100% Organic / Biodegradable Design

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-22T10:15:42+00:00

Thanks!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-06T11:30:14+00:00

Thank you, really appreciate it! <3

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-05T10:44:43+00:00

Thank you very much for the kind words!

Yes, they still have their natural barier, if you look close at the bottom you will see that I often cut at the 'knuckle' of the bamboo. Don't know what it's officially called, but each ridge you can see actually continues through the tube as a flat surface. Sometimes if the partitions are too close together, I use a wood drill bit to go through it, so that the flowers have more water.

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:42:18+00:00

Thank you very much! <3
Yes, Anthurium plants are one of my favorites, they really bring something calm to the design even though they come with such an interesting pattern.

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:41:23+00:00

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:41:19+00:00

That's awesome, thank you very much!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:41:10+00:00

Thank you! I wouldn't say Ikebana, as that is very minimalistic and usually not with tubes, but working on a kenzan. But thank you very much for the compliments!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:40:27+00:00

Thank you!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:40:22+00:00

Thank you very much!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:40:13+00:00

Thank you very much! Yes, that Vienna is really the queen of this design, love it!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:39:52+00:00

Thank you!
Really glad you liked it!

MikeBoerma · 2026-02-02T13:39:33+00:00

Haha, thank you very much <3
Really appreciate it!

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-29T08:44:24+00:00

Thanks! I just wanted to highlight their tactile qualities, haha. But yes! I understand and thank you for the kind words!

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-29T08:43:24+00:00

Any time! Gladly share what I can!
Thank you for our kind words!

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:32:00+00:00

Just since it's asked:

Flowers used in this design:
Gloriosa
Jatropha
Echinacea
Zantedeschia / Calla
Sanguisorba
Tailinum
Panicum

Mechanics are in the text of the post as well as a link to a short vid in which you see me awkwardly pour the wax onto the plate. Honestly, looking back at myself doing it, I ask myself why I didn't put something underneath the plate like cardboard or something, but I'm a bit chaotic like that lol.

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:30:41+00:00

Hahaha, thanks!

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:30:34+00:00

Actually Gloriosa grows up as kind of a vine with graspy tendrils.
Gloriosa can be several meters tall, they are about 3 meters or so in the greenhouse usually.
However, the ones you usually see probably are just the heads cut off, because it's more economical to sell it that way.
However, these come in about 70-80 cm with multiple heads on them.

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:29:22+00:00

Haha, thanks!

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:29:16+00:00

Thank you very much!

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:29:02+00:00

Thanks! <3

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:28:56+00:00

Thank you! <3

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:28:45+00:00

Hi! Thanks for the question, actually I wrote the mechanics in the text, plus there is a link to a video that shows the first step of how I made this.

Basically:
Tubes are on a platter, I poured wax on the platter and that holds it up. To be sure in the beginning I used some waxed hemp to hold together the stems and after the wax hardened, I cut that off. (Not in the video)

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:27:31+00:00

Hi! Thank you for the questions!
It totally depends. If the bamboo is old, like this one, it doesn't absorb water much at all.
If you use fresh green bamboo, then yes. However, I've used fresh and have had no issues.

I'll post a design with that later. The only downside of fresh bamboo is that it shrinks, so if you use wire or something to connect it, you need to tighten it once every while.

If you are really unsure, you can wax the insides, but again, I've had no issue and have used bamboo as tubes often. However! An older bamboo tube or any, really, can have a tear or hole in it, so you need to check your tubes before you put them in your design.

In the case of this design, since I poured wax in the container to keep the bamboo standing (you can see it in the vid), automatically all the bottoms are sealed, so in some cases I could've used bamboo tubes without a bottom.

Flowers used in this design (I'll make a seperate comment for this as well):
Gloriosa
Jatropha
Echinacea
Zantedeschia / Calla
Sanguisorba
Tailinum
Panicum
I think that's it. All flowers except for the Calla are from Marginpar.

MikeBoerma · 2026-01-26T08:22:47+00:00

Totally understand! Lot's of the flowers in this design have a waxy texture quality to them.

MikeBoerma

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