Hi Dani. Just watched this video. What I do when I want to remove an orchids from plastic baskets is, I cut the basket with chicken cutter scissors. This way I don't damage the good roots. Takes a bit more time, but its worth it.
+Orchids & a Dutchy thanks Andrea, yeah Vandas are survivors, I just hope the leaves will come out clean now.. and also I hope she will bloom one day :P this is my only Vanda that never bloomed lol
I am so disappointed Danny you being my Guru and the reason why I got into orchids and you're the only one that has not answered any of my questions or talk to me at all. I continue to watch everything you put out and I'm catching up on ones that I have never seen happy growing
+Zachary Kenniston I am not sure but these comments don't show for me anymore. In any case, sorry for my reply, I though you were just a troll but I hope you read this if you are actually serious. Ok, I have nothing against theory where there is no scientific fact, but in this case there is. Plants do not feel pain. Pain is an extraordinary feature that animals (most at least) in the broad spectrum of the word feel and developed. In order for actual real pain to be felt, a creature needs a central nervous system. You compare certain structures of a plant with neurons which is a very wrong thing to do. Nothing is like neurons, neurons and a central nervous system have a unique ability to transform some outside stimuli into this pain we feel. Without them this is not possible, it is an evolutionary adaptation of the animal kingdom, to protect them from harm. As you might know, plants do not have the ability to react fast to environment danger, if they would feel pain, it would have no meaning for them, they cannot do anything about it, evolutionary speaking this would only be in the detriment of the plant, it is impossible that they might have developed it since it has no purpose, it does not say anything to the plant that cannot react to it in time. Do not mistake the mechanical action a Mimosa pudica displays on external stimuli, learn more about how this is possible here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica About people being narrow minded, I cannot debate that, I can debate that there are theories and scientific facts, I cannot contradict a scientific fact upon comparison between roots and brains.. they are simply impossible to compare. As for comments regarding adding anesthetic to plants before cutting, or analgesic, I would absolutely ask to refrain from such ideas, there are many young people reading my comments, due to lack of life experience, they might start to add medicine to their food and intoxicate themselves, I wish to take no part in this, especially for an idea, so please refrain from this as people's health is the most important thing for me, and for everyone. Again ideas like this can make sensitive people starve themselves, I wish to take no part in these dangerous ideas. I hope you understand my point of view, an inquisitive mind is good, but please distinguish between fact and just rumors, please. Thanks and good luck with the orchid hobby or plant hobby!
+Creative Minds Hi, baskets offer the highest ventilation possible, the issue was the rotting roots that blocked the basket though, this can happen too :)
Yes, I felt as bad as you while I was cutting, but now it looks great! I thought I had to cut much more that I did, but it still has some nice roots. I've decided I'll put the banana skin on water for two days and use it as fertilizer :)
Hi, I have some vandas and the roots of all my vandas are green when they start coming out. But, as the lengh increases, the roots become black. Is it Normal? What should I do to have plenty of green and Good Roots. I never had all thses green roots as yours. Thanks for reply. Daniel
Hey! I'm not sure if you'll be reading this comment, however, as obvious as is, I feel like my Vanda is suffering. I purchased my Vanda 5 days back and at that time, I had no idea how to identify a healthy Vanda. I have a hybrid with large pinkish-purple flowers. I started watching your videos, and now I'm pretty sure my Vanda wasn't properly watered during it's stay in the Nursery. Most of the roots are very thin with algae formation all over. The very few new roots that the plant has have open "wounds". They don't seem to be growing either. Most of the tips are black or rotting. This really breaks my heart, but I however tried to clean those roots. There are still a lot of roots left. Haven't touched the new roots even though they look fishy to me. Seems a lot cleaner now, but I'm afraid my orchid might be stressed. My plant currently has flowers, so I can't fertilize it with NPK 19. What do you suggest I do?
Hi, sorry to hear your Vanda is not in the greatest shape, but I think all will be ok. Leave the remaining roots be for now, in time you'll see which ones remain alive. Keep watering the orchid normally (daily if bare rooted and if the roots dry daily). It's ok to fertilize when in bloom, it won't affect the flowers, if the blooms are in good condition they will last. The no fertilizer when in bloom thing is a myth for most orchids. For now that is all, just provide the required culture and adequate water quality and in time new healthy roots will be produced ☺️
Have you done a video with some closeups of some orchid diseases? I have several Phals, but I'm new to this. One has a small black circle on one leaf that I've been wondering if it got sunburnt? or is it diseased? Also, several of my plants have one or two tiny white spots on them, it's not a bug - more like a hardened scar? or is that a disease? I guess I should get a book with orchid diseases shown. Could you recommend one?
