Maxillaria tenuifolia question...

[cb977]

I saw this plant mounted on cork today! Mine is in a pot but the mounting looked great and I'm thinking of doing the same with a portion of mine.
Has anybody else seen this or have done it themselves?

[cb977]

Well, I did it! It looks great!!!

[orcdfrk]

Very nice mounting Sue.....good luck with that.

[Ray]

In my experience, these can get really viney, with long rhizome "tendrils" if kept too dry, so be sure to keep a mounted specimen well-watered.

I base that on an experiment in which I dividied a potted plant, putting half in a basket of sphagnum and half in an 8" s/h pot. The basketed one get "rangey" while the one in s/h culture stayed as a dense "mound".

[cb977]

Thanks Ray...I'm a maniacal "mister" with the kids. I have a number of things mounted and they do get a little special care
This is just a small piece I took from the bigger plant, this is the rest of it ...