Redneck Everglades

So, I've been reading about culture for Polyrrhiza lindenii ("the Ghost Orchid") and from what I could find, they really don't like a lot of air movement. So, here's an Arkansas Redneck attempt to recreate the everglades of Florida. I cut the bottom off of an orange juice bottle and rigged some wire across the neck of the bottle so I could hang the plant inside. (I thought it fitting that a Florida orange juice bottle provide the home for a Florida species.) I'll set the whole redneck recreation of the everglades on a saucer in the greenhouse so that there is almost no air movement, but then I'll pick up the bottle when I water so I don't create a pond in the bottom.

Hopefully it will work because everything else in the greenhouse is going to need air movement to survive the heat and humidity.

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Don't let the mounting stick touch water at the bottom... it will wick it up and rot that baby in a heart beat!

Looks good to me. Keep us posted on your progress.

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I took a taxi from LA to Venus in 1985.

I would be interested in the progress as well.

One concern I have is that high humidity + no air circulation could encourage mold growth. The bark surface of trees have a natural mold repellent that they eventually lose when they die (ie: driftwood mounts).
Just keep an eye out for mold and lets hope to see some blooms

Yeah, I had thought of that too--so I made sure the stick doesn't reach the bottom.

(Clearly I don't know how to quote two different replies in one . . . gotta figure that out one of these days.)

I'm a little worried about that too. I could remove the saucer and allow the little juice jug to just sit on the open rack below--so there would be some circulation on top and bottom. What do you think? Does anyone else grow these?

I don't grow these, but if your experiment is a success, maybe one day I'll be brave enough to try. Keep us posted.

I moved ours up under a bench next to the kool-cell water tank. I can grow roots, but no blooms yet. Maybe less air movement will help it. Good luck and do keep us posted!

Cheers,
B D

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

I moved ours up under a bench next to the kool-cell water tank. I can grow roots, but no blooms yet. Maybe less air movement will help it. Good luck and do keep us posted!

Cheers,
B D

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

TY... I just made that mistake with a dend. ant. seedling and it died, now I know why....