Of course I should have watched this video first... I bought a Sharry Baby about 6 weeks ago in bloom - blooming finished last week - and I decided to repot, since the orchid was in tightly packed Sphagnum Moss only. What a job! Apparently the plant - already in S. Moss - had been transferred into another larger pot with more Sphagnum moss tightly packed around the old moss.. . To keep it short, it took me 2 hours to gently remove the moss after soaking it and those very dry and tangled roots for 30 mins. It is now in a mix of pre-soaked medium-sized Orchiata, Perlite and a bit of Sphagnum Moss.
Got mine two years ago and this year I got a single spike on each. But that's okay. That means they like what I'm doing for them. Love your vids. Both you and Miss Orchid Girl are my go-to advisors.
Hi Brad! Thanks for sharing your Experience and New Orchids; I've learn a LOT! from you. I would like to grow Masdevallias and Draculas but, since I Live in Puerto Rico (in Hot-Warm weather) I cant, although I hava a couple that can handle warmer temps. I always look for your new videos. Once again, thanks for your time, keep the excellent work. PD: It's a Learning and Inspiring Channel! "Two Thumbs Up" Luis
i have a question, i was wondering if its ok to replace the perlite with charcoal. im new to orchd keeping so i dont know if they are meant to serve the same purpose or not and i have a premix with furbark, sphagnum moss, charcoal and coco fiber.
I've heard so much about where NOT to get water because it'll rot the p-bulbs and leaves. You just broke all the "rules". What do you do to avoid this problem? Thanks for the vid. Do I denture same mix for my Ruth's Rainbow? Thanks, Nina
Nina Dillard yup you can use the same mix, I guess if you kept the leaves wet all the time they would rot but they will be dry in a few hours, so no worries.
Hi Brad! Love your videos. I just purchased a large Sharry Baby, in bloom, and LOTS of areal roots. This is my first oncidium. It has outgrown its pot and the areal roots are going crazy! Which is why I bought it, I love roots...lol. Do I leave the areal roots in the air when I report it? I do this with my phalaenopsis, but I’m not sure if the same rules apply to oncidiums. Thanks in advance.
I have also purchased one and the quantity of roots was something I have never seen before! Also aerial roots and new growth everywhere. It was potbound and the only media left in the pot was the sphagnum moss plug and a few bark chips. I had a very nice red self-watering pot prepared for it but it wasn't enough, so I used an old big transparent pot for it. It was a pleasant surprise, but the roots gave me headaches when I needed to clean them.
It seems like you use about the same mix as I do. If it's a larger pot I put some of my Cattleya mix in the center/bottom. I also use about 50/50 Onc./Cat. mix if the hybrid has a lot of Brassia in it. Excellant video (as always).
I have sharry baby in spike right now, Brad. Unfortunately few of its leaves are yellow, what am i suppost to do, should i cut them out, thanks Brad for sharing
Hello I had bought one of these sherry baby and when I received it home it has brown marks on the leaves and some look like brown thin lines and I saw on you tube that it is a virus or bacteria and I did not get paid yet and I had Clorox Clean Up here and I sprayed the leaves on both sides. Let it sit for a few minutes and I sprayed the media as well and then rinsed it off. Did I do. A bad thing by using Bleach. Every leaf has these thin brown lines. The new leaf coming in was clear of any brown markes
I just got a yellow oncidium hybrid, i believe Sweet sugar. But it has no scent... How come? I'm so disappointed. Or I'm doing something wrong, should it get a direct morning sun? I'm a windowsill grower and it stays on a West w/s and gets evening sun rats which aren't strong at this period.
My oncidium flowered about 6 months ago and now the bulbs at the bottom are looking very wrinkly and skinny. The soil is still moist but it's in a pretty small pot, will repotting it fix this issue?
Hello Brad! I'm Eugenia from Athens, Greece. I received a huge oncidium as a gift for my son's birth two and a half years ago and it is blooming every year since then with flower spikes! I is planted in a cache-pot (thirty cm height and diameter!), I have it outside the house all year long, I water it eekly and I have trimmed its leaves because they were more than meter long! I have fertilized it maybe twice a year with whatever I put in my all other plants and in general, it is growing in auto mode :-). My question is: should I repot it since I have it for so long? what medium should I use? or will I disturb its peace??? this is going to be a huge project.... Thank you proactively for your answer!
I'm new to orchids and bought a baby sharry for my apartment (im in South Florida) but I have no idea what it means to report, what medium is and what to use for it. I understand watering it bit everything else is intimidating for some reason. Plus I don't want it to die
Thank you, I have a sharry baby orchid that needs repotting and your video has been very helpful.
Of course I should have watched this video first...
I bought a Sharry Baby about 6 weeks ago in bloom - blooming finished last week - and I decided to repot, since the orchid was in tightly packed Sphagnum Moss only. What a job! Apparently the plant - already in S. Moss - had been transferred into another larger pot with more Sphagnum moss tightly packed around the old moss.. . To keep it short, it took me 2 hours to gently remove the moss after soaking it and those very dry and tangled roots for 30 mins. It is now in a mix of pre-soaked medium-sized Orchiata, Perlite and a bit of Sphagnum Moss.
Looks like a new greenhouse,very nice,hope it's good for plants
Got mine two years ago and this year I got a single spike on each. But that's okay. That means they like what I'm doing for them. Love your vids. Both you and Miss Orchid Girl are my go-to advisors.
