Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! Already acquired one this month and she is large! She’s already bloomed several times with two new growing leads. I’m so excited for next year, but, i’m kinda little worried about the media because when i water her she smells a bit funky. I’m planning to repot her after blooming next year but thinking maybe I could do it sooner? When do purpuratas send out new roots? I also live in the northern hemisphere if that helps. 😅 Thanks for sharing you beautiful purpurata !!!
Hi there and congratulations on your new purchase. L. purpurata is a truly fabulous cattleya. Unfortunately this is the wrong time of year to repot but if your medium is really bad then you have no choice. Unlike many cattleya species, L. purpurata makes roots twice a year - March and September (northern hemisphere.) Normally you should not repot until new roots are growing. If you break the green tip of a new root, then the root dies back to the rhizome. So, repot when new roots are short. Older roots may branch. Hope this helps.
@@GardeningatDouentza thanks for the reply! I don’t think the medium is already ‘that’ bad. I won’t be watering too often, this time of the year, anyways. So around March it is! 👀
@@GardeningatDouentza hi! Just a little worrying update... last week noticed that the backbulbs are shriveling at a fast rate, upon inspecting she’s already sent out one root and thought to myself “i will be repotting soon!” But the very next day saw that the new root was wounded. Immediately further inspected and found a SNAIL in the media. I repotted the plant and found a SLUG in the media as well. There are many healthy roots but many ‘eaten’ roots too. Now the front bulbs a slowly shriveling too. I’m worried. 😕
@@GodfreyCua Unfortunately if the roots are damaged the plant can't extract water and the pseudos will shrivel. Look, you did what you had to. Now all you can do is wait and see. I will cross my fingers for you.
That solves my problem as to why mine hasn't bloomed yet. Yourself and several others at Burnham's displays yesterday were in bloom. My new growths are still growing now and my plant is obviously still 'out of season'. I've spoken to others who got varieties of purpurata from Equagenera and theirs also took a few years to get back to maturing growths at the right time. My new growths will mature in Autumn so loose the light (which is needed for the buds to form). My variety atropurpurea has an even deeper colour in the lip and the rest of the blooms are a deep magenta - can't wait - maybe next year?
So beautiful! Sure wish we had good light in our house but unfortunately my windowsill are full! Haha...we live in a log home which we made from the trees off our property so they can be dark. It's so wonderful to enjoy yours!
I'm in awe every time i get to see this phenomenal beauty. Although i have been relatively successful in growing Cattleya type orchids indoors in the past, they all perished in the end. So i'm making do with a single Phalaenopsis for now. =)
@@GardeningatDouentza Lol! I feel it's up to me to meet up with it's expectations! Right now it's producing it's third set of flowers from the same spikes it came with when i bought it. And a bunch load of keiki's, which is what i was hoping for when i got it. It's one of those harlequin no id hybrid's. Lovely flowers mind you.
Rachel: I *Finally* purchased a Mature purpurata :) was in a 5.5 inch pot / 7 pseudobulbs / buds in sheath. "Supposed" to be carnea, but turned out to be a werkhauseri :( eBay seller mislabeled. Paid too much for it $170. but... the delicate scent is nice... like a powder.. Anyway, the spike produced 4 blooms a little over 5" across... so... YOU are responsible for me getting addicted to purpuratas (after seeing this video)
Oh goodness. I have a lot to answer for 😀 I guess it is in flower now since you can tell it doesn't have the carnea pink blooms. I hope it knocks your socks off!
Gorgeous specimen. You have done a very good job with it. I have a semi alba, only bought it last fall. Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of your giant orchid 🌺🌺
My favorite Orchid!!!!! :D It's so so beautiful! I'm so happy you made this video. About to watch for a second time. I'm making my dad watch this one too lol.
I looove this plant! Watching this video inspired me to search for one and I had been looking for over a year after seeing this video. I finally was able to find one the same size as your plant for an absolute steal last weekend. It is in bloom now with four spikes and they look and smell incredible. Thank you so much for introducing me to the cattleya purpurata and inspiring people to grow plants! I always look forward to your videos, especially about orchids.
