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Aeschynanthus speciosus, for many years with me. Despite the "tropical" temperatures recommended for its cultivation, I have always grown it outside, attached to a wall and therefore somewhat protected, but always well away from that ideal climate. In 2018 with -5°C measured on the terrace, it was too much for him too. At first you didn't see much damage, but then eventually the branches rotted at the base so that was it? I must say that I didn't rush to save what could be salvaged, it's not a plant that excites me that much, but in the end I cut off the remaining twigs, put them in a little water and then forgot about it. Last year, since they rooted, I potted them and here is the result. The plant will return to its place to continue fighting.

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this is my newest favorite story!!  did you ever take a pic when it was attached to the wall?  i absolutely love seeing plants growing on walls.

the plant that i purchased as a. speciosus grew great on my tree until i reduced the watering frequency.  now it's kinda languishing.  but i also have a mounted piece that's growing like crazy in a greenhouse.

did you ever try Aeschynanthus tengchungensis?

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17 hours ago, epiphyte said:

this is my newest favorite story!!  did you ever take a pic when it was attached to the wall?  i absolutely love seeing plants growing on walls.

the plant that i purchased as a. speciosus grew great on my tree until i reduced the watering frequency.  now it's kinda languishing.  but i also have a mounted piece that's growing like crazy in a greenhouse.

did you ever try Aeschynanthus tengchungensis?

I'm sorry to have misled you, because the plant was in a pot attached to the wall, I mentioned this only to say that it was not fully exposed to the weather

To apologize, here is a photo of a Laelia anceps escaping from its pot to attach itself to the wall 🙂

No, I never tried any other Aeschynanthus, except some of those sold as houseplants, but all proved absolutely too tender.

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lovely roots!!  same orchid from this 2014 photo?  it is 1 of only 3 pics in my gallery of orchids growing on walls.   i'd give my left nut to see so many more examples of orchids growing on walls.  just searched flickr to no avail.  sadly i don't have any walls.   i did attach some stags mounted with dendrobiums to a friend's wall, but the exposure was intense and i couldn't find the right glue to attach the wood to the grainy stone. 

my friend's neighbor has a crazy big staghorn growing on his perfectly shaded brick wall...

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imagine if it had a dendrobium growing on it!

staghorns make the perfect "baskets" for all sorts of plants.  

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On 1/20/2023 at 7:45 PM, epiphyte said:

lovely roots!!  same orchid from this 2014 photo?  it is 1 of only 3 pics in my gallery of orchids growing on walls.   i'd give my left nut to see so many more examples of orchids growing on walls.  just searched flickr to no avail.  sadly i don't have any walls.   i did attach some stags mounted with dendrobiums to a friend's wall, but the exposure was intense and i couldn't find the right glue to attach the wood to the grainy stone. 

my friend's neighbor has a crazy big staghorn growing on his perfectly shaded brick wall...

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imagine if it had a dendrobium growing on it!

staghorns make the perfect "baskets" for all sorts of plants.  

Here are some more pics, most of the orchids positioned sufficiently close to the wall will escape their pot and attach themself to the wall, but it is difficult to photograph them. In the first picture the roots started to grow nearly vertically in full air, obviously the geotropism does not exist. #1 Aerides odorata #2 Cattleya purpurata #3Laelia anceps

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There was a blog of a person who cultivated orchids on bricks, Perfildaplantas, unfortunate I think it doesn't exist anymore

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