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Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis
United States
Приєднався 23 чер 2009
This channel is created to discuss orchid growing techniques, mostly related to Cattleya and Catasetum types. I’ve been growing orchid since the early 1990s and am still passionate about this hobby! Check out my Instagram account @isurus79
Fall Catasetum Blooms
I have some male and female Catasetum blooms. Two Catasetum dentulatum are blooming for the first and I compare them to eachother.
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Catasetums - Fertilizing & Watering In Fall
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I show my techniques for fertilizing and watering the Catasetums in fall and discuss how I back off in winter.
Fall Catasetum Tips & Update
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Today I talk about some of the identifying features of a Catasetum that is or is not going dormant. I also show a bunch of spikes that should bloom soon and one blooming Galeandra.
Brazil Trip - Adventures
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This video shows some of the other cool things we did that were not orchid related. We visited a massive cave, had encounters with giant hummingbirds, stayed in a 400 year old town built by the Portuguese, and visited with dogs.
Rupiculous Cattleyas In-Situ
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This video is the second video about my trip to SE Brazil in August / September 2024. We see 6 species of rupiculous Cattleyas (syn. Laelia) at three different locations, two species of Constantia, Bulbophyllums, Prosthecea, Encyclias, and others.
Cattleya nobilior var. amaliae - In-Situ
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This is the first video showcasing my trip to central Brazil. We explore Cattleya nobilior variety amaliae habitat, which is as dry and harsh as it gets!
Catasetum Flowers Being...Odd!
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I show a Catasetum Desmond Dreisewerd that has several types of flowers on a single spike
Cattleya Blossfeldiana & Brazil Update
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I show a blooming Cattleya Blossfeldiana (rex x luteola) and give a quick update about this month's trip to Brazil to look for Cattleya nobilior and rupiculous Laelias.
Mid Season Catasetum Check-in
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Hopefully your Catasetums are growing new roots, growths, and spikes right now! I check out some normal things that happen this time of year and some weird things that happen too!
Phal - Reviving Roots and Repotting
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Quick video showing how I revived the roots on a Phalaenopsis and then repotted it with sphagnum into a clay pot
Brassavola nodosa and other fun things
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Blooming Brassavola nodosa and some other spikes (Cattleya Snowblind, Catasetums) around the shadehouse. I also talk about the attempted Cattleya Hardyana x warscewiczii cross I made.
Orchid Shade House Construction - Part III - Final
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I added a cattle panel to the top of the shade house to hang my Catasetums
Blooms - Cattleyas & Phal
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Quick video showing a new Phal hybrid, first bloom on Cattleya granulosa, and a nice bloom on Cattleya Hardyana (dowiana x warscewiczii)
How to Buy a Cattleya
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My friend Dimitri wants to buy a Cattleya and wants some advice. We go through the steps of buying a Cattleya from a few websites together.
Orchid Shade House Construction - Part II
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Orchid Shade House Construction - Part II
When to Water Catasetums? - Orchid Chit Chat with William Green
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When to Water Catasetums? - Orchid Chit Chat with William Green
Orchid Shade House Construction - Part I
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Orchid Shade House Construction - Part I
AOS Members Show/Meeting - Apopka - April 2024
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AOS Members Show/Meeting - Apopka - April 2024
Show & Tell - Bulbo romyii & Catt lueddemanniana
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Show & Tell - Bulbo romyii & Catt lueddemanniana
Fun look at your Catasetum blooms.Those are some happy plants!
@@MrKylesorchids Thank you! 😃
Thank you, Stephen! Your videos help me to understand what I should expect from my few catasetums. My catasetum cirrhaeoides is blooming now. I am very excited because It is the first time a catasetum is blooming in my collection. However, it is not because of my care. I got it from SVO in the middle of August. I suppose the real test is whether catasetums will bloom next year.
@@annatydniouk5739 ohhhh, that’s such a great one! I’m jealous because I haven’t grown it or even seen one in real life myself.
@@SVKLOrchidsI love it! I hope I will be able to grow it well!
@@annatydniouk5739 let me know if you ever have questions!
