How to grow Epidendrums - Crucifix Orchids: Basic care
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Well Plant Lovers...the video I NEVER thought I'd make! Largely because I don't LOVE Epidendrums!! I do have two classic orange Epidendrum radicans which happily do their own thing and flower regularly. And then this little beauty whispered to me from sale table at Fitzroy Nursery, a no ID hybrid...and I couldn't resist it's gorgeous mauve flowers! So here we are; Epidendrum 101!
You can find Fitzroy Nursery here: fitzroynursery...
You can find Roraima nursery here: roraimanursery...
Hi Matthew, they are my absolute favorites! Thank you for your expert explanation, unfortunately in cold Belgium I hardly get them to bloom…. By the way, they also grow roots in water …… ❤
Interesting! Thanks for watching!
Omg these are starting to grow on me, I have one in orange and another one in red currently being shipped to me. They're Epidendrum Radicans hybrids, I think. They're quite rare in Romania.
Good luck with them! Thanks for watching!
Going gangbusters on the garage roof all year round in western Sydney .frost and afternoon sun.
Ha! Living the dream!!
Thanks for that great video Matthew. Now I know why my orange Crucifix orchid died because I popped it on a branch that didn't get any direct light.
I'll definitely give them another go.
Go for it! Super easy!
I’m in NE Florida, US and I have a newer Epidendrum Radican-commonly called the Reed orchid over here-that has been struggling for over a year and thanks to your show realize I’ve been giving it the totally wrong conditions! Dah! Ty, love your show!
Thanks for watching and good luck!!
They are really rare in the UK even at an orchid show last week I only saw 1 or 2. I have 1 that I was amazed to find in my local supermarket.
Wow! Lucky find! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Matthew, I am fortunate to have multiple pots of a hybrid out in our garden that has beautiful pink/cream, closely set florets. This orchid loves full sun, even in our very hot summers (Brisbane). Possums are the only predators of the flowers, however we love our wildlife!
[By the way I am thrilled to report that I have multiple flower spikes on a Sarc. Hartmanii from Burrita orchids].
Oh wonderful! Hartmanii never disappoints!
@@helloplantlovers Oops - I meant to type in Barrita! not the name of a tasty Mexican dish
Epidendrums are very adapted to the north of Argentina where I live, and do not need much care. I have a very scented red epidendrum. Produces capsules all the time. It has a nocturnal pollinator that is very efficient, but I have never seen it.
Oh!! Scented! That would be interesting! Thanks for watching!
Love the video. I am the lookout for Epidendrum that will thrive in my warm climate
Well most of them should! Good luck!
Excellent Matthew. Mine just do their thing out in the garden, getting water when it rains. I have some in the ground and a few in pots, all doing very well. Always on the lookout for new colours. BTW, here on the central Coast NSW, they are even growing along the Highway. Love your channel.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips as usual. You make it sound more fun
Thanks for watching!
Epidendrum flowers are nonresupinate (don't go "upside-down"), where as most orchid flowers are resupinate (twist "upside-down"). Always seemed confusing as the odd flowers out are the one thats not "upside-down"
Thank you for all the great content!
Thanks for watching!
I, like you, poo hooed the epidendrums but have ended up with orange, purple & red ones. I shoved them in a pot & have waited 3 years to see them flower! Finally there are 3 spikes developing so I am keen to see what colours they are.
Here’s hoping they’re fabulous!
Hi, loving your videos. Quite often these houseplant epidendrums are hybrids of E. ibaguense, which grows less tall and has fewer roots growing out here and there and everywhere. Otherwise pretty similar to the E. radicans in terms of light and growing conditions. It would be nice to know the parentage of this one, she's a beaut!
Interesting! Thanks for watching!
So named because the lip resembles a crucifix ☺️ if you look closely the lip is 3 pronged at the end and longer at the bottom
I love on the northern tablelands of NSW where it is known for being quite chilly. Mine are spending their first winter on my deck outside where they get afternoon sun- fingers crossed they are ok otherwise I’ll have to move them…
Good luck with the wintering!
Hi Matthew,
Carol from Melbourne. I have the common orange. I accidentally planted it in compost thinking it was orchid mix. It is so proific! Thanks for you information. Love it.
There you are! Impossible to kill!!
Hello, I live in Childers, just near Bundaberg. I'm with you, I have found that they prefer growing in the ground in almost full shade..
Thanks for watching!
I wonder if that would do well in a large bonsai pot. It seems like it would be beautiful in one.
They get quite tall and rangy though...a taller pot balances out their height for me.
Great thx
@@ChristopherInfield-y2w Thanks for watching!
My epidendrum looks very scraggy, however, the little ones look bushy. Thank you for your knowledge. With a bit of imagination the tufts look like legs and.arms, with the white body. I suppose the orchid hunters were very religious. 🤓
Thanks for watching....they must have been!
Fool proof...Huh......mine are laying on white quartz gravel and thriving, no potting required, can't get more foolproof than that.
Totally!! Thanks for watching!
Mine grow in lava rock :)
They are very versatile! Thanks for watching!
ah I dont think Im giving mine enough sun then... Im in S. Africa. I'll try to increase sun. Nice days lately.
@@cherylpenn4509 Yes - it’s a sun lover!!