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Velvet Vert
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A quiet channel for chatting to my plants and winding down with calm greenery. I talk about my orchids, other houseplants I'm growing including aroids and ferns, and making sweet little terrariums. Nice videos to wind down and relax to.
November Orchid Bloom Catch Up
A look at the orchids in bloom in my garden room right now.
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Відео
Orchids in bloom and garden room catch-up
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A couple of my orchids came into bloom so I thought it would be a wonderful time to share them, plus looking around at the health of my houseplants in general and how things are going in the garden room.
Summer 2021 Houseplant Tour
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A short visit through the houseplants I have indoors right now. I got a sweet little mini phal in bloom, most of the rest of the orchids are still working on maybe giving me blooms in autumn. Everything is refreshing and green.
Goodnight plants 009
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Quiet goodnight chat with my plants. Low key and relaxing.
Freaky visitors in the garden room
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Just a little plant catch up with some fun guys.
Birthday houseplant haul - I bought my wishlist plants!
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That makes it sound exciting, but you should know my wishlist was pretty short. Still, these are some real beauties and I couldn't be happier with them!
Back from vacation May 2021
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Checking in with my houseplants after ten days away. I have the tiniest anthurium clarinervium now! Will it survive? A bit of catching up on propagations - will my philodendron melanochrysum cutting root? And a general look around at the state of the plants in the garden room.
My Wrong Opinions About the Plant World
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Of course, I think I'm right! But these are definitely subjective opinions. Some a little spicy, some just silly. Pet houseplant world dislikes, an entire category of plants that I just don't care for aesthetically, and because it's me, some unavoidable politics. (I cut at least three minutes of discussing economic protectionism so it's not as bad as it could be.)
Jewels among jewels terrarium - jewel orchids with unique hardscaping
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I fell head first in love with jewel orchids after buying my first one, so I decided to make a cute little glass jar terrarium with some sparkly hardscaping to set off the fancy and beautiful little orchids.
Good Omens Terrarium
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I made a very special Crowley themed Good Omens terrarium for a dear friend. It's a terrarium in a bottle, which was a first for me, and boy, I certainly learned a lot!
Chatty update on my houseplants- so many jewel orchids! Also, you'll never guess who is in bud again
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In which the catchphrase is "We shall see what happens," I have a new addiction to jewel orchids but don't tell you the latin names, I clearly also have a terrarium problem, and things get hung on walls.
Spring new growth 2021
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Lots of exciting new growth in the garden room! New growth on a lot of orchids -oncidiums and my paphiopedilum. Will it mean flowers in summer/fall? We'll see! A little propagation update, and plenty of pretty foliage!
Poor impulse control theatre: My second terrarium build!
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Follow along with me as I put together hard landscaping to make a terrarium with a miniature terraced garden. A soothing journey of creation, maybe you'll find it inspiring. (Please be gentle, this is the first heavy duty video editing I've done, and it shows!)
Spring has sprung! Propagation madness!
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I got a beautiful new propagation station that I have to share with you. Also, an update on the alocasia azlanii debacle!
Good Night Plants 008
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A soothing, sweet chat with my houseplants where I mostly tell them how beautiful they are as we look at lots of growth and development, and as usual I slightly yell at the maidenhair fern simply for existing. New big fenestrated leaf on my monstera! She's looking glossy and gorgeous.
A quiet chat with my Tasmanian tree fern about its exile to the shower
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A quiet chat with my Tasmanian tree fern about its exile to the shower
It opened! A tiny bloom on my Lsz. Lava Burst ‘Puanani’ mini oncidium
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It opened! A tiny bloom on my Lsz. Lava Burst ‘Puanani’ mini oncidium
Mini oncidium - bloom problems! And a macro-lens view of the terrarium
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Mini oncidium - bloom problems! And a macro-lens view of the terrarium
Plant chat - terrarium update - my miniature oncidium is budding!