Lovely Rachel, great job. I too have one but the colour in the throat is deep purple with yellow stripes. Mine flowers twice a year but have only been able to get 6 flowers on two spikes. But once, I got 2 more flowers (total of 8) which came out directly from the apex without a sheath! I will send you a picture oe two by mail.
Hi Judy. Your purpurata sounds amazing and I would love to see a picture. In Chadwick's 'The Classic Cattleya', he talks about 4-5 blooms per spike but 4 is the maximum I ever got, and usually I get just 3. I envy your twice a year flowering in sunny Venezuela. I once got a second flowering at Christmas but it was a half-hearted attempt. I am happy with flowering just once a year, provided that it is a decent simultaneous show like this one. I have explained to my cattleya the deal and I hope she will continue to obey :)
I just bought my first cattleya, a pot. Dick Smith dark splash. I have learned that it's very difficult for me to get phals to rebloom... I just cannot give them the cool down that they need. For one, I live in Houston. It's pretty warm year round and when it does get the perfect night time temperature, the threat of heavy rains and strong winter sun make it a challenge to keep them outside... So I switched to catts because I feel they will appreciate the ample heat and humidity... It's a good thing I like phal foliage and aerial roots!
I think you've probably made a wise decision. It' is too hard to try and grow something that just can't deal with our climate. I bet your cattleyas will flourish. Hope so anyway!
Huge, gorgeous blooms! Lovely and beautiful as always. I think the blooms are bigger than the year before, don't you think? I have a little seedling but it's not going to flower anytime soon. Thanks for sharing.
Good evening, Ken. When I used to use rain mix I would feed this plant in late summer with it, as all other times. My feeding regime is more haphazard these days and I have used several different fertilisers over time and sometimes none at all. This is why I didn't mention feeding in the video. Wishing you a great weekend! Rachel
Gorgeous plants as always. How come you don’t keep them in the greenhouse except summer when some folks, myself included, put them outside under a lathe house or shade cloth bench. Not sure what Ireland’s summer is like but here on the east coast of US - we have to shade 50%. In the US, we call that color Granny Smith or just Apple green. I don’t care for my plants to be pale yellow and I like the bulbs to stay filled out. Some people take them down to really bleached and paper thin bulbs. Some species prefer higher light though and the plants are just bleached out more than I care for, but you have to give it what it takes to get the blooms. I like to keep the bulbs filled out all the time because you never know when something happens- you have to be away for a couple weeks, you get sick with Covid, anything … and those nice full bulbs on your cattleyas, and den.canes are protected for a little while. God help the phals and the leafed ones with no bulbs, etc. That’s when having those in high quality NZ Sphagnum moss helps tremendously but then I’m not fond of moss except in some instances. Just a word of warning with moving these big, tall, top heavy plants into plastic pots. When I use plastic for mature plants, I put holes in the plastic to cut down on moisture retention. But I sit it in clay pot one size larger than the plastic so the roots get plenty of air but the clay provides support as it’s so tall. Take my word for it .. it’s heartbreaking to have a person, animal, stormy weather, or something happens that it dries out - it’s gets knocked off it’s ledge or shelf and end up with broken leaves, flowers and lost leads. Especially if the plant is stingy on putting out new leads to one a year, or it’s a weird every other year and you lose it. That means you have to wait for a dormant eye to break free and it can take time. - just depends on the plant. Some of mine do 1-2 leads/year and others like I have right now several now that have 4-5 leads, really more than I want. But if I feed them well 25-50 ppm all primary, secondary and trace and at least 10% calcium each day - they will provide nice size flowers and bigger leads. I feed weekly or monthly higher feed a couple months before blooming for larger blooms. And the ones that put out lots of leads or need more assistance get supplements to keep them strong. I find each plant needs individual help. Everyone gets the same base feed etc but to get the best out of each plant, you need to spend time looking at your plants individually whether looking for disease, pests, feed needs. And for those in the US, you can send a leaf sample to JR Peters Labs to see if you are feeding your collection well enough - it’s not cheap about $40/sample. So typically you do the collection as 1 sample. And then once you correct and get everyone synced. Then if you have one or two that’s not responding, then you do it again. Again not cheap. Sometimes it’s just something that’s not allowing uptake or photosynthesis to work correctly ie temps not right, ventilation and circulation not up to par. Etc. Sometimes it can be just one plant. That’s when I go to Agdia (spelling?) to get test strips for viruses, etc and hope it’s negative. Viruses can cause a long protracted decline and nothing seems all that wrong, but it just won’t do well and it finally just dies. And possibly ends up spreading to other plants through various ways.
