We had one on a mount that over grew the mount - reached thru the
screen and attached itself to the brick wall of the house. Boy was it
happy. But when I had to remove it, I was unhappy. They really grow
in and attach securly.




"Wendy7" wrote in message
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First of all, no worries I am going to change the wire colour! My
Schomburgkia tibicinis has over
grown its piece of driftwood. So I put this large piece of tree fern into
an
old wire basket for stability.

This additional mount is an experiment to check on a theory I have.
I have noticed that once the plant has overgrown it's mount, it slows
down,
also produces smaller pseudobulbs etc.
This also happens if the mounted plant is hanging loose off say a
horizontal
pipe, sort of
blowing in the breeze. (Orchids are smart they want to be secure before
putting out new growth
& flowers) I have proved this by growing two pieces of the exact same
plant,
one on a mount fastened to
a pole, the other blowing & flapping in the breeze. The secure plant grew
more & larger pseudobulbs.

Anyhow just my thoughts so feel free to add yours.
Cheers Wendy