Flexible container for cultivation and display of specimen plants

Abstract

A pliable cage-like container having rigid tiles ( 03 a ) inter-connected by tensile rods ( 03 b ) which in turn are capped by securing finials ( 03 c ). The cage may be repeatedly flexed without breaking to allow an optimum containment configuration for the growing environment of the chosen plant. In addition, base tiles ( 03 d ) and a screen insert ( 01 e ) may be used to further enhance the container for use by other plant genera or a small grained growing medium.

1 . An article of horticulture for the greatly improved environmental housing, ease of cultivation and enhanced public presentation and evaluation, of specimen epiphytic (and other) plants, comprising: 
 a) a plurality of rigid tiles, each of predetermined size, and each having at least two through-holes (channels, tunnels or ducts) parallel with the flat side of the tile, each one of these two located near to each end of the tile, and    b) a corresponding number of predetermined elongated tensile connectors (dowls rods, posts, wires) each of lengths predetermined by the number of tiles being used in a vertical row, which slip through each tile duct in sequential order, and each having exposed ends facilitating their insertion and attachment (by means of male/female threading, or penetrating tie clips) to    c) a capping finial above and below the aligned set of tiles, as a means of securing the tiles one to another, thus enabling the whole to act as a cohesive flexing unit a cage-like container which affords maximum desirable growth environment for the plant, and    d) several free elements including screening and base tiles, which answer the specific occasional need of those more or less generic plants and growing mediums which the individual cultivator (user, gardener) may choose for an individual specimen plant.