+Clarence Espinoza hello, the sick vanda had crown rot and couldn't be saved, I show it in a video in a balcony tour but the keiki survived, so I didn't lose it completely :)
Hi miss orchid!.. I just wonder if you don’t put them back on the basket what would happen? I clean the roots on my and i break my basket so I don’t have anything to put the plant what can I do?
I don't know much about Vandas, but maybe the basket was to small and shallow for her, so the roots got tangled up, couldn't grow through the holes and suffocated?
+Cinnamon the basket is a standard size and the roots should have gotten out through the holes but yep, they just didn't, they swirled inside until they packed it and there was no more ventilation. It was staying very moist, you can see the algae. None of my other Vandas did this so, not sure what the problem with this one was but I think that was the cause.
one of my vanda thick new roots developed a black sput at the tip. It looks indented. It's not smooth. Wish i could send u a pic. Do u know what it could be? what should i do. I rescued it. It was looking great and now this...
Hi Belinda, if the damage look like an indentation, or a whole inside the root tip, it might be snail or slug damage. Here is an example ua-cam.com/video/3_Ej9sk0erM/v-deo.html does it look similar to this?
Hello! Thank you very much for sharing, I have a vanda orchid and the roots became really dry since the first week! I tried documenting myself and I read that it can be normal when they change space. Don't know if that is correct. Having said this, I will start cutting roots just as you said, but I was wondering what about the hydrogen peroxide? Is it kind of a fertilizer? Do you have any fertilizer to recommend? and if yes, is it ok to use it in any kind of orchid? Thank you very much in advance!
+Jackie Fu yes :) I saw that most of the roots needed to go plus, even if you cut the pot, many roots that are attached to it will break anyway, so no real help. Plus I still needed the pot ;)
+ramonypony well theoretically this should not happen, the baskets are too ventilated.. however this one seems to have grown roots so much inside that it clogged up the vents.. not sure how this happened though, these roots were old and it came with them. This is the Coelestis one, never bloomed for me.
+Anna Galabova well.. yes I think a chemical factory can describe it as well, it's not the smell of rotten meat or anything.. but very nitrogeny like, not sure if you know how nitrogen smells like :P but chemically yes.. very sharp too.
+MissOrchidGirl Hi Danni! :) I think that my Vanda does indeed have some issues. There are some grey markings developing on the roots now. I took out the clay pellets I had put at the bottom of the plastic container and the smell seems to have gone, but here are the grey spots: drive.google.com/open?id=0B8VLpNgl6EMwZnpFdXVGY04zSXM drive.google.com/open?id=0B8VLpNgl6EMwNHlTQUxPNEN4dFU Have you ever seen anything like this? Do you know what it is?
I am new to orchids, and bought a vanda from an online supplier. When it came to me it had this problem, so I had to cut it out of the basket, and trim away many roots. I don't have any of those nice big healthy roots, but have kept 4 long roots as they still go sort of green when wet. Can you advise how often you think I should water the vanda to encourage growth? If its okay to fertilize in this state, or if I should wait a while for the orchid to get over the trauma?
Hello Dani! I have a question for you... i just recived a purple-blue vanda hybrid in a plastic basket , in bloom (it smells like chocolate to me but she's loosing her fragance), and my problem is : she came with algae covering the old roots, and they seem really alive! (i ve already removed the dead roots)... green algae, not bad smelling or anything.. but i'm wondering if this is good for her.. i dont think so... so what should i do in ur opinion? i was thinking about brushing the algae off or spraying the roots with H2O2... but i'm not sure, i dont wanna over do...my vanda is indoor and i have 70-80% humidity right now and going up, yeah it doesn't help.. thank you so much for your sharing! loving ur videos! if u have some time pls answer ! byeee ;)
Hello. I watched a few of your videos which have already given me a lot more insight, so: Thank you :)! Now I have a question: My Vanda does have multiple broken leaves, they came broken from a Garden center and transport didn't make it any better. Since the 9 weeks I have it, it did develop new blossoms and most of the roots have turned brown. They are hard, not mushy. I do spray it with water daily, sometimes even twice a day. It does hang in the bathroom with lots of humidity, air circulation and light. So I thought it had all it needed, but now I am wondering about all the brown, dark roots. This is probably hard to diagnose from a distance, but: Could you help me? Might this be a fungal infection? Or is this vanda in need of more nutrients? Thanks so much in advance.
