Hello Rachel, it's wonderful to see you and your orchids bonding and spending time together! The blooms are beautiful, and I wish I had the environment to grow the Disas in. They are absolutely stunning 😍 ❤❤
I fell in love with the Disa orchid on your channel! I saw them in an older video and was just in awe. Well I haven’t been able to find them in the states. UNTIL recently 😁 my favorite carnivorous plant vendor was having a sale, I got an email and was scrolling through the item list and found 6 varieties of Disa available 😱🤗 so thank you for highlighting this uncommon orchid because I find it to be gorgeous and interesting!
Very timely Rachel! I killed my first two Disas!! But I've just found another and it's in 100% sphagnum moss with a flower spike so fingers crossed! They are SO hard to find here!!! Thank you for your tips! Matthew x
Oh no. So sorry, Matthew. Disas are pretty hard to find here too since Brexit ( we can no longer get plants from UK) but I did find one French nursery that will ship to Ireland. I hope your new one does well
Rachel; I have 3 Psychopsis including the all yellow Alba grex. None have bloomed, but I'm being patient :) All 3 are in Tree Fern pots so not to disturb roots.
Rachel, thanks for this video. Do you heat your greenhouse at all in winter for the Disa? In keen to try them here in Cork. I think they will do very well for me.
Why no more peat moss? Here in the USA it's still popular, but if there's something adverse about it I would like to know. Your orchids are breathtaking as usual!
Peatlands store carbon. When peat is removed and broken down for use in potting mixes it releases the carbon into the atmosphere, creating greenhouse gasses and leading to global warming. Peat potting mixes are not generally available in Europe any more for this reason. I am surprised to learn they are still available in the US. Hope this answers your question and thank you for your compliment on my orchids.
I don't care much for brown, but for for some reason, Rossioglossum keeps calling my name! Also, thank you very much for taking us through the repotting. I know mine needs it, but I was unsure how to go about it. As you say, whatever one knows from growing other orchids doesn't translate to these guys.
Well, what can I say. I would tend to class Rossioglossum as an orange orchid but now that you mention it, it does have a lot of brown. I won't hold that against it though. Haha. Glad my video is of help to repotting your disas. It's great to meet fellow Disa growers 😊
The use of peat is harmful to the environment. When broken down it releases carbon emissions into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. For this reason peat is being withdrawn from gardening products in the EU.
if they normally grow in peat, why couldn't they be grown in coco coir blended with perlite and some type of organic additive (such as biochar or earthworm castings)? Sphagnum is also a finite resource, coconut coir and husks at least make use of the human overproduction of coconut (at the expense of native rainforests).
Michael, I'm not going to experiment with my orchids. When I read of respected growers having success with other components I may try them. Peat is a lot worse for the environment than sphagnum. The process of breaking peat down releases carbon into the atmosphere and that does the damage.
@@GardeningatDouentza I'm not trying to argue, I'm asking an honest question. Coir is generally considered a good alternative to peat. I honestly don't know enough about growing Disa because they cannot be grown here, I was just curious.
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I missed your orchid videos, really glad to watch one once again!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a great evening.
Lovely flowers ❤
Thank you
Good to have you back showing your gorgeous orchids!
Thank you kindly
I really missed your orchid videos! What a joy to watch 🥰❤
Aw, thank you. That's so nice.
Glad to see you are doing orchid video. Beautiful blooms and great information
So nice of you 😊
Hello Rachel, it's wonderful to see you and your orchids bonding and spending time together! The blooms are beautiful, and I wish I had the environment to grow the Disas in. They are absolutely stunning 😍 ❤❤
Thank you so much, Wanda. It's easy to bond with orchids, isn't it!
I fell in love with the Disa orchid on your channel! I saw them in an older video and was just in awe. Well I haven’t been able to find them in the states. UNTIL recently 😁 my favorite carnivorous plant vendor was having a sale, I got an email and was scrolling through the item list and found 6 varieties of Disa available 😱🤗 so thank you for highlighting this uncommon orchid because I find it to be gorgeous and interesting!
How wonderful that you managed to get your hands on some Disa orchids. I hope you have great success with them, like I do.
@@GardeningatDouentza I’m just giving the Uniflora a try for now and then we will see how it does before I get more
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Thanks for this orchid video. Love your Psychopsis 🥰
You’re welcome and thank you😊
thanks for sharing. i have never had any luck with orchid. but, i do keep trying sometimes. be safe.
Love tour orchids. I'm in FL, so I don't have the environment for them. 😢 yours are lovely. Thank you for your video. I always enjoy.
I'm glad you could enjoy the video even without being able to grow the plants. Thanks for watching and have a great evening.
Very timely Rachel! I killed my first two Disas!! But I've just found another and it's in 100% sphagnum moss with a flower spike so fingers crossed! They are SO hard to find here!!! Thank you for your tips! Matthew x
Oh no. So sorry, Matthew. Disas are pretty hard to find here too since Brexit ( we can no longer get plants from UK) but I did find one French nursery that will ship to Ireland. I hope your new one does well
Rachel; I have 3 Psychopsis including the all yellow Alba grex. None have bloomed, but I'm being patient :) All 3 are in Tree Fern pots so not to disturb roots.
Oh no! It will be such a treat when they do finally bloom. That yellow one is lovely too.
Rachel, thanks for this video. Do you heat your greenhouse at all in winter for the Disa? In keen to try them here in Cork. I think they will do very well for me.
Yes, I heat my glasshouse in winter, keeping it at a 5 degree minimum.
Why no more peat moss? Here in the USA it's still popular, but if there's something adverse about it I would like to know. Your orchids are breathtaking as usual!
Peatlands store carbon. When peat is removed and broken down for use in potting mixes it releases the carbon into the atmosphere, creating greenhouse gasses and leading to global warming. Peat potting mixes are not generally available in Europe any more for this reason. I am surprised to learn they are still available in the US. Hope this answers your question and thank you for your compliment on my orchids.
@@GardeningatDouentza This makes a lot of sense. I am done with peat. Thank you for teaching me something! Now I have to check my Miracle-Gro mix.
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I don't care much for brown, but for for some reason, Rossioglossum keeps calling my name! Also, thank you very much for taking us through the repotting. I know mine needs it, but I was unsure how to go about it. As you say, whatever one knows from growing other orchids doesn't translate to these guys.
Well, what can I say. I would tend to class Rossioglossum as an orange orchid but now that you mention it, it does have a lot of brown. I won't hold that against it though. Haha. Glad my video is of help to repotting your disas. It's great to meet fellow Disa growers 😊
Apparently Disa orchid seeds can germinate on damp sphagnum moss. Other orchids need flasks and agar jelly.
I heard that but later read something to the contrary. Would be worth a try!
Can i wsk why you have symtopped using media that cotain peat? Is it harmful?
The use of peat is harmful to the environment. When broken down it releases carbon emissions into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. For this reason peat is being withdrawn from gardening products in the EU.
if they normally grow in peat, why couldn't they be grown in coco coir blended with perlite and some type of organic additive (such as biochar or earthworm castings)? Sphagnum is also a finite resource, coconut coir and husks at least make use of the human overproduction of coconut (at the expense of native rainforests).
Michael, I'm not going to experiment with my orchids. When I read of respected growers having success with other components I may try them. Peat is a lot worse for the environment than sphagnum. The process of breaking peat down releases carbon into the atmosphere and that does the damage.
@@GardeningatDouentza I'm not trying to argue, I'm asking an honest question. Coir is generally considered a good alternative to peat. I honestly don't know enough about growing Disa because they cannot be grown here, I was just curious.