Hi Wane😌🙌Yeah, it's hard to repot orchids in plastic pots. I have most of mine in teracotta and plastic, and once they grow outside the pot, i'll take a cutting and mount that piece👍It seems an easier method, and the remaining plant I can trade or give away. I enjoyed watching Wane😌🙏
I agree. This one was left too long due to a series of medical/physical setbacks. I'm trying to get back on top of my orchids. There are many Dendrobium speciosums and kingianums that need attention, but they're starting to put out flower spikes, so all the ones in the shadehouse will have to wait until after flowering. (at least their root systems aren't like this octopus 🐙) Cheers
Hi Wayne, thank you for making videos where you show the whole process of taking an Orchid out of the old pot. People like myself definitely benefit from the tutorial. I don’t have the experience that you have, and seeing the process gives me more confidence to tackle repotting and mounting jobs that I encounter. I have one question ~ towards the beginning of the video you were clipping off roots that grew out of the bottom of the pot ~that I get. You mentioned at one point, the roots that where growing over the rim of the pot and out that they would be dead~ then some you said where still alive~ just curious, why would they be dead and if not would you ever leave them? Anyway, I hope that makes sense and again~ thanks for the full tutorial, it really is appreciated. Kevin
@@theweirdplantguy4873... hiyah Kevin. You're most welcome. The roots in question were ones that interfered with removing the outer pot and would be damaged anyway and older roots are easy to determine. If they are soft when squeezed, and the velum slides off, they're dead. Leaving the inner fibre can help anchor the orchid when repotting or mounting. Some just have to go. No rules for that. Older brownish roots will often put out a new growing root.(white n velvety with a green tip) ... a very good sign. Cheers. (did you notice in the background that I'm running out of space for more mounted orchids... and then there's the weight = 🤔)
@@waynesweirdworld5788 okay, that’s what I thought about the roots~ I just wanted to clarify. I purchased a few off eBay and most were not mounted, so I am trying my hand at mounting this spring. Speaking of which, are you trying to get things mounted before moving into winter, or can you do that year round because of the greenhouse? Yes, I like all of the mounts~you need to do a tour soon, please! Thanks again, Kevin
I gauge my timing on what the orchid is doing. If it's growing new roots(green tips) or a new growth,(not a flower spike) then I consider them fair game. Winter in my greenhouse is still cold 2° --> 3°C with warmroom temps 7° --> 10°C on cold nights with a light frost in the paddock behind the house/greenhouse/shadehouse which is furthest from the ocean.(Bass Strait) Many of my orchids and all my Schlumbergia truncata are developing flower spikes and buds. In a couple weeks it'll be a riot of colour. Long dark nights and colder temps bring on the flower response. Cheers Yes, a tour is a good idea. 😎👍
Hi Wane😌🙌Yeah, it's hard to repot orchids in plastic pots. I have most of mine in teracotta and plastic, and once they grow outside the pot, i'll take a cutting and mount that piece👍It seems an easier method, and the remaining plant I can trade or give away. I enjoyed watching Wane😌🙏
I agree. This one was left too long due to a series of medical/physical setbacks. I'm trying to get back on top of my orchids. There are many Dendrobium speciosums and kingianums that need attention, but they're starting to put out flower spikes, so all the ones in the shadehouse will have to wait until after flowering. (at least their root systems aren't like this octopus 🐙)
Cheers
Hi Wayne, thank you for making videos where you show the whole process of taking an Orchid out of the old pot. People like myself definitely benefit from the tutorial. I don’t have the experience that you have, and seeing the process gives me more confidence to tackle repotting and mounting jobs that I encounter. I have one question ~ towards the beginning of the video you were clipping off roots that grew out of the bottom of the pot ~that I get. You mentioned at one point, the roots that where growing over the rim of the pot and out that they would be dead~ then some you said where still alive~ just curious, why would they be dead and if not would you ever leave them? Anyway, I hope that makes sense and again~ thanks for the full tutorial, it really is appreciated. Kevin
@@theweirdplantguy4873... hiyah Kevin. You're most welcome.
The roots in question were ones that interfered with removing the outer pot and would be damaged anyway and older roots are easy to determine. If they are soft when squeezed, and the velum slides off, they're dead. Leaving the inner fibre can help anchor the orchid when repotting or mounting. Some just have to go. No rules for that.
Older brownish roots will often put out a new growing root.(white n velvety with a green tip) ... a very good sign.
Cheers.
(did you notice in the background that I'm running out of space for more mounted orchids... and then there's the weight = 🤔)
@@waynesweirdworld5788 okay, that’s what I thought about the roots~ I just wanted to clarify. I purchased a few off eBay and most were not mounted, so I am trying my hand at mounting this spring. Speaking of which, are you trying to get things mounted before moving into winter, or can you do that year round because of the greenhouse?
Yes, I like all of the mounts~you need to do a tour soon, please!
Thanks again, Kevin
I gauge my timing on what the orchid is doing. If it's growing new roots(green tips) or a new growth,(not a flower spike) then I consider them fair game. Winter in my greenhouse is still cold 2° --> 3°C with warmroom temps 7° --> 10°C on cold nights with a light frost in the paddock behind the house/greenhouse/shadehouse which is furthest from the ocean.(Bass Strait)
Many of my orchids and all my Schlumbergia truncata are developing flower spikes and buds. In a couple weeks it'll be a riot of colour. Long dark nights and colder temps bring on the flower response.
Cheers
Yes, a tour is a good idea. 😎👍