make your own wre hanging box

[johanna orchid fever]

A very in expensive way to make your orchid wire basket
i found in the internet i made one last night and it was a piece of cake to make so you can either google texas golf coast fern society and you can learn how to make a platycerium wire box or a wire box for orchid's it's alot of fun





Creating a basket
As shown by Bill Bartlett
Houston Orchid Society, Newcomer's Group


Here is the equipment you will need to build the 4x4x4 inch basket on the left:

# Pliers
# Snipers
# Lobster trap wire 1x1 inch mesh (pvc coated, galvanized welded wire).
# Four wire hanger

When you are finished you will want to line your basket with either:

# sphagnum moss
# coconut fiber
# some shade cloth cut to fit





Bill showing the shape of the wire to work with.
The wire is 16" x 4" and the piece that sticks out is 4" x 4".

This will be bent to make the basket shown above.
Cut every other wire.

The remaining protruding wires will be bent
to lock the basket in place.

Bend the wire into a box shape.
Bend the protruding wires to lock the basket in place.
Add spagnum moss, coconut fiber or shade cloth to line the basket.
Add the potting mediuim of your choice and a plant.
Attach a four wire hanger to the basket to produce
the finished box.

ENJOY!!!
Photos Copyright 2008 Malcolm McCorquodale III.

www.tgcfernsoc.org/Basket/Basket.html

[Junebug]

What a good idea...now, why didn't I think of that? I used to watch my ex make shrimp traps using smaller grid galvanized aluminum. It's the same idea only much less complicated. Thank you for posting this thread.

[Swamper]

very cool, thanks

[cb977]

I like that idea...oh hubby, where aaaare youuuuu?

here's a direct link:
TGC Fern Society

[johanna orchid fever]

i'm glad this was useful i love the idea very inexpensive, fun to make, and a great thing for the orchids now a days things are so expensive our bugets are tight and so all we have is useful ideas being creative can come along way....but i'm glad you all liked it...thanks

[johanna orchid fever]

check out my pics i took pics of the box finished with denbrobium in it and some bark added some finishing touches with the green moss

[Swamper]

where are the pics and where did you buy the mesh?

[johanna orchid fever]

i'm trying to add the pics but i'm so new it's hard for me too i got the wire netting from lowes i believe we payed like $6 and it was for like 5yds or something like dat

[johanna orchid fever]

here's my homemade wire box i was up at midnight doing this box....my husband walked to the kitchen aND saw me with the pliers and smiled at me and said aww baby wat are you doing now..... so i smiled at him and said making a lil home for my den. lol.....

[cb977]

Here you go:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...chidboard.html