I recently realised i have a giant ball of Orchid Kingianum in my backyard. It has literally hundreds of canes growing from a tree stump. i always thought it was a random plant, so was pleasantly surprised when i found out it was an orchid kingianum.
I had a few pot soaked in water because my place was being painted and the painters moved everything and things were just a mess. Then it rained and I didn’t have a chance to organize things. But they’re still alive… for now. So they’ve been soaking in cold water for maybe a month. And it’s been a month since I fished them out …. Guess we’ll see….
Thank you for a very helpful information on this plant because I have this plant but its not doing great at all. It's alive but not growing like it should be. That is a huge kingianum you got there. you must show it again when its in blooms. thank you
Hello there, I’m Tracy from Dallas, Texas, zone 8 I believe, and I was given one single cane (very small and thin) with maybe 5 pretty healthy white roots on it. Two months later and it is still sitting in nothing but the sphagnum moss it came with, it is mid-late summer here, temps are starting to ease up and I’m watering it once a week, keeping it outside on patio (facing North) The only differences are a very tiny new growth and two new little roots off of it (hopefully not just a keiki). My question is: Should I have seen more/quicker new developments than just this one tiny new growth after two months of its active growing season or is this normal? Also, is sphag moss okay to have my kingianum cane sitting in, it seems like it takes quite a while to dry out so it’s always wet or damp…
Hi there - thanks for watching. I think orchids do what they want to do! Any new growths from a single cane is fantastic so I'd be happy with that! If the new growths are producing new roots then that would be a perfect time to repot it - not an orchid that likes to be damp all the time. Good luck with it!
Mine has a new growth starting, it’s still a little red nub at the base of the plant. It’s winter here or the very start of spring, it’s still quite cold outside with night temperatures at -1 to 4 celcius at night and 10 - 15 c days. With these cold temperatures I am giving my king full winter sun. It’s canes have redden up nicely. Mine are potted up as a lithophyte so it’s potted up in stones and gravel.
@@helloplantlovers it’s a new adventure :D If I’m lucky I might see spikes developing in a month or two, if not I’ll have to wait next season. This plant has dried up spent spikes so I know it’s old enough to flower.
@@kenjiro2676 perfect! Then with all the winter sun you’re giving it I’m sure you’ll have success! Let me know! And out of curiosity, was it an easy orchid to find in the US?
Can you repot during early summer? When there are new canes forming. I recently bought 2 and their medium looks old, although they are growing new canes. I’m also getting a lot of keikies and new canes growing from the top of the leaf cane (where the flowers are supposed to grow from 🤔)
You can....but mine have been in the same medium for years. The keikies will most likely be due to too much water + not enough light. I'd be tempted to pull off and pot the keikies and just make sure the plants are getting enough direct light. Good luck!
Hello and happy new year! I love watching your orchid videos, they are very informative. I have been obsessing for kingianum for some time, but I heard a lot of stories about unable to have them blooming. I wonder if they need special requirement to get them blooming, like cooler temperature or humidity?
Hi there - thanks for watching! Yes, they need a cool winter seasonal temperature change and stronger winter sunlight to stimulate the flower spikes. I find ambient humidity is fine - they occur naturally in a range of conditions and are pretty adaptable but the winter cool & light are essential. Good luck!
@@helloplantlovers Thanks for the reply. Ouch, the cold temperature really dampened my obsession. It's really hard to get temperature below 27C in the day time here :\
My Kings are a lot smaller than yours, I have had them for 40years , yes they are pink and are flowering now, what can they be a dwarf variety , what do you think. Cheers Steve S
Hi there - thanks for watching! This orchid is potted in a terracotta pot but kept out doors all year. The medium is a standard loose free draining orchid mix. Depending where you are in California it would be fine outdoors. Relatively cold hardy but avoid freezing and consistent cold & wet. Morning sun, especially in winter, then dappled shade so under a tree is perfect. Good luck!
Hi, I live in a colder part of the country where in winter the temperature can drop to -1,-2 at night. How do I ensure they get the winter chill without them dying if the temperature is too low for them?
