Staghorn/Elkhorn Ball... mounting several Platycerium bifurcatum pups
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2022
- Having a Ball... aka... making a ball for some of my Elkhorn pups that grow on my large Manfern.
I was very impressed by a very old Elkhorn Ball that belongs to an Orchid grower and I've toyed with the idea of making my own.
I'm basically lazy and I'll over think a project so that I can minimise the time and effort and try to avoid major F*** ups.
Everything went as I had planned other that the length of time it took to lace the pups onto the frame of the ball. Ah well, that wasn't on the video. Even as is, it's a lengthy video,(far longer than I'd prefer) but it covers the construction steps and the beginning of the mounting which is what I had intended.
Changes and Improvements ? ? ?
It's not a technique set in concrete !
Cheers 🥂 - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Recently I was given a young elephantotis and I think some spores got into my brain, because I can't stop obsessing over these guys. I'm absolutely giving this idea a try when it's time to repot! 🤯
This Platycerium bifurcatum ball has to be rebuilt after starlings tore the top half apart for their nests. NOT HAPPY
I hope yours fairs better !
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@@waynesweirdworld5788 Well I've got a decent sized glass greenhouse to hang it in, so unless the local birds know how to operate doorknobs I should hopefully be ok. Famous last words. 😂
@@DoctorDerpman ... sounds good !
This is a magnificent idea.
Thank you.
I thought it was a good idea also... until the birds discovered it... 😡🤬
@@waynesweirdworld5788 Oh no! What did the birds do to it?
Cheers from the US, enjoyed the video thoroughly. Love to see an update.
Thank you.
I'm considering doing an update soon to reconstruct it after it was severely damaged by starlings.
Cheers
Fabulous idea!!! I inherited one without roots, someone yanked it out of its pot and only the cover fronds and fertile fronds remained. I might try my hand at this method!
Thank you and good luck !
I'll have to rebuild this ball after starlings severely damaged it in their quest for nesting material.
Cheers
@@waynesweirdworld5788 maybe you can put our dog fur in bird suet feeder cages. Or cat hair. Then the birds might leave your basket alone!
If the cover fronds have any root system at all, you might be able to save it by filling the cavity with fine spaghnum moss, coir peat and pine bark fines. If the mix retains moisture and is still free draining, there's a good chance that it will survive.
Good Luck 🤞
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@@TheC3. ... they found a way into my greenhouse where it is attached to the carport. There's just a big tarp hanging there and they found a gap in a top corner. It will be a permanent wall with a door before next breeding season ! = 😡🤬
Enjoyed this thoroughly!!😊
Thank you.
I'll have to repair the Elkhorn Ball because starlings have made a mess of it for nesting material, sooo... I'll be doing a new video in a week or two as I'm also going to remount my Big Staghorn as well as starting Staghorn spores for new plants.
Stay tuned.
Best Wishes for your New Year.
😎👍
Neet idea can hardly wait till I get my first one love it.❤
Thank you.
The neat idea fell flat thanks to starlings getting in through a gap in the greenhouse and repeatedly pulling it apart for nesting material.
They must have thought that I was generous ! = 😡🤬
I'll do a new video when I finally rebuild it.
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Salud!!! from Miami😊 Brilliant!!!! Thanks for the idea!!!
Thank you.
I will have to do a follow-up on this one because starlings have attacked it for the fibre to use as nesting material ! I'm Not Happy ! = 😡🤬
Thankfully I have pups growing on a manfern that I can transfer to the ball.
Stay tuned.
Cheers
Prost mein Freund! Lass es dir gut gehen.. Dein Video gefällt mir sehr gut 👍
Thank you.
I'm only able to pick out a few words that I understand, but I'll catch up with a German friend or 2 on the weekend that will translate for me.
I hope you've been inspired by my experiment to try something different.
Cheers from Tasmania. 😎🍺
I would love to see what it looks like now.
Oh dear... it's in a rather sorry state due to starlings and blackbirds attacking it for the fibre to use as nesting material.
I'll do a rebuild video soon, but my injured shoulder needs to get better first.
