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Hanging pie plate, V3.0

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The debut version of my hanging vintage pie plate appeared in the garden back in 2016. Inspired by a trip to Lotusland, I put it together to highlight a few bromeliads. Here's what it looked like then...
I never really loved that creation, there were too many elements. The plants felt secondary to the hanging structure and that is never my goal. The next iteration was better, much better. Here it is shortly after I put it together, still in the basement, as it was too early in the season for these plants to go outside...

Eventually those large cryptanthus bloomed and died off (they did leave behind babies), and after two years the whole thing was looking a little sad. It was time for Version 3.0, a project I tackled late last winter, here it is hanging in the Metapanax delavayi...

You don't see it? Look a little to the back, behind the other smaller hanging ceramic pieces. Here's a close-up...

V3.0 is the jungle cactus version and it's full of Rhipsalis baccifera, schlumbergera...

...this zigzag guy whose name I can't remember...

...lots of moss to hide the soil...

...and Rhipsais houlletiana.

There are a couple bits of lepismium in there too, but I didn't get a good photo of them. It's bizarre, but I love it.

I've been on the lookout for another of these "evenslice" hexagonal pie plates (pie pan) as they really do make a great hanging dish planter, but I've not been successful in the hunt. 

Maybe someday I'll run across a couple more. For now I'm hoping the third time is the charm and this version will stick around for awhile and even bulk up.

(off topic but check out those rodgersia leaves underneath the hanging planter...wow!)

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