I've got now a lot of Paphs, and just one practical addition to your info: I noticed each new fan needs two years to blooming size (if it grows together with his "mum"), otherwise could be even more.
I am so happy to see this video. I purchased my first Paph and was concerned when the single bloom started fading. I am certain that I left it out overnight in 68• weather with a breeze which didn’t help! I need to repot it and needed your help! Thanks, Liz
Very excited for future clips all about Paph's as I just ordered my first one and She's on her way to me from Cairns QLD. Her description is Green Maudiae Yi Ying Green Coral 2 Year Old. I'm watching all your clips Danny to learn as much as I can so this is just perfect. Thank you and keep them coming!!
I just bought a paph. maudiae femma from Armstrong nursery here in SoCal. I asked the "orchid expert" for care advice and he told me to water it with an ice cube every few weeks. First of all, never water a plant with ice cubes, second of all they need more water than that. When I tried to subtly correct him by saying I heard it's a terrestrial and so needs more water, he told he to do more research because he didn't think I was right. Ugh. 🤦Be careful where you get your info folks!
Thank you! I’ve had a Paph from my mother and for the life of me it just keeps growing up! 😂😩 so it’s got this long 4” stem then the leaves on top! 🤷♀️ I always thought it was weird! Tomorrow I’m gonna repot him. So far his newest growth has just grown new leaves. I think between her and I it’s been 3 years with no flower and little to no new growth. I’m surprised he is alive.
Thanks Dani..just learned something new from ur video. Have 20 Phals I’ve rescued from WMart, and now realize few r potted to low in bark..thanks for this tip💜
Thanks so much. I've always wondered what to do about those little gnats. Yellow sticky tape would be fuzzy tape in no time as I have a long haired cat.
Looking forward to more Phaph vides! I don't have any yet, but would love to get some. Glad to hear about the activity boost on Instagram. Heading their now to check it out. Also would love to see more Zygo videos...despite your Zygo history. I have my one and only Zygo...I have no idea what I'm doing with it. Got in April of 2018. I'm treating it the same as my Phals, at the moment, but with a tad bit more water and it's doing great. No blooms yet, but I'm on my second set of new pseudobulbs since I got it in April. Hoping for some spikes from the 2 newest pseudobulbs. That are just about at spiking size, from what I have read online. Indiana, USA here!
Thank you! I just bought a paph in bud and I am trying to figure it out! This video was great. I liked all the articles you showed. I hope I can find the links to them.
Hi Dani, Interesting about your carnivorous plants controlling fungus gnats. Inadvertently I discovered a very effective way to keep fungus gnats under control...I bought a Venta brand (German) humidifier for my orchid space and found that the air intake sucks in fungus gnats very well!! : ))
Re: Sundews Both species I have (Cape Sundew and Aliciae) actually bloom like insane and have grown massive compared to their original sizes. All it seems to take is a lot of light, and I mean A LOT of light (and a constant supply of demineralized water). As in, you can just leave the growth lamp 20 cm above it on 24/7 and it'll start making flower stalks. They will bloom under natural light, too, but only during summer which for the northerner me also means 20 hours of at least sort of light. (And they're perfectly fine with 100% intensity full sunlight as long as they're used to it.)
@@Justusorjustone I thought they will be in buds and spike and bought jumbo puff and jumbo Mickey from pots and petals but got dormant ones😞 they giving single dormant bulb for 1300 rs☹😲
Thank you so much for your video's i love watching them. I have bought a paph a couple of weeks ago and have re-potted him into a self watering potter but I have seen that there is a slight bit of white fungus growing. What should I do, and what am i doing wrong? The mix that i have planted him in is a mixture of Orchid Mix and sphagnum moss.
My paph fairienum and niveum were not doing great in semihydroponics,so I repoted them in self watering pot with only coco chips as media,and because of curiosity I unpoted one right now,omg it has 5 new growth on my fairienum and very thick juicy roots all inside,and it has bump ,so it is going bloom soon,which it never did in semihydroponics,I am on ninth cloud right now,paphs really like terrestrial type mixes to grow well....and coco chunks don't decompose fast so I am ok for 1 and half year....
