I am constantly trying to find interesting ways to display different plants. Since I have recently acquired many orchids and have found a new love of succulents, I decided to merge the two together. I had an old plant trellis lying around and thought it would be a fun way to hang the orchids.
As you see above, I started with a trellis, coconut fiber, sheet moss, wire and of course some orchids. The orchids I used were oncidiums and encyclias.
I took and orchid, wrapped it in sheet moss then secured it on the trellis with some wire. Over time the orchid will secure itself to the trellis with its roots. I did this again with the remaining four orchids in various spots on the trellis.
I then decided, since I am coo coo for succulents and I want them on everything, that I would add some succulents to the trellis for some ‘flair’. As you see below, I took some coconut fiber and added some cactus potting mix on top of the fiber which I then wrapped around the top of the trellis and attached it with some wire.
Attaching the coconut fiber with the soil on the trellis like I did created a soil pocket for me to be able to poke a hole through the fiber and place the succulents in that hole where they will root out and grow. The succulents I used were, Aeonium, ‘donkey tail'(Sedum morganianum), ‘string of bananas'(Senecio radicans), Rhipsalis, and Sedum lineare ‘Variegatum’. I also threw a Tillandsia on there for good measure.
I watered it all in and will let it sit for a few weeks to let things root in and get a little sturdier before I find a nice place to put it in my garden.
HAPPY GARDENING!