6 phals and their friends all happy together
 

Started this one last spring and decided to just stick a bit of everything on it ... six phals in all along with two lou sneery bluebirds several divisions of zoothrophium and a clump of toulimia on the top growing in between it all presently three phals spiking and one Lou sneery about ready to bloom .... the zootrophium likes to sneek along inside the hollow mount and emerge from any cracks it can grow through to the outside and has really surprised me ...

All but two of the phals I have tags for and know the names for them but Im fond of just referring to it as the knot of noids bacause I always have to stop and look them upto be sure .... the phal on the very top is a noid mini phal from Home depo that is also peloric

Three of the phals have spikes

That will be cool wen they all are in bloom!!!! Awesome!!!

I have always thought of mounting like this but have not dared Congratulations! They all look extremley healthy & are loving it.

Very cool!

well you know that in the wild they would be growing in a limb along with many other plants nit necessarily all by themself... mosses ,bromeliads ,ferns ect.

John, I just realized you are near me and I met someone that knows you. Unfortunately I think she left this for, but I met here at the St. Louis orchid show this year!!! Welcome back, haven't seen you in a while!!!

You met me also Paul I was at the show with her .we meet there every year for that .

Oh my, my memory is so bad!!! Yes indeed, we did! Well,, welcome back to the forum my friend!

lol we all live almost the same distance apart

That looks really nice!
I have been thinking of doing this for smaller plants like tolumnias. haven't tried yet, still looking for a nice looking piece of tree branch.

By the way, I keep wondering though, what would you do in a few years when all those plants get their roots all grown into each others' ???

I dont quite understand the question , why would I need to do anything because the roots grow together they are already.

When they all get much bigger and need more space. Would you just somehow tie the mount onto a larger piece or take them all off and attach them onto a larger piece?

lol well I guess I will treat them just like nature would they will grow on the mount until they find their own way off of it .... on a branch in the wild they dont get any help and if they grow long enough that they are hanging loose in the air I might cut a piece off and let the base regrow but untill then they are on their own.

I see

That looks amazing and they are all really happy plants. Congrats on the successful setup. You need to post pics when these guys start blooming.

It'll be really nice to see that. :)

Wow, that's pretty cool. Do these all flower at the same time of year or is the show spread out through the seasons? Either way, I'm curious to see them in bloom!

The plants looks so nice altogether - very lush and healthy. The bloom time must look amazing.
Great job, John. Its a great idea:dance13:

Looks really cool!