Cheers
@@waynesweirdworld5788 Ah, that's what you meant by the birds finding it. Well, stick some extra fiber near or around it and maybe use sphagnum moss to surround the fiber and fix the holes and it might deter them. I hope your shoulder heals quickly.
@@lavaunjohns7796... the ball rebuild will happen soon. I've had my eyes on a few Elkhorn pups growing on a big manfern that can be relocated.
Cheers
@@waynesweirdworld5788 Can't wait to see it once the ferns are matured and beginning to cover it. What did you think of my idea I posted in one of your current videos?
I found your comment and replied. It's a possible.
You poured Jameson, and i fell in love. What about the moss? That's what I've heard, and I just got my first stag/elk..(That's another question) I wanted to do it in a basket, not with driftwood. I have sheet, spag , and coir..
Sorry I missed your comment Kate.
It sounds like you've got all the elements for a lovely creation.
Go for it. I just use what I have available in interesting ways.
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I would have watched you add the rest of them! I hope there is an update sometime. Also not sure if I missed where you got your divisions from. That would have been interesting to see too. Thank you.
Thank you.
The pups came from my big manfern that grows in the shade at the back of my house. There are well over a dozen Elkhorns on it with pups.
The finished 'ball' hangs just behind where this video was done and is visible in the background of some of my recent videos. It seems to be doing well.
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Loud applause at 6:05 !!! Very clever Wayne, looks like you’ve had a fair bit of practice in the pie making area. I’ll be interested to see an update when the plant has had a chance to grow, might take a while though.
Thank you. I've made a few cakes and pies over the years, so this was easy. It'll take a while for this one to grow on to this 'mount'.
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Very nice when you finish can you sure how they look❤❤
Thank you.
I'll eventually hang it in the greenhouse, but for the time being I've hung in total shade next to the manfern that the staghorns were growing on.
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Would have loved to have seen the completed ball. Did you add some towards the bottom of the ball as well. Busy making one myself. I will however be using a chain to hang it on. Once it starts growing the ball will just get bigger and bigger, and heavier, especially after some good rains. please post or sen a photo of the completed ball. Greetings from South Africa.
Thank you.
It hangs in the corner of my greenhouse alongside of 2 other P. bifurcatums so it will show up in some of my background vids... I'm thinking of doing an update on my rock mounted Dendrobium speciosum, so the ball will be visible in the background.
Chain is a good idea !
Have fun !
Bigger and heavier ?
What makes you think that ?
The inspiration for mine is hanging from a tree behind a friend's orchid nursery. It took 3 of us to lift it and hold it up while we each tried to finish the securing after it fell down during a storm.
Cheers
@@waynesweirdworld5788 unfortunately I cannot attach a photo of my friend's stag horn ball which he inherited from his farther which started it approximately 25-30 years ago. The new pups overgrow the older plants over time and the ball just becomes bigger and bigger year after year. The fonts dries out and become sponge like and starts absorbing and holding water for the plant, later becoming compost for the plant. Just love the way ow it looks after itself! That's where the weight factor comes in.
I estimate that my friend's stag horn weights upwards of 300kg in the drier season and close to 500-600kg in winter.
Just love the way you doing it. Going to buy myself 2 hanging baskets tomorrow.
@@scdprobiokashi ... thank you. I'm sure they'll look good.
Cheers
Also, are you in the Scottish Highlands, but drinking Irish whiskey?
LOL ... Tasmania is probably as far from Scotland as you could get and I do prefer an Irish Whiskey rather than the peated Scottish whiskys.
Watching from Scotland highlands !! Will try this out with a scottish whiskey.
That's sounds like a good plan !
Try it wo the whiskey next time. Sorry, but folks drinking till inebriated keep a many a therapist employed. Looks like a good idea though.
To each their own and inebriation is not my style. Quality does not require quantity.
You're sanctimonious BS is without any knowledge of my reality.
I've never been breath tested over the limit !
I've never lost my licence !
I haven't had even a minor scrape since 1980 !
I ride my Harley on a regular basis and always stone cold sober, so if I had a tipple while enjoying and afternoon or evening in the greenhouse with my orchids and ornamentals and it offends you, sorry, go elsewhere.