20.00 for one unplanted slab.
Glad you liked my suggestions - your thread has brought up several varieties I was not aware of and NOW I HAVE TO HAVE THEM - Oh Darn!! Anyway the ones I mentioned are tried and true forms that I included in my private collection. I would have thought that the Sophronitis, either cernua or coccinea would have been the right size, but you can envision your mount better than I. That is the fun part and I hope you enjoy the entire process from start to finish (are we ever REALLY finished?). I am glad that NYCorchidman mentioned Amesiella monticolla - he is right - it is a great little orc that really performs!
Anyway - when you find your plant and get it mounted, be sure and post pics. I am sure there are several members, myself included, who can't wait to see it -
Steve

I actually just found that out when I walked into the deep back portion of their greenhouse....
I had never been in that corner lol.

I really like them....
I think I can hear my wallet crying.
The Sophronitis would not go in my house color wise but I'm already trying to figure out a way to interoperate then into my pond area...
No... we're never finished... it think we like to pretend we can get there though.

I'll def be sure to keep you ask posted on these orchids...
Who knows what I'll end up doing. I'm rather impulsive lol...
I have an inkling I'll end up crowding the mount... I have a tendency to crowd plants..

[Ordphien]

Plants that I like for this mount...
Dendrobium oligophyllum
Tuberolabium woodii
Amesiella monticola
Haraella retrocalla
Schoenorchis fragrans
That's the list I'm choosing from....

Would any off these work on a mix mount?
I like the idea of Schoenorchis fragrans, Tuberolabium woodii, and Amesiella monticola on a mount together... but am not sure how possible that is.

[Stray59]

Just check the cultural needs of each - as long as they are about the same, then a mixed mount would be great. But again, remember there will come a time for re-mounting and this may give you a headache or two. But, you can get over a headache with an aspirin or two!!! And with the right choices, you may be talking several years down the road.
Now I want to start mounting again and I said I wouldn't until a greenhouse sprung up in my back yard - !
Steve

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by Stray59

Just check the cultural needs of each - as long as they are about the same, then a mixed mount would be great. But again, remember there will come a time for re-mounting and this may give you a headache or two. But, you can get over a headache with an aspirin or two!!! And with the right choices, you may be talking several years down the road.
Now I want to start mounting again and I said I wouldn't until a greenhouse sprung up in my back yard - !
Steve

One day I dream of those amazing faerie tale greenhouses.....
I was just gonna nail they old mount to a larger mount. Not ok?

Their all listed as pretty identical care...
One off then might need slight winter rest...
Trying to figure out how I can worth around that.

Take a normal mount and mount tons of miniature species on it!

[Stray59]

Yes, when you need to, you can mount one mount on another as long as the roots all stay on the front - and even if they aren't you can probably pry those loose and allow them to reattach to the front.
Great idea - can't wait to see how you work out the dry rest period, but hopefully you can find a way - your grouping sounds really interesting.
Steve

[greengarden]

Gosh when you said small I was thinking much smaller than that! Many of my small native Aussie dendrobiums are on mounts the same size as my iPhone. One that I think works really well on a mount this size is Dendrobium tetragonum. They are a reasonably big plant but they have a very small root footprint so they can give you a great show on a small mount. I could have one mounted happily on a 1 inch block of cork if I wanted! I attach old mans beard tillandsias around them which keeps the humidity up as well.