So many beautiful blooms! Well done with the tolumnia, too. I remember how nervous you were when it arrived, and it looks fantastic! I'll have to go back and rewatch to see your setup, maybe my poor sad tolumnia would like something similar.
Me too! Sometimes if I talk for too long, without pausing, they get themselves super excited and started doing the very loud Quaker chirps. It's cute, but not for audio 😆 but I think the more I'm in there filming the more they will get used to it🙂
What a gorgeous relaxing tour of beauty! Love them! All of them! This was much needed after a very busy day ... thank you so much 🥰🧜♀️🌸 best Spike ever on the tolumnia 👍🏼👍🏼 yes... I really enjoyed this video and I wish I could give 100 likes 👍🏼👍🏼❤️
Hi Vickie! Thanks! It's all trial and error and I totally get that one day I may need to change things up, but that's the fun of orchids, always something to learn 🙂💗 Thanks so much for watching!
I really thought you were calling that orchid “super stupid” for some reason until I realized it was named like that haha.. great video, so relaxing also !
I'm so slow with the name because I have to kinda feed myself each bit before I remember the next part 🤣 Apparently the hybrid has actually been registered as phal sogo spot. So. I could have saved myself some hassle 🤣 Thanks so much for watching 💗👋🙂
The Orchid Room Thank You cause my only noid Vanda is doing great in semi hidro, my Phals are bigger then ever in semi hidro and I’ve just put my maxilaria in semi hidro too cause the bulbs are shrivelled and I hope they will get fat again. All of this thanks to you and your amazing videos. You deserve a million subscribers cause you do work a lot to make them grow amazingly beautiful. Cheers 🥂
You've reminded me I really really need to update on my Vandas after nearly a year. I've learned so much from them, I just keep wanting to make this super comprehensive video, then putting it off. You will be my motivation 🙂💗 I hope your plants carry on doing well, really glad to hear that!
Happy Fan is currently pregnant so I am so excited for the babies! The violacea alba is white and yellow, hopefully we get a yellow colour, pink lip, high flower count from happy fan bringing up the usual 1 or 2 from violacea, and more intense fragrance from the violacea side! I really hope so, going to flask the pod soon, apparently 5- 6 months is normal maturity or 4-5 for green pods, and its been nearly 5 🤞🤞🤞
Love this video. All those spikes and blooms, wow wee!!!!!! I am still on the look for the Maxillaria tenafolia. The way they grow and the blooms are just something I adore. With all the cross pollination you are doing you could start to sell the new orchids that you are creating. Too bad you can't sell some of them to Canada. I for sure would buy some. Looking forward to seeing how their blooms will look like. Have a great day.
Hi Annabel. Thank you for your interesting and educational videos. I think that Noid Odontoglossum might be Irish Mist. Mine is flowering now - in New Zealand. Strange, considering we are on opposite sides of the planet. I’m looking forward to seeing your flasking videos. Keep up the good work, cheers Pip
Interesting that your maxillaria tenuifolia bloomed after a dry period! Going to give that a try, I keep mine moist like manic 😂 no blooms for me so time to try something new with them. You have gorgeous blooms overall, and I'm looking forward to seeing the crosses!
I found it very interesting too! Accidental discovery! I know what you mean though, mine suck up all the moisture they can get, so I give it to them, all year round. And they are plump and shiny and glorious but never bloom well 😅😪 Now I have shrivels which may never plump fully, but beautiful blooms. Such an annoying decision 😅 Thanks so much for watching 🙂💗👋
I've recorded mostly everything I've done! 🙂 ua-cam.com/play/PL76ceLYvhJsvk-rcGMYQf0TzZ0Y1x3mMH.html Flask prep is easy, but when I do the flasking for these pods I will for sure record it now that I have an improved method down. Good luck! 🙂
So in order to see what your new hybrids look like when mature and in bloom, we'll need to stay subscribed for the next 5+ years... This sounds like a very good strategy! ;P Seriously, though, I'm really impressed that you're doing this. I would never have the patience to do something like that! At least with art, I have a vision in my mind and know what things will be like, even if something takes years to complete...but you won't have any idea what the flowers will be like for years and years. That takes some real dedication. Oh wow, your Maxillaria tenuifolias are HUGE. Haha, time to scratch that orchid off my wishlist... But they're beautiful, and congrats on the lovely blooms! The Purple Martin is also beautiful- I love that type of blue-ish lavender on flowers. You have such a lovely and varied collection of orchids.
