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Class Project!! HELP!!!

Question:

I am in a horticulture class at my local Community College.  My project for this quarter is the orchids in the school greenhouse.  There must be at least a dozen plants in pots and growing on a mossy wall covered w/ chicken wire. There are a lot of fern plants, most of which needs to be thined greatly.  My main problem is the orchids on the wall.  They have been there for about 10 years and look awful.  I want to take off the wire and the orchids and take away all the old dead parts, then create something that will be attractive. The roots are all entangled w/ the fern and other orchid plants. Is there any help?    I love orchids, am I over my head? Thank you for any help.  Sharon

Response:

A LOT of patience. Give them a good soaking to aid in the release and ability to separate the roots of the orchids from everything else. A pair of diagonal wire cutters to cut out the wire and maybe a second hand to help hold the plants as you get them close to freedom. But most of all patience. Scott – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am in a horticulture class at my local Community College.  My project for this quarter is the orchids in the school greenhouse.  There must be at least a dozen plants in pots and growing on a mossy wall covered w/ chicken wire. There are a lot of fern plants, most of which needs to be thined greatly.  My main problem is the orchids on the wall.  They have been there for about 10 years and look awful.  I want to take off the wire and the orchids and take away all the old dead parts, then create something that will be attractive. The roots are all entangled w/ the fern and other orchid plants. Is there any help?    I love orchids, am I over my head? Thank you for any help.  Sharon

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I am in a horticulture class at my local Community College.  My project for this quarter is the orchids in the school greenhouse.  There must be at least a dozen plants in pots and growing on a mossy wall covered w/ chicken wire. There are a lot of fern plants, most of which needs to be thined greatly.  My main problem is the orchids on the wall.  They have been there for about 10 years and look awful.  I want to take off the wire and the orchids and take away all the old dead parts, then create something that will be attractive. The roots are all entangled w/ the fern and other orchid plants. Is there any help?    I love orchids, am I over my head?

Sharon,    if you can, take some pictures and have them scanned digitally and post them somewhere on the web…perhaps we can offer some better advice on how to clean up the orchids without harming them. — Prem – Animator, programmer, and orchid and fossil nut extraordinaire… – DNRC Title: Minister of Lightwave 3d Plugin Design Foolishness – Home – http://www.PremDesign.com "We in our foolishness thought we were wise He played the fool and He opened our eyes We in our weakness believed we were strong He became nothing to show we were wrong." "God’s Own Fool" – Michael Card

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