Grapewood Mount Doing Well

[Junebug]

On July 3, I received a Schomburgkia Thomsoniana. It was delivered in a crowded 2" pot. I promptly mounted it on a piece of grapewood and within a few days roots began popping out all over the place. I've only done a few mounts and I'm thrilled with the progess of this one. These photos depict a seven day progression of growth.

[utah]

I love the grapewood for mounting too. I usually find some wonderful pieces in the reptile or bird areas of either PetCo or PetSmart. I also love the cork. I'm just having a terrible time with cypress wood so I'm going to be switching the few I have on cypress to grapewood.

Nice pics - I wish I had your humidity to help my little guys root so fast. I spend three or for times a day running home from work to mist my outside babies.

Lucky you!

[Bird Song Farm]

Holy Moly, that's one happy plant. Looks great on the grapewood too.
Al

[caseydoll]

Your mount looks fantastic! The orchid seems so happy! Great job!

[Junebug]

Thank's everybody. The black panty hose are just a bit too obvious, but that's all I had. Nylons work great, stretch forever, are easy to tie and are gentle on plants. Hopefully I can cut them off the mount in a few months.

[Lorraine]

Nice mounting Junebug. You got a good piece of wood I really like using the grapewood too. I have a schom mounted on virgin cork and they like that as well. Its hard finding the larger pieces of grapewood but I think Jims Orchid Supply has some bigger pieces still. I picked up a few med size at WOC but they all got used. Haven't tried the panty hose to tie them on . I still like the plastic zip ties and heavy fishing line. Sometimes wire if its too big with the fishline helping out. Let me know when yours blooms. I bought a Thompsoniana in Feb. and have it in a cocoa mat lined basket with tree firn. Can't wait till it blooms

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by Lorraine

Nice mounting Junebug. You got a good piece of wood I really like using the grapewood too. I have a schom mounted on virgin cork and they like that as well. Its hard finding the larger pieces of grapewood but I think Jims Orchid Supply has some bigger pieces still. I picked up a few med size at WOC but they all got used. Haven't tried the panty hose to tie them on . I still like the plastic zip ties and heavy fishing line. Sometimes wire if its too big with the fishline helping out. Let me know when yours blooms. I bought a Thompsoniana in Feb. and have it in a cocoa mat lined basket with tree firn. Can't wait till it blooms

Thank you, Lorraine. I purchased a Cirr. Rothschildianum a few weeks ago but was having a difficult time finding a good looking mount. EB member UTAH mentioned Petsmart so I followed-up and found a great piece of grapewood (12"T x 5" wide). The shelf tag was listed as lg. driftwood / 8.99. The price rang up as listed on the shelf. It's a heavy piece of wood and another local family owned pet shop sells them for 7.00 lb., so in my book this was a good buy. I did the mount earlier this evening and have included a photo.

[utah]

Originally Posted by Junebug

Thank you, Lorraine. I purchased a Cirr. Rothschildianum a few weeks ago but was having a difficult time finding a good looking mount. EB member UTAH mentioned Petsmart so I followed-up and found a great piece of grapewood (12"T x 5" wide). The shelf tag was listed as lg. driftwood / 8.99. The price rang up as listed on the shelf. It's a heavy piece of wood and another local family owned pet shop sells them for 7.00 lb., so in my book this was a good buy. I did the mount earlier this evening and have included a photo.

Very nice!!!

I love the pet stores for mounts, small terrariums, lights, and misting equipment.

Way to go!!

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[Swamper]

OOOOOh beautiful mount. Im glad this thread swung around enough times for me to catch it.Other than on trees I haven't mounted anything. Wait. I mean I haven't mounted any orchids. On mounts.

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by Swamper

OOOOOh beautiful mount. Im glad this thread swung around enough times for me to catch it.Other than on trees I haven't mounted anything. Wait. I mean I haven't mounted any orchids. On mounts.

Thank you, and thanks for clarifying the mounting thing.