Mwahahaha you've uncovered my master plan 😈🖤 But no, really, I will probably fail with alot of these before I start succeeding, I'm totally prepared for that. For example, I just discovered P668 is so high in salts it isn't recommended for germination anymore 😆🤦♀️ Go figure, I've salted the vandas. On the plus side, any that survive will have double the nutrients they are meant to! On the minus, I'm pretty sure it'll kill off many seedlings. Natural selection? 😆😅 But I find the trial and error and troubleshooting issues really fun, so that's the journey for me! I enjoy every little stage of growth just as much as flowers too, so seedlings seem super exciting to me because every little milestone happens so fast! Tenuifolia do get big.... on the plus they grow up more than out and end up looking like a Pampas grass 😆 I quite like them! But not for small spaces I think, they need a windowsill more than shelves, or very tall shelves! Thanks so much for watching and commenting 💗🥰🙂
@@TheOrchidRoom That's also really impressive, though! Failing an orchid is so gutting, so being willing to go through with all those risks is very brave. Oh no, I'm sorry about your vanda seedlings! I hope that at least a few make it. Honestly, the troubleshooting just stresses me out! I have two problem orchids still, and I'm so sad and worried for them. They're my newest ones, and it feels like they've decided they hate my apartment and need to jettison all their roots immediately in response. They are very beautiful! Tenuifolias definitely are orchids which look great whether in bloom or not. But the height is a bit of a problem. I grow my orchids on a single coffee table! It has a second layer underneath the glass top, probably for coffee table books, which I could use for smaller orchids which don't need the height...but it's still a relatively limited space. I think the Encyclia cordigera is about my limit when it comes to size. Anything bigger than that is a bit alarming to me xD
Been looking forward to yr bloom vids, that cattleya twinkle is stunning it has been on my wish listcyhe first time I saw it on yr video. Many of yr orchids arw very hard or not easily available here in Australia.
Thankyou 🥰 It's the same in the UK, the orchids that are common in the US are impossible to find here! And Australia has some miltoniopsis hybrids rarely available anywhere else in the world- they must grow them in the colder regions I guess!? The iwanagara appleblossom has been totally unavailable in Europe for a few years now, and tiny divisions can go ridiculously expensive when they come up. In the IS they pick them up in grocery stores! But the chantilly lace, a close relative withthe same grandparent as the iwanagara, has flooded the market in Europe 🤷♀️ Makes you wonder if it isnt planned....Have a great day!
@@TheOrchidRoom lol yes the grass is always greener on the other side I don't have any miltoniopsis yet but will get one to see if it does well in my place. Cat apple blossom is plentiful here, but what I love right now is sarcochilus as they do so well in my environment and semi hydro. They grow like they are in steroids lol and the color variation are just Amazing.
I am rewatching your older videos to help me with my SH on leca transition. I love the repotting process because it is a clean process, the plants get a good cleaning and checked for bugs. I am also scared that I might loose them if the SH does not work, last year I did a pilot with 10 plants and it was a mixed result, I think it has to do with the watering, hopefully I will be able to tweak that. Could you do a video on your watering method? It would help me figuring out my watering routine on my SH growing care. Thank you.
Hi! I've done a few watering day videos, here are the links: Quick Watering Day video- same method, nothing has changed except the Vandas: ua-cam.com/video/tqUb3PQoZBU/v-deo.html (Short) My Watering / Fertilising Routine: ua-cam.com/video/p87-HcOuRTE/v-deo.html (Full, detailed, long) Summer watering day in the new environment: ua-cam.com/video/kod2DB0a2k0/v-deo.html Would you be able to elaborate on how you watered and your environment/ the issues you ran into? I may be able to offer some suggestions? Have a greay day!
