How to grow Coelogyne cristata: this cool grower is a VERY easy to flower once you get you basics!
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2022
- This week Plant Lovers, my Coelogyne cristata is FINALLY in bloom after a bit of a false start last year! It's into the third year of my owning this plant and it took a while; a bit of a sulk year one, then a care 'wardrobe malfunction' last year but now....I think I've got it sorted! In this video I talk all things basic care and show you where I grow mine - which is outside, under cover, all year.
I mention a few other of my videos in this Coelogyne cristata care video:
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I got my first Coelogyne Cristata today. I will be keeping it indoors all year. Usually I have 23*C but in summer it gets to a maximum of 38-39*C. That was my main worry about it, cause it's supposed to be a cool grower. I have around 60-70% humidity all the time. The only cool grower orchids I have grown so far are Burragearas.
I had a C. cristata, that bloomed prolifically around January. Smelled mildly of cat pee. I finally lost it to the summer heat (South Carolina). The distantly related Bletilla striata (especially the white form) looks very similar to coelogynes. It can grow in the ground all year. I get my coelygne fix (for now) from it.
Recently purchased a denphal from ebay us and the health of it was incredible, gorgeous but ...she told me she used "worm juice" . The proof seems to be in the pudding so i purchased worm casting, an aquarium pump and have used the juice once and could tell within a day that some orchids were greener. Wondering if you had ever heard of this type fertilizer.
Why does my Coelogyne cristata get unsightly large brown leaf tips? It flowers well but looks awful.
I live in chilly San Francisco and your wonderful video inspired me to try growing one of these and it’s working out fabulously!
wonderful episode😌🙏💖I got 3 coelogynes as a gift and have them outdoors, but winter might be too cold here -8℃, but we get a warm Summer, and monsoon June. and July and a super hot August. The owner I got them from keeps them indoors over winter and quite dry, we have a dry winter here. I'm looking forward to growing them immensely💞I use ammonium sulphate to make my tap water ph5. I will keep my eyes peeled on the root growth and growth of the leaves. I know that alkaline water kills moss and soil microbes and we need those, even better is rainwater. Oh, you use mycorrhizal fungi. That's a great idea☝️I enjoyed watching🙏😌
Thankyou ,thankyou I live in Tasmania, where I live I'm on the wrong side of the hill so to speak,Cristina Tha i have had for years and has not done a thing ,I've tried all sorts,but having listened to your post,I am I spired to try again,you have given me lots of information to try out,keep your fingers crossed,ciao.
Very good information. It's quite stunning how quickly you were able to nail down what type of environmental factors Cristata likes and then transcribing similar conditions to a very different part of the world. Proof is in the pudding!. I don't know much about orchids but I have been growing Cristatas for a very long time. Learned a few things from your video! I live near San Francisco in the US and leave them out all year long, mostly in hanging baskets. Reliable blooms and some plants a very large, too large to carry. Record setting wet winter and there was still a great bloom. Use to try to keep dry in winter but doesn't seem to matter. These plants always live outside, hanging under a medium size deciduous tree, which will provide protection from the dreaded but infrequent 90+ degree, hot, dry days, where they get more shade and watered daily. Inland, a grower would need more care, but near the Bay, they grow just fine. My pseudo bulbs are generally more shriveled (especially the large specimen plants that are beginning to lose a lot of bark media and aren't retaining enough moisture for the roots.). Probably due to inconsistent humidity and lower moisture than optimum, they look leggy. In a bright, high humidity environment they grew fast and plump. But that's just too much commitment and work. The best time for detecting the fragrance was a very warm day, the flowers were in a mass. They were getting a bit more sun too, IIRC, afternoon. A number of people commented. Didn't notice much fragrance this year, but weather was much cooler. About repotting, have multiples, so when one plant is mad, there are still others to bloom. Here's one observation about the roots. The first Cristata was given to me by an old women, who didn't know its name or speak English, but she kept them hanging with moss, under a plastic roofed sunlight patio, with morning sun. When I asked her for some cuttings, I noticed an orphaned plant, huge pseudo bulbs, growing out in the sun in a waste area, in very large pot full of soil, it was obviously given the bare minimum. When I went to dig up the large but neglected plant, I followed a hairy root down, what must have been a foot and a half+, which was very surprising. So, Coelogyne Cristata has a delicate and potentially small number roots for seeking out critical water supply , especially with reduced humidity. Damage the plants access to moisture and it's no wonder why growth stalls. I see the sprawling and spreading nature of the, plant, as always looking to find a a more optimum location to grow, even if it's just a few inches at a time. Cuttings seem to root faster when I covered the top of the bark with Sphagnum moss. The Himalayan foothill cloud forests, where this orchid originates, are covered in moss. Makes sense.
Hello from central Canada. Gonna Receive my first coelogyne soon hence i am watching this. Great information. Hope i will be successful.
I enjoyed this casual and personal video. I really like the pristine white of this plant and the slightly contorted sepals… stunning!
Thank you for very good 👍 information
Your plant looks awesome. Beautiful fat pseudobulbs. Mine is about toe bloom from 6 spikes. As yours the pseudobulbs are still beautiful, well hydrated.
What a beautiful orchid! Even though I am in zone 5b-6a here in Denver…I may have to give this beauty a go. Growing it inside. Hmm maybe outside during the spring/summer? Something to consider for sure…. 🌸
Those tubers look like eggs😃 very nice specimen!
Your outdoor spot appears to be quite protected
Hi again Matthew. I enjoyed this thank you and agree with carrying on the watering, at least when growing indoors like myself. I tried keeping my intermedia and ochracea dryer but they shrivelled, didn't flower weren't happy at all. Luckily they picked up after adding more moss and keeping more moist all year 🤷♀️
So beautiful! I have Coelogyne Flaccida with just one flower spike in northern NSW. Maybe I needed to water more during the winter. Do you think that the care is similar?
Hello from India... Recently I have purchased a some Choelogyne saplings while I was on vacation... Don't know the exact variety but till I came home it is completely dry and crispy... What should I do to revive it. If it's possible to revive it kindly share some tips.
I get very jealous of your coelogyne. I got one and its died on me. I live in Queensland in the winter can be fine cold 🥶 in the summer its very hot 🔥 I don't know if I am going to get another one.
Hello. I have coelogyne sparsa. This mini cristata.