Thank you for your extremely detailed message on how you grow your orchids. I am sure some people reading it will find it very helpful. There is a lot of great advice in there, including cattleya leaf colour and testing advice for US viewers. In reply to your questions, I don't keep my orchids in the greenhouse normally because I am not prepared to heat it to the required winter temperature. And I don't put my orchids outdoors in summer because I do not have an appropriate covered space for them. Wishing you a great weekend and happy growing.
Hi there. As I mentioned in the video, I have this plant for seven years. At the end you will find a link to another video that can give you more information. Happy growing!
Well, it's kind of my favourite too now. It has had no disease or bugs and just does it's stuff! Would that they all behaved that well. Looking forward to catching up on that latest video of yours soon.
Gardening at Douentza I saw a hybrid yesterday at Outeniqua Orchids (a very well stocked online orchid retailer) which was not in flower but its suppose to have a great fragrance! So its going on my list!
Hi Rachel. What a beautiful orchid! I have a small plant about 3-4 years old. How long from seedling size to blooming size do you think? Thanks for the video. -kim
Est ce qu’une vidéo sur la culture des laelia en français serai envisageable car j’adore vous écouter et vos expériences sur la culture de cette merveilleuse plante
Merci de votre commentaire et votre intérêt. Malheureusement je ne fais plus des vidéos en français. RUclips ne prend pas en charge les chaînes qui publient des vidéos dans plus d'une langue, donc si je fais des vidéos en français à l'avenir, ce sera sur une deuxième chaîne. Pardon.
@@GardeningatDouentza je comprend merci quand même et c’est bien dommage car j’adore vous entendre parler français et j’en apprend à chaque fois en regardant vos vidéos
Hi. Good luck with your plant. It can be grown outside only in the summer. 4C° is far too low for it... "Laelia purpurata has the same cultural requirements as the other large-flowered Cattleya species. It benefits from lots of sun and moving air and a temperature between 58-60 F (14.5-15.5 C) at night and 80-85 F (26.5-29.5 C) during the day."
Hi there. I am not great at describing scents. It is definitely floral, as opposed to spicy. It is not overpowering but very pleasant. Hope this helps.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you! Definitely helped. - Btw.: I was surching you channel for the Green Golf 'Hairy Pig', cos I got one myself now together with the Rhyncholelia digbyana (from Schwerter ;) ), and it seems to me, that it still did not bloom for you, although I remembered it in bloom in one of your videos. I guess I am wrong... :D But: I remember Alberto struggled with his digbyana for 3 years and finally got it to bloom after leaving it one summer outside with almost full sun. Since the Pig is 50% digbyana, maybe it needs this high amount of sun too. Just my thought on it, since I now have to struggle (hopefully not...) with mine too.
@@karlsorchidparty2395 My Gold Green 'Hair Pig' has never flowered. What you probably remember is the Duh's White 'Pink Pig', which has flowered a couple of times for me. Yes, I followed Alberto's advice last year but I still have no luck with the Green Pig. Maybe it's a bit young yet. Thanks for watching and happy growing.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you very much for your respond & good luck for the future with this little hairy piggy! :D I like you channel and your garden. Always a source of inspiration! Thank you.
