Greetings bulbophiles, About 8 months ago I decided to mount a Hippeastrum calyptratum seedling. Although it is a naturally epiphytic species, I have never heard of any being grown in cultivation out of pots. I decided it was time I experiment growing one epiphytically. I strapped it to a piece of virgin cork oak bark with fishing line and added a thin layer coco-fibre atop the roots. I placed it inside a "greenhouse" of sorts (actually a growth chamber designed for growing orchids, see: http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/…). The growing conditions align with what orchid growers consider intermediate temperatures. It has been receiving partial sun (at least 2500 foot candles) and high humidity (always above 80% r/h) with decent air movement. I have been more than pleased with how well it has responded. It has grown dozens of new roots, many of which have attached themselves firmly to the cork. The roots love being in open air and this is not surprising because I have found that when this species is grown in a pot, it concentrates its root mass within the very top layer of the medium. Pamianthe peruviana (also an epiphytic bulb) grows in a similar way. It is still a few years from blooming size, but I am so happy to see it doing so well mounted that I thought that I should share my success here in case others would like to try this method. It is really nice not to have to worry about root or basal plate rot now. The mounted plant can never be over-watered. I have added some more information and pictures to the wiki of my mounted seedling. See: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… The roots appear green because there is algae growing on them. Also, when this picture was taken the roots were still moist, exaggerating this. Hau'oli makahiki hou / Happy new year! Jacob Knecht