Hi, it is indeed a bit hard to know what is happening but a picture would be great just upload a picture to photobucket, flickr, instagram, imgur or g plus and share the link in a comment here, I'll take a look :) about watering, I personally think spraying is not enough on the long run, I prefer to soak my Vanda (when I had her bare root) once a day to properly saturate the roots, here is how I watered it for 3 years and it was doing excellent even in dry conditions ua-cam.com/video/jLW4Qf7CGnc/v-deo.html maybe it suffers from some lack of hydration, but this is just a guess :)
I have a really really big question! I got a Vanda Orchid from a friend to save it but it does not have any roots. It's still green and living but it does not have a single root...how can I save that orchid? Would be great if you can help me!
+Julia94Tyri Hi Julia, sorry to hear about your vanda. Well I would go with some humidity around the stem to promote some new roots. Here's my idea. If you can find a vase that can fit the stem inside without letting it touch the bottom that would be great. The top of the vase can support the leaves and the stem inside would benefit from moisture if you place some wet sphagnum moss at the bottom. (I guess you can also use a bamboo stake if you have one to pin the orchid in such a way that it doesn't touch the bottom of the vase). The idea is to not let the stem touch the moss, but just be surrounded by the humidity it provides. Did my description make any sense? let me know :P
+MissOrchidGirl thank you I'll try that now. Since the Vanda is only little the vase shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for your idea I'll keep you updated
Hey, speaking about vanda roots, here is my situation. My vanda has at its base many many tiny very thin roots dark green. Is this ok? Also her big old roots have a dark color on the part of the root which is bending to fit the crystal vase whereas the rest of the root looks ok. Is this something that I should worry about?
Hi, it might be, if the roots are very dark green. But I can tell better if I see a picture :) just upload a picture to photobucket, flickr, instagram, imgur or g plus and share the link in a comment here, I'll take a look :)
ok looks to me like this orchid is getting a lot of humidity, it's not a bad thing but just make sure the roots do dry before you rewater. If you see some roots die off it would be best to let it aerate more, maybe the glass container is too suffocating. But I hope it's not the case, they don't look bad right now, but just be careful with watering :)
The whole time I watched this, I just thought of Lemongrab: ua-cam.com/video/MIZbGSXeWWE/v-deo.html Haha! But I am sorry that your vanda is an unhappy little plant right now. Which one is it? Sorry you had to do drastic surgery on the roots.
+Astrid bhahaha omg.. yep pretty much my reaction :P (missorchidgirl reacts to stuff kinda video lol) yeah it was slightly painful lol but I'm starting to become a bit tough for the greater good and sadly I am seeing a lot of issues with rotting roots and overall health. I also performed surgery on my stanhopea, I though her roots were good.. turns out they were sacrificed and decomposing now. Changed the whole moss again heh I am thinking about something for these sympodial orchids. I shall cut all old roots, leave only active growing ones or the ones from the latest psb and that's it! no more old roots.. they simply get killed off at repotting. With monopodials it's tricky lol
You know that our emotions and pain aren't our nerves... They are just electrical impulses produced by our central nervous systems. And though plants don't have animal brains. If a root system can produce the same electrical signals, are they not equivalent to brains? In an orchid the "brain" is the stem base, the point where the secondary feeder roots come out of... Most plants keep their brains deep below the soil bit orchids keep theirs just below their crown... That's why that us the most important part!!! That's why orchids are unique. It was Charles Darwin himself who proposed root brain theory. It's being studied in Japan!!! And I'm not trying to harass you with my beliefs like you originally thought. I just think that you would've so much happier if you realized that your orchids don't just grow, they love you like a mother. I'm just thinking about them. They know you have feelings. I just wanted you to accept that they may have the same. Yes plants do not need pain as much as animals... But they can feel it reguardless... I was only trying to help you connect to them emotionally as much as you are physically. Thank you for listening...
