The Zygopetalum is very lovely. I've quite a number of them in bloom or spike at the moment, most exciting of these are crinitum and mackayi, which will be first blooms from seedlings.
It is always a great joy when orchids flower for the first time and with seedlings there is always that added sense of achievment. I think Zygpetalums are wonderful orchids although I get the impression that a lot of people find them tricky. I wish I had room to grow more. The crinitums I saw growing in the wild in Brazil showed quite a lot of natural variation and all were beautiful.
@@HowardRice A lot of people find them tricky because most of the information available on growing them is terrible. Unless you have a cooler greenhouse with 80% humidity, growing them in bark is a recipe for failure. Growing in a hot climate (Florida) was a challenge figuring out how to keep them, but now I find them to be so easy. Funny thing about the two seedlings coming into bloom, I bought them from two different people and both asked me "how did you do it?" The person that sold me the mackayi still has several seedlings and they are all half the size of my plants. I told him you need to give them more light and more food.
Wonderful channel! Thanx for making it! And greetings from Göttingen! 🌸 May I ask you 2 questions: 1. Do you share your nutrient solution water? If yes, than 2. Do you have ever seen some negative effects by doing so (spreading diseases, viruses, loosing plants, etc)? - I am interested, because I grow my plants inside my house, about 80% mounted, and spray them like you do, but must be extremely careful not to spill water everywhere. Every day... And sometimes it is simply not funny anymore (got at least 50 mounts; might be more).. I imagine taking a bowl and simply pouring water on them & than letting them drip dry might do life much easier. I also already thought about investing into the Gardena electronic pump sprayer; and I do not like wasting energy! 😜 Thank you.
Hello Karl, Thankyou for subscribing. I know some people say you shouldn't but I have always filled a basin with nutrient solution (rain water plus rain mix fertiliser) and dipped all my plants in it once a week or so depending on the time of year. Each morning I then spray the mounted plants with plain rain water using a 5 litre pump up spray. If you don't pump it too much and have a fairly coarse spray you can mostly keep the leaves dry and just wet the roots. I have a lot of mounted plants but it only takes me a few minutes each day. The mounted plants along the wall have a sheet of clear acrylic behind to keep the wall dry. Does that answer your questions? If not ask again.
@@HowardRice Oh, it does! Thank you for that fast answering! Yes, the good old Rain Mix. Do you know how strong your feed is? I spray now with a 50 ppm solution every work day (summer) and on the weekend with pure ro-water. Winter: Feed only about once a month, and even less (depending on plant). - Btw.: I am really jealous of your greenhouse. So beautiful. And: You have really fixed me on that Bulbophyllum elassonotum....
...And maybe some plant recommendations from my side. I also have my main focus on strongly and beautiful fragrant orchids: - Phalaenopsis japonica (anise, floral) - Dendrochilum magnum (spicy, bit lemony) - Miltoniopsis Herralexandre (killed 2 so far; not given up.) (rose) - Cycnodes Wine Delight (menthol cherry) - Fredclarkeara the black one (pine menthol) - Bulbophyllum claptoense (close to plant, tangerines) - Dendrobium unicum (close to plant, orange flower & peach) - Masdevallia glandulosa (close to plant, christmas... Cloves, sweet) OK. Enough. Got a few more. Feel free to ask 2! 😊
@@karlsorchidparty2395 Hi Karl, I use the rain mix at the strength they recommend for the main watering once a week. I use a conductivity meter to check the concentration which works out to 500 micro siemens (which I think is about 250 ppm). I can't decide about adding it to the water for daily watering. I asked Akerne Orchids once what they did and they said normal strength for all watering/spraying. So I sometimes add atiny amount to the spray. It's really difficult to know what's best but I work on the principle that it's better to feed too little than too much.
@@karlsorchidparty2395 Many thanks for the recommendations. Do tell more. I'd like to grow Dendrochilum magnum but they are really big and I already have a lot of Dendrochilums. I'll look out for the Phalaenopsis and the Masdevallia. Sadly, I can't grow Miltoniopsis and I don't think many people can. But I recently got a Miltonia moreliana.
I also have Zygopetalum Crinitum and find it reluctant to bloom. I have slightly warmer conditions than your greenhouse Howard. Have you had any more thoughts on this problem?
When I saw them growing in the wild in Brazil they were mostly growing terrestrially in leaf litter over soil at the base of trees in light woodland that had regrown in an area that had been felled 20 or so years previously. They were in bright shade at about 1500m where night temperatures in the drier cooler season were down to about 10 deg c. My Zygos do not grow as well as they did 10 years ago when I had far fewer plants and they got more light. So I think the key might be cool, shaded but bright conditions. Also, I used to use Orchiata bark which we can't buy (in the UK) nowadays so perhaps that is also a factor. Orchids can be very challenging at times but I hope this might give you something to go on.
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Beautiful orchids. Thank you for this great videos. Greetings from Munich
Thanks Harald. Glad you liked it.