I find this orchid unfussy in terms of watering frequency. After flowering it seems to rest a little and need watering slightly less frequently than once a week.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! Already acquired one this month and she is large! She’s already bloomed several times with two new growing leads. I’m so excited for next year, but, i’m kinda little worried about the media because when i water her she smells a bit funky. I’m planning to repot her after blooming next year but thinking maybe I could do it sooner? When do purpuratas send out new roots? I also live in the northern hemisphere if that helps. 😅 Thanks for sharing you beautiful purpurata !!!
Hi there and congratulations on your new purchase. L. purpurata is a truly fabulous cattleya. Unfortunately this is the wrong time of year to repot but if your medium is really bad then you have no choice. Unlike many cattleya species, L. purpurata makes roots twice a year - March and September (northern hemisphere.) Normally you should not repot until new roots are growing. If you break the green tip of a new root, then the root dies back to the rhizome. So, repot when new roots are short. Older roots may branch. Hope this helps.
@@GardeningatDouentza thanks for the reply! I don’t think the medium is already ‘that’ bad. I won’t be watering too often, this time of the year, anyways. So around March it is! 👀
@@GardeningatDouentza hi! Just a little worrying update... last week noticed that the backbulbs are shriveling at a fast rate, upon inspecting she’s already sent out one root and thought to myself “i will be repotting soon!” But the very next day saw that the new root was wounded. Immediately further inspected and found a SNAIL in the media. I repotted the plant and found a SLUG in the media as well. There are many healthy roots but many ‘eaten’ roots too. Now the front bulbs a slowly shriveling too. I’m worried. 😕
@@GodfreyCua Unfortunately if the roots are damaged the plant can't extract water and the pseudos will shrivel. Look, you did what you had to. Now all you can do is wait and see. I will cross my fingers for you.
I bought one over 3 years ago and just noticed that it started flowing this year I'm really excited.
Very exciting times, a fabulous orchid 🤩
That is a giant I agree with you but what a beautiful one!
Thanks for watching
That is a huge Laelia, if mine gets that big I will not have room for it! I really enjoyed seeing yours! magnificent display of flowers!
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you like my monster.
Wow ! whats not to like, she is a fabulous example of Laelia Purpurata! A true beauty.@@GardeningatDouentza
Oh a dream ☺
What a great show!
Thank you
That solves my problem as to why mine hasn't bloomed yet. Yourself and several others at Burnham's displays yesterday were in bloom. My new growths are still growing now and my plant is obviously still 'out of season'. I've spoken to others who got varieties of purpurata from Equagenera and theirs also took a few years to get back to maturing growths at the right time. My new growths will mature in Autumn so loose the light (which is needed for the buds to form). My variety atropurpurea has an even deeper colour in the lip and the rest of the blooms are a deep magenta - can't wait - maybe next year?
It is a plant worth persisting wiith, especially as you have an extra nice variety. Can't wait to see yours in bloom!
So beautiful! Sure wish we had good light in our house but unfortunately my windowsill are full! Haha...we live in a log home which we made from the trees off our property so they can be dark. It's so wonderful to enjoy yours!
Your log house sounds beautifully atmospheric. Thanks for watching and happy growing!
I'm in awe every time i get to see this phenomenal beauty. Although i have been relatively successful in growing Cattleya type orchids indoors in the past, they all perished in the end.
So i'm making do with a single Phalaenopsis for now. =)
Oh no. That's terrible. Orchids can be martyrs for a variety of pests and ailments though. I hope your phal realises it has a lot to live up to!
@@GardeningatDouentza Lol! I feel it's up to me to meet up with it's expectations! Right now it's producing it's third set of flowers from the same spikes it came with when i bought it. And a bunch load of keiki's, which is what i was hoping for when i got it. It's one of those harlequin no id hybrid's. Lovely flowers mind you.
@@benwinkel Sounds like a hard worker!
It’s beautiful & huge ! Happy growing.
Happy growing to you too
What a beautiful monster I wish I had space for that I remember first seeing this Catt. On your channel and wanted one since
It is a beauty but a monster. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching.
Heafty plant! You've certainly got a rock show of blooms there. Very well grown!
