This beautiful wall hanging made of orchids and cork bark is a perfect Handmade Holiday Gift for anyone who loves plants.

Tools and Materials

• Screw eyes
• Cork bark
• Wire
• Miniature orchids
• Small paintbrush
• Long-handled tweezers
• Sphagnum moss
• T-pins
• Monofilament
• Scissors
• Large needle
• Fern moss
• Live Spanish moss
• Spray bottle filled with pure water

Orchid Wall Hanging How-To
1. Put screw eyes into back of cork bark. Attach hanging wire, threading through screw eyes; set aside.

2. Unwrap orchids and clean the roots using water, a brush, and tweezers.

3. Find a good opening on bark where the orchid roots will be able to nestle. Fill crevice with premoistioned sphagnum moss. Place orchid roots on moss. Press two T-pins into the bark on either side. Tie monofilament onto one pin, leaving two ends. Attach to other pin, using a large needle to thread the monofilament through the roots to secure.

4. Lightly pack fern or Spanish moss around the roots, concealing monofilament and pins.

5. Spray with water.

Resources
Orchids available from Parkside Orchid Nursery, J & L Orchids, and Carter and Holmes Orchids. Cork bark available from Jelinek Cork Group, Parkside Orchid Nursery, Jim's Orchid Supplies, and Big Apple Pet Supply.

Orchids Used on Show

• Mediocalcar decoratum
• Ceratostylis philippinensis
• Aerangis clavigera
• Mediocalcar decoratum
• Restrepia xanthophthalma
• Haraella retrocalla
• Sigmatostalix radicans
• Pleurothallis anthrax
• Pleurothallis alata
• Epidendrum porpax alba