Repotting my Largest Vanda Orchid | Growing Vandas Indoors in Dry Conditions
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Hi all, In today’s video I’ll be repotting my largest Vanda Orchid - I’ll also discuss growing them indoors in a dry environment. Thanks for watching!
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Growing Conditions & Climate:
Almost all orchids grown indoors
Eastern Exposures (4-5 hours direct early morning sun) & LED Grow Lights
Most orchids grow under the lights
Only cool growers & orchids in bloom grow under my Eastern facing windows
Grow space doesn’t get any additional sunlight other than the LED’s
Zone 7a - Humid Subtropical
All of the products I use are linked below. Disclaimer I may earn a small commission on any of the Amazon Links that you use. Thanks for your support!
~Pots I use~
Self Watering / Leca:
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Cheap Swap: 16oz Deli container is the same size as 5” Repotme pot, just shorter
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~Materials I use for Repotting~
Self Watering / Leca:
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Organic:
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Horticultural Charcoal: amzn.to/3riqXRE
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Levoit Humidifier: amzn.to/3eMcBn1
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Orchid Hobbyist Lights: botanicalleds....
Hi Nicole, I have several vandas that I have grown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 6+ years [the first and oldest] with varying degrees of success. During the summer they are outside and get eased into full sunlight. But during our long winters they're grown in my basement. I have several banks of LEDs so they're getting plenty of light. I run a humidifier when the lights are on, I don't want to get mold or fungus problems keeping them on at night. I have 4 that are grown bareroot, 1with some Spanish moss the rest in baskets without any root coverings. I have had some root issues, but nothing major. I do mist the roots daily, and I soak them for 20+ minutes when I water the rest of the orchids. They all have bloomed, except for 1, they however do not bloom regularly. Overall I am happy with them. I know that they could do better with more perfect conditions but I have done as well as I could. I might try to pot 1 to see how they do.
Thanks for your videos, I really appreciate them.
That's very inspiring! It sounds like you found a set up that works well in conditions that are not ideal. So nice to hear that you've bloomed many of them. Thanks for sharing the way you care for them! I'm going to pin this comment as I think it can be helpful for other indoor vanda growers.
Being a new grower of vanda archid plant your video is very much useful to me.
@@RamKumar-xg1wi I'm so glad! Happy growing ❤️
I live in Southwest Pennsylvania and grow Neofinetias and an Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom. I originally had them in traditional Japanese style but last summer was a headache with half of the mound drying and the top center inside too wet. Now they are in plastic neo pots with 5A Sphagnum Moss and tiny bark chips. The axis is getting more air. The newest neo even bloomed 2 weeks after purchase. Enjoyed watching this video on the larger vanda repot.
I'm glad you found a set up that works well in your environment! It always takes some experimentation. What works well in one environment, may not translate as well in another. Always nice to see them bloom shortly after as well 💘
"where there's a will..." is my motto too for my vandas here in NYC. I dove off the deep-end and started collecting vandas early on in my orchid collecting, many moons ago, and have gone through all kinds of grow set-ups for vandas. So far, the set up you showed here is the one very similar to my own right now and its proven to be the least stressful and most productive for both plant and me. I was delighted to see those beautiful roots so youre definitely doing right by that vanda (sorry, pot).
Totally! I think the vandas really enjoy our humid summers, but getting them in a set up that they can thrive through winter is challenging. Thank you for watching!
wow ..you weild those pruners like a ninja
Haha! This was something like repot #75, I've gotten better with them 😂
Nice repot Nicole defo looks happy 😘👍
I am in NYC, too, and I came here to see if you COULD grow vandas here haha I'm glad to see you're making progress!
Thank you ❤️ It can be done!
Hi Nicole, I live in Maryland and have two vandas growing in my grow room in LECA self-watering and they are doing well. I've had them for about 18 months and they did loose most of their old roots but the new ones came in and went directly into the LECA!! Yippee!!
That's awesome!! Vandas are temperamental, but I have a few that also did well in leca, usually the Neofinetia cross ones! Keep up the good growing!
Looks great!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this video. I have a Vanda that I would like to pot,but I’ve been dragging my feet to get it done. I have lots of clay pots, but no mix like you used. I did pot up my Lou Sneary and it’s doing well. Thanks again Nicole.🤗👏🌺
Thanks for watching Shirley! I think bark can work well too as long as it's really chunky ☺️
haha my mouth dropped when you started cutting that pot! I had to cut the biggest of the bangkok sunsets out of a basket and that was a pain! I am thinking about putting my vandas in those wire hanging baskets with coco fiber and bark (and maybe some moss but thats tbd) so I can hang them outside for summer once the temps are above 60 at night and make a wire stand thing like a tomato cage for winter so I can put them in my grow tent for winter.
I've had to cut so many 😭 I'm so sick of those slotted pots, they usually turn out to be a headache for me to deal with, so I've slowly transitioned to other set ups. The wire hanging baskets will probably work well with medium if you can't water as much or have dryer conditions. Thanks for watching!
@@NicoleDeanna I was going to line the basket with a very thin layer of fiber and use a chunky bark for the medium.