Thank you, Todd
Soooo beautiful, thank you for sharing😃
You are very welcome
Rachel: I *Finally* purchased a Mature purpurata :) was in a 5.5 inch pot / 7 pseudobulbs / buds in sheath. "Supposed" to be carnea, but turned out to be a werkhauseri :( eBay seller mislabeled. Paid too much for it $170. but... the delicate scent is nice... like a powder.. Anyway, the spike produced 4 blooms a little over 5" across... so... YOU are responsible for me getting addicted to purpuratas (after seeing this video)
Oh goodness. I have a lot to answer for 😀 I guess it is in flower now since you can tell it doesn't have the carnea pink blooms. I hope it knocks your socks off!
Gorgeous specimen. You have done a very good job with it.
I have a semi alba, only bought it last fall. Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of your giant orchid 🌺🌺
Thank you, Fernanda. I certainly will enjoy my plant and I hope yours is a winner too.
My favorite Orchid!!!!! :D It's so so beautiful! I'm so happy you made this video. About to watch for a second time. I'm making my dad watch this one too lol.
Well, that you, Annie. You are obviously the perfect subscriber. Sending my commiserations to long-suffering Dad. Wishing you both a great weekend!
Such a great plant👍👍
It really is!
I looove this plant! Watching this video inspired me to search for one and I had been looking for over a year after seeing this video. I finally was able to find one the same size as your plant for an absolute steal last weekend. It is in bloom now with four spikes and they look and smell incredible. Thank you so much for introducing me to the cattleya purpurata and inspiring people to grow plants! I always look forward to your videos, especially about orchids.
I am so glad I inspired you to get this wonderful plant and I hope it continues to bring you great happiness.Rachel
I bought one last week,and I found your video.I hope mine will be bloom next year on time
I hope so too. Good luck!
Wow that’s a show stopper
I'm in love 😍 I really want one....
That's a beauty! Mine is seedling, so hoping the best. :) the growth with me seems to be double in size.
Good luck!
Lovely Rachel, great job. I too have one but the colour in the throat is deep purple with yellow stripes. Mine flowers twice a year but have only been able to get 6 flowers on two spikes. But once, I got 2 more flowers (total of 8) which came out directly from the apex without a sheath! I will send you a picture oe two by mail.
Hi Judy. Your purpurata sounds amazing and I would love to see a picture. In Chadwick's 'The Classic Cattleya', he talks about 4-5 blooms per spike but 4 is the maximum I ever got, and usually I get just 3.
I envy your twice a year flowering in sunny Venezuela. I once got a second flowering at Christmas but it was a half-hearted attempt. I am happy with flowering just once a year, provided that it is a decent simultaneous show like this one. I have explained to my cattleya the deal and I hope she will continue to obey :)
AMAZING PHOTOS. Than you
I just bought my first cattleya, a pot. Dick Smith dark splash. I have learned that it's very difficult for me to get phals to rebloom... I just cannot give them the cool down that they need. For one, I live in Houston. It's pretty warm year round and when it does get the perfect night time temperature, the threat of heavy rains and strong winter sun make it a challenge to keep them outside... So I switched to catts because I feel they will appreciate the ample heat and humidity... It's a good thing I like phal foliage and aerial roots!
I think you've probably made a wise decision. It' is too hard to try and grow something that just can't deal with our climate. I bet your cattleyas will flourish. Hope so anyway!
Beautiful specimen, I can't wait for mine to get to that size.
Very nice!
In awe of that plant. Nice work 💪🌸❤️🌱. I enjoyed this video so much.
Thank you
Huge, gorgeous blooms! Lovely and beautiful as always. I think the blooms are bigger than the year before, don't you think?
I have a little seedling but it's not going to flower anytime soon. Thanks for sharing.
Good evening, Mary. Hmmm, you may be right about the bloom size but unfortunately I took no measurement last year. Good luck with that seedling!
Wonderful plant Rachel. Magnificent. Would you feed it late summer - Rainmix..?? Stunning.
