It is a hot hot hot day here today in July 2023 and I just watched your video that was so refreshing and cool. I purchased a Masdevallia in the Winter and it did well in the room I had it in with my Phalaenopsis orchids - no blooms, but lots of new leaves. It encouraged me to get two more of them. Then Summer hit and the Masdevallias went down hill. I had not anticipated the change of seasons doing this. I moved them to a cooler room, watered them more, and then started misting their leaves which honestly caused them to bounce back brieifly for about 3 days. Now they are back to struggling again. One died, one is losing it's leaves and one continues to get these strange brown/yellow spots all over the leaves. As I type this I gave up and put them in a plastic bag and put them in the refrigerator.....hoping for a miracle. It's so nice to see someone's collection of these beautiful orchids and who has the right set up for them.
Sorry to hear you’re problems, I can only suggest that you hold off watering and find a cool room with decent light not direct sunlight they really are cool growers and the yellow leaves and leaves falling off are usually associated with overwatering “ which we’ve all done” at some point, so give them a good watering in the early morning and hold off the next day and water again on the third day so the plant has a short dry spell if they remain too wet they drop leaves hope everything gets sorted you could also check out the website there’s plenty of information on there www.micksmasdevallias.co.uk
Hi, Nick. I just found your channel and glad that I did. I just purchased my very first Masdevallia 3 days ago and this video is very helpful. I am loving them more now. Thank you.
Michelle so sorry to hear about your illness, I'm sure you'll get a great deal of pleasure from growing these beauties, hope you find some of my videos useful. Happy Growing
New subscriber! I found your channel through Ed’s Orchids. I’m hoping for some expert guidance and restoration of a troubled, newly acquired Masdevallia, although I think I have it going in the right direction now.
I’m sure you’ll have every success growing massie’s they are truly beautiful orchids and you’ll definitely find something useful on my channel, thanks for subscribing.
As you know Mick I don't grow Masdevallia but I do recognise your expertise in cultivating this speciel Loved the video and looking at your fantastic plants....Thanks and look after yourself. Ed.
I've been done in the same way Mick, in regards to being sent the wrong plant. I even had the photo of the original plant for sale on eBay but when it bloomed after five months it was clearly a different variety. I did approach the seller but they weren't interested one little bit because so much time had passed. Very irritating. Great tour. Really enjoyed it.
It's so frustrating having to depend on eBay sellers, I only have two other growers here in Nottingham so not much choice, but I do believe some sellers are aware of what they are doing because as you say by the time it blooms it's too late.
Excellent update Mick, love visiting your greenhouse and seeing all your wonderful blooms. My two, pyxis and coriacea are not dead, so there us still hope. They are in the bathroom (facing north) together with my new one bonplandii, all cool growers. Take care and thanks for sharing.
That's a lovely display Mick, I love your Carol Tarlow. Masdevallia notosibirica has flowers with curly ends and it's one of Carol Tarlow's parents. It seems to impart that curl, along with its colour, quite strongly - I have two different hybrids with notosibirica as a parent and both have the pink and white flowers that curl on the ends.
I saw you for the first time after watching Ed's Orchids. I'm so glad! I got my first 2 masdevillia orchids a month ago and have been won6if I have been growing them correctly.....happy to say that after seeing your video I'm doing the right things. Would you talk about fertilizer and other nutrients please. Thanks for being there for me. Stay home, stay safe and stay healthy.
Elaine thanks for spending your time watching my channel, I just adore Masdevallia orchids and now I've convinced Ed to try them as well, I use rainmix fertilizer for my massies but I'll go through it again in a couple of weeks. Stay safe and happy growing.
Great video Mick! How long did it take your Dracula spikes to elongate and open? Mine is taking forever. It’s been weeks and the 3 spikes are so still only ~2” long. I’m fully expecting them to blast any day.
Kevin You should be ok now that the weather has dropped down I doubt they will blast, they seem to take for ages to bloom I think I waited about six weeks.
Mick’s Masdevallia orchids that’s great thanks for giving me hope 🙂! I haven’t bloomed this on yet...D. Ecuagenera. Hey, do you get most of your massies from vendors within the UK?
Very interesting video! I am only starting out, having only 3 tiny plants for the last year. They do look delicate and I don't want to overfeed them. Could you please tell me the TDS values that you use ? Thank you!
Lovely plants Mick and I love the flowers on the Inca Prince, for some bizarre reason I have never bought that. I too have Golden Monarch and I love it, but like you it only puts up one flower finishes and then puts up another one. Carol Tarlow always curls the top and if you look at some of the coccinea they do it as well. My Coccinea Dwarf Pink has flowered to-day and top is tightly curled. Will post pic on the group later. Never seen the like of Filaria Red, it is strange and a bit like one I have which stands up like that but no pouch at the front. It is so lovely, is it temperamental or does it grow ok? It reminds me of Masd saulii and Masd fuschii but the red is more striking. Our plants are getting so much more attention currently. Stay safe.
