Bromeliad table V2.0, now with more metal!

You all were so positive and encouraging when I shared photos of my bromeliad table project, I really appreciated it and enjoyed your comments. When writing that post I knew changes were coming, but I hadn't figured out exactly what they'd be. Then one of you—commenting as Anonymous but someone who'd definitely been following the blog for years—mentioned using another sheet of expanded metal (I'd used a small one on the brown container in front of the bromeliad table). Yes! That idea clicked and I was quickly scheming. 

Here's a flash-back photo, what I'd originally put together. I loved the moss (I always love the moss) but it was quick to dry out and not the best for this application.

And here's where things stand currently. 

As luck would have it I had a few pieces of expanded metal on hand to play with. I decided curves were needed. On the left-hand side the metal curves up and frames a tillandsia.

On the right-hand side it swoops down.

Earlier in the month I picked up this sweet blooming bromeliad at the Friends of Manito Plant Sale when we were up in Spokane. I was pretty sure I'd be able to work part of it into the refreshed table but no.

Oh well. It's nice in the bright chartreuse container and no doubt I'll eventually divide it for use in some future project.

Back to the table. I loved how the Deuterocohnia brevifolia looked tucked into the piece of wood (in the first version), but they kept falling out when I misted the table so obviously it wasn't a good solution. For the update I planted them in metal tubes, but left the moss in the wood piece.

The Racinaea crispa seems to have settled right into the wood however, so it stayed.

I also added a tall metal tube to the side of the table, and on it a Tillandsia xerographica.

The existing planters/plants got a slight reshuffle too.

Things are simplified in this version.

I like it, although as Gerhard commented on the first post, "...since nothing is permanently attached, you can update it as often as you like. In other words, you don't ever need to find an "ultimate" version." Thanks again Anon for the metal suggestion!

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