Tropicals & Tender Perennials: THE WALL!!!, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Update on the wall. I have the misting system working over head of the wall. The misting lines will be painted and later covered in silicon and moss to get plants growing on it. The pipes above the wall which supply water, heating and electric will be covered in moss and possibly cork bark. I have around 12 more rocks to add to the wall and the wall section will be completed for this half of the greenhouse. After this I will be putting acid water on the cement to bring its PH down. I will also be adding longfiber spaghnum moss to all the cracks in the walls. After this a small three rock high wall will be added a few feet out from the wall to give me the raised bed I want. The bottom portion of the bed will be full of the fist size chuncks of rock around 1 foot deep They a fabric will be layed over and a smaller size rock will be added around nickle size mixed with perlite and some spaghnum. I am also thinking of adding a artificial epiphyte tree and several large totems for philos and other climbers.

Here is a pic of the artificial tree at Farichild tropical gardens. Craig Allen had built this and showed me how he had constructed it using PVC pipes and cork bark. It is extremely impressive to see.