Trashcan lid planter with a staghorn, yes I did

You may have heard my claim that I don't care for staghorn ferns, it's true! I've never seen the allure. Well, that is until I laid eyes on this one at Bob Hyland and Andrew Beckman's garden here in Portland (thanks to Bob for letting me use his photo)...
Isn't it fabulous? And I love the way it's grown over the edge of the green hover dish it's planted in.

Of course I was suitably impressed by this absolutely monstrous version at a garden I toured in California...
I mean if you can grow one this large, well, that takes things to another level completely.
So when this creation from Max Cannon (which I shared previously on this post) had my heart going pitter patter, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. The fern is a stellar specimen and paired with his trashcan lid hanging planter creation it's reminiscent of Bob and Andrew's plant.
You know where this is going right? I found this small, shallow lid recently.
The patina on the inside was so fabulous that I really didn't want to cover it up. But the size was so perfect.
A 3-wire swivel hanger and I was ready to go.
My finished planter...

I realize this is an entirely different plant than the one I pictured at the top of this post. Bob and Andrew's is a Platycerium grande and mine are Platycerium bifurcatum ‘Netherlands’... in other words mine will never have the look of the one I first fell for. But then again...when it grows up maybe I'll like it even more?
It looks right at home with the other containers under the shade pavilion, don't you think? What? You can't see it?
There it is...
On the far side there's a large metal planter I purchased at Garden Fever (one of a pair I have) filled with a large rhipsalis, and providing a nice counterpoint to the trashcan lid, a hanging pie-plate planter...
Trashcan lids, pie-plates, it sounds like my garden must look like Goodwill doesn't it? I hope not!

On the side with the staghorn is the other large metal planter, this one holding a Nepenthes x Miranda and there's an orange hover dish planter with painted ferns.
I look froward to watching this little guy grow up, and thanks Max for sharing your idea!


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