Well the definition of a fully functional brain is a little bit more elaborate than that. I am glad scientists are researching how plants function, that I want to learn as well :) however I seriously doubt they will find a brain :) there are many animals or organisms with neural connections, sensory neurons even, but no brain as we know it and as we understand it. Well as much as I respect and like mr Darwin, it doesn't mean he is always right :P nor am I for that matter. Here's how I look at it. For an organism to develop certain features it must need them in its existence, its life must depend on it. A family emotion doesn't help plants. A seed never knows its parents, it never gets the care of his mother, like a mammal or other animal. At least for most plants. Thus an emotion of family, or notion of mother cannot exist. Its life doesn't depend on it thus it would be useless for a plant to know it ever had a.. mother :P this being said I do believe that every day we will discover new things about what surrounds us, at this stage we have theories and the base knowledge. I am curious to see what we will discover, but for now I personally don't believe we will discover they have emotions, feelings, they can feel sorrow or happiness or know what a mother's love is :)
I have stumbled across something you might find interesting. Go to UA-cam and look up the hidden life of trees. You'll be amazed! They do feel pain and think! And now there is scientific proof!!! I think this revelation will make you feel even more connect to your orchids. Im sorry if you feel I've bugged you saying that plants can feel. But i just think you have potential to help plants as you do now!!! If you only knew how sentient they are!!! I would ever lie to someone who cares about plants. The thing is if you are choosing not to believe in their pain because it's upsetting, than you should except their pain as your own. We cannot defeat evil without knowing it exists! Yes we will feel pain but it's the honorable thing to do. And I ask you, if you truly don't think they feel anything why do you love them so? Im curious... I love my orchids and plants not for their flowers but as friends. Like a dog or cat. I'm more attracted to their roots or central rhizomes than I am their flowers. But I do think the flowers are the prettiest part! It's their being as a whole that enchants me the flower is an extra!!! If you show them love as intelligent beings and not just objects that grow I think they will grow even better for you. I know you have been taught that they cannot feel but there's a lot more to feeling than were are aware of!!!
Hi, thank you I will check it out :D the problem.. well not problem :P the thing with me is I digest very well whatever I hear :) if I know there is logical science to disprove something, I will disprove it too. So I will watch the documentary indeed, but if I find reasonable explanation for it I will not believe it. Doesn't make me right :P I am not accepting some things not because they disturb me, I am not an overly sensitive person actually :) I am not accepting things that can be explained logically otherwise. And yes I totally agree, we cannot defeat evil if we ignore it and create safe spaces, that I fully support and my channel will never be a safe space, as far as Orchid problems are concerned. I love them so much because it is a pure human instinct, we personify anything around us. I was having feeling as I grew up for objects, I felt sorry when they were tossed in the trash, it is called empathy. I grew out of it when I realized why I was feeling the way I did :) the empathy I feel for living things is different, I respect the mechanism they are for once, the artwork and also I am emotionally attached to them because I let myself be. I do not let myself get emotionally attached to objects, unless someone dear has gifted them to me. There are people who do get attached to objects and store useless things for years, it is, again, a human instinct. At least this is how I see things, I am not debating you are wrong, I am explaining how I function :P ok will go on to the next comments :)
Hi Dani. Just watched this video. What I do when I want to remove an orchids from plastic baskets is, I cut the basket with chicken cutter scissors. This way I don't damage the good roots. Takes a bit more time, but its worth it.
+Helcio Pires Videos Hi, thanks for the tip :) I just needed the basket and didn't want to damage it :P
Poor vanda. But the rescue operation was necessary and very well done. It will be ok. Sending positive healing energies to her!
+Orchids & a Dutchy thanks Andrea, yeah Vandas are survivors, I just hope the leaves will come out clean now.. and also I hope she will bloom one day :P this is my only Vanda that never bloomed lol
I am so disappointed Danny you being my Guru and the reason why I got into orchids and you're the only one that has not answered any of my questions or talk to me at all. I continue to watch everything you put out and I'm catching up on ones that I have never seen happy growing
+Zachary Kenniston I am not sure but these comments don't show for me anymore. In any case, sorry for my reply, I though you were just a troll but I hope you read this if you are actually serious. Ok, I have nothing against theory where there is no scientific fact, but in this case there is. Plants do not feel pain. Pain is an extraordinary feature that animals (most at least) in the broad spectrum of the word feel and developed. In order for actual real pain to be felt, a creature needs a central nervous system. You compare certain structures of a plant with neurons which is a very wrong thing to do. Nothing is like neurons, neurons and a central nervous system have a unique ability to transform some outside stimuli into this pain we feel. Without them this is not possible, it is an evolutionary adaptation of the animal kingdom, to protect them from harm. As you might know, plants do not have the ability to react fast to environment danger, if they would feel pain, it would have no meaning for them, they cannot do anything about it, evolutionary speaking this would only be in the detriment of the plant, it is impossible that they might have developed it since it has no purpose, it does not say anything to the plant that cannot react to it in time. Do not mistake the mechanical action a Mimosa pudica displays on external stimuli, learn more about how this is possible here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica About people being narrow minded, I cannot debate that, I can debate that there are theories and scientific facts, I cannot contradict a scientific fact upon comparison between roots and brains.. they are simply impossible to compare. As for comments regarding adding anesthetic to plants before cutting, or analgesic, I would absolutely ask to refrain from such ideas, there are many young people reading my comments, due to lack of life experience, they might start to add medicine to their food and intoxicate themselves, I wish to take no part in this, especially for an idea, so please refrain from this as people's health is the most important thing for me, and for everyone. Again ideas like this can make sensitive people starve themselves, I wish to take no part in these dangerous ideas. I hope you understand my point of view, an inquisitive mind is good, but please distinguish between fact and just rumors, please. Thanks and good luck with the orchid hobby or plant hobby!
