Mounted Catasetums and YOU -OR- experiment part II

[DirtyCoconuts]

from this thread
a mounted Catasetum experiment.

comes round two

thoughts before starting
1- it works, with more water it would be better
2- areca palm is a GREAT analog for tree fern BUT it loses all structural uses when it does
3- gutter guard is ugly and not strong and i hate the way it looks but it did work and holds the material perfectly


so.....


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i used a 2x4 and cut a 24" piece and 4 10" pieces....10" plastic basket cut to allow the post

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filled the spaces with gutter guard and coir on the bottom.


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layers of gro cubes and perlite and leca


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and


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now we wait

[isurus79]

Cool!

[itzi]

Neat! Cool to see rockwool cubes, they're a unique media that people dont try very often.

Unrelated question, what would you call those stepped metal shelves in the background of the first pic?