I have 5 unidentified orchids 3 dendrobiums and 2 other NOID orchids. Unfortunately these orchids do not have any blooms on them and unfortunately I do not have any pictures of their blooms either. I am carefully taking care of them and they all have new growth at the base . The 2 NOID orchids are doing very well with new growth as well.
Goodness! I’m at a loss with my Paphs. I have 7 and would dearly love more BUT I don’t know what medium to plant them in...I’m in Sydney Australia. The one I purchased from an Orchid show several months ago is in bark and doing well ( new fans etc)....I’m a bit scared to repot it 😂. 4x Paphs are in LECA. They look good but seem to be dormant. They haven’t grown at all in 6 months but show no signs of distress. 2x Paphs are in NZ Sphagnum Moss after my naughty cat uplifted them from LECA😼. These plants are showing progress ( only seedlings 🌱 but growing nicely). What would you do with the Paphs in LECA Danni? I’m afraid that they’re acclimating to LECA and if I disturb them now I’ll set them back. Oh dear! Decisions, decisions 😂
Debra Myers, REALTOR Hello Debra.Don’t hold your breath. Danni never replied to my comments. All my Paphs are now in a mix of small bark, Sphagnum moss and perlite. I still have 6 ( I lost one tiny seedling). They’re all doing well. New leaves and great root systems. No flowers yet but the foliage is ever so pretty 💕
Danny, the only way to get your sundews to bloom is it has to be in direct sunlight all day. I use the same technique to keep bugs under control and I have my sundews in my southern window. Within a month of having my sundews they all started growing flower spikes and are STILL growing flower spikes even in November. I also noticed that the flowers on the sundew only bloom when there is direct sunlight on the blooms. Hope this helps!
Danny i have a doubt in leca i bought leca which sizes upto 1 cm each ball at least if i break it into half will it work like small leca pebbkes it has the efficiency of small leca pebbles like dividing into half of a 1 cm leca ball forms 2 half centimetre leca balls will wit function like small leca.😅 apply this same principle in bark 2 cm orchidiatra bark chips cut into small pieces will it work like fine bark to fone rooted orchids like twinkles?
Can you grow paphs in Leca or any other inorganic media? I am asking this because it’s always a pain for me to repot stuff (I keep on damaging the roots while removing media).
Hi Dani! I only have one paph but it wasn't do as well as it should. So I repotted it today. It's in a self watering pot. I used equal parts small bark and spaghnum moss, some leca and styrofoam pieces for air circulation. Do you think it will be better for it? It has 5 fans and I live in Oklahoma in the states. Right now it's about 28F here with snow on the ground. I've moved all my orchids inside which kinda makes my condo a little bit crowded but we all do what we have to for the love of our orchids! lol😂 Btw since I moved all my orchids to semi hydroponics and self watering systems, they seem to be doing really well. So once again.... THANK YOU for all you've done to educate us in your own trial and errors! Rowan
super helpful video!!! I had a few questions about watering. do you use self-watering pots with the repotme mix and is it able to draw up the water even though it isn't dense? also, if you just made a mix out of bark and sphagnum bark, would that still work with a self-watering pot? thanks!!
Morning Danni. I have a Paph that lost its roots. I put it in moss, but no progress 😩. The main part is completely dehydrated, but the 2 babies , are still breathing. Do you think I should separate them and repot ? It’s one of my favs, and first orchids. It would break my heart to loose it. Any ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you .
Little bit confused here. Sorry. Was it the repotme-mix that decomposed after 2-3 months..or another mix? Just ordered some from repotme, and very excited to try it out on my paphs. Loved this practical guide :)
Hey, Dany! I just purchased my first Paph. and I know the mother plant will eventually die! BUT you are not saying what is happening after it dies, because I’m thinking that the roots will die as well and they’ll rot, right?! Thank you SO much 😘 PS maybe you can do some more videos on Paphs 🤗
That was a very use tip about keep the plant at the right depth to grow new roots!! Thanks!
Phaps are very beautiful orchids! They seems to be wild to me more than others.