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It needs more air flow. When it's moist and water and air just sits causes bacterial fungal issues
+Creative Minds Hi, baskets offer the highest ventilation possible, the issue was the rotting roots that blocked the basket though, this can happen too :)
Good job Danny! hopefully it will recover and after one or two yrs you'll have a lot of leaves grown and cover the place.
+MaryG Orchids thanks Mary, yeah hopefully it will only take a few years hehe :P
wow she looks great now that your done, how is it doing now?
Yes, I felt as bad as you while I was cutting, but now it looks great! I thought I had to cut much more that I did, but it still has some nice roots. I've decided I'll put the banana skin on water for two days and use it as fertilizer :)
Thank you.
this didn't look as bad at the end as I thought.
+PlantzNThings It looks a lot better without those blackened roots yes, but it looks like it just had a bad haircut :P
Great video again. So sad ,( Thanks Danny.
+Juanan Devesa thanks, it was for the best :)
it always sucks to mangle your plants ....But hope fully this little bugger will recover fungal free!
+Growing Things I'm sure he will recover, he has enough roots, but I do hope he gets rid of the infection :( that's harder to treat..
Hi danni, would love to see an update on this guy :)
Hi,
I have some vandas and the roots of all my vandas are green when they start coming out. But, as the lengh increases, the roots become black. Is it Normal? What should I do to have plenty of green and Good Roots.
I never had all thses green roots as yours.
Thanks for reply.
Daniel
Hey! I'm not sure if you'll be reading this comment, however, as obvious as is, I feel like my Vanda is suffering.
I purchased my Vanda 5 days back and at that time, I had no idea how to identify a healthy Vanda. I have a hybrid with large pinkish-purple flowers. I started watching your videos, and now I'm pretty sure my Vanda wasn't properly watered during it's stay in the Nursery. Most of the roots are very thin with algae formation all over. The very few new roots that the plant has have open "wounds". They don't seem to be growing either. Most of the tips are black or rotting. This really breaks my heart, but I however tried to clean those roots. There are still a lot of roots left. Haven't touched the new roots even though they look fishy to me. Seems a lot cleaner now, but I'm afraid my orchid might be stressed.
My plant currently has flowers, so I can't fertilize it with NPK 19. What do you suggest I do?
Hi, sorry to hear your Vanda is not in the greatest shape, but I think all will be ok. Leave the remaining roots be for now, in time you'll see which ones remain alive. Keep watering the orchid normally (daily if bare rooted and if the roots dry daily). It's ok to fertilize when in bloom, it won't affect the flowers, if the blooms are in good condition they will last. The no fertilizer when in bloom thing is a myth for most orchids. For now that is all, just provide the required culture and adequate water quality and in time new healthy roots will be produced ☺️
@@MissOrchidGirl I feel relieved to hear that. Thank you so much for taking your time out and helping us. I really appreciate it.
Good job..!!! I'm sure it's going to recover fully and, before long, you'll see a keiki breaking through.. :)
+John Benedict ORCHIDS well I just hope it will bloom, this one is the only Vanda that never bloomed for me :P
Have you done a video with some closeups of some orchid diseases? I have several Phals, but I'm new to this. One has a small black circle on one leaf that I've been wondering if it got sunburnt? or is it diseased? Also, several of my plants have one or two tiny white spots on them, it's not a bug - more like a hardened scar? or is that a disease? I guess I should get a book with orchid diseases shown. Could you recommend one?
Off to check my little vanda, To make sue theres nothing going on there, Thanks Danni
+Rosemary457 :) I'm sure there's nothing wrong ;)
Thanks
How long does it take a vanda seedling to grow up to bear flowers? Thanks
Why people never cut the old plastic basket on vanda ?
I DO!! MUCH BETTER THAN DESTROYING THOSE ROOTS!!
hi danny, please make an update about the sick vanda orchid that you treated
+Clarence Espinoza hello, the sick vanda had crown rot and couldn't be saved, I show it in a video in a balcony tour but the keiki survived, so I didn't lose it completely :)
Do you water this orchid in the bucket as well?
Hi miss orchid!..