@@SVKLOrchids Thank you so much!
Hi Stephen😌🙌Your catasetum denticulatums are such beautiful orchids💞The labiata has intense pink color🥰I just did a short video of my friend's labiata rubra on my channel. It's amazing. She will often leave cattleyas in sight so on my break at work I can film and take photos☺️👍
@@newmanmansell760 oh that’s cool, I’ll have to check it out!
❤ Happy for you but I am sad as I never get female flowers.
@@danieljheelan5256 yours will throw girls when they are big enough!
the weather here has been so goofy, mine don't know what is going on. I have a couple plants that just started putting up new growths with the late season warmth and rain. I noticed a single spike starting on FDK After Dark, which is about a month later than normal. I have some Clowesia hybrids that have never bloomed and I don't know that they plan on blooming this year either.
@@michaelmccarthy4077 I think we’re all a bit confused by the weather these days 😢
My labiata 'Classico' is blooming. It looks like my labiata alba should be blooming in a few weeks.
@@BakedandCooked it’s definitely that time of year! 😃
@@SVKLOrchids my Dinard 'Blue Heaven's continues to mock me. It may bloom , but I doubt it.
@@BakedandCooked Bummer! That Dinard is a stunner
@@SVKLOrchids I agree there are tiny buds that are still green, but in discovering then I may have done to much we'll see. The plant gets a reprieve for another year.
@@BakedandCooked you’ll be super stoked when it finally blooms!
Very nice can’t wait to see my first Blooms 🌸👍
@@channeliman521 Do you think you’ll get some blooms this year?
Beautiful bloom colors for fall Stephen.🎉
@@kathleenhoughton6129 thank you! Definitely a good time of year for Catasetum growers!
Most of mine are slowing down. About half are spiking for the fall show. The may imports are 12" tall. No female flowers yet.
@@richardlawton1023 Will you have some in bloom for the show?
@@SVKLOrchids I'm not sure. Is that the Seattle show. I've got one on its 3 rd bloom that should open mid week. A couple of others that have some time left. A month or so
@@richardlawton1023 It’s always a game of luck to get them open for the shows!
What’s your favorite simple or complex hybrid that has mostly Walkeriana in it?
Have you grown the Intermedia X Anythystglossa X Guttatta X Loddigessi hybrid “Monte Elegenate” before?
I have not! Those complex hybrids are usually pretty easy to grow though!
Another informative video Stephen, thanks! I wanted to ask if you could make a video about blooming Cattleya warscewiczii? I’ve read that they require a very particular watering regime to bloom and I’m curious about your experience with this species. Cheers!
@@luisortiz-catedral586 Yes, I could do a video about that!
Beautiful Cattleya
@@wwcnobiliorchids obrigado!
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@@wwcnobiliorchids obrigado!
Very important Information Thank y 🌸🙏👍
@@channeliman521 I’m glad it’s helpful!
I bought a walkeriana thinking it would be just like the other cattleyas I can grow as houseplants but then I heard abt the darkness thing the day after I got it. It was my wishlist species cus I only heard good things abt it for a while and when I finally saw it I got it but I just had to hear abt the requirements the day after I got it. I grow my orchids in a bedroom window and I am up till 12 typically with some amount of light on in my room. Best I can do is go to bed a little earlier (which is probably good for me as well lol) but even then it would still only be 11pm-8am of complete darkness. In household conditions I might be able to get away with coarse bark+charcoal in a slotted pot tho. Best case scenario is it happened to have Loddigesii in it which changes the care requirement do not as much darkness is needed would be good in my scenario but I don’t think my division has any loddigessi in it based on what I know about it unfortunately. Otherwise should I just give up and get a hybrid/something else instead?
I would give it a couple of years to acclimate and either give you blooms or not. If nothing happens, then I'd trade it or sell it. Most of the "walkeriana" sold today have loddigesii in the background, so you're most likely good to go.
Great to see you back on videos Stephen 🤗🇧🇫😃
I will have tô check that calcimum refuctor as well 😅. Same problem in Algarve.
