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Old 08-15-2023, 11:37 AM
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I agree and that's why I didn't want to use a lot of moss but a string of moss near the roots from the new grows. To keep it wet a tad bit longer.

I won't use the moss then, but will "braid"/weave the new growths between de branches from the spiderwood and see how it goes.

I have to remove it from it's pot first. Maybe I only replace the bark with coarse bark and don't mount it at all.

Thank you for the reminder that it has to dry quickly. I guess the way I thought about quickly isn't quickly enough ;-)

I still wait for a respons from the seller about selling a dehydrated plant. Before I unpot I'll make some new pictures for comparison.
I'd love to see pictures of your spiderwood when you have your orchid mounted. I'm planning on doing something similar.
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Old 08-15-2023, 12:36 PM
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I'd love to see pictures of your spiderwood when you have your orchid mounted. I'm planning on doing something similar.
I'll post pictures here, likely I'll work tomorrow or the day after on it.

In the beginning it will be more wood than plant but hopefully it will fill in nicely once it starts growing.
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Thank you very much!
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If you give up on the mounting, I grow mine in a small 2in net basket just like the pic. That basket is set into a larger clay pot filled with irregular fired clay pebbles (not hydroton). The clay soaks up a lot of the heat so they can enjoy the sun.

If I were you and wanted to continue to grow these I would find a better source of this plant.

Your plant should like this when you get them.



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Old 08-16-2023, 07:57 AM
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Actually, I like the looks of mounts, that's why I want to give it a try. Currently it's in a net basket but it has so many growths that eventually will need support that I think mounting might be better on the long run (for this specific plant).

But also, I don't know exactly what to expect with this plant when it comes to growth pattern.

I'm about to send the seller a friendly reminder that I'm still waiting for an answer on my email. He sent me a short email a week ago that he was on a holiday and was going to answer my email this week. All plants I got from him were in excellent shape except for this one.

Hausermann :-) - I'm in Europe, Netherlands.
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Here is my attempt to mount the Tolumnia.
(Just watered it)



While looking at the pictures I realized future new growths from the top part of the plant, won't have wood to attach themselves to.
I should have mounted the entire plant lower on that spiderwood, I think.

But I'm going to leave it as it is, unless someone sees something critically wrong. Learning from the mistakes I make.

I attached the plant to the wood with strings I cut from tights. It blends well with the color of the wood. Besides it won't squish the stems from the plant because it's elastic.
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tights make great mount string. that looks great.

remember it will need a ton of misting but is ideal for this genus
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tights make great mount string. that looks great.

remember it will need a ton of misting but is ideal for this genus
Thank you!


I'm misting it a lot. Currently at the beginning of a heatwave and I bet it needs to be misted several times a day because it dries fast, really fast.

It catches early morning and late evening sun. It's hangs from a grid outdoors and isn't protected from the wind.

All the roots in the net basket seem to be dead. I didn't cut them as I'm in doubt of some roots are still ok. It's slowly recovering from being dehydrated.
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Since each of those keikis can bloom, you have the possiblity of something spectactular!

As for growing, Tolumnias are going to go "wherever" no matter what you do.
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Since each of those keikis can bloom, you have the possiblity of something spectactular!

As for growing, Tolumnias are going to go "wherever" no matter what you do.
I guess such an unruly plant is hard or impossible to tame despite my best efforts.

I hope it will bloom for me, I'll proudly share it with you all.
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