Well I searched the land far and wide and could not find any 4" pots that I wanted at H Depot or Lowes...even went to seveal dollar stores and crafts stores and they didnt have any small enough...Local Nurseries wanted too much and once I got done paying shipping for some on the internet they would be some expensive pots...i got to scrounging around the shop and ran across some 4" acrylic pipe and got the idea to make my own...
I wanted these bigger planters because i want to have one side of my viv look like a tree with branches coming out of the walls...i then want to add several planters above these branches to add some Schleffra plants to...once these plants grow out a bit i think it will give the branches the look of a canopy of a tree...then i can add different ephiytes (sp?) to the branches...
Here is one of the planters i came up with just as an experiment...i think they may work...
I like this design because it allows me to angle the pot the way i need them so they can fit inbetween the branches...i added a tube to the bottom of the cylinder to help with drainage...i was a little worried that once the Schleffra grows in the bottom plants wont get as much water from my misters...to fix this problem i think i might route the drainage tubes into the planting pots below them so the water drains into them and then out and so on down the line...
Let me know what you think...