Fred Clark!!!! From Sunset Valley Orchids I LOVE HIS nursery and lucky to be around 2 hours away from where he's located. Thank you Mathew for all the information!!!!
I grow Catasetums in south Louisiana and use the PET method. We stop watering at thanksgiving and do not resume watering until memorial day. If I see new growth after dormancy will repot only if there won’t be room for the new bulb. We do not water until new growth AND the roots are 3-5 inches long. Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis has a great You-Tube video on repotting in the PET method
The reason why the PET method works well is that the catasetums are kept WET during the growing season. It's essentially a self watering system, and the roots have access to a constant source of water and food. Catesetums love fertilizer throughout the summer growing season, so I wonder if you are using only Osmocote if it's not enough to get them to flower. The other key component is high filtered light, which I think you are giving them, Matthew. Good luck, fingers crossed for blooms soon!
I personally have a dozen Catasetums living with me, and it has always struck me how reliably they bloom and how tolerant they are, so, quite a surprise to hear someone has a hard time with them! About their natural habitat, since I live in it(Brazil, amen), we do often see Catasetums within rotting trees, but I wouldn't say it is their only home; they're sometimes even seen growing in the forest floor, but way more oftenly in perfectly healthy trees! One thing that differs between those growing styles is, as I've noticed, the amount of 'hairs' their roots grow.
Jeepers Matthew! I have never been brave enough here in the Cape but since we have the same climates ……….? We expecting 5C minimums this weekend !! I also grow everything outside so that why you’re always on topic for us here in the cold wet Winelands 🍷
@@philcurtis8420 I’m just outside Stellies; on the Spier Road. Cymbidiums are also fine here ; it’s the catesetum types I have been apprehensive about .
@@barrydeutschmann8068 Thanks Barry. I am also trying evrything outside, but with this latest rain and cooler weather, I decided to put my cattelyas and phalaenopsis into a wendy-house, which at least stays a little warmer than my back yard!
Hi Matthew, love your channel. Glad there is someone else who gets super excited with small successes. Orchid are wonderful & a fun interest. My collection is growing. Cheers Sandra - Sunshine Coast Queensland
To get the best flowering you will need to get the plants much bigger..the bulbs should be at least 300mm tall and 50+ mm thick.. they can get quite large. I had a good grower visit recently and told me mine weren’t near big enough. I am going to add dynamic lifter pellets to the mix this year and also mycorrhizae fungal mix. We are lucky in Central Queensland that our climate is fantastic for Catasetenae, however, some species are still difficult to grow here. Love that you are having a go..well done👍👍👍
@@christianer7802 They are basically composted Chicken manure that is formed in to pellets. I would think any form of organic fertilizer would work. Just don't over do it. To get large flowering plants you need to feed then plenty during the Growing phase. Your growing conditions may well be different to mine.
Mine has flowered the last 2 years in a row. This year it won Grand Champion among 3 other awards at our recent Autumn show. I am in Adelaide. No special treatment except for light levels. When in spike lower levels gave me male flowers (this year) and last year with higher light levels gave me female flowers. Mostly lives in my shadehouse (not fully enclosed) with other plants or under the verandah. Does mover to our small greenhouse when the spike appears simply to protect it from insects. No water May to Sept then lots of water and feed. I was told the leaves would drop - they did not last year and currently not showing doing it yet again.
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 It looks a lot like a flower spike👏👏👏. Matthew, are you a teacher? I always learn so much from your “amateurish” grower’s knowledge and, always, in such a fun and interesting way. Thank you very much😍
I hope it's a flower spike for you. My SVO catasetums tend to produce spikes while losing their leaves or even once all leaves have dropped so still time to get them for you. :)
They can certainly produce new growth without going into dormancy. Mine pushed 2 this year while the newest pseudobulb still had its leaves, took me by surprise, but, apparently, it's not uncommon.
Hi Matthew. I'm glad that you still have some catasetum in your collection. I have been entrusted with my sister-in-law's catasetum and cycnodes that she inherited from her aunt 😂. So..... Im having a hard time trying to figure out how to care for them and she lost the tags so I'm clueless atm. I have been scouring my favourite YT channels but they only have basic care , Winter dormancy and summer blooming. I live in Sydney and they are only starting their flower spikes now😮, i have ID one as a possible Cycnodes wine delight. Will they go into winter dormancy at all???? I will be interested to see if you get a flower spike on your Catasetum midnight lace!!❤ Good luck to us both 🤞🤞
Oh what STRESS! Good luck with them! If they're in spike you're obviously doing all the right things! It does seem in Southern Australia they go into spike in autumn - depending on the hybrid. Withholding watering with the onset of cooler weather should send them into dormancy - but I'm still occasionally lightly watering mine which I think has a spike.
