Thanks for the information
I had no idea copper was bad for plants, I
think that the copper garden stakes will have to go in another area. I
would love to have a greenhouse, the one that my dad started to build for me
quickly turned into a storage shed for car parts. I have looked at the
airplant.com site and have got a lot of information there. I got my
tillansia on ebay (one of my hobbies) and if this one does well I plan on
getting more.
Shell
"V_coerulea" wrote in message
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Haven't grown tillandsias under lights, but in the greenhouse they're
fantastic with the orchids. There's capitata, bulbosa, stricta, recurvata,
Caput-Medusae, ionantha, and lots of usneoides which hangs from many vanda
and dendrobium baskets. We have many others dotted around the greenhouse.
Must admit, we've also thrown in some Aechmeas, Neoregelia , large pitcher
plants, fern varieties and some semi-epiphytic gesneriads for variety and
color. We mount the tillandsias on cork with some sphagnum using fishing
line which is transparent and practically invisible. I've never had a
problem with it cutting plants or causing any other problem as it has
considerable stretch and give to it. I've heard of copper toxicity with
tillandsias (and other plants too) and so I never use it unless it's well
covered and only for temporary situations. The fishing line's also very
easy
to remove after the plant takes hold. And a roll of it is cheap compared
to
any other material use to tie on plants. Hope you enjoy your new find.
Check
out http://www.airplant.com/price.html for lots of photos even if you
don't
buy wholesale. You can probably find many of them locally glued to small
pots or shells in a Lowe's or Home Depot or WalMart. It's another
worthwhile
rescue mission. Remove them from their prison, mount and enjoy.
Gary
"Shell91" wrote in message
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Does anyone have Tillandsias? I am wondering how well one will do with
an
orchid which is planted in a similar manner (mounted on a piece of bark,
etc.) I have just gotten a Tillandsia capitata Hondurensis and I think
it
would look really nice in a grouping with an orchid, most likely a
cattleya.
I plan to get a full spectrum light for the Tillandsia as well, will
this
be
good for the orchid too?
Shell