How do you do stem props?

[Pete]

Is making stem props something you can do in your home with a relatively decent success rate OR is it best left to the professionals?


Also, how is it done? Perhaps the process is too intricate to adequately address in a forum thread. Is there a book or literature that one could refer me too?

I may be interested, if not now relatively soon, in making stem props of some Phalaenopsis.