I just acquired the same zygopedallum. This is the best summary! It does indeed have the best scent, reminiscent of easter lilies
Thank you for sharing your lovely collection 😁
Thanks Julia
Beautiful plant✨️
The Zygopetalum is very lovely. I've quite a number of them in bloom or spike at the moment, most exciting of these are crinitum and mackayi, which will be first blooms from seedlings.
It is always a great joy when orchids flower for the first time and with seedlings there is always that added sense of achievment. I think Zygpetalums are wonderful orchids although I get the impression that a lot of people find them tricky. I wish I had room to grow more. The crinitums I saw growing in the wild in Brazil showed quite a lot of natural variation and all were beautiful.
@@HowardRice A lot of people find them tricky because most of the information available on growing them is terrible. Unless you have a cooler greenhouse with 80% humidity, growing them in bark is a recipe for failure. Growing in a hot climate (Florida) was a challenge figuring out how to keep them, but now I find them to be so easy. Funny thing about the two seedlings coming into bloom, I bought them from two different people and both asked me "how did you do it?" The person that sold me the mackayi still has several seedlings and they are all half the size of my plants. I told him you need to give them more light and more food.
Wonderful channel! Thanx for making it! And greetings from Göttingen! 🌸 May I ask you 2 questions: 1. Do you share your nutrient solution water? If yes, than 2. Do you have ever seen some negative effects by doing so (spreading diseases, viruses, loosing plants, etc)? - I am interested, because I grow my plants inside my house, about 80% mounted, and spray them like you do, but must be extremely careful not to spill water everywhere. Every day... And sometimes it is simply not funny anymore (got at least 50 mounts; might be more).. I imagine taking a bowl and simply pouring water on them & than letting them drip dry might do life much easier. I also already thought about investing into the Gardena electronic pump sprayer; and I do not like wasting energy! 😜 Thank you.
Hello Karl, Thankyou for subscribing.
I know some people say you shouldn't but I have always filled a basin with nutrient solution (rain water plus rain mix fertiliser) and dipped all my plants in it once a week or so depending on the time of year. Each morning I then spray the mounted plants with plain rain water using a 5 litre pump up spray. If you don't pump it too much and have a fairly coarse spray you can mostly keep the leaves dry and just wet the roots. I have a lot of mounted plants but it only takes me a few minutes each day. The mounted plants along the wall have a sheet of clear acrylic behind to keep the wall dry.
Does that answer your questions? If not ask again.
@@HowardRice Oh, it does! Thank you for that fast answering! Yes, the good old Rain Mix. Do you know how strong your feed is? I spray now with a 50 ppm solution every work day (summer) and on the weekend with pure ro-water. Winter: Feed only about once a month, and even less (depending on plant). - Btw.: I am really jealous of your greenhouse. So beautiful. And: You have really fixed me on that Bulbophyllum elassonotum....
...And maybe some plant recommendations from my side. I also have my main focus on strongly and beautiful fragrant orchids:
- Phalaenopsis japonica (anise, floral)
- Dendrochilum magnum (spicy, bit lemony)
- Miltoniopsis Herralexandre (killed 2 so far; not given up.) (rose)
- Cycnodes Wine Delight (menthol cherry)
- Fredclarkeara the black one (pine menthol)
- Bulbophyllum claptoense (close to plant, tangerines)
- Dendrobium unicum (close to plant, orange flower & peach)
- Masdevallia glandulosa (close to plant, christmas... Cloves, sweet)
OK. Enough. Got a few more. Feel free to ask 2! 😊
@@karlsorchidparty2395 Hi Karl, I use the rain mix at the strength they recommend for the main watering once a week. I use a conductivity meter to check the concentration which works out to 500 micro siemens (which I think is about 250 ppm). I can't decide about adding it to the water for daily watering. I asked Akerne Orchids once what they did and they said normal strength for all watering/spraying. So I sometimes add atiny amount to the spray. It's really difficult to know what's best but I work on the principle that it's better to feed too little than too much.
@@karlsorchidparty2395 Many thanks for the recommendations. Do tell more. I'd like to grow Dendrochilum magnum but they are really big and I already have a lot of Dendrochilums. I'll look out for the Phalaenopsis and the Masdevallia. Sadly, I can't grow Miltoniopsis and I don't think many people can. But I recently got a Miltonia moreliana.
I also have Zygopetalum Crinitum and find it reluctant to bloom. I have slightly warmer conditions than your greenhouse Howard. Have you had any more thoughts on this problem?
When I saw them growing in the wild in Brazil they were mostly growing terrestrially in leaf litter over soil at the base of trees in light woodland that had regrown in an area that had been felled 20 or so years previously. They were in bright shade at about 1500m where night temperatures in the drier cooler season were down to about 10 deg c. My Zygos do not grow as well as they did 10 years ago when I had far fewer plants and they got more light. So I think the key might be cool, shaded but bright conditions. Also, I used to use Orchiata bark which we can't buy (in the UK) nowadays so perhaps that is also a factor. Orchids can be very challenging at times but I hope this might give you something to go on.