OMG, mine is in spike for the first time ever too but my spike is 3 FEET TALL! Lol... I've had to relocate the plant three times to make space for the never ending spike... Can't wait for that gorgeous bloom! Congrats on yours. :)
Now isn't he handsome. Looks like he is all ready to protect all your orchids. Love the color contrast of dark and medium yellow. Love your info on how to care and the culture of the orchid. It deserves to be in the spotlight. Great growing. Have a very great day and weekend.
I bought my first two Mendenhall a couple of weeks ago. From what I've researched and been told so far, I'll have to wait for new roots until they can be repotted together. Unlike oncidiums that should not dry out, the psychopsis seems to be one that needs to dry after watering. I'm going to care for it like a cattleya. One of the first ones I bought had a snail that chopped down the newest leaf, but I was able to exchange it for another one that had also had damage to the newest pseudobulb but it hasn't affected the leaf.
Thank you for your video. I wanted to send you a comment for a very long time. At the end of Feb. the annual orchid show in Vienna took place and on top ot the wishlist was this psychopsis. The first one I saw was an alba var. I touched the leaves and could't believe this strange papery experience and thought "Maybe because it is an alba. var.?" I kid you not I grabbed every single Psychopsis on this show till I realized that the leaves all have the same texture. Although I asked I didn't want to believe it. So round two in the show - I wanted to have at least one with a nice pattern on the leaves. I was really very close to give up because all the plants didn't have more then three or four tiny greyish 'dry' leaves and were very pricey. At that point I didn't care for the flower any more because I was so disappointed about the plant itself. Maybe I didn't do my homework properly before or overheared simply any discription. During this search I bought a lot of bark, sphagnum moss, pumice, lavarock, pots; a wonderful beautiful epidendrum radicans (I had one before many years ago and the vendor had an orange and a red one in one pot) and - finally - a psychopsis with dotted leaves and in spike which he had under the table because one of the five strange leaves was already 'really' dry. Mission accomplished. I also bought my first masdevallia ignea with really unearthly striking flowers, a tiny little renanthera monachica, also tiny bare rooted restrepias. These are all new specimen for me. The renanthera and the restrepias came directly from a vendor from Columbia and I'm glad that all plants have adapted very well in the meantime. And my now four leaves psychopsis finally made up it's mind and continous her spike. It was great to see so many plants 'in person'. And your vid. was finally very reassuring for me regarding the 'how-feeling' (I don't know the English word for my trying to express). Thank you for videos.
Hello dear I hope you're doing well over there! Thanks for this video.. as I mentioned before, I finally bought two psychopsis for my birthday and one came with a long spike. They're both doing well and the bud hasn't blasted after reporting but it seems like it's taking forever to open... it's still small and green and has two small dried sheaths around it... but it's also started a small new growth....
Great information! Thank you! I have had mine for 2 years without blooming. It has developed a new growth and I just repotted it so crossing my fingers. Thanks VERY much for the insert pictures of spike vs growth, that was really helpful. BTW, your audio wasn't bad. One question: I have occasionally had a leaf turn yellow and die. It does not seem to effect the overall health of the plant. Has yours done that?
Great video, a lot of people have trouble with this one. Interesting fact for the Psychopsis part named after goddess Psyche - the wife of Eros, who had had butterfly wings.
So beautiful! It has it all ...beautiful flower and gorgeous leaves. I think it looks like a Spanish lady with big puffed sleeeves holding out her skirt. She’s wearing a tall headdress. I’ve just bought a Phal. Bellina. I think it may be a bit of a challenge for me as a beginner. What would be the best medium for it? Sphagnum moss? Clay balls? Orchiata bark?
Nina Bosse omg my parents did the sound of music tour in Austria last year and I was so jealous! We all agreed I would have been extremely annoying on it though, singing in every single location 😂
Orchie Dee I’ve done that tour! Singing was a must and others eventually had to join in, or stay sourpuss throughout! It was a blast! Despite the few who thought our busting out in song was childish and a nuisance ... eventually, they did come around 😂 oh... and never mind the re-enactments in some locations 😂
I would try to avoid clipping any spike too tightly. If you can source those butterfly clips, the have a point close to the spring where you can secure the clip to the stake. That way it just holds the spike in place but does not grip it.
OMG, mine is in spike for the first time ever too but my spike is 3 FEET TALL! Lol... I've had to relocate the plant three times to make space for the never ending spike... Can't wait for that gorgeous bloom! Congrats on yours. :)
Joanna West Moser woah!! More than half my height 😬
Now isn't he handsome. Looks like he is all ready to protect all your orchids. Love the color contrast of dark and medium yellow. Love your info on how to care and the culture of the orchid. It deserves to be in the spotlight. Great growing. Have a very great day and weekend.