@@helloplantlovers Thank you for the support. I will keep watering them until they finish flowering. I just hope that it doesn't delay the flowering for next year. But as you say, every growing condition makes the plant react differently. I have hot dry conditions most of the time so dormancy may be very short. I love orchids but sometimes they can be too challenging 🤣🤣🤣
I have been checking my two remaining Catasetum for signs of dormancy I thought my skills were enough to get a few of these plants then killed two seedlings and one division please do more updates I live in northern NSW
Hi Matthew I'm in Central Qld and my FDK after dark 'black pearl' is now in flower. Do you have any lycastes, I'd love to try one but they're so hard to buy up here
Hello Matthew. I am visiting Melbourne next week. I will be staying in the CBD area. Could you please recommend any good nursery to visit? Many thanks😅
Well have fun! None close to the city I'm afraid, apart from Fitzroy Nursery on Brunswick St which has a small selection of orchids. The hot houses at the Botanic Garden and Fitzroy Gardens have a few to look at. The best place to buy though is Collectors Corner which is about 40 mins out of the CBD - worth it if you can take any plants back with you. Enjoy Melbourne!
I had a hybrid named after me with my last names and I killed it! It was SVO 8091 Valerio Padilla : SVO 8091 (Ctsm. Melana Davison 'Hoorah' x Ctsm. Isobel's Sunshine 'SVO'). I am hopeful because, last year when I spoke to Fred Clark, he said he may be able to replace it for me this summer. Great information on Catasetum. 👏👏👏🌸🌞🌷
Fred Clark!!!! From Sunset Valley Orchids I LOVE HIS nursery and lucky to be around 2 hours away from where he's located. Thank you Mathew for all the information!!!!
Thanks for watching!
I grow Catasetums in south Louisiana and use the PET method. We stop watering at thanksgiving and do not resume watering until memorial day. If I see new growth after dormancy will repot only if there won’t be room for the new bulb. We do not water until new growth AND the roots are 3-5 inches long. Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis has a great You-Tube video on repotting in the PET method
The reason why the PET method works well is that the catasetums are kept WET during the growing season. It's essentially a self watering system, and the roots have access to a constant source of water and food. Catesetums love fertilizer throughout the summer growing season, so I wonder if you are using only Osmocote if it's not enough to get them to flower. The other key component is high filtered light, which I think you are giving them, Matthew. Good luck, fingers crossed for blooms soon!
Thanks for watching!
Would love a tour of your orchid collection. You have an amazing collection.
Thanks for watching!
I personally have a dozen Catasetums living with me, and it has always struck me how reliably they bloom and how tolerant they are, so, quite a surprise to hear someone has a hard time with them!
About their natural habitat, since I live in it(Brazil, amen), we do often see Catasetums within rotting trees, but I wouldn't say it is their only home; they're sometimes even seen growing in the forest floor, but way more oftenly in perfectly healthy trees! One thing that differs between those growing styles is, as I've noticed, the amount of 'hairs' their roots grow.
Interesting! Thanks for watching!
Jeepers Matthew! I have never been brave enough here in the Cape but since we have the same climates ……….? We expecting 5C minimums this weekend !! I also grow everything outside so that why you’re always on topic for us here in the cold wet Winelands 🍷
Ah! Well these are a definite winter indoors kinda plant in our climate! Thanks for watching!
Where are you Barry -I'm in Robertson - rank beginner, but it seems cymbidiums are easy enough outside here.
@@philcurtis8420 I’m just outside Stellies; on the Spier Road. Cymbidiums are also fine here ; it’s the catesetum types I have been apprehensive about .
@@barrydeutschmann8068 Thanks Barry.
I am also trying evrything outside, but with this latest rain and cooler weather, I decided to put my cattelyas and phalaenopsis into a wendy-house, which at least stays a little warmer than my back yard!
Hi Matthew, love your channel. Glad there is someone else who gets super excited with small successes. Orchid are wonderful & a fun interest. My collection is growing. Cheers Sandra - Sunshine Coast Queensland
Thanks for watching!
they absolutely love blood and bone too
Ah ha! Thank you!
My fave catasetum is called midnight special black pearl.❤
Thanks for watching!
To get the best flowering you will need to get the plants much bigger..the bulbs should be at least 300mm tall and 50+ mm thick.. they can get quite large. I had a good grower visit recently and told me mine weren’t near big enough. I am going to add dynamic lifter pellets to the mix this year and also mycorrhizae fungal mix. We are lucky in Central Queensland that our climate is fantastic for Catasetenae, however, some species are still difficult to grow here. Love that you are having a go..well done👍👍👍
Good tip! Thank you!
What are dynamic lifter pellets?
@@christianer7802 They are basically composted Chicken manure that is formed in to pellets. I would think any form of organic fertilizer would work. Just don't over do it. To get large flowering plants you need to feed then plenty during the Growing phase. Your growing conditions may well be different to mine.
