My Pet Rock is coming along

[leland]

A few years ago I planted hylocerus at the base of this rock. I have noted that in nature many epiphtyes will be found growning on the same branch or rock, so I have been adding plants. I think the plants help shade and humidify each other and deposit orgamic matter that is of mutual benefit.

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[greenknight]

Looks great - happy plants!

[hegar]

That Hylocereus sp. cactus does look healthy. Perhaps my eyes are tricking me, but is there also a thin-stemmed cactus growing on that rock, something similar to a Rhipsalis sp.?

Harald

[leland]

Yes, there is a rhipsalis and an orchid on the tree and on the other side of the rock there is another type of orchid, an epiphylum, and a selenicereus. When I started the rock was bare and it is situated in a area subject to seasonal flooding so the rock gives the plants a dry location to grow.