Orchid Mounting TUTORIAL

In this episode, I show you how I mount my orchids using pecky CYPRESS pieces. You can find scraps at a lumber mill or even use CEDAR planks from your big box store. Just remember to ALWAYS use HARD wood!
Mounted orchids are usually watered daily!
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[@jayanandi9479]

Love the way you presented -hands on, thank you

[@sandraw50]

Simple, nice and natural. Great tip🌸

[@TheOrchidDen]

Sandra O 🤗

[@jamesburbage7564]

Love your greenhouse. Anything you care to share, we are here to learn.

[@thegiftlady1]

Best video on mounting I've seen! TY!!! V Glad I found your site.

[@orchidgrowing1827]

I enjoy mounting my orchids! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@TheOrchidDen]

Orchid Growing thank you for watching. 👍🏼

[@kiaweron]

I have been doing this for a long time, but I use old hedge ball wood and clamp the orchard to the piece of limb and put the limb in an orchard pot standing straight up and put small stones in the pot to hold the wood stable in the pot. That way I crate a look like the orchard is on a real tree. Then because I live in the north, I made a wooden box with plexiglass and a door to open to water the flower. I also have put the pot on a turn table swivel, on wood so that I can water the flower all the way around. The wooden box works like a hot house in the winter, and I use a spray bottle with fertilizer just like you. Thanks. Now all my family members want one. LOL Love your video keep it up. Thanks

[@denapedro8211]

Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to try this.

[@zalehaburude7752]

Lovely Orchids.... I attached most of my Orchids to the Tropical Fruits Trees in my Yard....i love it. Thank you for sharing your great work....The Orchid Den.

[@TheOrchidDen]

Thank you for watching!! 🤗

[@rajulshah1]

Wow! I wanted to mount my orchid on a fruit tree too! Did yours work?

[@jbarr9425]

Informative video. Very creative way to plant and display your orchids.

[@nicoleoda508]

Love the idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@circusong]

Love this video ! Super helpful. Your orchid den is amazing , tidy , organized. Very different from some I seeing . More videos please !

[@wanabdah7089]

Interesting. The video is helpful

[@brittanystorey9460]

I love this video thank you, hanging several orchids in Kodama style and also trying this mounting technique, so beautiful to see these plants hanging.

[@TheOrchidDen]

You are very welcome

[@marilynyearwood9123]

Thank you for this tutorial, certainly looks easy

[@luminousblue]

Thank you! I've just found your channel and I'm so excited. I'm just beginning and you did a wonderful job of explaining things!

[@purnima.purnima4196]

Love the way you explained and this method is the best I think.... As in nature

[@iriskinning822]

This was very helpful!!! Thank you!

[@ashyhutson]

I have struggled so hard with orchids! I have not gave up though I’m definitely trying out your method. Also from Jacksonville so that’s pretty cool!

[@justbeeeb2061]

Very nice plants in the background too!

[@marieannehouston7727]

Great video Josh. Thankyou

[@rockweiler777]

What a wonderful domain you have! Thanks!

[@juliemathieu9913]

Just watched your video. I am new to the orchid world, less than a year, and I have really found a niche of interest with mounted orchids. I have watched a lot of videos to learn about orchids and yet never had the opportunity to watch a mounted video like yours. I learned a lot. I do live in Maine so our climates are quite different but I am learning how to make this work in my home. Thank you for the teaching!

[@TheOrchidDen]

Julie Mathieu awesome!! So happy that you got something out of my video. 🤗

[@GerryDanen]

I use cedar planks but was wrapping my wire around the plank. I like your idea of drilling holes much better. Good video.

[@TheOrchidDen]

Either way is fine. I think drilling the holes and using wire or zip ties is a little more stable though.

[@naturenel]

Hey Joshua! Loved this idea. This video popped on my thread and Im glad it did. That peckey cypress wood idea is awesome. I’m heading to Lowe’s and Home Depot very soon😉. Thanks for the easy and quick tutorial. 💚

[@TheOrchidDen]

Glad you liked it buddy!!

[@quinlancijntje680]

Awsome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheOrchidDen]

Thanks for watching!

[@glendasorchids4291]

I have just watched this video from 6 months ago. It was so informative. I am a novice at this, so need all the tuition I can get. I enjoyed it so much that I subscribed. Thanks.

[@TheOrchidDen]

So happy you found good information!! Thank you for subbing

[@hubiej]

Thank you, great tips, looking forward to mount an orchid using your advise. Be well. Norma and Humberto

[@TheOrchidDen]

Thanks, you too!

