My newly "mounted" Phal

[matthias]

Just some phal hybrid I picked up along the way. I found the hollowed out log in the woods. At the top (inside) it tapers in a bit,just enough to support the roots and even put some pine chips and perlite in. I haven't gotten the sphag yet, but I plan to. It obviously requires more watering, but I'm enjoying the way it looks, quite a bit.

Will post pictures when it blooms again (not for a while).

[WhiteRabbit]

that looks great!

[RosieC]

That looks like a cool mount! Hope it does well for you there.

[jrodpad]

I love it - that's really creative. How do you water it?

- J

[matthias]

The watering IS interesting. For the past few days, I spray it heavily (2 times a day) with a mister and like I said, the roots are surrounded by perlite/chips/moss, so it's not THAT different from being in a pot other than the wood itself is soft and retains water. Any excess drips off into the base below. I've also poured water directly over it as well.

[RJSquirrel]

thinking outside the clay pot nice!!!

[thakshila smith]

Here these roots do not inside but outside of the vessel. great idea.

[CTB]

Very interesting mount. I find myself looking at everything with an orchid in mind, it's become another obsession. Now I look at trash and say how could I use that for my orchids. Its amazing what you can come up with. Recycling is good I tell myself.

[Swamper]

Nice. I can't even see what you used to tie it. Looks great. Any idea what kind of tree it was?