as an addition to this video: Here is some info on their natural habitat www.orchidboard.com/community/orchids-in-the-wild/81595-tolumnia-compressicaulis-hispaniola.html It's not always enough to say that they grow in full sun on branches, one must also specify the temperature and humidity conditions.
Just love the background noises and adorable pop up comments on the screen ! Love the white angels 🕊You've managed to replenish your tolumnia collection 🍷🍷😐🤗
Great video! So glad that you have success with Tolumnias. It has taken me 2 years, but I finally have the knack for growing Tolumnias. (I, too, have some flowering for the first time.) I grow mine completely differently from your method, but it works in my climate for my growing methods. (They are in small net pots with clear plastic outer pots to help maintain the humidity. I use no medium and water them once daily. They are grown outdoors hanging in a south facing small tree in our lanai.) Looking forward to your next video.
I would love to see more videos about your tolumnias! I have three right now, two recovering from total root loss and one doing well with a flower spike developing
So many beautiful Tolumnias- I remember the fateful day two years ago :( So happy to see your collection grow again! Tolumnia genting volcano has been on my wish list for AGES- I wish I could find this one in the USA *sigh*
I love Tolumnias. I have a bunch of them now (all purchased this year) and one of them has been working on a flower spike for two months and has now started to produce another one! So happy! In my hands they seem to really require regular fertilizer - my tap water is very hard so I only use reverse osmosis water... Let's see how they're going to develop
Hi Dani, I have the tolumia jairak firm bloody bird.(crazy name) it is very dark red with white and has a lovely fragrance when you about an inch or so from the flowers. When I bought it, it was in a tiny clay pot with rocks. I have repotted it in a glazed clay pot with large bark chips in the bottom and I sprayed the rocks and roots with hydrogen peroxide. I will say this thing has TINY roots! I hope to have good luck with this one, especially since I have two more coming. The magic and the flyer. Have a great day and thanks for all the vids, my orchids are thriving because of them!
I would love a tolumnia update 🥰 I just bought a few more and they really are my favourite! I am still trying to figure out my setup since my 1st purchase of a tolumnia 6 months ago. 1 of those is doing amazingly well, and 1 is struggling to grow roots. I am hoping it is just the winter and once summer comes around it picks up a bit more. I have tried a slightly different setup with the new ones. Added more moss to the media... let's see.
Oh these are gorgeous! First time hearing about them, thank you so much for the video! Would love an update on your Vanilla Orchids❤ Thanks to your videos on yours I successfully repotted mine when I bought them and they are doing super well! Thank you!
It's great that you have a black background. It's much better display. My first batch of 20 tulomnia could not make it. My ignorance is partly responsible for it. :( But I could not resist going for a new batch. They are in DIY semi hydro. So far so good. One of them did flowered. :)
Ooh, I recently got the Jairak Flyer "Magic" as my first tolumnia. Not doing much, yet (I thought it might be starting a new fan, as there is some tiny nubbin on the base, however it's not moving), but I can't wait to see it bloom. With the same bunch, I also got a blue vanda, which decided to grow 7 keikis, a macodes petola that has grown two leaves, and maxillaria shunkeana, which is growing a new pseudobulb and what might be its first flower (or else it is making two pseudobulbs, but one of them went a bit wrong ... certainly looks like it might be a small bud, though).
I received one of the equitant type Tolumnias as a freebie from Andy's Orchids some years ago, and I absolutely murdered it. The roots dried out so fast! It was mounted and I live in a very dry, hot environment. So sad.
I love Tolumnias. I have a Genting Volcano, it was in bloom when I purchased it and I don't remember a fragrance. I do have one that is fragrant - Tolumnia Genting Pink Lady. You have to stick your nose in the blooms to smell them usually, but if there's a lot of flowers I can smell it at a short distance.
I bought a Tolumnia hawkseana just this week and it is nothing at all like any of yours. It is tiny and was provided bare root with the idea of the buyer mounting it. It is basically a cutting from a much larger plant and consists of several very small plants connected by a runner with 3" roots hanging off the whole thing. Rather than mounting it, as I didn't want to deal with the maintenance, I instead mounted it on a moss hill as you would a Neofinetia. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing and I hope he does well. Do you think this is a viable way of growing this orchid? Thanks much! I love your videos and I've bought a few orchids directly inspired by you -- Especially mini orchids.