With such a collection,you've got a full-time job going there, specially with all the seedlings coming. Love it A good partner for the tetraspis C1 cross could be: Phal. Zheng Min Jacaranda 'Yungho' or Phalaenopsis Mok Choi Yew, with their lovely big flowers Recently there was also a P. tetraspis C2 for sale, with darker purple/red instead of the red of the C1
Hi Marc! Thankyou, they certainly keep me busy 🙂 Great ideas! The tetraspis C2 sounds super interesting, I need to get a few tetraspis. I love the miki purple? The grey purple variety? Maybe next year. Thanks for watching!
Hi Hydi! Pollinating is so addictive isn't it!? Thankyou, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I think I have around 400, but I don't really count. One day I'll do a headcount 🙂🥰
I would try crossing the Vanda mimi palmer x pine river pink with your bellina alba x tetrapsis c1... both fragrant, interesting colours/shape. If I recall vandas and phals will cross... but genetics are a fickle thing.
Hi! That's a great idea! I love phal x vandas! So far I've tried pollinating the mimi x pine river with samera, violacea alba and Neofinetia. All closed then fell, tried the reverse on the samera too! Tried self pollinating it and the flower also fell. I will totally try the bellina x tetraspis with it both ways since the flowers surely can't last much longer, but I wonder if there is something about the hybrid that is making it even more fickle 😥🤔🤷♀️ I would love the hybrid you're suggesting though, how pretty would that be!
@@TheOrchidRoom Well the hybrid might have odd-ploidy or something like that. If it has an odd number of chromosomes it should be infertile... I don't know if there's some table that tracks this info somewhere?
How do you keep the Maxilaria Tenulfolia roots to stay in their sheaths? Mine has roots that are out of the sheaths so I tried to keep the sheaths a bit more moist and I think I may have gone too far. Any tips are appreciated.
Hi Pix! They should be contained by the sheath/bract material and directed down the stem. Just a quick question- Have you ever peeled the bracts back? Not saying you have, but some do without realising they need to stay on, so just have to ask! If they escape they will probably dry but there should still be some contained behind the bracts for them to keep going on with 🙂
No, I was told by the nursery man when I first bought him how he grows and about the sheaths. I never have peeled them. I haven’t figured how to get sheaths off my Dendrobium very well either. I will watch the video. Thanks.
Yes that's correct, you should never ever peel maxi bracts back, it'll kill the root system. That's why I checked 🙂 Probably just a rogue few roots burst from the bract then, wouldn't worry too much. Moistening the bracts will probably make them softer and easier for the roots to pierce which is what you don't want, you want them to be a solid tunnel wall that protects the roots and directs them down into the medium 🙂
👋 Hi! 🙂💗 Thankyou! I will try to do them more, they are easier to make honestly than the longer bloom videos where I carry them all around the house 😁😆 Thanks so much for watching!
You seem to be able to “control” the number of aerial roots on your Phals. I have a few that are just wild with aerials. I could put them in larger pots but not sure if it is wise. I grow in fairly airy organic mix of orchiata, perlite and some sphagnum.
Hi Pix! I don't do anything to control aerial roots. Many have lots but most direct themselves down into the pot. If there are too many and I can, I put them into the pots at the next repots. But if they don't need repots I leave well alone, you can probably see lots of aerials on the phal shelves 🙂
Maxillaria x Lycaste? Hmm, I didn't know they were cross fertile, that should be interesting. Oh, your Super Stupid x gigantea is registered as Sogo Spot (and it was registered a long time ago, 1996, so god knows why they wouldn't sell it as that). I would definitely cross that one to something.
Hi Michael! Thanks for your ideas, as ever, much appreciated! Oh gosh I've been struggling with this long name for ages and didn't even need to 🤦♀️ Yes if the maxi carries and matures the pod it will be super interesting! Its been swelling for about 4 months now, very slowly. So I think potentially viable. Not sure how long they hold pods for, need to do some research, seems small still but they may not produce massive capsules.