Thanks Lynn, Filaria Red seems any easy grower I’ve only had it about a year as a small division just repotted it today and had a decent root growth, you have to admit massies are no long “ the poor mans orchid” as a friend of mine calls me in our club, looking forward to pics, the more the merrier.happy growing Lynn and stay safe.
What temperatures do your roof vents open? Mine open at just 18 C which is too low for me really. I could buy special 'orchid' openers but it's yet more expense.
@@MicksMasdevalliaorchids I had a bit of a 'tussle' with Rhino over these tubes because 18 is the highest that they'll start opening. Any adjustment just makes them open at even lower temperatures! Just shows - even expensive kit sometimes isn't the best. :(
Sometimes the best is not always what it’s made out to be mine we’re cheap off eBay and quite easy to fit and work that’s the main thing buddy, probably manufactured for overseas climate.
Mick’s Masdevallia orchids yeah my old Elite greenhouse had more of a range in adjustability of the auto vent openers. These greenhouses are manufactured right here in the UK by an English company, so god only knows what they were thinking with these openers!
Hi Mick. You really have a lovely collection and great to see them all 😊. I only have the one Masdevallia.... at the moment 😁 but I have a couple of questions if you would be so kind. I've had mine for nearly 2 months now and it's grown several new leaves in my care 😊. I repotted it in pure moss with some crocking at the bottom for drainage and it seems to like it. However, I don't keep anything else in moss and I'm a bit worried that it's taking too long to dry out. It's not soaking wet but is constantly moist, taking about 2 weeks before more water is needed... Is this OK please or should I mix moss with bark so it drys quicker? Also, how do I spot a flower spike as opposed to a new leaf? Is it really obvious or do they look the same until a certain point? I've loads of new growths springing up but not sure how to tell the difference until its obviously a leaf and disappointment sets in lol. Many thanks 😊.
Firstly Maxine thank you for spending your time watching my video, a lot of growers use sphagnum moss for all their Masdevallias, my greenhouse is quite damp and I could never get them dry, so I use a mix of small bark, perlite and moss this suits my conditions. your plant at present seems to be doing OK, so I would not change it just don't get over-enthusiastic when watering so long as it's moist it will do fine, you can even try a pipette just to give it a little drink. Flower spikes will come out from the sheaf of an existing leaf you will see it pushing upwards as the sheaf swells and widens. Hope this helps Maxine. Happy Growing.
@@MicksMasdevalliaorchids Ah that's brilliant... Thank you 😊. I didn't realise they came out from an existing leaf so that's one to watch definitely 😊. A pipette is a great idea! Never thought of that and would be alot easier than drenching it each time lol. Many thanks Mick and loving your videos. Stay safe 😊
@@MicksMasdevalliaorchids It actually makes the trees feel a little more natural, to be honest. Living in tropical Aus, stuff, tends to grow on trees in the bush and the rainforest but "yard" trees seem to be kept sterile [free of these natural epiphytes], so many of my trees have Dendrobiums, Vandas, Brassovalas, Cattleyas and a couple of other genera growing on them now. And with them flowering at different times, you usually can find something in flower. My Vanda tricolor currently has two developing seed pods, which is exciting.
It is a hot hot hot day here today in July 2023 and I just watched your video that was so refreshing and cool. I purchased a Masdevallia in the Winter and it did well in the room I had it in with my Phalaenopsis orchids - no blooms, but lots of new leaves. It encouraged me to get two more of them. Then Summer hit and the Masdevallias went down hill. I had not anticipated the change of seasons doing this. I moved them to a cooler room, watered them more, and then started misting their leaves which honestly caused them to bounce back brieifly for about 3 days. Now they are back to struggling again. One died, one is losing it's leaves and one continues to get these strange brown/yellow spots all over the leaves. As I type this I gave up and put them in a plastic bag and put them in the refrigerator.....hoping for a miracle. It's so nice to see someone's collection of these beautiful orchids and who has the right set up for them.
Sorry to hear you’re problems, I can only suggest that you hold off watering and find a cool room with decent light not direct sunlight they really are cool growers and the yellow leaves and leaves falling off are usually associated with overwatering “ which we’ve all done” at some point, so give them a good watering in the early morning and hold off the next day and water again on the third day so the plant has a short dry spell if they remain too wet they drop leaves hope everything gets sorted you could also check out the website there’s plenty of information on there www.micksmasdevallias.co.uk
Hi, Nick. I just found your channel and glad that I did. I just purchased my very first Masdevallia 3 days ago and this video is very helpful. I am loving them more now. Thank you.
