I do love that you are showing us all the grades. I'm a bit surprised at seeing the lower grades having wood chips and shavings in a consistent proportion. I was lucky that my local shop brings Orchiata, and I've been a happy camper with all the grades, it's pure bark chunks, without the superficial outter layer, which gives it more resistance over time. I have used the largest grades of bark with my potted vandas, and it's going well. The small grade, I find, works well with tolumnias and neofinetia. It's really cool to hear about your future projects, I'd love to cross my own plants as well, it would be very exciting.
Thanks a lot! Yes, they have OrchiBark, OrchiBark Plus and OrchiBark Premium with increasing quality. I've never tried Orchiata but I imagine it being very similar to the Premium grade. I really love this bark. It's long lasting and the variety of sizes helps adapting it to different plants. The future project is fully ongoing right now 😉
@@MattbyNature kinky, good luck! Orchiata is, supposedly the best, most long lasting bark from New Zealand. All I know is that it's clean, very sturdy and I have pots with it for the past 3 years and they needn't be repotted yet.
Glad you finally acquired some L. purpurata 'Carnea' although it's gonna be awhile until you see the Beautiful Blooms. Good Luck with the flasking. Matty; as an older Orchid grower we used to use Fir Bark... was expensive. I now use Orchiata.
Haha. Matty forgot to mention that this is pine bark. I’ve never used Orchiata but based on what it looks like online the number 3 or 4 might be very similar. The seedlings… yes, that’s gonna take a while haha. If they make it at all. Let’s see 😉
Wow, that’s a whole lot of media, but cool, didn’t know there is that fine bark on the market. I should try that on my milts, that is if they survive the pest they’re going though. Thanks lots for mentioning me, Matt 😘
But of course - we have a long term project planned haha. Maybe really changing the media will give them air to breathe. I use their grade 1 and 2 bark together with lots of Sphagnum for Miltoniopsis - maybe that would work for you as well!
@@MattbyNature tooo long😆can’t tell how many fake princess Jackie’s I will come across during that time. But if whatever that is that’s I’m the seedpods turns out to be the princess Jacky, we will spread the love 🤣
The Roelke premium bark is really good... Too good! We had our Cattleyas in it for 4 years, and when I repoted it was a pain to remove cause the bark was still really solid! Can't wait to see how it goes with the Paph flask, I love that species.
Nice to know that it’s a good Paphiopedilum. Does the mottling come with age? Four years and still going - now that is what I want. I guess the best way to reduce setback through transplant shock is not to transplant, huh? Haha. Thanks for watching!
Great projects. Matthias!!! Good luck!! Those seedlings in the flasks are already pretty grown up and I like the fact there only a few, not 20 or more. which one will not know what to do with, furhter more where to put them!!! I like the great choices of bark too.
Yes! I love their orchipacks. Always four plants ready to be deflasked. And they have new ones in store all the time! And their bark is definitely my favorite. They’re a good one stop shop for supplies.
Yeah, it gets sold out sometimes but I told them that it’s literally the best so I hope they will always keep it haha. Good to know you use number 4 for those. I guess mine are all a bit young. Do you see yourself using number 5? Did you get yours as a seedling from Röllke as well?
@@MattbyNature I have no 5 with perlite and moss used for my biggest Rynchostylis gigantea. :) I feel it promotes the roots to grow deeper. Too small bark and the big orchids just twirl the roots around the rim of the pot.
Good luck with your new projects. Just be warned, Cattleya violacea is very very very slow when young. Once they mature they are moderate growers, but flasklets really take their time (they also want more water than you would expect considering how damn slow they are to get going).
Thanks a lot for the heads up! Let's see how it goes. Earlier this year I unflasked some luteola and that seemed to be a bit of a finicky one as well. And honestly, slow plants are better because it takes them longer to require a lot of space, right?
@@MattbyNature well, yes, they take more time to take up space, but then they also take longer to bloom. And, really, if we aren't growing them to get blooms we might as well grow ferns or pothos.😅
@@michaelmccarthy4077 I hear you but I really don't expect anything from my plants. I bought most of them thinking they would just die off. Don't get me wrong - I really enjoy the blooms and it's super rewarding but most of the time I'm more interested in the challenge of growing them. Bonus if they bloom. (except for the walkeriana where I am indeed very much after blooms because that fragrance is supposed to be divine).
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I do love that you are showing us all the grades. I'm a bit surprised at seeing the lower grades having wood chips and shavings in a consistent proportion.
I was lucky that my local shop brings Orchiata, and I've been a happy camper with all the grades, it's pure bark chunks, without the superficial outter layer, which gives it more resistance over time.
I have used the largest grades of bark with my potted vandas, and it's going well.
The small grade, I find, works well with tolumnias and neofinetia.
It's really cool to hear about your future projects, I'd love to cross my own plants as well, it would be very exciting.