[@stephenkemp4341]

Great video! I've been leaning more toward mounted orchids, I grow in a tent and have set up an automatic fogging system. Btw I think you mean brassavola not brassia for the little stars hybrid. That one blooms so reliably for me I love it

[@rivergal57]

I just mounted a few dendros and one rhynchostylis on fern slab, thinking i needed to rescue them as they've been sitting on wet medium (bark, leca balls and charcoal). I hope they flourish there. They actually look prettier, though they need to be tended quite meticulously this time. Thank you for your informative vids.

[@mikegilbertmetalartist9334]

Great job, thanks for sharing.

[@anupabharadwaz4486]

This is a very detailed video. Thank you for sharing. Need to find the right kind of wood. I've got some keikis and they are very small. Probably will take 2 years to get to the blooming size... that's a pretty long time

[@luisaferreira4046]

Stunning

[@dawntran9647]

Thank you for showing the video 👍

[@carolnieves-delgado8822]

I love it!!!

[@claire2470]

...educational!! Now i changed my mind. . .instead of pots. . .i will go for the natural way - mounting...thank u😘...

[@sarahbaabanugent3232]

Great video.have learnt a lot

[@YenNguyen-jz8id]

Love your idea

[@HuguetteDamas-qn4nx]

Enjoy your video. Thank you!

[@jianruimei2482]

Great video!

[@TheOrchidDen]

Jianrui Mei thank you!

[@albysauguel3533]

Thank you Orchid Den, I had no clue how to do it🙈😄but now I will try. Cheers🦘🦘🦘❤…I forgot to say, you are such a sweet person, thank you🤗for sharing your passion with us!

[@caroleaton8237]

Hi and Happy New Year from Clearwater Florida. I’m ready to mount some vandas and have been looking at KZbin for tips and advice. Your video has been the most educational so far. Your background looks like you’re in a jungle. It’s really beautiful. Thanks again for taking the time to make this video and help us orchid lovers. 😊💜😊

[@TheOrchidDen]

Always happy to help Carol! Thank you!

[@claire2470]

...my 2nd time to watch this video. . .coz i'm going to mount some orchids today...😁

[@Melissa-loves-orchids]

Thank you I bought a Lilly pad at the Redlands Festival and it looks great

[@YolandaLaracuente]

What I thing? That You are amazing. This is the video I was , looking for. Im so so Happy . Home depot here I comes. Than You very much.

[@janeredding9273]

Love your work wish I could buy one I'm just going to be buying my first orchid .

[@FreedomRider1982]

That is very cool !!

[@maggiecaceres5376]

Love it!🥰👍👏🤗🍀🍀👍👍

[@aratiranadive5828]

Very helpful video.

[@arlenechang7555]

Thank you so much Joshua, I will try this,

[@jacqueapplegate5137]

This was great

[@Suedes_orchid-garden2394]

Thank u for the tips dadhie 🥰 lab u 😍

[@rosanaterra4504]

Thank you for the video 👏👏👏

[@barbrabest7117]

Hi Joshua! I met you on Saturday at the OFE show. It was pouring so didn't have much time to see your stuff but thanks to Nelson (Nature Nel) I found your IG, You Tube and Website. I collect plants and orchids. Looking forward to seeing you at other shows. I will purchase directly from your website. Nice meeting you! Another Orchid buddy!

[@TheOrchidDen]

Yes!! So happy to meet you. You can order directly from my website (TheOrchidDen.com) and I’ll ship to you. You can send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!🤗

[@adeniumbaba6011]

Nice and time saving .

[@MBDronePhoto]

Very Helpful thanks!

[@ginakapuscinski9698]

O kay!!! Here we go! Thank you!

[@DominarTestudski]

this was very helpful. I've been looking for videos regarding how to mount orchids. Can you suggest a method (or link to another one of your videos) regarding how to mount with some moss/bark in a ball? I am looking for a method that would require less water.

[@Jocrooms]

Watching this video for orchid info and finding out you're in the same city as me! Hi neighbor! 👋

[@Heavensmyhomenow]

This is perfect content. I plan to build a tripical shower in my master bthroom and use the existing orchids that are on my mango tree to mount on the shower walls. also back yard outdoor tropical shower. I liked, subscribed and shared.

[@bi2stayharris23]

Wow! Lucky you!