Hi! Just the same as any other orchid 🙂 Remive the pollen cap with the pollinia, then remove the pollinia and place them onto the sticky surface just behind the pollinia of another flower 🙂
your conservatory is so cool. I'm planning on releasing some predatory mites this winter since I have a few houseplants that get attacked by spider mites in the dead of winter (just dont tell my wife I'm releasing bugs in the house)... I got rid of my catisetinae a few years ago due to them becoming spider mite magnets. I have heard good things about them- especially in controlled environments.
I really love the idea of predator mites! I tried them before, for thrips, but then got spider mites because I stopped spraying everything so I didn't harm the predators. I haven't had any major thrip issues this year thank goodness, but I think that had to do with some preventative sprays. I would really like to cut spray treatments out though. I'm considering next year really trying a few different predator mite combinations instead. I love the ones that live in my pots, which I think also eat springtails and thrip larvae. They gave me hope that they can work! Don't worry, I won't tell your wife about the bugs 🤣😉
@@TheOrchidRoom hahah!! many of the companies here offer different combinations of predator mites as well as ones that are best at different temperature ranges. I had a serious bout of thrips by bringing a bouquet of dahlias from my outdoor garden. it took me nearly 3/4 of a year to get rid of them. Apparently you can buy predatory nematodes to take care of the thrips larvae but I was eventually able to get rid of them combining azadirachthin and spinosad and treating consistently for a month. i hate thrips.
oh how can you mention the parrots but not show a few second shot of them!! There better be a video on them on your channel or I am going to be miffed.
They were in my move videos a little, not a close up but you could see them for sure 🙂 I'll include a close up for you when I next film in there 😆😉 They hate my phone though which is why I try to stay away from them filming with it, gradual desensitizing rather than causing them anxiety!
Haha no worries, I'll film them for you when I'm next in there doing some filming though 🙂 If I stand by the cage with blueberries for a while, they realise the phone is less scary than the blueberries are yummy 😋
Please come back! Ive watched all of your videos 100's of times! My absolute favorite orchid channel. Thank you for all the amazing content❤😢
So many beautiful blooms! Well done with the tolumnia, too. I remember how nervous you were when it arrived, and it looks fantastic! I'll have to go back and rewatch to see your setup, maybe my poor sad tolumnia would like something similar.
Orchid Blooms Heaven! They are all just lovely! 😍
Thanks Wanda 🙂🥰 My own little slice of the rainforest 🌴🎋🐅
That last one with the blue purple lip was my favorite. Wow stunning.
Thanks Michelle! Just taken a sniff and realised it's lightly fragrant too! Floral and sweet 🙂 Thanks for watching!
Love the sound of the birds.
Beautiful blooms 💜
Thankyou 🙂🥰🦜
Personally, I love the sound of birds! You have some stunning blooms going on there!
Me too! Sometimes if I talk for too long, without pausing, they get themselves super excited and started doing the very loud Quaker chirps. It's cute, but not for audio 😆 but I think the more I'm in there filming the more they will get used to it🙂
What a gorgeous relaxing tour of beauty! Love them! All of them! This was much needed after a very busy day ... thank you so much 🥰🧜♀️🌸 best Spike ever on the tolumnia 👍🏼👍🏼 yes... I really enjoyed this video and I wish I could give 100 likes 👍🏼👍🏼❤️
Hey Nina 👋💗 Thanks so much, that means alot to me, so glad you found it relaxing! So happy your Tolumnia seems happy 🥰🙂
The Orchid Room YOUR tolumnia! 😅🤣
It'll always be Nina's Tolumnia to me 🙂🥰💗
Loving the blooms and cross combinations. 🌸💜🌸
Hi Kelly 👋🙂💗 Thankyou, and thanks for watching!
Spectacular, massive collection.
Absolutely impressive.
