Do these mounts look ok?

[fluffylily]

Hi all, I just mounted a Bulbophyllum putidum and an Encyclia radiata. The bulbo is tied with some simple sewing thread and the encyclia doesn't have anything holding it, just stuck in a little "cup" section in the wood. Let me know if it has too much moss, they are on my balcony right now with not very high humidity, but later they will go into my terrarium with about 80% humidity. Sorry for the pics, it was late and I needed to take pics with the flash.

[cb977]

I think they look great!

[whygreenberg]

They look good to me! Those are some really neat, gnarly pieces of wood there!

[Lorraine]

Good job! I like the wood. I love mounting chids. It looks more natural

[Bird Song Farm]

They look great. Nice job and the pieces of wood are really nice.

Al

[fluffylily]

Great thanks, I was a bit worried that there was too much moss and wondered if I should take it off, but I will see once they get settled. Thanks!

[Lene Th.]

They look good *s*
And i really liked the pieces of wood!

[fluffylily]

The bulbo wasn't drying out fast enough and I found some mold growing near the bottom of the mount so I removed some of the moss and hope it's better now. I don't see any green root tips though...guess I'll just have to wait to see if it likes it yet.

[Lene Th.]

Originally Posted by fluffylily

The bulbo wasn't drying out fast enough and I found some mold growing near the bottom of the mount so I removed some of the moss and hope it's better now. I don't see any green root tips though...guess I'll just have to wait to see if it likes it yet.

I lost a phal after mounting it due to too mutch moss, the roots didnt get enougth air. After that i tried to reduce the moss on the other mounts, and encrease the humidity instead, by hanging them over my terrarium (sliders terrarium). The biggest one lost a lot of roots before i reduced the moss, and by now it has only two left. The mini i mounted just after i bougth it, seems to love the place, and are growing roots like crazy now!
I hope the big one will recover too, i just have to wait and cross my fingers, i think.
In my growing aerea, it was too little air-sirculation, and together with too mutch moss, that become dissaster.

Now, with a little less moss, more humidity and sirculation, i think they will thrive as well, not only survive.

[Paul]

The mounts look very nice!