@@anamourao2983 Yes, that extra calcium can be overwhelming!
Great stuff Stephen
@@anamourao2983 thank you! 😊
Just perfect....what I needed.
@@richardlawton1023 Nice! 🙌
my problem with k-lite is that it is based on a really poor "experiment", where there was no control group, no control for confounding factors and no null hypothesis. Basically, it was no better than "this happened so this must be why". They also based it on in situ water collection, which fails to account for nutrient sharing with symbiotic fungi. More recent experiments with epiphytic and haemiepiphytic rainforest plants (including orchids) has shown that a 3-1-2 ratio is more appropriate. If the K-lite is working for you, no reason to change, just putting it out there.
@@michaelmccarthy4077 Sure, but k lite is much closer to 3-1-2 than MSU! It’s a good in between step until we get to the best ratios. Has anyone made a 3-1-2 yet? Seems like that would be a good one for an enterprising orchid chemist to get out on the market.
@@SVKLOrchids there are a number of companies that produce 3-1-2 feed. Dynagro foliage pro is 9-3-6, TPS makes an indoor plant food that is 3-1-2. Both of those are liquids I have used, they are complete (meaning include Ca, Mg and micronutrients), main difference is the Dynagro metals are chelated while TPS are not. I have not found one yet that is that formulation in a dry form, which is more cost effective. The original MSU is actually closer to the 3-1-2 ratio (3-0.7-3.5) than k-lite (3-0.23-0.23) but whatever works is whatever works. I know growers that only use a "bloom" formula (e.g. 10-30-15) and have great success, I've always felt growers try to overthink feeding orchids, most of what we give runs through the pot anyway, they are grabbing what they need. Now if we are talking Anthurium, too much K has very noticeable effects on many of them (deformed leaves, yellow blotches on new leaves, blackened root tips). I'm not sure I've had an orchid display signs of k toxicity.
Thanks,...a couple of mine are starting second round of blooms....that's not 550 ppm of nitrogen but total dissolved fertilizer amount ...all nutrients combined. Seems like mine under lights are still growing...a couple are done out of 10.
@@richardlawton1023 I was thinking that 500 ppm of just nitrogen was pretty strong! lol
hey svkl, thanks for the deep dive into ferts! im thinking fertilisers are part of the reason we don't get catasetum flowers. we haven't really cared too much about ferts, but given the growth rate and characteristics of catasetums, i think we need to be a bit more diligent with the nutrients for catasetums....so thanks again!
@@elpilarorchids Oh, ya they are crazy hungry for fertilizer!
@@SVKLOrchids yep, and I think this is our missing ingredient. gonna try the osmocote next summer like many others use....
@@elpilarorchids that should work well!
I am going totally nuts just like my orchids due to the extreme hot weather we are still having mid 90F with humidity sometimes at 89%. My orchids are outside on a terrace no direct sun after 10am and some filter after 4pm. I just started using MSU😫😫thanks for the info.
@@rutherosado8718 Where are you growing? Also, MSU isn’t bad! Your plants will do well with it and maybe you can get something else when it runs out.
I am in the Caribbean and yes I will finish the MSU before I give a try to the product you showed. ♥️♥️♥️
Here in my area it is the C. cernuum that are in bloom! I have a few that I grew from seed on a Phoenix palm tree, and they are almost all blooming! Most of them with female flowers. They are fertilized by the native doves that nest above them almost all year round!
@@Naturamorpho oooh, that’s a cool species! I haven’t grown that one before. Where are you that they are growing on trees?
@@Naturamorpho I just remembered that you posted about the cernuum this time last year! Is it raining yet?
It would be interesting to just put water through one of your baskets into a cup and see what you PPM is. I’ve been following your recommendations this year and have big bulbs and a large flower spike! 🎉
@@beckyschlegel6777 That’s a really good idea!!
Thank you for the video to wrap up catasetum season. I think I’m on the right course but even though I live in sw Michigan, my catasetums are not dropping leaves yet but I have cut back on water. Next year I will go back to Ray’s fertilizer when it’s time. (Thank you for not being scientific!). Most are young plants from SVO earlier this year, and I hope to see good growth next year.
