Decorative Orchid Containers

[Vanda lover]

I like to match the colour of the orchid with the colour of the pot when I can.

[RandomGemini]

I wanted to do that too, but gave up. Pot selection here is so limited that I ended up basing my pot collection off of that striped pot I mentioned above. I hadn't thought to check goodwill for pots though, I may do that today. I could really use some more.

[denvervet]

Originally Posted by RandomGemini

Cattleyas love to grow in slotted terra cotta pots.

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You know... I just remembered, there's something that I did that might suit you.

My decorating style is very eclectic. My house is open concept contemporary and I have a lot of traditional touches all over the place... no shabby chic, no country, I don't do that, but I like color and I've injected shots of it all over the house.

My orchids in my office are all in pots that "sort of" match. I purchased glazed ceramic pots to put my plants in that all have the same shade of red in them. The pots are all different shapes and sizes, one of them is a green/brown/black and red stripe. The thing that pulls them all together is that one color found on every pot.

Something else you can do too, that would be cute, if you have smaller plants, is coffee mugs. I used a tea cup for one of my mini phals. There's a guy on etsy that makes coffee mugs that have funny looking faces on them and I believe he custom makes flower pots as well.

You can really get creative in a contemporary house because you have such a clean slate that it allows you to really play up your personality.

Thank you, great idea, I did not get a decorating gene. Same base color vases sounds good. I can also spray paint baskets. I really like the way a place looks when its "staged to sell" with very little furniture, no knick knacks and clean, I mean sterile as I am a clean freak. I had a huge loft in Manhattan just off of Times Square and I always kept it that way, don't know what happened here accept I don't like Denver and maybe it shows with the decor. I also used to have limitless energy and MS took care of that so it has to be done when I can and those days are not very often anymore. I have about 15 orchids of all kinds and they do so well here, surprised I could even grow them! It's been about 4 years and I have not lost one yet, crossing fingers. I need to find homes for the many keiki's at some point.