Ghost Orchid mounting wood

[ceciliaL]

can anyone tell me what is a good wood to mount ghost orchids on and where I can buy it?

[Dorothy]

Hi Cecilia - I moved your thread for better exposure and for a greater number of responses.

[Swamper]

Hi Cecilia, you have ghost orchids to mount? I didnt know you could buy them. I'm always looking for them in the wild down here but only to photograph. Good luck.

[moogiemama]

Once upon a time, I had a small ghost orchid which arrived mounted on a section of grape vine.

You can purchase ghost orchids from Oak Hill Gardens.

[flhiker]

Hi Cecilia, they normally grow on Pop ash and pond apple trees. But what they grow on is not as important as where you grow it. It needs to be in a terrarium or gh with relatively hi humidity. I have gotten 2 well 3 ghost orchids from oak hill and unfortunately I killed them all because I tried to grow them like other orchids. I have had one that I got from the World Orchid Conf. and it is doing great in a terrarium. A little over a month ago it started to grow a new root and it is about a 1/2 in. long now. Oh I got it from Andy's it was well established not like the one's I got from Oak Hill. Oak hill sells them newly mounted and they are harder to grow that way. Andy doesn't list them on there website you will have to call. Swamper Glad to hear you only take pictures. The Strand needs all they can get.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by flhiker

Hi Cecilia, they normally grow on Pop ash and pond apple trees. But what they grow on is not as important as where you grow it. It needs to be in a terrarium or gh with relatively hi humidity. I have gotten 2 well 3 ghost orchids from oak hill and unfortunately I killed them all because I tried to grow them like other orchids. I have had one that I got from the World Orchid Conf. and it is doing great in a terrarium. A little over a month ago it started to grow a new root and it is about a 1/2 in. long now. Oh I got it from Andy's it was well established not like the one's I got from Oak Hill. Oak hill sells them newly mounted and they are harder to grow that way. Andy doesn't list them on there website you will have to call. Swamper Glad to hear you only take pictures. The Strand needs all they can get.

Dave, I have one from Hoosier Orchids that has done nothing since I purchased it. It's kept at nearly 99% humidity in a constant breeze from a small DC fan. I water and fertilize it, it isn't dead, just not growing. Any hints?

[flhiker]

Well Ross I have read that they like stagnant air although where I see them they get plenty of air. go figure. When I first got this one it had 3 healthy roots and promptly stop growing but as soon as spring arrived it started this new root the other are still not growing. I would put it where it get less air and a little less humidity and see what happens or it could be that the season has not arrived up north yet. Thats about it

[ceciliaL]

Thanks for the help. I have about 1000 flask ghost orchids that I got from a orchid grower in Thailand. My husband is building a large terrarium to put them. It will have a grow light & water that will circulating in the bottom. I hope this will keep the humidity high enough. We did find a old dead japanese maple tree that will just fit in the terrarium. I am hoping that this will work. If the type of wood is not important it should. IT is really pretty and just fits. Wish us luck. I Think we will need it.

[RoyalOrchids]

Originally Posted by ceciliaL

Thanks for the help. I have about 1000 flask ghost orchids that I got from a orchid grower in Thailand.

1000!!!

[RoyalOrchids]

Pop Ash, huh? So, do you think other Ash species would work as well?