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Plant chat - terrarium update - my miniature oncidium is budding!
My First Rare Plant was a Disaster! Alocasia Azlanii in Worst Anime Betrayals of All Time
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My First Rare Plant was a Disaster! Alocasia Azlanii in Worst Anime Betrayals of All Time
My first terrarium, featuring my poor impulse control, miniatures for fun, and of course houseplants
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My first terrarium, featuring my poor impulse control, miniatures for fun, and of course houseplants
A good look at the bloom on my Paphiopedilum Wardii
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A good look at the bloom on my Paphiopedilum Wardii
This video is full of ideas, variety and beautiful plants, Love the pots, The energy in that room is pouring out of the screen. You are one amazing plant parent. I am so inspired.
thank you!!!
I paid £7 for mine, reduced from £25, no idea how to look after it but I have a new leaf coming
That shade purple os breathtaking! This is beautiful <3
WOW ! I love your detailed descriptions of whatever your working on, a newbie like me appreciates that ! Great job.....I am going with in a larger triangular 3D setting, . Thanks for the inspiration, easy to tell you're very knowledgeable !
Don’t worry it will grow again. Just sit it on the window sill and wait. Keep the soil moist or better yet just place the roots/stump in moss. It stays moist longer and you can watch the roots growing and generating life. I have killed a few Alocasian in my plant life, and many have come back from the Light. Actually it’s alive but has no leaves to generate photosynthesis so the new plants come from the bulbs. Does it have any? If not it will have to build bulbs and that might take some time, BUT it will happen as long as the moisture conditions are continued. I have had Red Secrets die and after months on the sill out springs 2 babies. Don’t give up.
Wow . I can’t even keep one plant alive 😔
Alocasia are by far my favorite variety and I own many including a azlanii, Alocasia can die back to the stump for many reasons, as a rule I never repot a alocasia for a minimum of 3 months after purchase even though its tempting, during shipping or change of environment can put them in a state of shock, repotting them can accelerate this, in most cases they will die back to the stump, 99% of the time the stump will stay dormant but not die and will grow back once its replenished itself and the new growth will be aclimatised to your environment, only ever repotting in spring or summer too, In my personal experience I find tap water to be bad for alocasia too causing the leafs to brown in patches and ultimately die due to the chlorine so I save spent aquarium water to give to them or rainwater, do you still have your azlanii?
Updates?
Beautiful Orchid ❤️
Terima kasi!
Lol the mushroom almost looks like sliced pineapple. Or I just want fruit. Have you been able to get your orchid to rebloom? I can't figure out how.
I have been able to rebloom a few orchids! Not too consistently yet. Two factors, I think - for the ones that can tolerate it, they go out into part-shade outdoors the whole summer. Then some of them need a cold snap/drop in nighttime temperatures to prompt blooming. I also hear good things about fertilizing but I don't do it enough!
@@velvetvert9431 cool thanks. I keep getting new leaves but no bloom. I fertilize but no cold snap so I'll try that.
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Love your channel
Everything is looking so good! Especially the calathea, what is your secret? 😁. Waiting for orchids to grow and mature and then bloom is such a trial in patience 😂. Can't wait to see updates. Hope you're doing well!
Hi! Nice to hear from you! The rattlesnake calathea has honestly just been incredibly low maintenance from day one. I don't know what I'm doing right but I'm not changing anything now. So the musaica is in the same conditions - down low near the humidifier and not too close to the grow light, and I hope it does as well! Hope you've been well in this hot summer!
Hey, how's it going? Plants are looking really good. Its a good thing there are mushrooms in the terrarium, it means its healthy inside there. That paph is gorgeous! Hope you're doing well and have a great weekend :D.
The paph is probably my favourite! She’s so stunning and weird. Hope things are well with you!
Such gorgeous new plants! The leaves on calathea are always stunning, the patterning is so cool! I hope they all grow well. And I'm sorry to hear about your clarinverium seedling, hopefully under the cloche it will survive! They can be divas sometimes. Have a great weekend!