Thankyou 🥰
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Beautiful absolutely gorgeous
They are so pretty!😀❤️ specially the pinks😍
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Thank you for the great video amazing blooms!💖🎉🌺
Thanks Sandie! 🙂💗👋
Such beautiful blooms
Beautiful orchids! You really are getting great results from your growing methods.
Hi Vickie! Thanks! It's all trial and error and I totally get that one day I may need to change things up, but that's the fun of orchids, always something to learn 🙂💗 Thanks so much for watching!
I really thought you were calling that orchid “super stupid” for some reason until I realized it was named like that haha.. great video, so relaxing also !
I'm so slow with the name because I have to kinda feed myself each bit before I remember the next part 🤣 Apparently the hybrid has actually been registered as phal sogo spot. So. I could have saved myself some hassle 🤣 Thanks so much for watching 💗👋🙂
Great video, amazing blooms 😍🥂
Thanks Marco! 💗
The Orchid Room Thank You cause my only noid Vanda is doing great in semi hidro, my Phals are bigger then ever in semi hidro and I’ve just put my maxilaria in semi hidro too cause the bulbs are shrivelled and I hope they will get fat again. All of this thanks to you and your amazing videos. You deserve a million subscribers cause you do work a lot to make them grow amazingly beautiful. Cheers 🥂
You've reminded me I really really need to update on my Vandas after nearly a year. I've learned so much from them, I just keep wanting to make this super comprehensive video, then putting it off. You will be my motivation 🙂💗 I hope your plants carry on doing well, really glad to hear that!
Beautiful blooms ♥️
Thankyou 🥰🙂
Great video, thanks for sharing! I love your "new room" 💗
Hi Karin! Thankyou 🥰 I am slowly getting used to it, now winter is hitting and may need to change things up again! Thanks so much for watching!
That Happy Fan Sir is gorgeous!? Some nice phal's you have there!
Happy Fan is currently pregnant so I am so excited for the babies! The violacea alba is white and yellow, hopefully we get a yellow colour, pink lip, high flower count from happy fan bringing up the usual 1 or 2 from violacea, and more intense fragrance from the violacea side! I really hope so, going to flask the pod soon, apparently 5- 6 months is normal maturity or 4-5 for green pods, and its been nearly 5 🤞🤞🤞
Love this video. All those spikes and blooms, wow wee!!!!!! I am still on the look for the Maxillaria tenafolia. The way they grow and the blooms are just something I adore. With all the cross pollination you are doing you could start to sell the new orchids that you are creating. Too bad you can't sell some of them to Canada. I for sure would buy some. Looking forward to seeing how their blooms will look like. Have a great day.
Hope it’s been a good house move for both you & the orchids. Great blooms 🌸🌺
Thanks Jo 🥰💗
Hi Annabel. Thank you for your interesting and educational videos. I think that Noid Odontoglossum might be Irish Mist. Mine is flowering now - in New Zealand. Strange, considering we are on opposite sides of the planet. I’m looking forward to seeing your flasking videos. Keep up the good work, cheers Pip
Interesting that your maxillaria tenuifolia bloomed after a dry period! Going to give that a try, I keep mine moist like manic 😂 no blooms for me so time to try something new with them. You have gorgeous blooms overall, and I'm looking forward to seeing the crosses!
I found it very interesting too! Accidental discovery! I know what you mean though, mine suck up all the moisture they can get, so I give it to them, all year round. And they are plump and shiny and glorious but never bloom well 😅😪 Now I have shrivels which may never plump fully, but beautiful blooms. Such an annoying decision 😅 Thanks so much for watching 🙂💗👋
Do more in depth flasking videos and updates and tricks, i am just getting into flasking, wish me luck
I've recorded mostly everything I've done! 🙂 ua-cam.com/play/PL76ceLYvhJsvk-rcGMYQf0TzZ0Y1x3mMH.html Flask prep is easy, but when I do the flasking for these pods I will for sure record it now that I have an improved method down. Good luck! 🙂
So pretty
Interesting &a informative. 😊
Thanks Helen for your kind comment as usual 🙂💗
Great video 😘 would so love to come and live with you bab with all them beautiful orchids you got loads lol
Hi Steven! Thanks, I'm really living in more of a jungle at this point 🤣💗🎋🌴
@@TheOrchidRoom yep but it's a good jungle tho bab 😂😂
So in order to see what your new hybrids look like when mature and in bloom, we'll need to stay subscribed for the next 5+ years... This sounds like a very good strategy! ;P Seriously, though, I'm really impressed that you're doing this. I would never have the patience to do something like that! At least with art, I have a vision in my mind and know what things will be like, even if something takes years to complete...but you won't have any idea what the flowers will be like for years and years. That takes some real dedication.