Here in Southeast KY I Had a large Vanda purchased about 18 months ago. Didn't do well, tried several different growing media. I think it was doomed when I purchased it. The roots were not in good shape and never recovered. After seeing your video I may try again. Thank you
I have about 10 Vanda. Large and small . I am also in KY. Please see my channel about Vanda videos. Sorry you may not understand the language.😂
If you didn't get it in good shape, it certainly wasn't set up for success and I'd try again. It's frustrating when you spend so long on an orchid and it just slowly declines. If you start again, I think all will work out ❤️
Gusto ko rin ang mga vanda orchids Meron ako nrya dito
I'm in Ohio 6a/b and I even though I have a whole house humidifier set to about 50% but I grow my vandas in a grow tent with a grow light, heater, fan and a humidifier for winter. I don't a lot of window space or just space so that's the best solution I could get. In the tent I have my humidifier set to 85% but my thermometer says anywhere from high 50%-70%. Also in my care I have new roots and active root tip growth, I potted them in bark in plastic pots.
Sounds like an excellent set up! They love very high humidity. Glad they are doing well for you potted up. Hope you get some blooms this summer 🌸
@@NicoleDeanna thank you! I hope they like me!Two are small and the other one is probably 1-2yrs from blooming but I have no idea :D
Great job Nicole, I grow my orchids here in the Bronx, I saved and then killed my Vanda a few years ago and never got to see its flowers!!!! Soooo tragic. But, I am trying again. Two deaths so far lol. 🥺🥰🌸👌
I'm so sorry to hear that Ileana! I know the feeling 😭 You'll get to see the next one bloom. Try some of the Neofinetia Falcata types next. Those are usually easier indoors. ❤️
@@NicoleDeanna thanks for giving me hope, I do have a small Vanda and I just order two neos with white flowers. Can’t wait to open the box! 🌸❤️🌸🥺🎁
I'm trying my hand in growing mini Vandas here in Indiana. On my first purchase one came with a problem with the crown. It was just replaced when I ordered another mini vanda which is blooming now.
Congrats on the blooms! Mini vandas, especially those with Neofinetia Falcata in them are usually easier to grow indoors.
My Wildcat/bobcat is doing great in Spagnum moss. With bark chips on top...
Nice!
Hmmm wonder is I can make space for one like yours… DC here! But only growing smaller vandacostylis - not sure if that’s still the name.
I live in Toronto, same weather in NYC, I bought 2 vandas last summer, tried to put it in glass bottle bare rooted, tried potting loosely with leca & corks. Roots died slowly, 1 died rootless but the other one still alive fighting its life with 3 small roots. Where do you place them to get the heat & light it requires?
@@elizabethpelayo8897 I have grow shelves and LED lights. I also grow intermediate to warm, rarely have temps below 70… They are in a mix of bark and moss - prob 90% bark. Watered as it approaches dryness
OMG are you able to get your indoor vandas to bloom! I have been struggling to get any of them to bloom indoors. And the one time two of them actually started growing a flower spike a thrip got REAL nasty. It was the saddest thing ever.
Im in Atlanta, GA so our humidity levels are much higher than NY. I typically will soak them in my bathtub with fertilizer and then do another soak a couple days later with regular water. I noticed after a while the roots will start to turn black (not rot or mushy) Does this happen to you too? Any help is appreciated!
p.s. a third of my Vandas crownrotted/grew keikis from this past spring weather. My neighbor watered the outdoor flower pots after work so they got wet at night. SO SAD! BUT, the beautiful thing is that they all put out 3/4 keikis on each vanda.
Not all of them! I actually killed a few this summer! The Neofinetia Vandas and the hybrids crossed with neo are the ones that do best for me. I agree that they need a ton of humidity. I fell behind on watering this summer and a few kicked the bucket :(( I'm going to keep trying but I need to be diligent with the humidity and making sure the roots don't stay wet. Thank you for watching ❤️
Ps. My roots don't turn black on the Vandas, I'm not sure what's going on with yours, I hope it resolves itself!
@@NicoleDeanna Yeah its so weird! The roots are not rotting...I did some more research and I think it has to do with the fact that I was using a fertilizer that is not the best and is probably too high TDS with using non RO water. I switched over to an MSU formulation so things should get better. And started fertilizing with water fromm the fridge! xD
I really wanted inorganic media so I don't have to buy bark and spagmoss (spag is expensive!) but with leca you need to keep it wet or it will dry out roots, lava rock is really porus and it would be hard to get roots off, but I really wanted seramis and I can't find it anywhere in the US. I mean I like the bark setup I just didn't want to keep buying it
Understandable. You could try husk as well, although it's organic it lasts a bit longer than the other materials.
@@NicoleDeanna I have been looking into that too! I only have 5 at the moment but one of my phals is really vigorous she is growing a ton of new roots and is in a 6in terra cotta pot I might re pot her in the summer so it's not that (hopefully) difficult. I can barely water with out getting in the leaf joint and I just put her in there in August! But, I did just get some slow release for Christmas and I just got MSU a few weeks ago but holey cow!
One other Question can I use straight coconut pieces and spagnum moss and no bark just charcoal bits??
I think you can try whatever materials you have and see how it works out. That sounds like a decent mix to me!
Have a question for you dear..Is a Vanda simular to phals,or Oncidium??
They are different. They require much more light than phals and oncidiums, even more light than cattelays. Also their roots require tons of moisture but air. They are more difficult for me to grow in NYC, and I've killed a few trying to grow them. They do well in humid conditions bare root, but indoors, it's tough but doable if you can keep up with watering them!
What's your potting mixture please reply 🙏
Lately spagnum moss and bark
Hmmm wonder is I can make space for one like yours… DC here! But only growing smaller vandacostylis - not sure if that’s still the name.
There's always room for one more ❤️