Hi Dani, I noticed your pots have no ventilation holes, is this because they don't have well established roots yet? They are compact and adorable. Think I will have to give them a try. ☺
My only tolumnia is a Flyer Corona that i got after seeing on your channel. It was like a trial for tolumnias, so far so good...i might get more if i can make this bloom.
I just bought a flask of Tolumnia bahamensis and deflasked them. There was a ton of babies in the flask. Lol now I have 111 Tolumnia babies fingers cross most of them make it!
I just ordered a few tolumnias and I was going to try your kokedama method that I watched in another video, but is this the most current set up? I love how you are willing to experiment and try different methods but I'm starting to get confused as to which ones work and which ones don't :) I remember you liked baskets with the nesting material for a while but now you're potting them exactly the same way as all your other orchids with layers of moss and bark. I live in a hot but humid environment (Hawaii) so I was just trying to figure out which method to try first since this is my first time having tolumnias and I didn't want to kill them all as soon as I got them.
I have an orchid that was gifted to me and its been constantly blooming (average of 9 blooms) for three years straight as in for every day of the year its been blooming and growing like crazy. So I'm wondering if that's normal for orchids and if that's the case I want to keep buying more to fill up the window seal I have this one in.
This is so confusing! Everything I’ve read/heard says to really let them dry out. I was thinking of adding moss to mine but I got scared about them stay wet too long 😒
Hi, it's trial and error. No problems here with them being moist for a few days and my back is much happier with less work. But you just have to find the balance in your environment by trying out things. It's also ok if they dry, but when they are dry they need water, not a good idea to wait around for days.
Tolumnias generally like to dry out quickly. In their natural habitat they get lots of air movement and dew every day. The air dries out the roots and fans which are prone to rot if left wet too long. It far simpler to mount your tolumnias which they adore.
I rescued this orchids from my father in law place. He left it in the sun. As the photo show all the leaves fell off. Will it have leave again or can it survive? Can u please help me. Thank you, I cannot add photos on my commend. Anyone know how? Thanks
OMG yes! I just bought two tolumnias last weekend at a flower show. I was hoping for more info from you for the care!!! I re watched your older vids on them just yesterday! I got mine in little baskets, I've just put them down in a cup with clay at the bottom and sphagnum moss around the basket so they don't dry out. What do you think of this set up? I'm in the Caribbean so a similar climate to yours, but a bit hotter and we don't really have a winter. The lowest temp here get to about 22 deg C
Can anyone tell me if Tolumnias remain small or are they also masive root producers? I like small orchids that do not take up a lot of space, and I see miniphals(my fave) will eventually need big pots. Thanks
Hi. I just got a orchid as a present, it has stem growing out of the middle where new leaves grow, but it is cut off. Is the new leaves will be growing? I am supposed to do something with this stem?
as an addition to this video: Here is some info on their natural habitat www.orchidboard.com/community/orchids-in-the-wild/81595-tolumnia-compressicaulis-hispaniola.html
It's not always enough to say that they grow in full sun on branches, one must also specify the temperature and humidity conditions.
Love listening to your doves, they are so beautiful.
Thanks for showing your Tolumnias
Dani, I would love to see a recent video about taking care of Tolumnias
Just love the background noises and adorable pop up comments on the screen ! Love the white angels 🕊You've managed to replenish your tolumnia collection 🍷🍷😐🤗
Great video! So glad that you have success with Tolumnias. It has taken me 2 years, but I finally have the knack for growing Tolumnias. (I, too, have some flowering for the first time.) I grow mine completely differently from your method, but it works in my climate for my growing methods. (They are in small net pots with clear plastic outer pots to help maintain the humidity. I use no medium and water them once daily. They are grown outdoors hanging in a south facing small tree in our lanai.) Looking forward to your next video.
I’m hoping I have got to almost your first video after your move. Thank you, Carol
I would love to see more videos about your tolumnias! I have three right now, two recovering from total root loss and one doing well with a flower spike developing
I am so glad you highlighted your new shelf additions. I have found them online at the IKEA store and am awaiting their delivery this coming week.
