I bought quite a few orchids from the Thai stall in the recent Bahrain Int’l Garden Show, but as I was rather busy and had a trip abroad, I didn’t have a chance to do anything with them other than hang them on the light fittings in my study and leave some on the floor.
In the interim, I obviously gave them much thought as how to best display them and thought that it might be best hanging from a wall or a trellis. I had a really complicated design in mind with jute sacks and misting systems, but in the end, I opted for a very simple idea. Just a simple right-angle trellis and stand it at the entrance to my study!
I went to Manazil this morning and bought these wrought iron trellises, one is 7 foot while the other is 6 foot. I stood them next to each other and tied them together with tie-wraps to create a middle hinge. That worked fine, so the next thing to do is to actually arrange the flowers.
I hope you will see the end result from the next couple of pictures.
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend my friends.

M
15 March 2008Note sure where my Friday went that I did not see this post or the beautiful orchid posted on your main site. It is just stunning with dept and color. This is a terrific way to display your latest “babies”; even though they are grouped together, it allows for each one to be appreciated on it’s own. Keep the pictures coming.
Poesy Liang
29 April 2008Do you have any idea how to plant orchids on a bare brick wall without any grills? Can we nail them on?
Paul Ryall
13 September 2009I am currently developing an orchid wall in the porch of my house in Hua Hin, Thailand. I am attaching strips of wood to the wall at 30cm intervals from the top to about half way down. The wall length is just over 4 meters and the height 1.50m. I will be attaching steel hooks at 15cm intervals into the wood strips. Most orchids here come in lattice plastic pots, so it’s easy to hook them on. I don’t need a watering system as I like to spray daily and feed weekly, also by spray. I will intersperse the orchids with ferns such as Nephrolepis Bostoniensis because orchids get a bit straggly and unsightly when resting. The ferns will hide the straggliness. Pics can be obtained from cocoman99@gmail.com
P.M. Ryall