Thank you! Well, we love our diva plants, don't we? I hope you've got something nice planned for the weekend!
Yas! Purge plants that do not bring you joy! I have a few I want to purge myself. I'm glad the plants survived and even thrived! My tradescantia does that too...so annoying lol. Hope you're well and have a good weekend!
Im in the same boat 😅 Apparently they like water but not that much 🙈🙈🙈
Gah!! I got mine to start roots and have it back in soil, but I am still not betting on it surviving for me!
Hey, hope you're doing well! This terrarium looks so cute!! And those jewels are stunning 😍. I like the different levels you've made and those pieces of glass/shiny stones are so cute! Sending good growth vibes! Have a great Sunday 😁.
Aww, thats so cute! I love this idea and I bet your friend will love this! I love moss, I definitely want to make my own moss garden. The syngonium pixies do get bigger, bigger than that bottle will be able to handle lol. Take care and have a great weekend!
Hahah I am going to have the terrarium maintenance learning curve then! Lots of pruning, and if they get too big, maybe I’ll swap them out for something else. Tweezers and forceps at the ready! Thank you for the input! Hope you’ve been having a good week!
Vanilla orchids are cool, it will be fun to see it grow! I like the hoops, the window looks very nice, I defo need to try something like that lol. The macodes is looking amazing!! Aww, I hope the alocasia survives, they like to throw their leaves away all the time so maybe it needs more time to adjust. Jewel orchids are one of my favourite plants, I love them! I'm glad you got some more, look forward to seeing them grow and hopefully you'll plant them up on video? (nudge nudge lol). Have a great week and hope you're doing well :).
Ooh. Yes, I could plant them up on video. I’ve almost collected all the things I need for their cute terrarium life!
Also I needed to go to bed 10 minutes early last night and was working right up to that point so I used this video to switch gears, bliss out, and fall asleep. :)
It means the world to me that these videos put you to sleep :D mission accomplished!
Those sparkly leaves are to die for! Of course it's not just the sparkles. Those stunning bright veins on the deep greens... Just gorgeous. So exciting about the paphiopedilum wardii budding! I'm so looking forward to seeing how that bud and the vanilla aerial roots unfold.
Beautiful plants ! Your micans is lovely. Great video :)
Thank you! I love the velvety leaves of the micans so much!
lovely propagations !
Thank you! I'm impatiently watching them now ;)
Such a cute terrarium, I love the idea of how you planted it with the different levels! 👏 Eeeee I'm so glad you got a macodes petola because they are literally stunning! I hope it grows well!
So stunning! I was on the fence about jewel orchids until I saw yours and then I knew that had to be the star plant.
It's lovely! It turned out so well!
Thank you!! I am honestly charmed by how well it came out.
Blackheart Sassafras is the name of my bluegrass emo fusion band.
Damn straight it is
I am obsessed with the new monstera leaf! And that bright bright new palm growth!
That monstera pedastool is so cute! And wow, that Paph is huuuuuuuuge!!Is Loved seeing your plants, they all look really good and shiny...except the maidenhair lol. Hopefully it will pull through and regrow again. Take care and thanks for sharing!
I made the monstera stands using plywood laser cutouts from etsy! It's so neat what you can get these days.
That fern is gorgeous, I wish I had space for one of those! Ugh, pests are sooooo annoying! Mealies are a nuisance because they seem to treble in numbers so quickly. If you have rubbing alcohol use that. Its going to be a pain in the 🍑 to go over the entire plant and wipe them off with a q tip dipped in alcohol but it should solve the problem. And if you can repot asap that helps too, maybe try and remove the top couple of inches of soil cause thats where they usually live. Wishing health to the plant, you got this💪!
Thank you for the information! I think I'm going to have to order potting soil... we have temperatures coming up high enough to melt the snow cover this week so I can dash out and do some re-potting. She is a big beauty, and I knew she was going to be too big for my space when I bought her, but couldn't resist.
