Cedar roofing shakes for orchid mounts
Here's yet another idea inspired by a trip to the local builders'
supply store. I saw a bundle of old cedar roofing shakes and started to wonder whether they'd be useful as slabs for orchid mounts. The store gave me a few to try out, and I now have two divisions of an upward growing Onc. specimen (I don't know what species or cultivar) mounted on them with some "orchid moss." BTW, the idea I broached earlier about using nylon abrasive pads as orchid mounts is getting a test with an Aer. citrata. So far, so good. J. Del Col |
Cedar roofing shakes for orchid mounts
J,
I have heard these work well as mounts. The rough untreated wood allows the roots to cling to the roofing shake. I would guess they age and turn a nice shade of gray. Gene "J. Del Col" wrote in message m... Here's yet another idea inspired by a trip to the local builders' supply store. I saw a bundle of old cedar roofing shakes and started to wonder whether they'd be useful as slabs for orchid mounts. The store gave me a few to try out, and I now have two divisions of an upward growing Onc. specimen (I don't know what species or cultivar) mounted on them with some "orchid moss." BTW, the idea I broached earlier about using nylon abrasive pads as orchid mounts is getting a test with an Aer. citrata. So far, so good. J. Del Col |
Cedar roofing shakes for orchid mounts
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:20:19 GMT, "Gene Schurg"
wrote: J, I have heard these work well as mounts. The rough untreated wood allows the roots to cling to the roofing shake. I would guess they age and turn a nice shade of gray. Gene You have to be careful some of the shakes are now treated with a fire retardant. As long as you check that yours are clean - you should be fine. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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