Making a Living Piece Of Wall Art (Orchid Mount + Air Plants) | Houseplant Tips & Tricks Ep. 17
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Quick tip- yarn needles make this process sooo much easier, I tie the end of the fishing line tightly to the eye of a plastic yarn needle and it just gives me a bit control and allows me to go through the moss and under roots I wouldn’t be able to as easily w my fingers. I like yarn needles for this over a regular needle bc they are blunt yet pointy so you are less likely to puncture roots instead it’ll just kinda force out of the way. I also have fumbly fingers thanks to carpal tunnel in my wrists. 🤷♀️☺️
Hmm.. sounds good.. thx for the tip 😊
I know you said you were alone, but I felt like I was there with you while you worked!!!
This made me think of doing this on a vintage tennis racket with the wooden protective cover.
Fun fact about Phals; in the wild they grow hanging down from their trees; every Phal I've ever had eventually crawls out of the pot and starts falling over. It makes sense, as they're susceptible to crown rot (so never leave water in the crown). So Nick, when they do start leaning, you can just flip the whole frame upside down! 🙃Thanks for the fun video!
I agree with Eka Marie! Yarn needles make it easier to go through the moss and the slots.
My husband is the one who has all the luck growing orchids but this looks gorgeous. Might try it!
Love you branching out with orchids!! You'll do great
love it!!! I can’t wait to make one ! Next time can you plz mount and water them , great video ! Followed you every step of the way !!! I really enjoy watching you !!!❤
I love this ! Thank you for taking time to teach us step by step without cutting any parts :)
You always brighten my day. Thank you for that.. I just love your humor and personality and what a cool, little project!! Thx for sharing 😊
Go to the craft store and buy a yarn needle. It’d make it super easy to weave the fishing line through
i love this omg, can't wait to make it :D
I think i may just be getting my very first orchid in the next couple of days… perfect and just in time for Spring too yayyyyy
Omg! I can't wait to make this!! I have lots of air plants hanging around. I need the fishing line and the orchard 🥰
So stinkin cute, I love them!!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea. Not much into orchids, but air plants I can work with. ❤😪
Finger slipped. You deserve a line of hearts.
Yay! Another Nick Video! I love your DIYs 🥰
Those are lovely! Could you show how you hang them in a future video? I purchased a slat mount after your video last year and never used it because I'm thoroughly confused about the hanging process. I thought they should hang from those coils but they're at a weird angle. Thanks. Great video :)
Nick, this is just beautiful. I didn't know repotme had them and I have been a customer with them for 3 to 4 years I think. Lol. I have quite a collection mini orchids to this and some air plants. Nice job.
Such a beautiful mount!!! Love it, that lavender Orchid is gorgeous 😍💚🤗🌱 Thanks for the discount, I ordered 6 Orchid pots, and a bag of mix💚🌱🤗
have you used darning needles to help wrap the moss before? wondering if that will be easier?
Oooh this seems like a great idea!
A new Nick videeeoooo!!!!! 🥳🥳
Love your videos so relaxing
This makes me want to get my first orchid. I don't think you used the slat mount backward. The metal loops might keep it suspended off the wall to prevent moisture damage from having damp wood sitting against it after watering. Are there plants other than orchids and air plants that could benefit from this display?
Probably any epiphite that likes your conditions would work. And I totally agree about the loops.
@@Korina42 I might have to try something with some Rhipsalis when I repot mine.
That fishing line really did look a bit too thick for this project, but I'm sure it also made it easier to weave in through the roots because it acted more like a needle. Someone mentioned using a yarn needle to help thread through the moss, but maybe a toothpick taped to the end of the fishing line would work and be much cheaper (and easier to find without having to go to a specialty store to find a yarn needle.)
I have a few larger (~4" pot) orchids that I'm trying to get to rebloom again, and I've been debating whether I should try to mount my most promising one on a frame like this just to have something different to look at. Now that I've seen how to do it, those wheels are churning in my head even faster! Thanks, Nick! Now maybe I won't have to go check out the Orchid display at Longwood next month for inspiration (but I still probably will anyway lol)
Such fun!
Love seeing your creative side.
Looking forward to your next idea for "planty art".
from Jo, an inside 'n' out gardener from plenty wet New Zealand.
This also works really cool w the watermelon pelleronia, I used a longer board and placed it at the bottom and it’s almost shingling like a dubia all over the board.
This is kind of inspiring my to do this and add my jewel orchids. Like a background of jewel orchids around a flowering type and the random tiny lil air plant or 2 for texture. That way when the bigger orchid isn’t flowering you still get the color pop from the jewel orchids, I bet if they all flowered it’d look soo pretty. The tiny lil jewel orchid flowers w the typical large orchid flowers, could you imagine the air plants flowering w em too 😂😂 color explosion!
Beaitiful.
This is so adorable. I am so doing this with all my orchids now😅
Jeeez I wish we had pretty orchids like that in stores! Maybe this year since it's becoming trendy or so I hear.. Love this display idea! How do you water orchids in this? Soak them?
I bought two veranda baskets after your last video. The air is very dry and I lost my air plants and a stag horn.
Also those look pretty easy to make from good ol popsicle sticks, if you have the patience for that… i don’t lmao
The smooth waxy feeling air plants with the squiggly tendrils are Butzii.
Are they? I thought they were bulbosa, with their rounded bases and wild leaves. Although I do have a butzii Fat Base; Tillys are so variable!
T. Bulbosa probably the ones with no tag
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Hey Nick, do you grow Caladium? If you do I'd love to hear your advice on growing them!
I'd like to see how to water these. It's probably the only way I'll ever be able to keep air plants because my cat will never leave them alone when I display them on a shelf or counter. Same with the spider plants! She doesn't bother the others though. I don't know what it is about those two, but I've tried several times to have both, and she's just not having it! 🙄
Spider plants are a little hallucinogenic, like catnip, which is why some cats are attracted to them. Eating too much of it can cause upset stomach, even though spider plants are listed as non-toxic according to the ASPCA. I don't know if air plants have the same effects. Maybe cats like the air plants dangly leaves (another reason they may also go for spider plants).
You need to cut the dead roots first before mounting.
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You mounted the orchid upside down
Can you pls link to the one you did with the fern?
Can this live indefinitely or is it a temporary piece?