I just wonder if you don’t put them back on the basket what would happen? I clean the roots on my and i break my basket so I don’t have anything to put the plant what can I do?
How do you test for viruse? Update please 🙏🏼
Is this the coelestis? Could this be due to the frequent soaking? I think you need a systemic fungicide
+Desmond P T yep, the one that never bloomed :P
What's the point of the basket? Why not just hang it from the raffia?
I don't know much about Vandas, but maybe the basket was to small and shallow for her, so the roots got tangled up, couldn't grow through the holes and suffocated?
+Cinnamon the basket is a standard size and the roots should have gotten out through the holes but yep, they just didn't, they swirled inside until they packed it and there was no more ventilation. It was staying very moist, you can see the algae. None of my other Vandas did this so, not sure what the problem with this one was but I think that was the cause.
Your cinnamon dust is that the same thing as household cinnamon
This is also what I was wondering... Please respond 😉
Yes
one of my vanda thick new roots developed a black sput at the tip. It looks indented. It's not smooth. Wish i could send u a pic. Do u know what it could be? what should i do. I rescued it. It
was looking great and now this...
Hi Belinda, if the damage look like an indentation, or a whole inside the root tip, it might be snail or slug damage. Here is an example ua-cam.com/video/3_Ej9sk0erM/v-deo.html does it look similar to this?
No... it's really black, but not smooth. Is there somewhere i can post the picture?
Hello! Thank you very much for sharing, I have a vanda orchid and the roots became really dry since the first week! I tried documenting myself and I read that it can be normal when they change space. Don't know if that is correct. Having said this, I will start cutting roots just as you said, but I was wondering what about the hydrogen peroxide? Is it kind of a fertilizer? Do you have any fertilizer to recommend? and if yes, is it ok to use it in any kind of orchid? Thank you very much in advance!
When you use hydrogen peroxide do you mix water or pure hydrogen peroxide
Why didn't you try to cut out the basket? In larry's video he demonstrated how to repot a vanda
Never mind, I see that some roots are infected too
+Jackie Fu yes :) I saw that most of the roots needed to go plus, even if you cut the pot, many roots that are attached to it will break anyway, so no real help. Plus I still needed the pot ;)
I'm starting to think growing vandas from a single wire is the best option. Which vanda is this? Poor little leaves.
+ramonypony well theoretically this should not happen, the baskets are too ventilated.. however this one seems to have grown roots so much inside that it clogged up the vents.. not sure how this happened though, these roots were old and it came with them. This is the Coelestis one, never bloomed for me.
Can you describe the smell, because I have a Vanda, which smells like a chemical factory each time I water, but it is definitely not a rotting smell.
+Anna Galabova well.. yes I think a chemical factory can describe it as well, it's not the smell of rotten meat or anything.. but very nitrogeny like, not sure if you know how nitrogen smells like :P but chemically yes.. very sharp too.
+MissOrchidGirl Oh nooo! I knew it! Ok, well I will take it out of the container I put it in then. Thank you so much once again Danny!
+Anna Galabova yes try to check the media and roots, if it smells awful there is certainly something decomposing there..
+MissOrchidGirl Hi Danni! :) I think that my Vanda does indeed have some issues. There are some grey markings developing on the roots now. I took out the clay pellets I had put at the bottom of the plastic container and the smell seems to have gone, but here are the grey spots: drive.google.com/open?id=0B8VLpNgl6EMwZnpFdXVGY04zSXM
drive.google.com/open?id=0B8VLpNgl6EMwNHlTQUxPNEN4dFU
Have you ever seen anything like this? Do you know what it is?
Very good video! I'm sure the vanda will be a lot happier now :) Did you sterilize the basket before you put it back in?
+oogalaboo yep, scrubbed it and bleached it :P
I am new to orchids, and bought a vanda from an online supplier. When it came to me it had this problem, so I had to cut it out of the basket, and trim away many roots. I don't have any of those nice big healthy roots, but have kept 4 long roots as they still go sort of green when wet. Can you advise how often you think I should water the vanda to encourage growth? If its okay to fertilize in this state, or if I should wait a while for the orchid to get over the trauma?
Hi Danny ! I hope you're well ! I was wondering about this vanda how is she doing ? thanks in advance and take care :)
+Aydhan Ha momma vanda developped crown rot from the spider mite treatment.. but the baby is fine :)
Hello Dani! I have a question for you... i just recived a purple-blue vanda hybrid in a plastic basket , in bloom (it smells like chocolate to me but she's loosing her fragance), and my problem is : she came with algae covering the old roots, and they seem really alive! (i ve already removed the dead roots)... green algae, not bad smelling or anything.. but i'm wondering if this is good for her.. i dont think so... so what should i do in ur opinion? i was thinking about brushing the algae off or spraying the roots with H2O2... but i'm not sure, i dont wanna over do...my vanda is indoor and i have 70-80% humidity right now and going up, yeah it doesn't help..
thank you so much for your sharing! loving ur videos! if u have some time pls answer ! byeee ;)
Cum se numeste solutia impotriva ciupercii si de unde as putea cumpara? Se poate aplica si pe radacinile de la phale?