So many beautiful Tolumnias- I remember the fateful day two years ago :( So happy to see your collection grow again! Tolumnia genting volcano has been on my wish list for AGES- I wish I could find this one in the USA *sigh*
I love Tolumnias. I have a bunch of them now (all purchased this year) and one of them has been working on a flower spike for two months and has now started to produce another one! So happy! In my hands they seem to really require regular fertilizer - my tap water is very hard so I only use reverse osmosis water... Let's see how they're going to develop
Hello Danny, I have some tolumnias so I really appreciate this video, thanks for sharing this with us.
Hi Dani, I have the tolumia jairak firm bloody bird.(crazy name) it is very dark red with white and has a lovely fragrance when you about an inch or so from the flowers. When I bought it, it was in a tiny clay pot with rocks. I have repotted it in a glazed clay pot with large bark chips in the bottom and I sprayed the rocks and roots with hydrogen peroxide. I will say this thing has TINY roots! I hope to have good luck with this one, especially since I have two more coming. The magic and the flyer. Have a great day and thanks for all the vids, my orchids are thriving because of them!
I would love a tolumnia update 🥰 I just bought a few more and they really are my favourite! I am still trying to figure out my setup since my 1st purchase of a tolumnia 6 months ago. 1 of those is doing amazingly well, and 1 is struggling to grow roots. I am hoping it is just the winter and once summer comes around it picks up a bit more. I have tried a slightly different setup with the new ones. Added more moss to the media... let's see.
Thanks for sharing, am so inlove with those Tolumnias.
Nice collection. Cannot wait to aeee the chocolate one.
So glad this is out, I’ve been struggling with my tolumnias since I got them, hopefully this should help :)
Oh these are gorgeous! First time hearing about them, thank you so much for the video! Would love an update on your Vanilla Orchids❤ Thanks to your videos on yours I successfully repotted mine when I bought them and they are doing super well! Thank you!
It's great that you have a black background. It's much better display.
My first batch of 20 tulomnia could not make it. My ignorance is partly responsible for it. :(
But I could not resist going for a new batch. They are in DIY semi hydro. So far so good.
One of them did flowered. :)
Ooh, I recently got the Jairak Flyer "Magic" as my first tolumnia. Not doing much, yet (I thought it might be starting a new fan, as there is some tiny nubbin on the base, however it's not moving), but I can't wait to see it bloom.
With the same bunch, I also got a blue vanda, which decided to grow 7 keikis, a macodes petola that has grown two leaves, and maxillaria shunkeana, which is growing a new pseudobulb and what might be its first flower (or else it is making two pseudobulbs, but one of them went a bit wrong ... certainly looks like it might be a small bud, though).
I received one of the equitant type Tolumnias as a freebie from Andy's Orchids some years ago, and I absolutely murdered it. The roots dried out so fast! It was mounted and I live in a very dry, hot environment. So sad.
I love Tolumnias. I have a Genting Volcano, it was in bloom when I purchased it and I don't remember a fragrance. I do have one that is fragrant - Tolumnia Genting Pink Lady. You have to stick your nose in the blooms to smell them usually, but if there's a lot of flowers I can smell it at a short distance.
I bought a Tolumnia hawkseana just this week and it is nothing at all like any of yours. It is tiny and was provided bare root with the idea of the buyer mounting it. It is basically a cutting from a much larger plant and consists of several very small plants connected by a runner with 3" roots hanging off the whole thing. Rather than mounting it, as I didn't want to deal with the maintenance, I instead mounted it on a moss hill as you would a Neofinetia. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing and I hope he does well.
Do you think this is a viable way of growing this orchid?
Thanks much! I love your videos and I've bought a few orchids directly inspired by you -- Especially mini orchids.
Hi Dani, I noticed your pots have no ventilation holes, is this because they don't have well established roots yet? They are compact and adorable. Think I will have to give them a try. ☺
My only tolumnia is a Flyer Corona that i got after seeing on your channel. It was like a trial for tolumnias, so far so good...i might get more if i can make this bloom.
I just bought a flask of Tolumnia bahamensis and deflasked them. There was a ton of babies in the flask. Lol now I have 111 Tolumnia babies fingers cross most of them make it!
