Two new mounts, opinions needed...

[ChasWG]

Al, is there something you are thinking about other than Epiweb? Again, I'm new to this idea of orchids not growing in a pot.

[harrywitmore]

Originally Posted by ChasWG

Al, is there something you are thinking about other than Epiweb? Again, I'm new to this idea of orchids not growing in a pot.

I have mounted orchids, bromes, and just about every other epiphyte you can imagine to many different materials. It seems to me the the epiweb I have seen would be hard to get to conform tightly to you frame. But, I have only seen small pieces. I have used long fiber sphagnum on frames like this and it works great but it breaks down over time. I have also used coir but it breaks down also.

In the vivarium trade I have seen a frame like this be sprayed with great stuff and then coated with either of 2 methods. Coat the foam with 100% silicone caulk and then press perfectly dry coir or peat into the silicone or mix coir or peat in a bath of carpenters glue to make a paste and use that to coat the structure. I have personally done both and I think both will work but I really don't know how long they will last.

Hope this helps! Love the armature!

[Bird Song Farm]

Originally Posted by harrywitmore

In the vivarium trade I have seen a frame like this be sprayed with great stuff and then coated with either of 2 methods. Coat the foam with 100% silicone caulk and then press perfectly dry coir or peat into the silicone
Hope this helps! Love the armature!

Chas, I like this idea. Also, you could get a can of the expanding foam they use to seal cracks around doors and windows (I believe it comes in white or black.....spray on a heavy coat, then carve to look like bark of a tree, then glue on the dry coir with silicone. Then affix your plants strategically with S. moss.

This doesn't make use of your ingenious watering system though.

I second the armature!!
I'm still working on it........

AL