Orchids: Chids going rafting - thoughts?, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Laurel, I guess I should really call it a trellis, rather than a raft. I'm going to attach the plants to it, then glue the raft directly to the bark of the (big, thick) branch, so it's not going to be hanging. The raft is just a way to better attach the plants to the tree branch until they can get their roots attached to that nice deeply crennelated bark. The roots will be pretty close to touching the bark as soon as the raft is mounted.

Here's a pic of the branch. I was wrong, it's about 18in. thick. I hung my first attempt bamboo trellis up there just to see how it fit. The larger diagonal lattice (above) is more flexible and will lay against the branch better.