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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gonewild" data-source="post: 28124" data-attributes="member: 118">Keeping a pseudobulb wired that generally stands upright anyway is not the same as raising and supporting a strap leaf. The pseudobulb is like a woody stem with some structure for upright support. The leaves on slippers naturally want to hang and have no real internal stem for support. So it is not really the same thing.Notice on the plants in the original post in Taiwan they use several tiers of support, You might want to follow their example because with only one spot (tape) supporting the leaf in the middle the leaf may bend in half at that point because of gravity.As Bob said when a plant has support it does not grow it's own support. When a plant has a crutch it may never develop it's own support. I doubt you can teach a 15" long slipper leaf to stand upright just because you give it support. It may stay up for a short time but eventually it will come down again. Look at apples. Many orchardists grow their trees with trellis support now. It works great and they can get more trees per acre than with free standing trees. But they can never take the trellis away or the trees will bend to the ground.I think the support you designed is a great idea to solve your bench space concerns and to keep the leaves from being squished. But you may want to add even a little more?You're right this is an interesting discussion.</blockquote>