+MrCradle87 se numeste apa oxigenata 3%, o gasesti la orice farmacie. Da se poate aplica pe radacini fara probleme ;)
Multumesc mult, bafta in continuare!
Hello.
I watched a few of your videos which have already given me a lot more insight, so: Thank you :)!
Now I have a question: My Vanda does have multiple broken leaves, they came broken from a Garden center and transport didn't make it any better. Since the 9 weeks I have it, it did develop new blossoms and most of the roots have turned brown. They are hard, not mushy. I do spray it with water daily, sometimes even twice a day. It does hang in the bathroom with lots of humidity, air circulation and light. So I thought it had all it needed, but now I am wondering about all the brown, dark roots.
This is probably hard to diagnose from a distance, but: Could you help me? Might this be a fungal infection? Or is this vanda in need of more nutrients?
Thanks so much in advance.
Hi, it is indeed a bit hard to know what is happening but a picture would be great just upload a picture to photobucket, flickr, instagram, imgur or g plus and share the link in a comment here, I'll take a look :) about watering, I personally think spraying is not enough on the long run, I prefer to soak my Vanda (when I had her bare root) once a day to properly saturate the roots, here is how I watered it for 3 years and it was doing excellent even in dry conditions ua-cam.com/video/jLW4Qf7CGnc/v-deo.html maybe it suffers from some lack of hydration, but this is just a guess :)
I have a really really big question! I got a Vanda Orchid from a friend to save it but it does not have any roots. It's still green and living but it does not have a single root...how can I save that orchid? Would be great if you can help me!
+Julia94Tyri Hi Julia, sorry to hear about your vanda. Well I would go with some humidity around the stem to promote some new roots. Here's my idea. If you can find a vase that can fit the stem inside without letting it touch the bottom that would be great. The top of the vase can support the leaves and the stem inside would benefit from moisture if you place some wet sphagnum moss at the bottom. (I guess you can also use a bamboo stake if you have one to pin the orchid in such a way that it doesn't touch the bottom of the vase). The idea is to not let the stem touch the moss, but just be surrounded by the humidity it provides. Did my description make any sense? let me know :P
+MissOrchidGirl thank you I'll try that now. Since the Vanda is only little the vase shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for your idea I'll keep you updated
+Julia94Tyri good luck! :)
It didn't have any media but still got severe root rot😨
Nooooo why not cut the basket off?????
Hey, speaking about vanda roots, here is my situation. My vanda has at its base many many tiny very thin roots dark green. Is this ok? Also her big old roots have a dark color on the part of the root which is bending to fit the crystal vase whereas the rest of the root looks ok. Is this something that I should worry about?
Hi, it might be, if the roots are very dark green. But I can tell better if I see a picture :) just upload a picture to photobucket, flickr, instagram, imgur or g plus and share the link in a comment here, I'll take a look :)
ok I will!
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ok looks to me like this orchid is getting a lot of humidity, it's not a bad thing but just make sure the roots do dry before you rewater. If you see some roots die off it would be best to let it aerate more, maybe the glass container is too suffocating. But I hope it's not the case, they don't look bad right now, but just be careful with watering :)
Thanks very much and have a nice day!
hi danny, how is she doing now?
Why dont you just broke the basket into pieces first.?
sum. That’s what I will do.
The whole time I watched this, I just thought of Lemongrab: ua-cam.com/video/MIZbGSXeWWE/v-deo.html
Haha!
But I am sorry that your vanda is an unhappy little plant right now. Which one is it? Sorry you had to do drastic surgery on the roots.