@@judycook4314 No problem! Ray really does have a great product!
Those female flowers are so cool looking! Thats awesome! I never had luck with k-lite. It caused massive nutrition deficiencies in my phals and my cattleya! I had huge yellow spots in leaves and leaves fall off phals. I dumped it quickly and went back to Jacks 😂 then my spots went away. Yea better squish that caterpillar if its eating on your blooms! Nasty little fella! 😂 I get asked all the time for a teaspoon measurements for Jacks 2 part system. Im like I cant give it! Has to be figured out with a TDS meter. No way around it. 😊thanks for the update.
@@hillbillyorchids Ya, that caterpillar is no longer in this world 😯😁
Thank you.
@@sschul5886 😃😃🙌
Can a Catasetum denticulatum spend the winter in an Orchidarium? It just arrived from SVO and is bone dry. It’s a seedling.Orchidarium . It is usually 70 percent humidity, and 18-20 Celcius in the Orchidarium. Southern Ontario, Strathroy, Canada
those catesedums are cool, would love to have one someday
@@FreedomRider1982 you should definitely get some!
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Stephen, i texted with you last spring from southwestern Ontario. Outside temps here are getting too cold to leave them out any longer...lately getting down to mid 40s overnight, but tonight is 39°. Based on your video, my leaves are still light green to white in colour, with only 1 small leaf that went yellow. Should i keep them under grow lights until they all go yellow. My Ctsm Louise Clarke has a couple of new growths coming from the base...hoping they are flower spikes. Cl Rebecca Northern 'Mikkabi developed 3 pseudo bulbs, although one is very small...so far no flower spikes noticeable.
@@AilsaCraig0152 I would keep them under grow lights all winter long!
Thank you for the quick response, Stephen. Will they eventually go dormant if they are under grow lights all winter?
Do you have update for how your deflasking went? I'm learning about basic tissue culture just for suck an emergency.
@@BrandonMeeker-qw2of i ended up losing them, though I can’t remember why. It was something dumb 🤦♂️. Check out the channel for The Plant Propagator. His advice will get you what you need!
@@SVKLOrchids been there, lol. I will do, I'm thinking about importing a few flasks and raising them for the orchid show here in Hawaii.
Stephen, thanks again for catasetum video. Hey I have a few Catasetinae that never sprouted this year. Bulbs are still firm - no rot. Is there a chance they’ll sprout next season?
@@AdamPadua-i3c They better sprout otherwise they’ll probably die! Are they getting seasonal changes in daylength?
I’m in California and it’s still hot. Where does the spike come from? The bottom?
For Catasetums, the spike will come from the base of the plant
I love Cattleya lueddemanniana. A friend of mine has had one in her collection for over 50 years. The flowers on that one are HUGE and intensely coloured. Love the fragrance. She got it in the early 70s from Venezuela. I agree that the color on yours is INSANE!!! The contrast of the striation is very nice.
This is one species that comes right out of the jungle and is ready to be judged without any line breeding! Its such a cool species. And you're right, the color on this one is stupid! I really got lucky!
Hello! It's been rather chilly here lately and my two Catasetum hybrids show no signs yet. Let's see when they feel like getting ready for dormancy
The chill should help them make a decision about sleep, probably fairly quickly!
Hi Stephen😌🙌I enjoyed watching! The Catasetums are looking great🥰I have a new video of an orchid Collection here in Japan all grown outdoors.
@@newmanmansell760 That’s cool! Do yours stay outside all year?
Ohhh waooo absolutely beautiful 🌸👍👀
@@channeliman521 thank you! 🙏 😃
man, your catasetums look great as always, and tons of blooms! we are still slogging away as another growth season ends and no flowers :( but alas, we shall keep trying! hope you have a great week...
@@elpilarorchids Thank you! Do you have lights for them yet when you bring them inside? If I recall correctly, yours get tons of sun when outside, right?
