Live tree fern

[OkiFred]

Hello,

I am sorry if this was already asked, I looked a bit but could not find the info...

I have the chance to live in a place where tree ferns grow almost anywhere. So while I have almost unlimited supply of tree fern trunks and pieces to mount my orchids (simply driving around forest roads after typhoons or heavy rains provide with a lot of ferns fallen across the roads, maybe not a lot, but plenty enough to keep you sawing them until you are fed up).

Now next year I will move to a house with a garden and I am seriously considering the possibility to plant a few ferns in the garden (although I was warned against the "hairs" they shed) and I would like to mount some orchids directly on them. I am wondering if someone already tried this and if there is any defence mechanisms against epiphytes on tree ferns (somehow I seldomly see healthy tree ferns packed with epiphytes...).

Best greetings from cooling down but still warm Okinawa.