You got a new paph ! Wow it is majestic in it's strature. 😍
Thank you for this video. Just got my first Paph and this was really helpful in answering my questions.
just in time!!!
I just bought my first paph....
Congrats!
Is it a species or hybrid? I'm curious 😮
I think it's not a hybrid ...
it's the paphiopedillum gratrixianum if i am not mistaken..
Immediately ordered a paph after watching this video. Want to give it a try.
I've got now a lot of Paphs, and just one practical addition to your info: I noticed each new fan needs two years to blooming size (if it grows together with his "mum"), otherwise could be even more.
Does that mean you only get blooms every two years? 😟
@@nu5045
No, not now, this plant has matured and now blooms each year.
@@poppyaustin7315 these plants make no sense to me on paper 😭😭
Wonderful info!! Just got a little one I want to get on the best path so I can enjoy it. Just showed my husband the fuzzy, brown roots.
A new care tutorial will be published on Friday! ☺️
I am so happy to see this video. I purchased my first Paph and was concerned when the single bloom started fading. I am certain that I left it out overnight in 68• weather with a breeze which didn’t help! I need to repot it and needed your help! Thanks, Liz
Very excited for future clips all about Paph's as I just ordered my first one and She's on her way to me from Cairns QLD. Her description is Green Maudiae Yi Ying Green Coral 2 Year Old. I'm watching all your clips Danny to learn as much as I can so this is just perfect. Thank you and keep them coming!!
I just bought a paph. maudiae femma from Armstrong nursery here in SoCal. I asked the "orchid expert" for care advice and he told me to water it with an ice cube every few weeks. First of all, never water a plant with ice cubes, second of all they need more water than that. When I tried to subtly correct him by saying I heard it's a terrestrial and so needs more water, he told he to do more research because he didn't think I was right.
Ugh. 🤦Be careful where you get your info folks!
Thanks. I have had a terrible time with these orchids. You have given me some hints on what I may have done wrong.
I have used bark, a little Sphagnum and some wood charcoal. My venustum is in a combination of bark and coarse pumice, which holds some water.
Thank you! I’ve had a Paph from my mother and for the life of me it just keeps growing up! 😂😩 so it’s got this long 4” stem then the leaves on top! 🤷♀️ I always thought it was weird! Tomorrow I’m gonna repot him. So far his newest growth has just grown new leaves. I think between her and I it’s been 3 years with no flower and little to no new growth. I’m surprised he is alive.
Thanks Danny, it was very helfull as I bought my first paph:) with your Schwerter woucher ❤️
Thanks Dani..just learned something new from ur video. Have 20 Phals I’ve rescued from WMart, and now realize few r potted to low in bark..thanks for this tip💜
Have a blessed and happy new week my dear orchid lovers😊 and also Dany we loveee you😊
Thanks so much. I've always wondered what to do about those little gnats. Yellow sticky tape would be fuzzy tape in no time as I have a long haired cat.
Looking forward to more Phaph vides! I don't have any yet, but would love to get some. Glad to hear about the activity boost on Instagram. Heading their now to check it out. Also would love to see more Zygo videos...despite your Zygo history. I have my one and only Zygo...I have no idea what I'm doing with it. Got in April of 2018. I'm treating it the same as my Phals, at the moment, but with a tad bit more water and it's doing great. No blooms yet, but I'm on my second set of new pseudobulbs since I got it in April. Hoping for some spikes from the 2 newest pseudobulbs. That are just about at spiking size, from what I have read online. Indiana, USA here!
What type of light bulbs do you use in your lamps over your phals and paths
I'm about to order two Paphiopedilums, I'm a little nervous about them but excited!
Could you do a repotting video for paphs? That would be super helpful!
Hi, a complete guide will come this year as part of the Care series ☺️ ua-cam.com/play/PLxo6tXzj__mZzIrS7nCGjI6NEwWCwvuya.html
Great video. Thanks for your take on paphs.
Thank you! I just bought a paph in bud and I am trying to figure it out! This video was great. I liked all the articles you showed. I hope I can find the links to them.