Oh wow, your Maxillaria tenuifolias are HUGE. Haha, time to scratch that orchid off my wishlist... But they're beautiful, and congrats on the lovely blooms! The Purple Martin is also beautiful- I love that type of blue-ish lavender on flowers. You have such a lovely and varied collection of orchids.
Mwahahaha you've uncovered my master plan 😈🖤
But no, really, I will probably fail with alot of these before I start succeeding, I'm totally prepared for that. For example, I just discovered P668 is so high in salts it isn't recommended for germination anymore 😆🤦♀️ Go figure, I've salted the vandas. On the plus side, any that survive will have double the nutrients they are meant to! On the minus, I'm pretty sure it'll kill off many seedlings. Natural selection? 😆😅 But I find the trial and error and troubleshooting issues really fun, so that's the journey for me! I enjoy every little stage of growth just as much as flowers too, so seedlings seem super exciting to me because every little milestone happens so fast!
Tenuifolia do get big.... on the plus they grow up more than out and end up looking like a Pampas grass 😆 I quite like them! But not for small spaces I think, they need a windowsill more than shelves, or very tall shelves! Thanks so much for watching and commenting 💗🥰🙂
@@TheOrchidRoom That's also really impressive, though! Failing an orchid is so gutting, so being willing to go through with all those risks is very brave. Oh no, I'm sorry about your vanda seedlings! I hope that at least a few make it.
Honestly, the troubleshooting just stresses me out! I have two problem orchids still, and I'm so sad and worried for them. They're my newest ones, and it feels like they've decided they hate my apartment and need to jettison all their roots immediately in response.
They are very beautiful! Tenuifolias definitely are orchids which look great whether in bloom or not. But the height is a bit of a problem. I grow my orchids on a single coffee table! It has a second layer underneath the glass top, probably for coffee table books, which I could use for smaller orchids which don't need the height...but it's still a relatively limited space. I think the Encyclia cordigera is about my limit when it comes to size. Anything bigger than that is a bit alarming to me xD
Been looking forward to yr bloom vids, that cattleya twinkle is stunning it has been on my wish listcyhe first time I saw it on yr video.
Many of yr orchids arw very hard or not easily available here in Australia.
Thankyou 🥰 It's the same in the UK, the orchids that are common in the US are impossible to find here! And Australia has some miltoniopsis hybrids rarely available anywhere else in the world- they must grow them in the colder regions I guess!? The iwanagara appleblossom has been totally unavailable in Europe for a few years now, and tiny divisions can go ridiculously expensive when they come up. In the IS they pick them up in grocery stores! But the chantilly lace, a close relative withthe same grandparent as the iwanagara, has flooded the market in Europe 🤷♀️ Makes you wonder if it isnt planned....Have a great day!
@@TheOrchidRoom lol yes the grass is always greener on the other side
I don't have any miltoniopsis yet but will get one to see if it does well in my place. Cat apple blossom is plentiful here, but what I love right now is sarcochilus as they do so well in my environment and semi hydro. They grow like they are in steroids lol and the color variation are just Amazing.
so good to see how the collection is coming along. Have you got all the kinks worked out in the sunroom now?
Hi Norman! Mostly, but now the seasons are shifting, so new set of issues!
I aspire to have a thriving collection such as yours
I wonder when my orchids bloom like yours😅, very nice blooms 😍
Soon I am certain! 🙂🥰💗
When you started your orchid journey 😊?
@@vindyasemith 4 years+, not sure exactly!