[@luzmojica9578]

love it very very interesting informative and intelligent thank

[@TheOrchidDen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@NinjaOrchids]

Always,love the natural look of organic mounts. Personally, I have switched to trying to grow wverything as inorganic as,possible. Natural looks best though 😍

[@TheOrchidDen]

I make ceramic mounts also. Check out my website TheOrchidDen.com

[@NinjaOrchids]

@wasnt me hellooooo 👋🏻👋🏻 fancy seeing you here 😅👍🏼

[@frankgordonsmith4795]

Fantastic, very informative keep making these amazing videos, can you do one about how to grow brassavolas

[@ginaybarra5339]

beautiful

[@conniesax3529]

Very cool

[@hirarai1789]

Woow very good

[@mkspace6065]

Good video..... Expecting tutorial video of mounting orchid on rock 😊

[@TheOrchidDen]

I don’t mount orchids on rocks

[@chiquita74rc]

I enjoyed your videos. Would like to see mounting a Phalaenopsis thanks

[@OrchidsforDummies]

Hello PhalPal, I found you on Facebook. I’m PhalPal Durrell and I’m a new subscriber. Great tutorial video. Happy Growing from your PhalPal Durrell ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏿🇺🇸

[@TheOrchidDen]

Orchids for Dummies thank you Phalpal!🤗

[@iirisrobles2284]

Exelent , berry helfull

[@gageeb66]

this is helpful! thanks. Do you have a list of types of wood we can use to mount orchids?

[@alisonpatron734]

Thanks for sharing! I am going to try and hang my cattleya with a board!

[@nathalieauberval530]

Thanks for this video! Good informations . See from Reunion Island

[@TheOrchidDen]

Thank you!!

[@sajithomas2158]

Very nice

[@TheOrchidDen]

Thanks

[@sanfordpress54]

I'm gonna get an orchid today and mount it as you said. Here in Port st lucie Florida

[@sanfordpress54]

Well I didn't really mount it but its in a wooden container with bark and moss Now to figure out where the best light is in my home. Ok light meter Dont let me down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@orchidwanderer3455]

Whyyyy??? Where am I all this time 🥺I just found you amazing channel !! Thanks for the advice 🤠

[@michelleslifeonrepeat]

Nature Nel sent me over here and Im Eager to watch and learn. My growing orchids has only been a three year journey so far.

[@TheOrchidDen]

Welcome!! Let me know if you have any questions.

[@michelleslifeonrepeat]

@@TheOrchidDen I don't have Instagram do you have a web page for products?

[@TheOrchidDen]

@@michelleslifeonrepeat my website is TheOrchidDen.com Sales going on this weekend!!

[@danielfutotana8576]

Hello sir I like your videos..

[@pookeesplace]

Drift wood I’d good too right? As long as it has the groves. Thank you for sharing. I’ve been rescuing the discounted orchids at lowes lol they are half off or better sometimes after the blooms are gone.

[@TheOrchidDen]

You can use driftwood as long as it’s not from salt water or brackish water. Also make sure to leech the contaminants out of it. I personally don’t use it because it rots faster also.

[@yolicasty]

Hi Joshua. I enjoyed your mounting orchid tutorial. I’ve seen your pottery items on other KZbinr content and I’m loving the designs. Can you demonstrate how you mount and display orchids on the pottery plates and other various pottery items. Loving you from the Florida Panhandle.

[@TheOrchidDen]

Hi Yoli! Yes I plan on doing some instructional videos on how to use my ceramics. Thanks for tuning in. 🤗

[@ErinnCowell2414]

What kind of orchids do best for mounting? Great video!

[@grace-shantif.8425]

Great thanks! we don't have this kind of wood here in Australia and I'm about to use a piece of old wood that has many groves for the roots to attach. I'm thinking of using bark from the Paperbark tree as a root medium and see how this works :-)

[@TheOrchidDen]

You can use any hardwood. Paperbark sounds like it will rot quickly though.

[@ronineric9264]

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[@ryderahmir6820]

@Ronin Eric instablaster =)

[@ronineric9264]

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[@ronineric9264]

@Ryder Ahmir It worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thank you so much, you saved my ass !

[@tazzlair]

Love this idea so much. Does wood type matter? I want to do this to my baby phalaenopsis.

[@TheOrchidDen]

Tracey Auclair yes! The type of wood matters very much. You want a very hard wood. If you use wood like pine or oak it will rot quickly and you can possibly lose the plant. I use cypress but you can also use cedar as well.

[@gilbertslalaland4986]

I had an Orchid years ago … And now that I’m back home I’d like to buy me a couple of orchids and mount them on some beautiful drift wood someone gifted me . I was surprised you didn’t add Sphagnum moss , Im going to try it your way and see . Im interested in what you use in your spray bottle everyday? And btw I did subscribe.

[@lisav6015]

Hi! How do you take care of all those plants in the background? It's beautiful!

[@TheOrchidDen]

Pretty easy. Water a few times a week and give them proper light and air flow.

[@clementchu6459]

Love it. just want to ask if is Cymbidium possible to grow this method?