Hi there - depends how often you get those minimums. If its occasionally you should be fine, if it's often you might want to put them in a porch, on a patio, somewhere near the house, unheated, protected but still cool at night and still as bright as possible. Keep them on dry side too if you regularly get those minimums. Good luck!
I do with in-door orchids....but to be honest only when I remember...which is perhaps not as often as I should! I dilute it more than the recommended dose and give it to any plant beginning to spike, with spikes, or with just opened flowers. But I never give it to the Australian kingianums as they just don't seem to need it. I give them a spring topical dose of a few grains of general purpose slow release fertiliser and occasional seaweed based liquid fertiliser waterings in the warmer months. Other than that they they really fend for them selves outside all year.
Hello there, I’m Tracy from Dallas, Texas, zone 8 I believe, and I was given one single cane (very small and thin) with maybe 5 pretty healthy white roots on it. Two months later and it is still sitting in nothing but the sphagnum moss it came with, it is mid-late summer here, temps are starting to ease up and I’m watering it once a week, keeping it outside on patio (facing North) The only differences are a very tiny new growth and two new little roots off of it (hopefully not just a keiki). My question is: Should I have seen more/quicker new developments than just this one tiny new growth after two months of its active growing season or is this normal? Also, is sphag moss okay to have my kingianum cane sitting in, it seems like it takes quite a while to dry out so it’s always wet or damp…
I recently realised i have a giant ball of Orchid Kingianum in my backyard. It has literally hundreds of canes growing from a tree stump. i always thought it was a random plant, so was pleasantly surprised when i found out it was an orchid kingianum.
Oh wonderful! You'll have a brilliant show of blooms hopefully!
I had a few pot soaked in water because my place was being painted and the painters moved everything and things were just a mess. Then it rained and I didn’t have a chance to organize things. But they’re still alive… for now. So they’ve been soaking in cold water for maybe a month. And it’s been a month since I fished them out …. Guess we’ll see….
Wowser! Good luck with them!
Thank you for a very helpful information on this plant because I have this plant but its not doing great at all. It's alive but not growing like it should be. That is a huge kingianum you got there. you must show it again when its in blooms. thank you
Hi there - good luck with yours! Here's a video of it in bloom: ruclips.net/video/rpt5buNDXZU/видео.html
@@helloplantlovers thank you for the link.
Very informative! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Hello there,
I’m Tracy from Dallas, Texas, zone 8 I believe, and I was given one single cane (very small and thin) with maybe 5 pretty healthy white roots on it. Two months later and it is still sitting in nothing but the sphagnum moss it came with, it is mid-late summer here, temps are starting to ease up and I’m watering it once a week, keeping it outside on patio (facing North) The only differences are a very tiny new growth and two new little roots off of it (hopefully not just a keiki). My question is: Should I have seen more/quicker new developments than just this one tiny new growth after two months of its active growing season or is this normal?
Also, is sphag moss okay to have my kingianum cane sitting in, it seems like it takes quite a while to dry out so it’s always wet or damp…
Hi there - thanks for watching. I think orchids do what they want to do! Any new growths from a single cane is fantastic so I'd be happy with that! If the new growths are producing new roots then that would be a perfect time to repot it - not an orchid that likes to be damp all the time. Good luck with it!
@@tklom28 I never use Spag moss as it turns acid, soak bark in water for 24 hours and repot, or as I do put them on Or in a hollow log.
Mine has a new growth starting, it’s still a little red nub at the base of the plant. It’s winter here or the very start of spring, it’s still quite cold outside with night temperatures at -1 to 4 celcius at night and 10 - 15 c days. With these cold temperatures I am giving my king full winter sun. It’s canes have redden up nicely. Mine are potted up as a lithophyte so it’s potted up in stones and gravel.
Thanks for watching - sounds good! Where abouts are you? They do seem to love full winter sun.
@@helloplantlovers I'm located at the west coast of the united states
@@kenjiro2676 Excellent - have you had flowers yet or is it a new adventure!
@@helloplantlovers it’s a new adventure :D If I’m lucky I might see spikes developing in a month or two, if not I’ll have to wait next season. This plant has dried up spent spikes so I know it’s old enough to flower.