Well, I must say that I also got my first Paph today... What timing!
Really great video danny 😊.
In Hawaii we use cinder and bark sometimes adding moss esp with paps. Black Cinder as opposed to red cinders leaches nutrients that benefit orchids.
Hi Dani, Interesting about your carnivorous plants controlling fungus gnats. Inadvertently I discovered a very effective way to keep fungus gnats under control...I bought a Venta brand (German) humidifier for my orchid space and found that the air intake sucks in fungus gnats very well!! : ))
Re: Sundews Both species I have (Cape Sundew and Aliciae) actually bloom like insane and have grown massive compared to their original sizes. All it seems to take is a lot of light, and I mean A LOT of light (and a constant supply of demineralized water). As in, you can just leave the growth lamp 20 cm above it on 24/7 and it'll start making flower stalks. They will bloom under natural light, too, but only during summer which for the northerner me also means 20 hours of at least sort of light. (And they're perfectly fine with 100% intensity full sunlight as long as they're used to it.)
I have my first Paph on the way and thank you so much for this video!
Here in India Orchid nurseries use the mixture of river sand,dried cow dung and leaf mould for paphs,and they do spectacular in this mix...
Do you have catasetums in your collection buddy?
@@KAMJKJ nope right now,I will buy it next year in March, when they start to grow vegetatively,in this way i will get rhythm in growing it....
@@Justusorjustone I thought they will be in buds and spike and bought jumbo puff and jumbo Mickey from pots and petals but got dormant ones😞 they giving single dormant bulb for 1300 rs☹😲
@@KAMJKJ thats why i am waiting from March
Thank you. Going to try growing a paph now :)
Thank you so much for your video's i love watching them. I have bought a paph a couple of weeks ago and have re-potted him into a self watering potter but I have seen that there is a slight bit of white fungus growing. What should I do, and what am i doing wrong? The mix that i have planted him in is a mixture of Orchid Mix and sphagnum moss.
I'm really late to this video, but if you see this could you share what light bulbs you use in your ikea lamps?
I have seen paph barbatum in the wild.
Most grow in leaf litter or sphagnum moss
My paph fairienum and niveum were not doing great in semihydroponics,so I repoted them in self watering pot with only coco chips as media,and because of curiosity I unpoted one right now,omg it has 5 new growth on my fairienum and very thick juicy roots all inside,and it has bump ,so it is going bloom soon,which it never did in semihydroponics,I am on ninth cloud right now,paphs really like terrestrial type mixes to grow well....and coco chunks don't decompose fast so I am ok for 1 and half year....
I have 5 unidentified orchids 3 dendrobiums and 2 other NOID orchids. Unfortunately these orchids do not have any blooms on them and unfortunately I do not have any pictures of their blooms either. I am carefully taking care of them and they all have new growth at the base . The 2 NOID orchids are doing very well with new growth as well.
Goodness! I’m at a loss with my Paphs. I have 7 and would dearly love more BUT I don’t know what medium to plant them in...I’m in Sydney Australia.
The one I purchased from an Orchid show several months ago is in bark and doing well ( new fans etc)....I’m a bit scared to repot it 😂.
4x Paphs are in LECA. They look good but seem to be dormant. They haven’t grown at all in 6 months but show no signs of distress.
2x Paphs are in NZ Sphagnum Moss after my naughty cat uplifted them from LECA😼. These plants are showing progress ( only seedlings 🌱 but growing nicely).
What would you do with the Paphs in LECA Danni?
I’m afraid that they’re acclimating to LECA and if I disturb them now I’ll set them back.
Oh dear! Decisions, decisions 😂
A-M Thomas Following for Dani’s answer.
Debra Myers, REALTOR
Hello Debra.Don’t hold your breath. Danni never replied to my comments.
All my Paphs are now in a mix of small bark, Sphagnum moss and perlite. I still have 6 ( I lost one tiny seedling). They’re all doing well. New leaves and great root systems. No flowers yet but the foliage is ever so pretty 💕
this video was great timing for me, i just brought myself more paphs :D
When watering do you soak the plant like other orchids or water it from the top of the soil like a houseplant???????
