Ross, I have lots of respect for your abilities

[Grandma M]

Ross, I have always respected yor growing abilities, but I have acquired even another thing to admire you for. Your ability to mount plants.

About 18 months ago I purchased a cork pole with 2 Ascocentrum plants mounted on it. She told me it originally had 3 plants but one of them died so I got it cheap. I finally decided to mount another one where the third one had been. What a lesson in patience. After about 2 hours of trying to place fish line around it, when it wouldn't stand up, I gave up. Last night I took it to my son (he was born with a fish pole in his hands) and together we tied it on. 4 hands were a lot better than 2. I held the pole in an upright position, and the new plant in place, so he was free to work with the fish line. He had it finished in 10 minutes. He said I was trying to use a too light weight fish line, but even if I had used the correct line, I would still have been all thumbs.

My hat goes off to you and your talent for mounting plants with that horribly ornery fish line.

Marilyn