Tropicals & Tender Perennials: new thread #97, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
My staghorn was here when we bought the house. I don't know how - or if - it is secured on the tree, but it is comfortably nestled in the middle of the biggest branches. I've seen smaller ones hanging on pieces of bark at Selby Gardens. They had a humoungus one hanging in a tree for years, too. But it has gone somewhere now.

I've never done a thing for it except give it a little shower if we have a long time without rain. Martha, do you chop up your banana peels? My raccoons steal them unless I bury them in the compost. Kathy Crowley of Crowley's Nursery (a theme park for gardeners out in Myakka City) told me she chucks her coffee grounds onto her staghorn.

As you can see in this pic, mine is hosting another plant growing out of its middle. Think I need to address that before it roots too deep. Arg, it's 12 feet up in the air!