Magnolia tree wood any good for mounting?

[ula]

Hi,
I was trimming my Magnolia couple of weeks ago, and I thought I would keep some larger branch chunks for mounting. Any thoughts on that one? Thanks.

[RosieC]

Sorry not sure I've not tried it. Generally you want one that is not too full of resins and will not break down too fast.

[Triffid]

Found this.
An Orchid on Every Tree

Search the page for "Magnolia" there is a post by epiphyte78 around two thirds the way down.
Quote from post: "...I also have orchids growing on trees in pots...Floss Silk tree, Ficus, Magnolia tree..."

So I would guess it should be fine as a mounting material.

[cjm3fl]

Hmmm....
I'm going to drop my 2-cents in here.

There is a difference between mounting orchids in a living tree and mounting orchids on harvested wood/branches.

Most types of harvested wood should do fine, as long as any sap, resin, etc. has had time to bleed out or dry up.


I have mounted orchids in living Ficus benjamina.
I had to cut up and depose of one and was able to save the Dendri I had growing in it.
For a couple days after cutting up the tree, the branches with the Dendri experienced a pretty good amount of latex(?) bleeding.
Thankfully it didn't bother the Dendri very much.