@@garyknight3019 Thank you! I'm in the US, and I grown mostly inside. I think my temps may be on the low side.
Mine has flowered the last 2 years in a row. This year it won Grand Champion among 3 other awards at our recent Autumn show. I am in Adelaide. No special treatment except for light levels. When in spike lower levels gave me male flowers (this year) and last year with higher light levels gave me female flowers. Mostly lives in my shadehouse (not fully enclosed) with other plants or under the verandah. Does mover to our small greenhouse when the spike appears simply to protect it from insects. No water May to Sept then lots of water and feed. I was told the leaves would drop - they did not last year and currently not showing doing it yet again.
Oh great to hear - thank you!!
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 It looks a lot like a flower spike👏👏👏. Matthew, are you a teacher? I always learn so much from your “amateurish” grower’s knowledge and, always, in such a fun and interesting way. Thank you very much😍
Thanks for watching! No - I'm not!
I hope it's a flower spike for you. My SVO catasetums tend to produce spikes while losing their leaves or even once all leaves have dropped so still time to get them for you. :)
Good to know - thank you!
They can certainly produce new growth without going into dormancy. Mine pushed 2 this year while the newest pseudobulb still had its leaves, took me by surprise, but, apparently, it's not uncommon.
Ah...interesting! Thanks for watching!
Hi Matthew. I'm glad that you still have some catasetum in your collection. I have been entrusted with my sister-in-law's catasetum and cycnodes that she inherited from her aunt 😂. So..... Im having a hard time trying to figure out how to care for them and she lost the tags so I'm clueless atm. I have been scouring my favourite YT channels but they only have basic care , Winter dormancy and summer blooming. I live in Sydney and they are only starting their flower spikes now😮, i have ID one as a possible Cycnodes wine delight. Will they go into winter dormancy at all???? I will be interested to see if you get a flower spike on your Catasetum midnight lace!!❤ Good luck to us both 🤞🤞
Oh what STRESS! Good luck with them! If they're in spike you're obviously doing all the right things! It does seem in Southern Australia they go into spike in autumn - depending on the hybrid. Withholding watering with the onset of cooler weather should send them into dormancy - but I'm still occasionally lightly watering mine which I think has a spike.
@@helloplantlovers Thank you for the support. I will keep watering them until they finish flowering. I just hope that it doesn't delay the flowering for next year. But as you say, every growing condition makes the plant react differently. I have hot dry conditions most of the time so dormancy may be very short. I love orchids but sometimes they can be too challenging 🤣🤣🤣
Looks like a flower spike to me... They have a mesmerizing/addictive/indescribable fragrance.
Thanks for watching!
I have been checking my two remaining Catasetum for signs of dormancy I thought my skills were enough to get a few of these plants then killed two seedlings and one division please do more updates I live in northern NSW
I will! Thanks for watching!
Matthew love your videos! You’re inspiring me to document my struggles with these plants haha. Would you mind sharing what mic/camera do you use?
I use my phone and Rhode microphones - good luck!
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Thanks for watching!
Hi Matthew I'm in Central Qld and my FDK after dark 'black pearl' is now in flower. Do you have any lycastes, I'd love to try one but they're so hard to buy up here
Oh interesting! I do - flowered one last year: ua-cam.com/video/CUovC96mv94/v-deo.html
Are you watering it still
The one in spike - a little occasionally.
You need more ferilizer with high N
Interesting! Thanks for watching!
Very bright light, but not direct sun, is that it?
Mine do get direct morning light in summer and then yes, very bright indirect light.
@@helloplantlovers Thank you. I really enjoy your videos, all the way here in Idaho, USA
Hello Matthew. I am visiting Melbourne next week. I will be staying in the CBD area. Could you please recommend any good nursery to visit? Many thanks😅
Well have fun! None close to the city I'm afraid, apart from Fitzroy Nursery on Brunswick St which has a small selection of orchids. The hot houses at the Botanic Garden and Fitzroy Gardens have a few to look at. The best place to buy though is Collectors Corner which is about 40 mins out of the CBD - worth it if you can take any plants back with you. Enjoy Melbourne!
Thank you so much for your suggestions! We visited Fitzroy Nursery today. What a beautiful nursery:)) Thanks😂
They look intense.
They are!
I had a hybrid named after me with my last names and I killed it! It was SVO 8091 Valerio Padilla :
SVO 8091 (Ctsm. Melana Davison 'Hoorah' x Ctsm. Isobel's Sunshine 'SVO'). I am hopeful because, last year when I spoke to Fred Clark, he said he may be able to replace it for me this summer. Great information on Catasetum. 👏👏👏🌸🌞🌷
How wonderful!!! Good luck replacing it!
@@helloplantlovers thanks so much, I hope he can! Be blessed. 🥰