Question
I am making centerpieces for my daughter's wedding.  They are approx. 28' high cylinder vases with clear crystals at the bottom with a stem of green dendrobians.  The vases will be filled with water up to about 3 inches from the top with a floating candle.  We are having a problem weighting the flower stem to the bottom as it keeps floating up.  What can we do?

Answer

James Storey Orchids s Try wrapping a few coils of decorative wire around the bottom of the dendrobium orchids.  Another suggestion is to hand tie the orchids to curly willow using fishing line ( monofilament wire .  The curly willow can give it an upscale look while weighing it down.  The picture I have attached is James Story Orchids that I hand tied with fishing line - and I intertwined the bottoms of the orchids with the next stem to hide the ends.