Glad you’re hooked on masdevallias they truly are a beautiful orchid genus oh and thanks for watching and commenting most appreciated.
These are my new favorite orchid, i'm starting out with a few and seeing how they go. Beautiful plants.
Hope they give you a lot of pleasure they truly are beautiful little orchids.
I love seeing all the different shapes of the blooms! So stunning! Learning a lot too so thank you!
I just purchased my first three and I’m looking to learn from you.
Michelle so sorry to hear about your illness, I'm sure you'll get a great deal of pleasure from growing these beauties, hope you find some of my videos useful. Happy Growing
New subscriber! I found your channel through Ed’s Orchids. I’m hoping for some expert guidance and restoration of a troubled, newly acquired Masdevallia, although I think I have it going in the right direction now.
I’m sure you’ll have every success growing massie’s they are truly beautiful orchids and you’ll definitely find something useful on my channel, thanks for subscribing.
Brilliant video, think I missed this one when you posted it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolute perfection, Mick.
Thanks Wade always a pleasure to receive your comments.
Golden monarch 😍 it’s short and stout and chubby !! I love it! Beautiful tour through your blooms 👍🏼
Thanks, Nina glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the tour and good information. I'm a new Masdevallia grower with lots to learn.
Glad it was helpful!
very nice Mick, lovely collection of Masdevallias, excellent video
Thank you Denise.
Hi Mick thanks very much for that video your plants look fabulous as usual and so many lovely blooms. Angela
Thank you Angela.
These are really beautiful. How would these do indoors, not in a greenhouse?
As you know Mick I don't grow Masdevallia but I do recognise your expertise in cultivating this speciel Loved the video and looking at your fantastic plants....Thanks and look after yourself.
Ed.
Cheers Ed, take care of yourself as well, during these difficult times.
I've been done in the same way Mick, in regards to being sent the wrong plant. I even had the photo of the original plant for sale on eBay but when it bloomed after five months it was clearly a different variety. I did approach the seller but they weren't interested one little bit because so much time had passed. Very irritating. Great tour. Really enjoyed it.
It's so frustrating having to depend on eBay sellers, I only have two other growers here in Nottingham so not much choice, but I do believe some sellers are aware of what they are doing because as you say by the time it blooms it's too late.
Excellent update Mick, love visiting your greenhouse and seeing all your wonderful blooms. My two, pyxis and coriacea are not dead, so there us still hope. They are in the bathroom (facing north) together with my new one bonplandii, all cool growers. Take care and thanks for sharing.
thanks for watching and commenting Margaret much appreciated.
That's a lovely display Mick, I love your Carol Tarlow. Masdevallia notosibirica has flowers with curly ends and it's one of Carol Tarlow's parents. It seems to impart that curl, along with its colour, quite strongly - I have two different hybrids with notosibirica as a parent and both have the pink and white flowers that curl on the ends.
They are really beautiful Debbie, well worth having in your collection. Happy growing.
I saw you for the first time after watching Ed's Orchids. I'm so glad! I got my first 2 masdevillia orchids a month ago and have been won6if I have been growing them correctly.....happy to say that after seeing your video I'm doing the right things. Would you talk about fertilizer and other nutrients please. Thanks for being there for me. Stay home, stay safe and stay healthy.
Elaine thanks for spending your time watching my channel, I just adore Masdevallia orchids and now I've convinced Ed to try them as well, I use rainmix fertilizer for my massies but I'll go through it again in a couple of weeks. Stay safe and happy growing.
Great video Mick! How long did it take your Dracula spikes to elongate and open? Mine is taking forever. It’s been weeks and the 3 spikes are so still only ~2” long. I’m fully expecting them to blast any day.
Kevin You should be ok now that the weather has dropped down I doubt they will blast, they seem to take for ages to bloom I think I waited about six weeks.
Mick’s Masdevallia orchids that’s great thanks for giving me hope 🙂! I haven’t bloomed this on yet...D. Ecuagenera. Hey, do you get most of your massies from vendors within the UK?
Most of my Masdevallia’s and Dracula’s are purchased in the UK but on occasions I use Akerns of Belgium.
Very interesting video! I am only starting out, having only 3 tiny plants for the last year. They do look delicate and I don't want to overfeed them. Could you please tell me the TDS values that you use ? Thank you!
Anne I try to get my feed on TDS at about 198-200 with a PH 5.5-6.0
Mick’s Masdevallia orchids Thank you so much, very kind!