@@kenjiro2676 perfect! Then with all the winter sun you’re giving it I’m sure you’ll have success! Let me know! And out of curiosity, was it an easy orchid to find in the US?
Can you repot during early summer? When there are new canes forming. I recently bought 2 and their medium looks old, although they are growing new canes. I’m also getting a lot of keikies and new canes growing from the top of the leaf cane (where the flowers are supposed to grow from 🤔)
You can....but mine have been in the same medium for years. The keikies will most likely be due to too much water + not enough light. I'd be tempted to pull off and pot the keikies and just make sure the plants are getting enough direct light. Good luck!
Hello and happy new year! I love watching your orchid videos, they are very informative. I have been obsessing for kingianum for some time, but I heard a lot of stories about unable to have them blooming. I wonder if they need special requirement to get them blooming, like cooler temperature or humidity?
Hi there - thanks for watching! Yes, they need a cool winter seasonal temperature change and stronger winter sunlight to stimulate the flower spikes. I find ambient humidity is fine - they occur naturally in a range of conditions and are pretty adaptable but the winter cool & light are essential. Good luck!
@@helloplantlovers Thanks for the reply. Ouch, the cold temperature really dampened my obsession. It's really hard to get temperature below 27C in the day time here :\
@@saijunki if you can manage cooler night time temperatures you might be OK?
@@helloplantlovers probably by bringing them in an AC room, we rarely get cooler than 25C at night here
@@saijunki yes - AC should work. How did you manage to find them?
Which ones get their blooms down the stems. Very small blooms, pastel lilac and white???
No idea I'm afraid.
Where do you get that fungus powder stuff that you use on those?❤🎉
On line - where ever you are google ‘mycorrhizal fungi’ and see which local brand has the best reviews.
My Kings are a lot smaller than yours, I have had them for 40years , yes they are pink and are flowering now, what can they be a dwarf variety , what do you think. Cheers Steve S
Yes - I have several compact varieties!
Time to start buying new ones
Hi there, thank you your video. Let me know, you plant this orchids indoor or outdoor and you used only bark ,clay or something.
Hi there - thanks for watching! This orchid is potted in a terracotta pot but kept out doors all year. The medium is a standard loose free draining orchid mix. Depending where you are in California it would be fine outdoors. Relatively cold hardy but avoid freezing and consistent cold & wet. Morning sun, especially in winter, then dappled shade so under a tree is perfect. Good luck!
@@helloplantlovers thank you so much... keep your health to make some new video about orchids 😉
Hi, I live in a colder part of the country where in winter the temperature can drop to -1,-2 at night. How do I ensure they get the winter chill without them dying if the temperature is too low for them?
Hi there - depends how often you get those minimums. If its occasionally you should be fine, if it's often you might want to put them in a porch, on a patio, somewhere near the house, unheated, protected but still cool at night and still as bright as possible. Keep them on dry side too if you regularly get those minimums. Good luck!
Do you use a bloom booster fertilizer?
I do with in-door orchids....but to be honest only when I remember...which is perhaps not as often as I should! I dilute it more than the recommended dose and give it to any plant beginning to spike, with spikes, or with just opened flowers. But I never give it to the Australian kingianums as they just don't seem to need it. I give them a spring topical dose of a few grains of general purpose slow release fertiliser and occasional seaweed based liquid fertiliser waterings in the warmer months. Other than that they they really fend for them selves outside all year.
Where are you from? It seems like you have travelled a fair bit?
Thanks for watching - I was born in England.
Hello there,
I’m Tracy from Dallas, Texas, zone 8 I believe, and I was given one single cane (very small and thin) with maybe 5 pretty healthy white roots on it. Two months later and it is still sitting in nothing but the sphagnum moss it came with, it is mid-late summer here, temps are starting to ease up and I’m watering it once a week, keeping it outside on patio (facing North) The only differences are a very tiny new growth and two new little roots off of it (hopefully not just a keiki). My question is: Should I have seen more/quicker new developments than just this one tiny new growth after two months of its active growing season or is this normal?
Also, is sphag moss okay to have my kingianum cane sitting in, it seems like it takes quite a while to dry out so it’s always wet or damp…