Dannie, I’m a phalaenopsis person, but I want to get some paphs. Should I soak the roots in hydrogen peroxide like with the phals?
Danny, the only way to get your sundews to bloom is it has to be in direct sunlight all day. I use the same technique to keep bugs under control and I have my sundews in my southern window. Within a month of having my sundews they all started growing flower spikes and are STILL growing flower spikes even in November. I also noticed that the flowers on the sundew only bloom when there is direct sunlight on the blooms. Hope this helps!
Beautiful orchids! I have had them a few. All died after couple of years. Oh well, I enjoyed them while I had them 🌱
Danny i have a doubt in leca i bought leca which sizes upto 1 cm each ball at least if i break it into half will it work like small leca pebbkes it has the efficiency of small leca pebbles like dividing into half of a 1 cm leca ball forms 2 half centimetre leca balls will wit function like small leca.😅 apply this same principle in bark 2 cm orchidiatra bark chips cut into small pieces will it work like fine bark to fone rooted orchids like twinkles?
Can you grow paphs in Leca or any other inorganic media? I am asking this because it’s always a pain for me to repot stuff (I keep on damaging the roots while removing media).
Hi Dani! I only have one paph but it wasn't do as well as it should. So I repotted it today. It's in a self watering pot. I used equal parts small bark and spaghnum moss, some leca and styrofoam pieces for air circulation. Do you think it will be better for it? It has 5 fans and I live in Oklahoma in the states. Right now it's about 28F here with snow on the ground. I've moved all my orchids inside which kinda makes my condo a little bit crowded but we all do what we have to for the love of our orchids! lol😂
Btw since I moved all my orchids to semi hydroponics and self watering systems, they seem to be doing really well. So once again.... THANK YOU for all you've done to educate us in your own trial and errors!
Rowan
Thank you, you are so helpful
could not be at a better time👍🏼
Beauty flower...orchied....love
How do we water them? Like phalaenopsis? Thanks
super helpful video!!! I had a few questions about watering. do you use self-watering pots with the repotme mix and is it able to draw up the water even though it isn't dense? also, if you just made a mix out of bark and sphagnum bark, would that still work with a self-watering pot? thanks!!
Morning Danni. I have a Paph that lost its roots. I put it in moss, but no progress 😩. The main part is completely dehydrated, but the 2 babies , are still breathing. Do you think I should separate them and repot ? It’s one of my favs, and first orchids. It would break my heart to loose it. Any ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you .
Why would the medium one root system get stinky and would charcoal help?
do Paphiopedilum Philippinense Steins grow in soil?
Can I maintain pH between 6.1 to 6.8 in my semihydroponics or self watering pots??do my Orchids get all nutrients needed , calcium and mg included??
Are slotted pots ok for the roots?
Can I use Leca with my paphs
Hmmm now am debating as to whether to get a paph or catasetum! I was drawn to cats but do u know which one is the easier to care for?
hlo is it in a room
My favourite genera..,❤❤
d v mine too 😊
I did buy your re pot me and not sure why new growth yellowing. Help
Little bit confused here. Sorry. Was it the repotme-mix that decomposed after 2-3 months..or another mix? Just ordered some from repotme, and very excited to try it out on my paphs. Loved this practical guide :)
The decomposong medium was made by her using bark and coco chunks. Being in srlfwatering, it decomposed.
@@oishd6077 uhh thanks :) just lost track there for a bit
@@christinakausmally3263 eh's okay
Getting into Paphs too. I can't want for my Paph. Philippinenses to spike.
Please make sure to get your lady’s slippers from a reputable source. They are protected species in the USA and may also be in other places.
My orchids (and garden) are in Instagram too. I'm lazy for even thinking of UA-cam.
👍🏼
Hey, Dany! I just purchased my first Paph. and I know the mother plant will eventually die! BUT you are not saying what is happening after it dies, because I’m thinking that the roots will die as well and they’ll rot, right?! Thank you SO much 😘 PS maybe you can do some more videos on Paphs 🤗