My Golden Monarch has many flowers at the same time.
It must be mine then it's done that for two seasons now, thanks for commenting and happy growing.
Lovely plants Mick and I love the flowers on the Inca Prince, for some bizarre reason I have never bought that. I too have Golden Monarch and I love it, but like you it only puts up one flower finishes and then puts up another one. Carol Tarlow always curls the top and if you look at some of the coccinea they do it as well. My Coccinea Dwarf Pink has flowered to-day and top is tightly curled. Will post pic on the group later. Never seen the like of Filaria Red, it is strange and a bit like one I have which stands up like that but no pouch at the front. It is so lovely, is it temperamental or does it grow ok? It reminds me of Masd saulii and Masd fuschii but the red is more striking. Our plants are getting so much more attention currently. Stay safe.
Thanks Lynn, Filaria Red seems any easy grower I’ve only had it about a year as a small division just repotted it today and had a decent root growth, you have to admit massies are no long “ the poor mans orchid” as a friend of mine calls me in our club, looking forward to pics, the more the merrier.happy growing Lynn and stay safe.
What temperatures do your roof vents open? Mine open at just 18 C which is too low for me really. I could buy special 'orchid' openers but it's yet more expense.
Geoff mine open at 25c you can set them by twisting the cartridge and the ring clip it’s not spot on but they usually open at that.
@@MicksMasdevalliaorchids I had a bit of a 'tussle' with Rhino over these tubes because 18 is the highest that they'll start opening. Any adjustment just makes them open at even lower temperatures! Just shows - even expensive kit sometimes isn't the best. :(
Sometimes the best is not always what it’s made out to be mine we’re cheap off eBay and quite easy to fit and work that’s the main thing buddy, probably manufactured for overseas climate.
Mick’s Masdevallia orchids yeah my old Elite greenhouse had more of a range in adjustability of the auto vent openers. These greenhouses are manufactured right here in the UK by an English company, so god only knows what they were thinking with these openers!
Obviously not designed for orchid growers probably for the vegetable growers out there as we know at about 20c tomato plants keel over.
Hi Mick. You really have a lovely collection and great to see them all 😊. I only have the one Masdevallia.... at the moment 😁 but I have a couple of questions if you would be so kind.
I've had mine for nearly 2 months now and it's grown several new leaves in my care 😊. I repotted it in pure moss with some crocking at the bottom for drainage and it seems to like it. However, I don't keep anything else in moss and I'm a bit worried that it's taking too long to dry out. It's not soaking wet but is constantly moist, taking about 2 weeks before more water is needed... Is this OK please or should I mix moss with bark so it drys quicker?
Also, how do I spot a flower spike as opposed to a new leaf? Is it really obvious or do they look the same until a certain point? I've loads of new growths springing up but not sure how to tell the difference until its obviously a leaf and disappointment sets in lol. Many thanks 😊.
Firstly Maxine thank you for spending your time watching my video, a lot of growers use sphagnum moss for all their Masdevallias, my greenhouse is quite damp and I could never get them dry, so I use a mix of small bark, perlite and moss this suits my conditions. your plant at present seems to be doing OK, so I would not change it just don't get over-enthusiastic when watering so long as it's moist it will do fine, you can even try a pipette just to give it a little drink. Flower spikes will come out from the sheaf of an existing leaf you will see it pushing upwards as the sheaf swells and widens. Hope this helps Maxine. Happy Growing.
@@MicksMasdevalliaorchids Ah that's brilliant... Thank you 😊. I didn't realise they came out from an existing leaf so that's one to watch definitely 😊. A pipette is a great idea! Never thought of that and would be alot easier than drenching it each time lol. Many thanks Mick and loving your videos. Stay safe 😊
I think I prefer your Dendrobium Kingianum to mine. The blooms are more interesting. I guess the grass is always greener...🤷♂️
I was given that very small division when I first got my greenhouse to be honest Geoff I never expected it to grow, never mind bloom.
Extra orchids isn't a problem for me... they get mounted on my trees, seeing I am on 1½ acres but I am forbidden from using the fruit trees as mounts.
Thanks for commenting J.D its just this one particular orchid, but it must be good to have them mounted on your trees.
@@MicksMasdevalliaorchids It actually makes the trees feel a little more natural, to be honest. Living in tropical Aus, stuff, tends to grow on trees in the bush and the rainforest but "yard" trees seem to be kept sterile [free of these natural epiphytes], so many of my trees have Dendrobiums, Vandas, Brassovalas, Cattleyas and a couple of other genera growing on them now. And with them flowering at different times, you usually can find something in flower. My Vanda tricolor currently has two developing seed pods, which is exciting.