Hello, I love Tolumnia. I have 6 now. 2 are blooming. I think your noid might be called Pink Crystal. It looks a lot like mine. Enjoy!
I just ordered a few tolumnias and I was going to try your kokedama method that I watched in another video, but is this the most current set up? I love how you are willing to experiment and try different methods but I'm starting to get confused as to which ones work and which ones don't :) I remember you liked baskets with the nesting material for a while but now you're potting them exactly the same way as all your other orchids with layers of moss and bark. I live in a hot but humid environment (Hawaii) so I was just trying to figure out which method to try first since this is my first time having tolumnias and I didn't want to kill them all as soon as I got them.
Hi Dani! What's that orchid with giant avocado shaped pseudobulbs at 20 minutes? Its super cute!
My tolumnia is doing fantastic in pure sphagnum moss ✌️...
How do you keep noter or track your collection? Teach us!
Very helpful, thanks.
I have an orchid that was gifted to me and its been constantly blooming (average of 9 blooms) for three years straight as in for every day of the year its been blooming and growing like crazy. So I'm wondering if that's normal for orchids and if that's the case I want to keep buying more to fill up the window seal I have this one in.
Love the advice!
This is so confusing! Everything I’ve read/heard says to really let them dry out. I was thinking of adding moss to mine but I got scared about them stay wet too long 😒
Hi, it's trial and error. No problems here with them being moist for a few days and my back is much happier with less work. But you just have to find the balance in your environment by trying out things. It's also ok if they dry, but when they are dry they need water, not a good idea to wait around for days.
Tolumnias generally like to dry out quickly. In their natural habitat they get lots of air movement and dew every day. The air dries out the roots and fans which are prone to rot if left wet too long. It far simpler to mount your tolumnias which they adore.
Sorry about your orchids :( Hopefully these ones will catch up quickly for you :)
Just curious why you don’t ever mount anything. Something to do with your environment? Enjoyed the video.
Hi, yes that is one reason and also my availability to water as often as to keep them healthy and hydrated, without sharing water ☺️
HiHi, I love the pots, is it from RepotMe? The deco ones..😊
You could try the keike paste on the nodes and see if you get keike’s
I might try it, thanks for the idea! 😉
MissOrchidGirl your welcome. I have had great success with the paste on phals.
I rescued this orchids from my father in law place. He left it in the sun. As the photo show all the leaves fell off. Will it have leave again or can it survive? Can u please help me. Thank you,
I cannot add photos on my commend. Anyone know how? Thanks
OMG yes! I just bought two tolumnias last weekend at a flower show. I was hoping for more info from you for the care!!! I re watched your older vids on them just yesterday! I got mine in little baskets, I've just put them down in a cup with clay at the bottom and sphagnum moss around the basket so they don't dry out. What do you think of this set up? I'm in the Caribbean so a similar climate to yours, but a bit hotter and we don't really have a winter. The lowest temp here get to about 22 deg C
Hi, if it hold on to water for a few days I think it should be just fine ☺️
Hi Danny can you do a phalanops orchid haul you haven't done that in a long time love your channel
Hi, I bought a lot of Phals last month, here you go! ☺️ ua-cam.com/video/BpirJqGYVEM/v-deo.html more novelties soon 😉
Can anyone tell me if Tolumnias remain small or are they also masive root producers? I like small orchids that do not take up a lot of space, and I see miniphals(my fave) will eventually need big pots. Thanks
Mine have always stayed small but when blooming they've gotten to about 18 to 20 inches.
Hi. I just got a orchid as a present, it has stem growing out of the middle where new leaves grow, but it is cut off. Is the new leaves will be growing? I am supposed to do something with this stem?
What type of orchid is it, phalenopsis, dendrobium or something else? Flower spikes are in different places and leaves grow in different places
Violeta Gherman it is phanelopsis, but thank you for your answer.
Enjoyed your toluna update. How is your potted vandas doing?
Hi, they are doing great, much easier to keep them hydrated now ☺️ but I need to be careful how frequent I water them.
Can you make a Video of Cambia orichde
Hi, I have a video on them, here you go! ☺️ ua-cam.com/video/T4KxMb857Ko/v-deo.html