Gorilla glue to faciliktate a mount on cork bark

[gangof4]

Has anyone ever used glue to stabilize a phal after being moved from a pot to a large piece of cork (and obviously you wouldn't be gluing the roots themselves.) There are a number of YouTube videos on how to do it, but none that show the orchid six months later.

Good idea or not.

[rbarata]

...but none that show the orchid six months later.

Maybe there's a reason to it.

I wouldn't do it but who am I? I never mounted an orchid.

[Dollythehun]

Makes me nervous.

[johnny31623]

I saw it on Brads Greenhouse & Gardening on youtube he used certain glue for mounting which is for aquarium to glue the corals on the rocks and according to his saying it's totally non-toxic.
maybe you can try that one

[Roberta]

I have mounted lots of orchids, would never consider using glue. First, they contain solvents which may or may not have toxicity. Then, you'd have to be very careful to not hit anything that might be a growth area (and both roots and basal keikis can sprout from pretty much anywhere)(Tillandsias get glued to mounts and seem to survive the effort, but typically the glue is on the back part of the plant that isn't growing... and even then, I wonder if it does any harm) But I would not want to use glue on living tissue of an orchid. If it came loose, it could tear that "skin" of the plant.

You could put staples in the cork at strategic locations, and attach fish line or florist wire to those to hold the plant if you don't want to wrap all the way around the cork slab. If I have a plant that is too large to easily stay in place with fish line, I have sometimes used plastic zip ties until the roots grabbed the mount.

[Fairorchids]

Originally Posted by gangof4

Has anyone ever used glue to stabilize a phal after being moved from a pot to a large piece of cork (and obviously you wouldn't be gluing the roots themselves.) There are a number of YouTube videos on how to do it, but none that show the orchid six months later.

Good idea or not.

Why glue the plant, when you have to tie some spaghnum onto the cork anyway? Unless the plant is very large, 2-3 criss-crosses with florist wire will hold it firmly in place.

[Subrosa]

No special glue is needed. Regular cyanoacrylate super glues are also used to mount live corals. The gel types are easier to work with.

[gangof4]

Subrosa: Can you give me a brand name as an example? What about Gorilla Glue? I that safe for orchids?

[bjmac]

I have used the ordinal super glue gel for gluing coral in a reef tank with no problems, but I would just use floral wire or fish line until the roots attach to the cork. I used E6000 glue to mount my tilles to cork.

[Subrosa]

Crazy Glue brand.