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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Epiphyte tree
Whole tree
Coelogyne cristata
Billbergia windii
Dendrobium kingianum
Kalanchoe
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Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:30 pm |
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stevenbrown
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:15 am Posts: 310 Location: Edenfield lancashire UK
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Maurice, i am amazed ,are all these plants growing in your garden ?
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Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:07 pm |
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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Hi Steven .Yes they are all growing in my garden have a look at my website for more pics. Maurice
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Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:16 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Looking good Maurice. Anything you prefer? Orchids? Ferns? Any wish list plants?
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:00 am |
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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Hi Stan I don't really have a favourite but if I had to pick one it would be bromeliads such amazing flowers.My wish list plant Resurrection fern (Polypodium polypodioides).
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:57 am |
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Paul Spracklin
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:55 pm Posts: 2564 Location: North Thames delta UK
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Is this very high maintenance or do you get sufficient rainfall to get away with it? Looks absolutely fantastic - just like a cloudforest tree!
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:49 pm |
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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Hi Paul I do need to water the plants up the tree to keep them growing properly.But only every 3 days or so in hot or windy weather as growing on an exposed tree like that is the same as washing on the line (even if it rains it will eventually dry).Thanks for the comment I am trying to copy a rain forest. Our native bush has lots of inspiration http://www.epiphytetree.com/apps/photos ... d=11484166Maurice.
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:10 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Maurice-have you crossed paths with another poster here-Epiphyte? You two are two peas in a pod. Have you seen his Flicker site?..and how would succulents as epi's sound to you? Do the big cacti that grow that away appeal to you or,is that not a good try in NZ?
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:22 pm |
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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Stan he is a member of my site And yes I grow succulents up the tree and euphorbia.Spiny cacti I dont want as I need to be able to work on my tree.
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:31 pm |
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Looks fantastic Maurice, I assume the tree is alive, reminds me of some of the tree's in Costa Rica probably the look you are going for too.
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:23 pm |
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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Hi Kev The tree is a Pin oak (quercus palustris) Should really use an evergreen for an epiphyte tree but I like the way it looks when it drops its leaves In a month or two it will revert to looking like an ordinary Pin oak (nothing to see from a distance but leaves). I sent one of the lads up on the roof for a different angle.You can tell by the finger over the lens that he's a bit of a pro.
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:30 pm |
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Steven
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:02 pm Posts: 2486
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:58 pm |
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RickMadeira
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:10 am Posts: 439 Location: Madeira Island
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Very nice host tree Maurice, I like the orchids you've added. Here are some Rhipsalis (white berry) rain cactus...they enjoy water and I think look good used as epiphytes along with Tillandsias....
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Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:22 pm |
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MauriceEpitree
Joined: Wed May 11, 2011 12:14 am Posts: 689 Location: Te Aroha, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Hi Rick very nice Epiphyte tree.Nice rough fissured bark is it a peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle) Maurice
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Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:34 am |
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RickMadeira
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:10 am Posts: 439 Location: Madeira Island
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Re: Epiphyte tree
Yes Maurice it is a Pepper tree, I planted it nearly forty years ago, makes a great host tree....been mounting plants on it for thirty years, last count was 45 species growing.
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:54 am |
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