Sorry, am unfamiliar w/ the term 'shingling'. Pls. explain.

Edited to add: never mind, I Googled it.

Bamboo may be too smooth. A piece of lumber may work, though you'd be stuck looking at an ugly post until the vine covered it. You may be best off with a plaque or tube of cork. It would provide a rough surface and, IMO, be more attractive as a backdrop for the vine. Vendors like Roberts Flower Supply who cater to orchid hobbyists may be the best source.

Key is having a rough surface. You can use a wood post or even a board (any width you like) and sand it against the grain. That process will roughen the wood permanently and give the tendrils support for climbing. This is what surface should look like once roughened

Awesome information, thank you! And it makes sense, the plant needs something to grip onto. I felt that's what it needed, but wasn't sure quite how to go about it.

You guys have given me some inspiration and I'll check out that supplier. Thanks again!

So when you use a support like that, what happens when it’s filled to the top, do you trim the Plant excess?

Bossy, you mean when the plant reaches to the top? So far I have not had this happen yet, though I imagine like a staghorn outgrowing it’s plaque you mount that board to another. So I’m guessing extending the board, or trim the plant and take cuttings to make another.

Huh, how about that. Nice idea.

Cassandra, that's suuuuper cool. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm now envisioning taking cuttings and having multiple vines grow up the same plaque. Ohhh, the cuteness.

Cassandra, those are awesome!

even though this is old i thought id point out to readers that shingle vines amoung aroids in particular monstera dubia rhaphidaphora tenuis and all other rhaphadaphora shinglers besides hayii and pach (which i just dont know much about) transform and take on a toyally new nature as a plant dubia stops being a shingle vine becoming often completly epiphitic and looks more like a palm tree of sorts i consider the ultimate shingle vine display one that captures this transformation but uoull never ever see it if you keep triming it at the single plank length miy dubia is 10ft tall and i just made it so you can easily add to the plank height also unless you have great greenhouse humidity it gets hard for the plant to draw water from the ground and hydrate leakes 10 ft up but those lovely arial roots that stick it to the board can drink too but staple some long sphagnum moss or forest moss i dont recomend using coco fiber its arial roots ill travel through tha sphagnum and down to the pot all the from 10ft up and at 10ft dubias leafs reach size close to a football and develope occational fenestrations google it if you have doubts