[@TheOrchidDen]

Cymbidiums are more terrestrial so I would say not to mount them.

[@joyvandemortel6867]

I've had my orchids in an east facing sunroom in FL. Just added a lanai off this room. What is the best way to transition my orchids outside to lanai? It's January so nights are cooler. Thanks in advance.

[@johngriffin5446]

i live in Jax as well, whats the name of the natural wood yard you like to buy from? i would prefer to buy from them instead of lowes

[@brendysalinas7574]

Hi good morning I purchased a piece of Birchwood is that something suitable for an orchid to be mounted on thanks for your help I enjoy your video

[@darcylyon9986]

Should sedirea japonica be mounted facing up or down?

[@TheOrchidDen]

Darcy Lyon I would face it down. It will naturally start to grow that way if you mount it upright anyways.

[@jodeming5088]

I am a new sub. This is the first of your video's that I have watched. Loved it. Thank you very much. I have a question about the wood. Does it comevprecut like that. Very interesting mount.

[@TheOrchidDen]

I cut them myself. The holes in the pecky cypress are naturally made by a fungus in the tree.

[@beckyconnor790]

Nice tutorial 😁 Short and to the point, just the way I like to receive my information 👍👌👍👌 I heard you also make orchid pottery, apparently my other (hoarding) collection....Where can I see your pottery at?? or do you sell it? Thanks, your new subscriber 😊😎😊😎 Becky

[@TheOrchidDen]

Hey Becky!! Find my FB page. Or send me a FB PM.

[@RyuuMakato42]

Will the roots grow horizontally too if the grooves in the mount are oriented that way? Would that work as well as vertically?

[@TheOrchidDen]

It necessarily. Orchid roots grow wherever they want 🤣 They do follow the grooves for the most part though

[@TheOrchidDen]

It necessarily. Orchid roots grow wherever they want 🤣 They do follow the grooves for the most part though

[@russalexander914]

Hi Joshua…where in Jacksonville is the organic wood lumber yard?? Love your videos!! Thanks!!

[@TheOrchidDen]

Google cypress lumber mill Jax

[@Disorganized_and_chaotic]

I have a massive monstera, its a single trunk, probably 3-4 inches around. Without drilling do you think I can mount orchids to it?

[@TheOrchidDen]

I wouldn’t mount any orchids on it. Roots probably won’t attach. They need a hard wood.

[@Disorganized_and_chaotic]

@@TheOrchidDen humm, its was a thought. She looks so plain. I've considered planting some smaller ones around her but then the pot will be big and they prefer smaller. Guess she'll have to be fine the way she is

[@OpinionatedChicken59]

I mounted three baby vandas on a piece of driftwood yesterday, they are small baby size and I am worrying when I water them the leaves also get wet does it matter if they are wet if they are in the air? I worry about fungus, I can't avoid spraying the leaves though the roots are so small close to the plant I can't water them without spraying the whole plant.

[@TheOrchidDen]

It’s okay to get the leaves wet as long as they dry out by end of day. Also remember to be using a systemic fungicide (along with insecticide) monthly to help prevent issues.

[@bhagyashreedas4381]

Great

[@eloyhouse]

Whats the best fertilizer to spray safely on them? By the way nice video Thanks

[@TheOrchidDen]

I use water soluble fertilizer. 20-20-20 or 15-5-15

[@janyearwood8286]

Hello I am from Barbados and an orchid grower. I enjoyed your demo. Is there a reason why you did not mount the plant on the centre of the wood.

[@TheOrchidDen]

The plant will eventually grow upwards. I want to get as many years on the mount as possibly. If you mount in the middle of the wood, you get less time before you have to cut up and start over.

[@MrHelleborus]

Do you have any tips on growing Sacrochilus orchids? I just got a sacrochilus hartamannii and am looking for tips

[@TheOrchidDen]

I’m not familiar and don’t grow those. Sorry

[@MrHelleborus]

@@TheOrchidDen Algood, thanks for the mounting tutorial by the way! Helped me when I had no idea what I was doing!

[@gladysbarbosa9737]

After the orchid is mounted, should it be put in shadow or direct orchid indirect sun?

[@TheOrchidDen]

I put them in a proper place with light (depending on culture), and also where I can get it watered daily. Set it and forget it.

[@aquaman461]

Hello new sub enjoying your videos. Would you use same method, minus drilling, to attach to a palm tree? I in S FL. Thank you

[@TheOrchidDen]

Absolutely!! What you can do is take a staple gun and attach some green wire or green Velcro to the palm tree to help hold it on. Or even use pantyhose from the dollar store.