Good evening, Ken. When I used to use rain mix I would feed this plant in late summer with it, as all other times. My feeding regime is more haphazard these days and I have used several different fertilisers over time and sometimes none at all. This is why I didn't mention feeding in the video.
Wishing you a great weekend! Rachel
Thanks for the info. Rachel. Enjoy the lovely weather. Ken.
Amazing! Can't wait for mine to arrive. 😍
Gorgeous plants as always. How come you don’t keep them in the greenhouse except summer when some folks, myself included, put them outside under a lathe house or shade cloth bench. Not sure what Ireland’s summer is like but here on the east coast of US - we have to shade 50%. In the US, we call that color Granny Smith or just Apple green. I don’t care for my plants to be pale yellow and I like the bulbs to stay filled out. Some people take them down to really bleached and paper thin bulbs. Some species prefer higher light though and the plants are just bleached out more than I care for, but you have to give it what it takes to get the blooms. I like to keep the bulbs filled out all the time because you never know when something happens- you have to be away for a couple weeks, you get sick with Covid, anything … and those nice full bulbs on your cattleyas, and den.canes are protected for a little while. God help the phals and the leafed ones with no bulbs, etc. That’s when having those in high quality NZ Sphagnum moss helps tremendously but then I’m not fond of moss except in some instances.
Just a word of warning with moving these big, tall, top heavy plants into plastic pots. When I use plastic for mature plants, I put holes in the plastic to cut down on moisture retention. But I sit it in clay pot one size larger than the plastic so the roots get plenty of air but the clay provides support as it’s so tall. Take my word for it .. it’s heartbreaking to have a person, animal, stormy weather, or something happens that it dries out - it’s gets knocked off it’s ledge or shelf and end up with broken leaves, flowers and lost leads. Especially if the plant is stingy on putting out new leads to one a year, or it’s a weird every other year and you lose it. That means you have to wait for a dormant eye to break free and it can take time. - just depends on the plant. Some of mine do 1-2 leads/year and others like I have right now several now that have 4-5 leads, really more than I want. But if I feed them well 25-50 ppm all primary, secondary and trace and at least 10% calcium each day - they will provide nice size flowers and bigger leads. I feed weekly or monthly higher feed a couple months before blooming for larger blooms. And the ones that put out lots of leads or need more assistance get supplements to keep them strong. I find each plant needs individual help. Everyone gets the same base feed etc but to get the best out of each plant, you need to spend time looking at your plants individually whether looking for disease, pests, feed needs. And for those in the US, you can send a leaf sample to JR Peters Labs to see if you are feeding your collection well enough - it’s not cheap about $40/sample. So typically you do the collection as 1 sample. And then once you correct and get everyone synced. Then if you have one or two that’s not responding, then you do it again. Again not cheap. Sometimes it’s just something that’s not allowing uptake or photosynthesis to work correctly ie temps not right, ventilation and circulation not up to par. Etc. Sometimes it can be just one plant. That’s when I go to Agdia (spelling?) to get test strips for viruses, etc and hope it’s negative. Viruses can cause a long protracted decline and nothing seems all that wrong, but it just won’t do well and it finally just dies. And possibly ends up spreading to other plants through various ways.
Thank you for your extremely detailed message on how you grow your orchids. I am sure some people reading it will find it very helpful. There is a lot of great advice in there, including cattleya leaf colour and testing advice for US viewers.
In reply to your questions, I don't keep my orchids in the greenhouse normally because I am not prepared to heat it to the required winter temperature. And I don't put my orchids outdoors in summer because I do not have an appropriate covered space for them.
Wishing you a great weekend and happy growing.
You're thumbs are so green, they glow in the dark 😁
Haha. Yes, probably 😁
@@GardeningatDouentza 😁
Loved this video! Great job with this plant
Thank you and happy growing!
Very beautiful Laelia. How many years did it take to get to it's current size?
Hi there. As I mentioned in the video, I have this plant for seven years. At the end you will find a link to another video that can give you more information. Happy growing!
one of my favorite among your catts
Well, it's kind of my favourite too now. It has had no disease or bugs and just does it's stuff! Would that they all behaved that well.
