Video of Cattleya Blooming on my Tree

9 years ago

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Do you wish you could grow orchids on trees too? You can! Just grab a houseplant and attach an orchid to it. Of course not all houseplants are equally suitable phorophytes. Which houseplants make the best phorophytes? I don't honestly know. But hopefully some of you brave experimenters will be willing to try and find out.

Here are some ideas...

Growing Orchids On Houseplants

Comments (3)

tropicbreezent
9 years ago
They look great. How do they cope when you get low relative humidity?
garlicgrower
9 years ago
Beautiful tree top tour - you're a lucky guy
Can't grow like that in Massachusetts.
ML
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epiphyte78
Original Author
9 years ago
tropicbreezent, most of them have no problem with low relative humidity...as long as they stay adequately hydrated. This summer, because of the drought, I had to cut back on watering. The only thing I lost was a really neat hanging Pleurothallis. I had spread divisions around my yard as soon as I got it but for whatever reason the only one that established was the one on my tree.

garlicgrower, thanks! You can do the same thing in Massachusetts...just on a smaller scale. Figure out which potted trees you can grow indoors over the winter and then attach some miniature orchids to them. Christmas tree version 2.0 has living ornaments.