@@SVKLOrchids hey SVKL, yes, the get "lots" of sun, but here its never that sunny! and we do have small led strips they live under inside. its not a ton of light but its a full 12 hours now and they are in a tent with "slightly" higher humidity. hopefully we can get something to flower....keep up the great updates!
@@elpilarorchids oh, I wonder if they get confused with the 12 hours lights after having natural sunlight all summer.
William. It looks like your paphs pot has cyanobacteria. It doesn't look like algae, and of course I can't truly tell but I will say based on whatitlooks like and based on what you said about it declining... I am proned to that here in my environment and it is not just like unharmful algae, because algae I don't mind and kind of like. But cyano has caused a couple of my plants to die very slow simply cause I didn't know I needed to do something about it until the last one to die, and I was able to make it stop declining, with flushes and treatments and covering the light from reaching the inside of the clear pot. Replaced the media on top and I think it's something to consider at least. Stephen. Your walkeriana is absolutely jaw dropping gorgeous. Mann so beautiful -L
@@LauraStansfield-tw7xb thank you!!!🙏
damn, good thing you didn't show your kids or talk about a lemonade stand in this video, we wouldn't want to make anyone mad.🤣🤣 Mine are all in weird mode this year because it is still hot, humid and raining. I know they are thinking about trying to go dormant but the weather just isn't cooperating. (I've lived in Florida 20 years and I have never seen this much rain in October. Ooh, and maybe a cat 4 hurricane to boot.)
Ya, seems like next week's storm coming your way won't help dry things off either!! Send some of that water over here!! 😂
Uk growing and mine one does show dormancy signs too . But they are really tiny in comparison with yours, bit bigger than a finger . Hopefully they will make it through the winter . Just my Monnierara had a decent size but got what seems to be symphylas in the pot and dropped all her leaves while ago . I just repotted in fresh media with no water and she’s gone to sleep maybe one month ago 😂
Sleeping Catasetums really are easy to care for! lol
My catasetum has one yellow leaf left, so I assume I should stop watering? Also, do you leave it in the medium with the old roots or do you remove it and cut off the roots and just lay it on a shelf or put in a new mix?
Yes, it sounds like you can let that one go dry. I only repot if the media has soured or if the plant has outgrown the pot. If I do repot, I'll cut off 60% of the roots and get it in a new pot when it wakes up in spring.
@@SVKLOrchids do you leave the roots on the plant in the spring? Thanks for these care instructions. This is my first one, Fredclarkera After Dark. I didn’t achieve a bloom spike this year. Maybe next year.
@@LizE2654 I cut about 60% of the roots off in spring if I’m repotting.
@@SVKLOrchids thank you
you're welcome!
한국어 자막도 되는군요! 감사합니다. 번역이 될지 모르겠지만 저도 Catasetum SVO after dark을 키우고 있습니다. 잎사귀 1개 떨어졌어요. 다음주에 Catasetum Hybrid를 한 개 더 구매할 예정입니다. Catasetum은 매력적인 품종이에요.😊
I started to add Korean subtitles recently. I'm glad the subtitles are helpful! Ask me any questions you have about Catasetum as they arise.
Can you let me know or do a post about feeding Catasetum types during the fall? Especially the ppm . I'm using 550+ a bit. About every 4-5 days...with pouring the feed through at 3 days.
You could probably cut that back by 3/4 at this point and then zero it out at the end of October. I can try to make a video about it, but I kind of eyeball my fertilizer since the Catasetums all have baskets with slowly dissolving fertilizer. I'll have to think about it....but I think I can do it.
Can we repot it in Fall
No, better to wait until the plant wakes up in spring
My two Catasetums have bloomed and are done. The leaves are still green. The third one ( seedling) hasn’t bloomed, but already lost 2 leaves and the other leaves have all turned yellow. Should I stop watering that one or wait until all the leaves have fallen ? 🤗👏
You can start letting the young one dry fully between watering instead of keeping it wet all the time, which is typical for the growing season.
Was that a Brassavola you have in bloom, at the end of the shelf? Also looked like you had an orange and purple orchid in bloom?
Good eye! That's a nodosa and a faded Cattleya bicolor