Looking forward to catching up on that latest video of yours soon.
Such a lovely plant! I really want this one for my garden, how much sun do you think it will be able to take outside?
Well, it is a high light plant but I would not put it in direct sun, even here in Ireland.
Gardening at Douentza I saw a hybrid yesterday at Outeniqua Orchids (a very well stocked online orchid retailer) which was not in flower but its suppose to have a great fragrance! So its going on my list!
Hi Rachel. What a beautiful orchid! I have a small plant about 3-4 years old. How long from seedling size to blooming size do you think? Thanks for the video. -kim
I think this is the video you are looking for...
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Est ce qu’une vidéo sur la culture des laelia en français serai envisageable car j’adore vous écouter et vos expériences sur la culture de cette merveilleuse plante
Merci de votre commentaire et votre intérêt. Malheureusement je ne fais plus des vidéos en français. RUclips ne prend pas en charge les chaînes qui publient des vidéos dans plus d'une langue, donc si je fais des vidéos en français à l'avenir, ce sera sur une deuxième chaîne. Pardon.
@@GardeningatDouentza je comprend merci quand même et c’est bien dommage car j’adore vous entendre parler français et j’en apprend à chaque fois en regardant vos vidéos
Beautiful video and plant! Thanks for sharing. I just got mine today with a sheath. Can I grow it outside? My low temp is about 4C° (40F°). Thanks!
Hi. Good luck with your plant. It can be grown outside only in the summer. 4C° is far too low for it...
"Laelia purpurata has the same cultural requirements as the other large-flowered Cattleya species. It benefits from lots of sun and moving air and a temperature between 58-60 F (14.5-15.5 C) at night and 80-85 F (26.5-29.5 C) during the day."
@@GardeningatDouentza thank you very much for the information!
Could you tell me something about the fragrance, please? Strength, kind, etc.
Hi there. I am not great at describing scents. It is definitely floral, as opposed to spicy. It is not overpowering but very pleasant. Hope this helps.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you! Definitely helped. - Btw.: I was surching you channel for the Green Golf 'Hairy Pig', cos I got one myself now together with the Rhyncholelia digbyana (from Schwerter ;) ), and it seems to me, that it still did not bloom for you, although I remembered it in bloom in one of your videos. I guess I am wrong... :D But: I remember Alberto struggled with his digbyana for 3 years and finally got it to bloom after leaving it one summer outside with almost full sun. Since the Pig is 50% digbyana, maybe it needs this high amount of sun too. Just my thought on it, since I now have to struggle (hopefully not...) with mine too.
@@karlsorchidparty2395 My Gold Green 'Hair Pig' has never flowered. What you probably remember is the Duh's White 'Pink Pig', which has flowered a couple of times for me. Yes, I followed Alberto's advice last year but I still have no luck with the Green Pig. Maybe it's a bit young yet. Thanks for watching and happy growing.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you very much for your respond & good luck for the future with this little hairy piggy! :D I like you channel and your garden. Always a source of inspiration! Thank you.
How frequently do you need to water this orchid in the summer versus the winter?
I find this orchid unfussy in terms of watering frequency. After flowering it seems to rest a little and need watering slightly less frequently than once a week.
😍💕💕
Isn’t she a beauty!
Thanks for watching.
Hey Rachel, what happened to your month of perennials? I was enjoying that series :)
My month of perrennials got interrupted by my two weeks of holiday 🤣
I recorded another one today so it'll be out soon! Thanks for your interest 😊
She is a beauty, even if she is a beast.
The bigger the better for me :)
Can you make videos on Hoyas?
Well, thank you for the suggestion. Maybe I will make a repotting video of my hoya soon.
I am a big fan of yours. Thank you for your inspirational videos.
@@Emiley.15 Aw, thank you so much, Emiley. You have made me smile. Wishing you a great weekend.
Should name her: "BIG MOMMA" considering her history of producing award winning offspring. :)
Good idea!