Re: [aroid-l] Artificial trees

From: "Craig Allen" callen at fairchildgarden.org> on 2003.01.13 at 16:55:24(9833) When the Conservatory was rebuilt after Hurricane Andrew we use Buttonwood branches for an epiphyte tree because there wasn't time to construct artificial ones. (I had 2 weeks to get the display build and planted) They lasted about two years, and buttonwood is fairly rot resistant. Then we built the cork trees. The orchid tree is three years old, and the bromeliad tree two years. Around here in Southern Florida oak wood rots even faster. Craig M. Allen +More Conservatory Manager Fairchild Tropical Garden 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables (Miami), FL 33156 Telephone: 305.667.1651, ext.3320 Fax: 305.667.6930 Email: callen@fairchildgarden.org Web: www.fairchildgarden.org -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 12:42 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Artificial trees Thank you for the incredible photos! I must get to Fairchild soon. I wonder how long a gnarly piece of oak would last in my greenhouse. Has anyone used real wood for a display of this kind? Valerie Gillman > I took some pictures of the trees at Fairchild and Selby

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