Re: [Aroid-l] Species suited to a water wall

From: "Elizabeth Campbell" <desinadora at mail2designer.com> on 2009.04.23 at 14:10:02(19271) Building on what Bonaventure had to say, I'd reccomend the epilythic members of Maxillaria and Masdevallia (see attached), which are smaller-growing plants with rather spectacularly coloured blooms, and if you want something very big and showy you can actually move to the epiphytes of most species so long as you anchor them in living moss (which from your description won't be a problem.) If you're going to go that way, then I'd reccomend some of the orchids that produce a pendant, rather than erect, inflorescence - genera like Stanhopea, Acineta, and Lycaste. I've attached a photo of a Colombian Acineta hybrid that is grown to great success on water-walls. The orchid show only labeled this one "Acineta gymnostele x, Colombia" (they didn't give the grower's name) so I can't give you pointers on where you might find one. However, A. superba is also a fantastic plant, widely available, and smells amazing. You can also grow many of the Ecuadorean species of Philodendron this way; I can vouch for P. pastazense growing at the margins of waterfalls. Equally, epiphytic bromeliads of the genera Tillandsia and Neoregelia perform well on water-walls. Hope this helps! Beth HTML +More _______________________________________________________________ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More!------=_NextPart_001_12F7_01C9C3E2.85898FE0--------=_NextPart_000_12F6_01C9C3E2.85898FE0

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