Thank you
At 2:38 is the start of how to repot Sharry Baby.
Excellent job bhai
Hi Brad!
Thanks for sharing your Experience and New Orchids; I've learn a LOT! from you. I would like to grow Masdevallias and Draculas but, since I Live in Puerto Rico (in Hot-Warm weather) I cant, although I hava a couple that can handle warmer temps. I always look for your new videos.
Once again, thanks for your time, keep the excellent work.
PD: It's a Learning and Inspiring Channel! "Two Thumbs Up"
Luis
Luis Rechani thanks for the kind words Luis!
Brad Hi
I am in Fla
I am having problems with my Cats. Rotten roots. I changed them into river rocks and white rocks now they need more water
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Hi Brad, can you provide the link to how to make the media mix....I can not find them :-( ..... Thank so much Brad!!!
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very cool Brad those Sharry babies are huge
Growing Things thanks, Ive had them for a few years now.
Always love your repotting videos
Jackie Fu thanks !
Thank you for sharing
Why you use dry medium over wet one? I'm usually using presoaked one, just wondering, maybe I should try your techinque. Thanks
i have a question, i was wondering if its ok to replace the perlite with charcoal. im new to orchd keeping so i dont know if they are meant to serve the same purpose or not and i have a premix with furbark, sphagnum moss, charcoal and coco fiber.
I think it's fine
I've heard so much about where NOT to get water because it'll rot the p-bulbs and leaves. You just broke all the "rules". What do you do to avoid this problem?
Thanks for the vid. Do I denture same mix for my Ruth's Rainbow?
Thanks, Nina
Nina Dillard yup you can use the same mix, I guess if you kept the leaves wet all the time they would rot but they will be dry in a few hours, so no worries.
Great video Brad! Thank you for sharing.
Ana Sam thank you!
Hi Brad! Love your videos. I just purchased a large Sharry Baby, in bloom, and LOTS of areal roots. This is my first oncidium. It has outgrown its pot and the areal roots are going crazy! Which is why I bought it, I love roots...lol. Do I leave the areal roots in the air when I report it? I do this with my phalaenopsis, but I’m not sure if the same rules apply to oncidiums. Thanks in advance.
I have also purchased one and the quantity of roots was something I have never seen before! Also aerial roots and new growth everywhere. It was potbound and the only media left in the pot was the sphagnum moss plug and a few bark chips. I had a very nice red self-watering pot prepared for it but it wasn't enough, so I used an old big transparent pot for it. It was a pleasant surprise, but the roots gave me headaches when I needed to clean them.
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Well done Brad! awesome videos keep them up!
Thanks Brad from Sharon in South Florida.
SHARON SHORT your welcome!
It seems like you use about the same mix as I do. If it's a larger pot I put some of my Cattleya mix in the center/bottom. I also use about 50/50 Onc./Cat. mix if the hybrid has a lot of Brassia in it. Excellant video (as always).
Wade's Orchids thank you Wade, looks like your greenhouse is coming along nicely!
I have sharry baby in spike right now, Brad. Unfortunately few of its leaves are yellow, what am i suppost to do, should i cut them out, thanks Brad for sharing
Job Well done
Thanks!
Hello I had bought one of these sherry baby and when I received it home it has brown marks on the leaves and some look like brown thin lines and I saw on you tube that it is a virus or bacteria and I did not get paid yet and I had Clorox Clean Up here and I sprayed the leaves on both sides. Let it sit for a few minutes and I sprayed the media as well and then rinsed it off. Did I do. A bad thing by using Bleach. Every leaf has these thin brown lines. The new leaf coming in was clear of any brown markes
I just got a yellow oncidium hybrid, i believe Sweet sugar. But it has no scent... How come? I'm so disappointed. Or I'm doing something wrong, should it get a direct morning sun? I'm a windowsill grower and it stays on a West w/s and gets evening sun rats which aren't strong at this period.
Your oncs are huge compared to mine. Got fr Trader Joe's. How do the growers get the spikes with the blooms so close? Yours looks more spread out.
Hey Brad, not sure if Canadian water has chlorine in it but do you find your orchids to be sensitive to tap water?
My oncidium flowered about 6 months ago and now the bulbs at the bottom are looking very wrinkly and skinny. The soil is still moist but it's in a pretty small pot, will repotting it fix this issue?
Newbie here. Do you water it after repotting?
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Hi brad . I bought 1 oncidium intergenerics plant about a month ago. It had buds but even after 1 month buds r just not opening.is that normal?
Hello Brad! I'm Eugenia from Athens, Greece. I received a huge oncidium as a gift for my son's birth two and a half years ago and it is blooming every year since then with flower spikes! I is planted in a cache-pot (thirty cm height and diameter!), I have it outside the house all year long, I water it eekly and I have trimmed its leaves because they were more than meter long! I have fertilized it maybe twice a year with whatever I put in my all other plants and in general, it is growing in auto mode :-). My question is: should I repot it since I have it for so long? what medium should I use? or will I disturb its peace??? this is going to be a huge project.... Thank you proactively for your answer!
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My oncidium doesn’t bloom! Why? It is healthy,it is in front of the window,not on the sun...but it doesn’t bloom..help me
I'm new to orchids and bought a baby sharry for my apartment (im in South Florida) but I have no idea what it means to report, what medium is and what to use for it. I understand watering it bit everything else is intimidating for some reason. Plus I don't want it to die
Yours looks very dehydrated
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But I don't speak Spanish, Im in Canada. :D
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