[Guest]

how do you mount bromeliads to the backround ( cork bark )

 

[Guest]

Theris alot on it do a serch

 

[Randy]

I usually use silicone, but others prefer to use thread to "hammock" the brom in place until it has time to root itself into the bark.

 

[Guest]

you think there might be a web site that shows how to pin them down. i havent had luck looking for a decent web site.

 

[khoff]

He means to do a search in dendroboard. There is a button for it above. Or just look through the plant section.

 

[Guest]

yea, this has been brought up a lot. the way that i do it is to use toothpicks to hold them in. Not through the plant, but a few on either side to make a solid support for it. the toothpicks will blend in to the cork better than silicone or wire and they eventually will breakdown after the plant roots. another method that a lot of people use is to drill 2 holes to either side of the brom and thread fishing line around to hold it up. i havent used that method, because i can always see the line =) but it makes for a solid hold and you can clip it away after it roots enough to hold itself

 

[Guest]

ok thanks alot for the info

 

[Ryan]

Kinda on the same note, how do you mount orchids? And will they do find on the greatstuff backrounds?'


Thanks
Ryan

 

[Guest]

depending on the species of orchid, they can be mounted the same way, but i would say that they would probably do much better with a ball of dried moss attached to the root structure when you first put them up.

 

[Christian]

orchid

Be careful with orchid....


They are expesive and really fragile.... and they love ventilation....

 

[HansV]

Jeremy,

Look on this link http://www.vivaria.nl/html/index.html
Go to Plants on line in the left colon, scroll a little down on this page and click on "see our photographical do it yourself-guide" how to stick (epiphytical) plants on cocos panels.

 

[Guest]

Mounting bromads and orchids

Hey guys,

I;ve been thinking the same thing. I like the toothpick idea and was just wondering because I cant tell from the pictures.....
Are you suppose to stab the pick through the base of the plant into the background??? or not.. I would think this would be risky???
I have a cork bark flat background hope they'll go through.


Thanks, Swann

 

[Guest]

yea i feel the same way... they told me to stick them on the sides but not throw the roots and on the pictures he stuck it straight throw the root ball

 

[Guest]

here are some pictures of my empty viv...

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v22 ... on_005.jpg

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v22 ... on_001.jpg

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v22 ... on_010.jpg

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/v22 ... on_006.jpg

 

[HansV]

The sticks are not sticket throw the rootball, but between the outgoing leaf-stalks. They do this with all the plant and they selling a lot of vivariums. So I think that they now how it has to be done.

 

[Guest]

not through the plant, that will stress it and take forever for it to recover enough to look healthy. what i did was gouge a small hole in the cork and then poke toothpicks around the base of the plant in the hole like a little tee pee.