I am rewatching your older videos to help me with my SH on leca transition. I love the repotting process because it is a clean process, the plants get a good cleaning and checked for bugs. I am also scared that I might loose them if the SH does not work, last year I did a pilot with 10 plants and it was a mixed result, I think it has to do with the watering, hopefully I will be able to tweak that. Could you do a video on your watering method? It would help me figuring out my watering routine on my SH growing care. Thank you.
Hi! I've done a few watering day videos, here are the links:
Quick Watering Day video- same method, nothing has changed except the Vandas: ua-cam.com/video/tqUb3PQoZBU/v-deo.html (Short)
My Watering / Fertilising Routine: ua-cam.com/video/p87-HcOuRTE/v-deo.html (Full, detailed, long)
Summer watering day in the new environment: ua-cam.com/video/kod2DB0a2k0/v-deo.html
Would you be able to elaborate on how you watered and your environment/ the issues you ran into? I may be able to offer some suggestions?
Have a greay day!
The Orchid Room Thank you 🙏🏼. I’m gonna watch the videos first en then get back to you. Thank you again.
With such a collection,you've got a full-time job going there, specially with all the seedlings coming. Love it
A good partner for the tetraspis C1 cross could be: Phal. Zheng Min Jacaranda 'Yungho' or Phalaenopsis Mok Choi Yew, with their lovely big flowers
Recently there was also a P. tetraspis C2 for sale, with darker purple/red instead of the red of the C1
Hi Marc! Thankyou, they certainly keep me busy 🙂 Great ideas! The tetraspis C2 sounds super interesting, I need to get a few tetraspis. I love the miki purple? The grey purple variety? Maybe next year. Thanks for watching!
Very nice video and music is so calming. How many orchids do you have? Also a beginner. Started to pollinate I've got 6seedpots now
Love your videos
Hi Hydi! Pollinating is so addictive isn't it!? Thankyou, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I think I have around 400, but I don't really count. One day I'll do a headcount 🙂🥰
I would try crossing the Vanda mimi palmer x pine river pink with your bellina alba x tetrapsis c1... both fragrant, interesting colours/shape.
If I recall vandas and phals will cross... but genetics are a fickle thing.
Hi! That's a great idea! I love phal x vandas! So far I've tried pollinating the mimi x pine river with samera, violacea alba and Neofinetia. All closed then fell, tried the reverse on the samera too! Tried self pollinating it and the flower also fell. I will totally try the bellina x tetraspis with it both ways since the flowers surely can't last much longer, but I wonder if there is something about the hybrid that is making it even more fickle 😥🤔🤷♀️ I would love the hybrid you're suggesting though, how pretty would that be!
@@TheOrchidRoom Well the hybrid might have odd-ploidy or something like that. If it has an odd number of chromosomes it should be infertile...
I don't know if there's some table that tracks this info somewhere?
I was able to find nillie islers in my local tesco's for £1.75 on clearance three with the orangy dots and one plain red one .
Sounds like a great deal! Just love nellies 🙂💗
Hi. I think the bloom at 5:08 may be Younghome Sunkissed. I have one that’s quite similar.
Thankyou 🙂🥰
At 22:48 that could be a Odontoglosum Holiday yellow King of tigers
🐅 Ooh it does look similar! Thankyou 🙂
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How do you keep the Maxilaria Tenulfolia roots to stay in their sheaths? Mine has roots that are out of the sheaths so I tried to keep the sheaths a bit more moist and I think I may have gone too far. Any tips are appreciated.
Hi Pix! They should be contained by the sheath/bract material and directed down the stem. Just a quick question- Have you ever peeled the bracts back? Not saying you have, but some do without realising they need to stay on, so just have to ask! If they escape they will probably dry but there should still be some contained behind the bracts for them to keep going on with 🙂
If you are interested, here is my maxillaria video with a little more detail 🙂 ua-cam.com/video/Mxfbhg399t8/v-deo.html
No, I was told by the nursery man when I first bought him how he grows and about the sheaths. I never have peeled them. I haven’t figured how to get sheaths off my Dendrobium very well either. I will watch the video.
