Vanilla Plantifolia Mount/Stake + Growing Tips?

[aribh123]

Just bought a Vanilla Plantifolia cutting at an orchid show, I was going to pot it in loose sphagnum moss with a few lava rocks at the bottom for stability. I was wondering what I could use for a stake though. I know they like to climb and their aerial roots will attach to whatever they are growing up. I was thinking of mabye a 1×2 piece of construction wood with some coconut fibre or spaghnum wrapped around it. Ideally I would buy one of those premade coco coir rods but I can't seem to find them anywhere. Any suggestions for a mount/stake and any tips for growing would be appreciated!

[Yug]

I had one in a pot with a cymbidium type mix (semi-terrestrial) for years. When I went to re-pot I noticed that the roots had just barely gone under the surface, and had grown round and round the edge. It likes to be lightly damp, and grown in dappled sunlight.

[Keysguy]

Here in the Keys we can plant it in the landscape. Typically just stick a cutting into a layer of garden mulch and let it climb up onto whatever it wants to.
Never had much luck growing in a pot because, as you've noticed, the roots at the stem tend to grow horizontally.