Oeceoclades maculata, Monk Orchid Display
So, I put together this Monk Orchid display to showcase some of the materials that can be found any day here in the forest garden. The Monks have gotten to be common growing among the detritus of the forest garden floor. I put these together with some native stones and Slash Pine root chunks, draped some Spanish moss collected from the oaks, mounted some other common tillandsias, added some native mosses and a few other things I found on the property and came up with this pot terrarium. Note the seed capsules rising from the Monks. There are a couple in spike that I did not want to disturb for the display. These common orchids, some say pesky, have a beautiful mottled pattern on their leaves and I have grown to appreciate them a lot.
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