Thanks.
Yes that's correct, you should never ever peel maxi bracts back, it'll kill the root system. That's why I checked 🙂 Probably just a rogue few roots burst from the bract then, wouldn't worry too much. Moistening the bracts will probably make them softer and easier for the roots to pierce which is what you don't want, you want them to be a solid tunnel wall that protects the roots and directs them down into the medium 🙂
I love when you do these videos!!! I think you should do them daily!!!😉
👋 Hi! 🙂💗 Thankyou! I will try to do them more, they are easier to make honestly than the longer bloom videos where I carry them all around the house 😁😆 Thanks so much for watching!
You seem to be able to “control” the number of aerial roots on your Phals. I have a few that are just wild with aerials. I could put them in larger pots but not sure if it is wise. I grow in fairly airy organic mix of orchiata, perlite and some sphagnum.
Hi Pix! I don't do anything to control aerial roots. Many have lots but most direct themselves down into the pot. If there are too many and I can, I put them into the pots at the next repots. But if they don't need repots I leave well alone, you can probably see lots of aerials on the phal shelves 🙂
Maxillaria x Lycaste? Hmm, I didn't know they were cross fertile, that should be interesting.
Oh, your Super Stupid x gigantea is registered as Sogo Spot (and it was registered a long time ago, 1996, so god knows why they wouldn't sell it as that). I would definitely cross that one to something.
Hi Michael! Thanks for your ideas, as ever, much appreciated! Oh gosh I've been struggling with this long name for ages and didn't even need to 🤦♀️ Yes if the maxi carries and matures the pod it will be super interesting! Its been swelling for about 4 months now, very slowly. So I think potentially viable. Not sure how long they hold pods for, need to do some research, seems small still but they may not produce massive capsules.
How to pollinate cattleya Orchid?
Hi! Just the same as any other orchid 🙂 Remive the pollen cap with the pollinia, then remove the pollinia and place them onto the sticky surface just behind the pollinia of another flower 🙂
your conservatory is so cool. I'm planning on releasing some predatory mites this winter since I have a few houseplants that get attacked by spider mites in the dead of winter (just dont tell my wife I'm releasing bugs in the house)... I got rid of my catisetinae a few years ago due to them becoming spider mite magnets. I have heard good things about them- especially in controlled environments.
I really love the idea of predator mites! I tried them before, for thrips, but then got spider mites because I stopped spraying everything so I didn't harm the predators. I haven't had any major thrip issues this year thank goodness, but I think that had to do with some preventative sprays. I would really like to cut spray treatments out though. I'm considering next year really trying a few different predator mite combinations instead. I love the ones that live in my pots, which I think also eat springtails and thrip larvae. They gave me hope that they can work! Don't worry, I won't tell your wife about the bugs 🤣😉
@@TheOrchidRoom hahah!! many of the companies here offer different combinations of predator mites as well as ones that are best at different temperature ranges. I had a serious bout of thrips by bringing a bouquet of dahlias from my outdoor garden. it took me nearly 3/4 of a year to get rid of them. Apparently you can buy predatory nematodes to take care of the thrips larvae but I was eventually able to get rid of them combining azadirachthin and spinosad and treating consistently for a month. i hate thrips.
oh how can you mention the parrots but not show a few second shot of them!! There better be a video on them on your channel or I am going to be miffed.
They were in my move videos a little, not a close up but you could see them for sure 🙂 I'll include a close up for you when I next film in there 😆😉 They hate my phone though which is why I try to stay away from them filming with it, gradual desensitizing rather than causing them anxiety!
@@TheOrchidRoom Thanks, I will look at you move videos and calm down now.
Haha no worries, I'll film them for you when I'm next in there doing some filming though 🙂 If I stand by the cage with blueberries for a while, they realise the phone is less scary than the blueberries are yummy 😋
Orchid porn 🥰. Makes me wish I had a few more.
I anticipate a few new orchids in your future 😆🥰🥰💗