@@velvetvert9431 You're welcome! 😆 It will take a while to get big...you have time lol. I hope that it survives because its definite jungle vibes! Oh wow, you still have snow? I hope that it melts so you can go out and about. Hope you're staying safe and warm!
Hey, its such a gorgeous little flower! That red really pops 👌. I hope that it blooms for you again and this time properly! Thanks for the update, have a great weekend 😃.
How fun to see all that with a macro lens! Mossssss. 💚 I love that the oncidium blooms are just as beautiful and interesting in their incorrectly developed state as they would’ve been otherwise. And the polka dot plant was even more arresting close up. Very much a promising textile pattern.
Hey, how goes it? The terrarium is still so gorgeous! I love when you show it, it has such elegance to it 😁. It looks good, I hope the ferns can spread a little bit more and I can't wait to see the orchid blooms properly! I'm so glad that the alocasia is surviving. I never knew they could grow from cuttings like that but hey, if you never try you'd have lost it so it worked out well 😄. Hope you've had a great weekend, take care 😄.
Hiii! Hope you are well! I'm glad you enjoy the terrarium chat - I'm obsessed with how cute everything looks in it. I have a theory about the alocasia - maybe if it was just a normal cutting it wouldn't root, but since it was basically the entire plant snapped off just above the roots, that's why it's putting out roots? I don't know, but not looking a gift horse in the mouth!
Hi I have the halo fire cracker and it’s not doing too great it’s never bloomed out however I do have a new leaf but I would need to know about the roots on man the roots is like a bunch of hair hanging down from it and I wanted to re-pot it but I’m wondering if I repotted it wrong to begin with how are your re-potted in what kind of medium and how often do you fertilize it and when is the bloom time on it
Hi! I got mine in spike so I haven't managed to rebloom it yet. I hope it will bloom probably late summer. It has lots of new growth, but it will need time outdoors with good partial shade and warmth over summer to get it all the way to blooming, I think. I have it potted in oncidium mix from repotme.com. I only water when the bark is dry at least two inches deep in the pot. It's possible that the roots on yours aren't doing well - when you say they're hanging down like hairs do you mean above the potting mix, or do you mean when it was out of the pot they looked like hair?
I am parted it to look at the roots and that’s what they look like a cut some of them back like I saw done in a video and re-parted it and fertilized it so I’m gonna wait and see what happens but I heard they don’t go outside that you’re supposed to keep them inside are used to bark in the large size and the moss to re-plant
@@elayneplanche4031 No, they can definitely go outside in summer. Mine really benefit from it. Depends on your climate, but mine do not get enough light and warmth to bloom well spending the entire year indoors. Your mileage may vary.
This was the one I fell dead asleep to! Must be just before the Pothos, because I don’t remember seeing its amazing lushness-OR hearing “thanks for all the oxygen.” 😁
Is it ok that I laughed? Because of course this is very sad! But this one-sided interview-cum-dressing down. Was entertaining. 😁 Also I choose to believe that the name is in reference to Aslan, which means this is maybe a Big Dramaculous Sacrifice.
I hope you laughed! I can’t take myself too seriously about this nonsense. Also if it’s Aslan it may come back from the dead!
Hey, how goes it? That sucks so much! Sorry that this happened :(. I feel you with the impulse plant buys...this lockdown is...blah lol. That plant is definitely gorgeous! I'm not too sure about alocasias personally, I hear they are finicky. Definitely keep checking on it, keep it in the bag and cross the fingers when the weather warms up it starts growing again! If the bulb and the roots are healthy it should definitely come back (sending all the plant growth vibes!). I hope you're doing well and having an ok week. All the best to you :).
I'm doing well! The rest of my beautiful green babies are keeping me sane this week. My philodendron micans which I got a couple of months ago looks like it has decided spring is here. I'm going to repot it in actual spring with a nice big trellis. I hope you're having a good week!
