Bamboo, Alstroemerias and Gerbera Base: nails used to stabilize the bamboo, see picture below |
I have been growing orchids for 15+ years now. In 2008, I took my first lesson in Sogetsu Ikebana. For me, growing orchids and creating Ikebana arrangements are my meditation. I created this blog to share my pictures and ideas with you. It is like my JOURNAL and helps me keep track of my progress.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Arrangement Using Bamboo
Using Bamboo as containers. I cut a piece of long bamboo from my back yard. Then I sawed a few pieces of it and arranged them with five different sizes of bamboo together. To preserve the leaves to stay fresh you need to take special tools to pierce the joint through from the top of the stem down to the joint where the leaves are growing or cut a window above the joint (see pictures below) then fill the chamber with water, this way the leaves can last much longer (2-3 weeks), otherwise the leaves will curl up within an hour.
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