Supports for orchids with short spikes

[bethmarie]

Can someone tell me where I can find the kind of support you see in this picture? Checked tindara, but didn't see them. Thank you

[tucker85]

I've never seen one like that but it looks a little like the plastic stake that florists use to hold a card in a floral arrangement.

[Cym Ladye]

Tucker 85 is correct on the identification of these card holders. If you enter orchid shows, they are also used to hold the plant name tags.

However, I prefer to use the gauge of wire found for three strand and 4 strand hangers used for hanging baskets. These are available at most garden stores. I buy the 4 strand, cut off one strand, as I prefer three hangers on a pot. Then I cut the wire a little longer than I want, including the part that goes in the pot, make two bends in it at right angles, and presto, a neat, little stake for your short flower stems. These can also be sterilized with a 5% solution of Clorox when you are finished and want to use on another plant.

Once you see the gauge of this hanging wire, I also suspect you can buy it by the foot/yard at a hardware store.

Good Luck,

Cym Ladye.

[Queenslander]

That's what I do. Very easy too. Amazing what you can do with wire coat hangers (the ones that hide in the back of the clothes' dresser).