Hey, hope you're doing well. The orchids look good, I have the same problem with spag and orchids, it never works out well for me. That fern looks amazing and so lush! The white dots could be mealy bugs, definitely have a look at it closely. Have a great day!
Happy new year! How are you? Gah, spag drives me crazy. I have been fighting a battle against mealy bugs on a couple of my plants - the fern dots don't look quite like that but won't hurt to treat for them anyway. I use a dilution of dishsoap and vodka, but wondering about getting some predatory insects. Chomp chomp!
@@velvetvert9431 Not too bad thanks, how are you? Oh, sorry that you have mealy's, pests are so annoying! Definitely get the predatory insects, they work great. Maybe consider getting rid of the top layer of soil and replacing it. If its not mealies could it be the fern spores?
Hey, hope you're well. Yeah, orchids take forever to rebloom! I have a few that have started to bloom or will bloom soon. The jasmine looks wonderful as does the snow! Take care and thanks for sharing!
Oh that's so exciting that yours are coming into blooming now :) I hope we'll see them on the channel. Thank you for stopping by :)
There are so many things I have to say in response, but the only thing I can articulate is ...SUPER BUM!
I could fall asleep this very minute, all carried off by the soothing. But actually, for real. All that lush green (and so many kinds! Glossy and bright! Velvety suede! Shiny and spotted!) narrated in the most soothing tones accented by the rustle of leaves. I’m excited about the possibility of flowering jasmine buds and about the existing orchid blooms still hanging on but am so relaxed that my excitement looks SUPER spacey,
That's the goal, spaced out dreamy plant excitement.
New growth all over the place!!!
Yes, lots! More that I didn't even point out. Everything in the garden room is very spoiled. (Including me.)
That is a gorgeous terrarium! Loved the story too, don't we all want the Tiffany glasshouse? lol. The plants look so cute, I wish I could keep a maidenhead fern alive! It looks good in there. Ahahahaha thats like me and buying plants 😂, it definitely helps if we can all support local sooo 👏 yay more plants 😁. Have a great rest of the week and stay safe out there 😃
Thanks for stopping by! I am so happy to have the maidenhair tucked in there where it hopefully won't just die on me :D
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Terima kasih!
“If you die on me, I’m going to kill you.” 😂 Crowley trying to tone it back after Aziraphale’s remonstrance. 😈😇 Everyone (else) is looking so well and lush! And that mini Metro is just fabulous....
I’m glad you find these soothing to make! So soothing do I find these videos, in fact, that I went to fetch my phone and watch this latest one after reading a book far too creepy for bedtime. It brought me back into a soft part of the real world, which is just what I needed...,
So many things happening! Love that the paphiopedilum has some new growth even as Audrey's bloom fades. Monstera is ... omg. And that fenestrated leaf is enormous now! Seeing the Bratonia Lavender Kiss blooms in video was even more arresting. The gorgeous disorder! My first time in France the song "déshabille moi" was popular and I imagined that it meant something like, Disorderly Me! And that's the first thing I imagined Ms Bratonia shouting with a toss of blossoms.
What a gorgeous, long, informative look at this stunning bloom! Made the differences in paphiopedilum structure very clear. Next time I see a ladyslipper in the woods I'm going to crouch down and see how it compares.
It should be similar but when you do see one next I’d love to see photos and hear from you about what you make of it. I did even more digging on line today about the reproductive structures of paphs and if she’s in good shape when the bloom eventually falls, we may peer even deeper!
That was very clear and well-presented! Thank you!
I could fall asleep listening but for how much I want to keep watching. The oncostele and oncidium are just ... rioting with bloom! Amazing how long the blooms on the longest spike (of the former) have been looking so spectacular. Also the patio palm looked visibly bigger from last time. So many lovely plants with their many greens and bright spots of new growth... 💚