My wife purchased this plant at a show. We've been doing a fair job of watering it but it is starting to turn.
Main question: Can it survive and thrive mounted this way?
by iheartmst3k
My wife purchased this plant at a show. We've been doing a fair job of watering it but it is starting to turn.
Main question: Can it survive and thrive mounted this way?
by iheartmst3k
6 Comments
It can survive mounted but I think the philo is looking for more light. I usually move my plants around when it does that.
I love this I want to know also I wonder if it will get too heavy one day?
I keep my variegated Florida ghost in a plant cupboard. It’s one of my thirstiest philodendrons for whatever reason, I keep it in a self watering planter so I only need to top it off once every couple of weeks. Do you use a humidifier nearby? The older leaves will definitely brown and die off after time. Mine needs a chop, he’s put out three all green leaves, I’ve just been neglecting him.
The amount of substrate will quickly become too small for this plant but currently is appropriate. Florida Beauty’s can take a surprising amount of light so its likely to etoliate reaching towards the brightest light source. Personally I would mount more moss above the current mound and fix the top node to the moss so it can root and attach. Using fishing line you can make a cradle to hold the moss to the board.
It needs more light. The leaf that’s dying is a the oldest leaf so that’s normal.
Similar to what folks with big orchids or staghorn ferns have to do, you will need to place that mount on top of a taller board as it grows. Philodendrons often do live as epiphytes in nature, so mounting isn’t a problem for the plant, but they get tall pretty fast, do you will need to add more moss and taller boards more often than with other slow-growing species that typically get mounted. Very bright light will shorten space between nodes, which will mean up-sizing the mount less often.