Thanks a lot! Yes, they have OrchiBark, OrchiBark Plus and OrchiBark Premium with increasing quality. I've never tried Orchiata but I imagine it being very similar to the Premium grade.
I really love this bark. It's long lasting and the variety of sizes helps adapting it to different plants.
The future project is fully ongoing right now 😉
@@MattbyNature kinky, good luck!
Orchiata is, supposedly the best, most long lasting bark from New Zealand.
All I know is that it's clean, very sturdy and I have pots with it for the past 3 years and they needn't be repotted yet.
@@rianmilit That sounds great. I have never seen it for sale here though.
I can’t wait to watch your new projects develop ☺️
Me neither! Thanks for watching!
Wow! Congratulations on the new products! They are probably 5 years old before flowering... I have Paphiopedilum sukhakulii and Cattleya gaskelliana.
Thanks a lot! I really like these little seedlings. So rewarding to watch them grow - and what are five years, right? Haha
@@MattbyNature It seems to me that these seedlings will take 5 years to bloom. 🤔
@@PRObashmachki I’m patient haha. It’s just 5 years.
@@MattbyNature 😁😁😁
Glad you finally acquired some L. purpurata 'Carnea' although it's gonna be awhile until you see the Beautiful Blooms. Good Luck with the flasking. Matty; as an older Orchid grower we used to use Fir Bark... was expensive. I now use Orchiata.
Haha. Matty forgot to mention that this is pine bark. I’ve never used Orchiata but based on what it looks like online the number 3 or 4 might be very similar.
The seedlings… yes, that’s gonna take a while haha. If they make it at all. Let’s see 😉
Wow, that’s a whole lot of media, but cool, didn’t know there is that fine bark on the market. I should try that on my milts, that is if they survive the pest they’re going though. Thanks lots for mentioning me, Matt 😘
But of course - we have a long term project planned haha. Maybe really changing the media will give them air to breathe. I use their grade 1 and 2 bark together with lots of Sphagnum for Miltoniopsis - maybe that would work for you as well!
@@MattbyNature tooo long😆can’t tell how many fake princess Jackie’s I will come across during that time. But if whatever that is that’s I’m the seedpods turns out to be the princess Jacky, we will spread the love 🤣
@@lequach75 hahaha. I guess we’ll see in 6-10 years.
@@MattbyNature well I hope the plant from which the seedpods came from will bloom
Sooner than that
The Roelke premium bark is really good... Too good! We had our Cattleyas in it for 4 years, and when I repoted it was a pain to remove cause the bark was still really solid! Can't wait to see how it goes with the Paph flask, I love that species.
Nice to know that it’s a good Paphiopedilum. Does the mottling come with age?
Four years and still going - now that is what I want. I guess the best way to reduce setback through transplant shock is not to transplant, huh? Haha.
Thanks for watching!
@@MattbyNature I wouldn't know, never had one, I just find it really pretty!
Great projects. Matthias!!! Good luck!! Those seedlings in the flasks are already pretty grown up and I like the fact there only a few, not 20 or more. which one will not know what to do with, furhter more where to put them!!! I like the great choices of bark too.
Yes! I love their orchipacks. Always four plants ready to be deflasked. And they have new ones in store all the time!
And their bark is definitely my favorite. They’re a good one stop shop for supplies.
I just love their premium bark. Need to check have they restock. Last time I checked they hadn't.
I have no 4 for my biggest cattleyas. :) they love it mixed with spaghmoss
I have the violacea var coerulea. Welcome to the club!
Yeah, it gets sold out sometimes but I told them that it’s literally the best so I hope they will always keep it haha.
Good to know you use number 4 for those. I guess mine are all a bit young. Do you see yourself using number 5?
Did you get yours as a seedling from Röllke as well?
@@MattbyNature I have no 5 with perlite and moss used for my biggest Rynchostylis gigantea. :) I feel it promotes the roots to grow deeper. Too small bark and the big orchids just twirl the roots around the rim of the pot.
@@tropicalplantsfinland OH! Good to know! I have that twirling problem a lot with mine haha
Good luck with your new projects. Just be warned, Cattleya violacea is very very very slow when young. Once they mature they are moderate growers, but flasklets really take their time (they also want more water than you would expect considering how damn slow they are to get going).
Thanks a lot for the heads up! Let's see how it goes. Earlier this year I unflasked some luteola and that seemed to be a bit of a finicky one as well. And honestly, slow plants are better because it takes them longer to require a lot of space, right?
@@MattbyNature well, yes, they take more time to take up space, but then they also take longer to bloom. And, really, if we aren't growing them to get blooms we might as well grow ferns or pothos.😅
@@michaelmccarthy4077 I hear you but I really don't expect anything from my plants. I bought most of them thinking they would just die off. Don't get me wrong - I really enjoy the blooms and it's super rewarding but most of the time I'm more interested in the challenge of growing them. Bonus if they bloom. (except for the walkeriana where I am indeed very much after blooms because that fragrance is supposed to be divine).