+Astrid bhahaha omg.. yep pretty much my reaction :P (missorchidgirl reacts to stuff kinda video lol) yeah it was slightly painful lol but I'm starting to become a bit tough for the greater good and sadly I am seeing a lot of issues with rotting roots and overall health. I also performed surgery on my stanhopea, I though her roots were good.. turns out they were sacrificed and decomposing now. Changed the whole moss again heh I am thinking about something for these sympodial orchids. I shall cut all old roots, leave only active growing ones or the ones from the latest psb and that's it! no more old roots.. they simply get killed off at repotting. With monopodials it's tricky lol
+Astrid UNNN ACCEPTABLE!!!!!
yaaaassssssss lemongrab
haha
Is this Vanda still alive today??? I wish an update someday hihihi
Hi, sadly no she had a really nasty fungal infection :(
You know that our emotions and pain aren't our nerves... They are just electrical impulses produced by our central nervous systems. And though plants don't have animal brains. If a root system can produce the same electrical signals, are they not equivalent to brains? In an orchid the "brain" is the stem base, the point where the secondary feeder roots come out of... Most plants keep their brains deep below the soil bit orchids keep theirs just below their crown... That's why that us the most important part!!! That's why orchids are unique. It was Charles Darwin himself who proposed root brain theory. It's being studied in Japan!!! And I'm not trying to harass you with my beliefs like you originally thought. I just think that you would've so much happier if you realized that your orchids don't just grow, they love you like a mother. I'm just thinking about them. They know you have feelings. I just wanted you to accept that they may have the same. Yes plants do not need pain as much as animals... But they can feel it reguardless... I was only trying to help you connect to them emotionally as much as you are physically. Thank you for listening...
Well the definition of a fully functional brain is a little bit more elaborate than that. I am glad scientists are researching how plants function, that I want to learn as well :) however I seriously doubt they will find a brain :) there are many animals or organisms with neural connections, sensory neurons even, but no brain as we know it and as we understand it. Well as much as I respect and like mr Darwin, it doesn't mean he is always right :P nor am I for that matter. Here's how I look at it. For an organism to develop certain features it must need them in its existence, its life must depend on it. A family emotion doesn't help plants. A seed never knows its parents, it never gets the care of his mother, like a mammal or other animal. At least for most plants. Thus an emotion of family, or notion of mother cannot exist. Its life doesn't depend on it thus it would be useless for a plant to know it ever had a.. mother :P this being said I do believe that every day we will discover new things about what surrounds us, at this stage we have theories and the base knowledge. I am curious to see what we will discover, but for now I personally don't believe we will discover they have emotions, feelings, they can feel sorrow or happiness or know what a mother's love is :)
This is much healthier than my vanda tho -_-
+Andrew Fan how come?
I was on vacation for 2 months. The mother plant died and the keiki got very dehydrated.
The greater good
you should have cut the basket
10:05 - wow! Magic! 🎈(^^ゞ
I have stumbled across something you might find interesting. Go to UA-cam and look up the hidden life of trees. You'll be amazed! They do feel pain and think! And now there is scientific proof!!! I think this revelation will make you feel even more connect to your orchids. Im sorry if you feel I've bugged you saying that plants can feel. But i just think you have potential to help plants as you do now!!! If you only knew how sentient they are!!! I would ever lie to someone who cares about plants. The thing is if you are choosing not to believe in their pain because it's upsetting, than you should except their pain as your own. We cannot defeat evil without knowing it exists! Yes we will feel pain but it's the honorable thing to do. And I ask you, if you truly don't think they feel anything why do you love them so? Im curious... I love my orchids and plants not for their flowers but as friends. Like a dog or cat. I'm more attracted to their roots or central rhizomes than I am their flowers. But I do think the flowers are the prettiest part! It's their being as a whole that enchants me the flower is an extra!!! If you show them love as intelligent beings and not just objects that grow I think they will grow even better for you. I know you have been taught that they cannot feel but there's a lot more to feeling than were are aware of!!!
Hi, thank you I will check it out :D the problem.. well not problem :P the thing with me is I digest very well whatever I hear :) if I know there is logical science to disprove something, I will disprove it too. So I will watch the documentary indeed, but if I find reasonable explanation for it I will not believe it. Doesn't make me right :P I am not accepting some things not because they disturb me, I am not an overly sensitive person actually :) I am not accepting things that can be explained logically otherwise. And yes I totally agree, we cannot defeat evil if we ignore it and create safe spaces, that I fully support and my channel will never be a safe space, as far as Orchid problems are concerned. I love them so much because it is a pure human instinct, we personify anything around us. I was having feeling as I grew up for objects, I felt sorry when they were tossed in the trash, it is called empathy. I grew out of it when I realized why I was feeling the way I did :) the empathy I feel for living things is different, I respect the mechanism they are for once, the artwork and also I am emotionally attached to them because I let myself be. I do not let myself get emotionally attached to objects, unless someone dear has gifted them to me. There are people who do get attached to objects and store useless things for years, it is, again, a human instinct. At least this is how I see things, I am not debating you are wrong, I am explaining how I function :P ok will go on to the next comments :)
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