Kim Paquette thanks hun! X
I bought my first two Mendenhall a couple of weeks ago. From what I've researched and been told so far, I'll have to wait for new roots until they can be repotted together. Unlike oncidiums that should not dry out, the psychopsis seems to be one that needs to dry after watering. I'm going to care for it like a cattleya.
One of the first ones I bought had a snail that chopped down the newest leaf, but I was able to exchange it for another one that had also had damage to the newest pseudobulb but it hasn't affected the leaf.
I’m so excited to get a flowering size Psychopsis. I can’t wait for it to flower!!
One of the better looking psychopsis I have seen. Gorgeous leaves!
WOW ❣️ Gorgeous Orchard ❤️ I love the colors. It looks like the top head of a peacock or yes a butterfly 🦋
Thank you for your video. I wanted to send you a comment for a very long time.
At the end of Feb. the annual orchid show in Vienna took place and on top ot the wishlist was this psychopsis. The first one I saw was an alba var. I touched the leaves and could't believe this strange papery experience and thought "Maybe because it is an alba. var.?"
I kid you not I grabbed every single Psychopsis on this show till I realized that the leaves all have the same texture. Although I asked I didn't want to believe it. So round two in the show - I wanted to have at least one with a nice pattern on the leaves. I was really very close to give up because all the plants didn't have more then three or four tiny greyish 'dry' leaves and were very pricey. At that point I didn't care for the flower any more because I was so disappointed about the plant itself. Maybe I didn't do my homework properly before or overheared simply any discription.
During this search I bought a lot of bark, sphagnum moss, pumice, lavarock, pots; a wonderful beautiful epidendrum radicans (I had one before many years ago and the vendor had an orange and a red one in one pot) and - finally - a psychopsis with dotted leaves and in spike which he had under the table because one of the five strange leaves was already 'really' dry. Mission accomplished.
I also bought my first masdevallia ignea with really unearthly striking flowers, a tiny little renanthera monachica, also tiny bare rooted restrepias. These are all new specimen for me. The renanthera and the restrepias came directly from a vendor from Columbia and I'm glad that all plants have adapted very well in the meantime.
And my now four leaves psychopsis finally made up it's mind and continous her spike.
It was great to see so many plants 'in person'. And your vid. was finally very reassuring for me regarding the 'how-feeling' (I don't know the English word for my trying to express).
Thank you for videos.
Disclaimer -> I forgot to mention that 'Sound of Music' is hardly known here in Austria. We know it only because of the tourists. SORRY!
OMG! Sooooooo so gorgeous!
Hello dear I hope you're doing well over there! Thanks for this video.. as I mentioned before, I finally bought two psychopsis for my birthday and one came with a long spike. They're both doing well and the bud hasn't blasted after reporting but it seems like it's taking forever to open... it's still small and green and has two small dried sheaths around it... but it's also started a small new growth....
Great information! Thank you! I have had mine for 2 years without blooming. It has developed a new growth and I just repotted it so crossing my fingers. Thanks VERY much for the insert pictures of spike vs growth, that was really helpful. BTW, your audio wasn't bad.
One question: I have occasionally had a leaf turn yellow and die. It does not seem to effect the overall health of the plant. Has yours done that?
Great video, a lot of people have trouble with this one. Interesting fact for the Psychopsis part named after goddess Psyche - the wife of Eros, who had had butterfly wings.
Hello there,
I live in Vancouver Canada! Please let me know where I can purchase this orchid.
Thanks in advance ☺
So beautiful! It has it all ...beautiful flower and gorgeous leaves. I think it looks like a Spanish lady with big puffed sleeeves holding out her skirt. She’s wearing a tall headdress.
I’ve just bought a Phal. Bellina. I think it may be a bit of a challenge for me as a beginner.
What would be the best medium for it? Sphagnum moss? Clay balls? Orchiata bark?
I grow mine in 50% small bark mix and 50% sphagnum. But I live in Brisbane. It's happiest kept above 18C generally.
May that spike bloom and grow, bloom and grow foreeeevehhrr (not an Edelweiss, but ... 😬)
Nina Bosse omg my parents did the sound of music tour in Austria last year and I was so jealous! We all agreed I would have been extremely annoying on it though, singing in every single location 😂
Orchie Dee I’ve done that tour! Singing was a must and others eventually had to join in, or stay sourpuss throughout! It was a blast! Despite the few who thought our busting out in song was childish and a nuisance ... eventually, they did come around 😂 oh... and never mind the re-enactments in some locations 😂
Nina Bosse Bucket list for sure!!!
Thank you for this I info. Can we clip it tight to the stake or does the spike grow from the bottom?
I would try to avoid clipping any spike too tightly. If you can source those butterfly clips, the have a point close to the spring where you can secure the clip to the stake. That way it just holds the spike in place but does not grip it.
Gorgeous!