I always love seeing other collections and appreciate people opening their private homes to show their floral treasures. Thank you for your tips and hints on growing. I don't have a corridor of doom but if it doesn't look well, then a plant gets moved around until I find it's spot. This can include a progression to the green bin 😁. Thankyou for your practical guide on orchid growing.
Hello Matthew. Janet in Wagga NSW here. Thank you so much for the information you provide. Loving all the clips I've watched so far. Super useful and finally answering all those questions I have that I have not been able to find previously. I will persevere with our orchids, especially after watching this particular episode with Ally. Thank you!
My single Cattleya is a huge plant, in a large tub of very ornery orchid mix, out of doors all year round in the dappled shade of an evergreen tree, and close to a North wall in Cape Town (Mediterranean climate like Melbourne), and produces one spike of three huge pink frilly blooms faithfully every year. So Cattleyas outside can be done in your climate, Matthew. Just keep them from getting sunburnt! Similarly a Potinara produces 1 to 2 spikes once a year, all outdoors, come rain, come shine.
I really enjoyed this video, as I’m from Melbourne too. I take some of my cattleya’s and dendrobiums outside during the warmer months, but I keep my Vandas indoors year around. Three of my vanda’s are growing bare rooted in vases. I soak them weekly overnight. Another one is potted in terracotta pot filled with large pieces of scorea. I water it weekly under the shower. Two small Mikasa type vandas are in baskets filled with large pieces of bark. I water those once a week as well. All of them are blooming for me once a year. However one in the vase just threw a second for this year spike, which I’m really excited about. I don’t have much luck with Zygos as well. I read somewhere that some of them I semi terrestrial. So I think of changing medium in the pot
I am so so happy to get to see another Melbourne orchid grower 🌸 thank you for sharing her account! She's got beautiful orchids but watering everyday is lot of work. She could put perlite and a bit of moss in her media. And OMG I am getting a vanda and will try to grow it, it's so exciting!
Thanks for watching! And I am literally thinking...is today the day I go to Collectors Corner and get a Vanda!!! But no....it's autumn. I might in spring though.
@@helloplantlovers I am with you, I try not to buy any plants until spring because it's too much stress. Especially without a green house ir temperature control. Plants get what they get 🌿😂 thrive die plant 😂 vanda, I'll get to you in spring. And it'll be living in my orchid mix. No daily watering 🤣
My Cats grow & flower happily inside north facing window in Melbourne. When cats bud I place it to get more sun but not excessive. Watch the appearance of the bud to gauge its need.
@@mikenovak6221 Sounds like you're on the right track, they might just need to bulk up a bit more? It's not that unusual for them to throw a blind sheath or two before they get big enough. Sometimes a blind sheath can produce flowers the following season, so don't remove them😀
@@justinsdutchtropics Thanks for the heads up, I've been so tempted to clean them up by removing the sheaf, now I'm happy for them to do their own thing - maybe this might be the year that it all happens?
I’m in SW Florida but still find your videos very helpful and fun. I very much enjoyed Ally’s orchid tour. I’m looking for your video of drilling terracotta pots. I haven’t found it. Please point me in the right direction. Also Mini Marc Holm is a stunner and highly sought after here in the US. Thank you for sharing your orchid experience with the world at large.
Thanks for watching! Ally's collection was very inspiring for me too! You can see my pot drilling here at 9:46: ruclips.net/video/V-FEZloiqFM/видео.html
I used to live in Cairns, and the healthiest orchids I had were the ones that live on the trees. Cattleya even grows in the parks, almost full sun. That said, my cymbidium often bud blasted, and I killed plenty of the zygos to give them a name.
It's really nice to see other people orchids collection . You can grow vanda, too, Matthew. You are right , each plant grows differently for each individual , and I have tried to grow my orchids in the same media like other orchid growers in the same State but somehow , it just doesn't do well.
I have a vanda it grows indoors in Melbourne. I've had it bloom indoors it was 1metre back from a west window. I've since moved and it missed blooming this season. I've had it for 3 years from collectors corner. It grows in bark potted and I soak it in a bucket once a week.
You guys should see my Zygos Mackayi flower spike of half a meter I kid you not. But it is 6 years and many changes of position later. Currently outside under cover east facing Pretoria South Africa. Happy growing.❤
Hi there from Japan😌🙏💞Yeah, to make Vandas bloom they need direct sunshine😉🤲And yes, dendrobium nobiles really need a dry winter rest and only start to water when the flower buds appear. I know that cymbidiums would do magnificent. Zygopetalums need constant humidity around the roots so try layering moss round the top of the medium to keep that humidity in and increase the sunshine too. 😌🙏I enjoyed watching
Grind a couple of rooster booster pellets down put into a cup of water,let sit for a couple of days strain ,then use the water as a spray,and pop a few pellets on the pots so that they break down gradually with the watering,I'm in Tasmania and I've had some luck with this,good luck on your orchid journey.🎉😊
Great Vid, :) and positive suggestions. Now I can sleep again as I'm doing mostly similar and sharing the same problems. On the Cat's, I have 5, 3 grown from seedlings that survived last Winter in Melbourne, all growing (albeit slowly) outside in a sheltered south facing wall position that receives morning and early afternoon sun. It's really experimental and if they survive this winter I'll be surprised but then again, it's what all of this is about. Loved the Vandas, saw the ones in Collectors Cnr. but hesitated to bring one home, thanks for the vid, now my better half can see where it can hang in the Phal corner. Looks like a buying visit on Saturday.....
I really enjoyed hearing about your growing methods. Maybe Tillandsia ‘old man’s beard’ draped on Vanda roots may help keep them from drying out so much? I use it here in Qld.
You just have to love an obsession that is beautiful. First time watched and very interesting and inspiring. Reminded me of the catalaya that I brought home to my mum 30 years ago from Port Douglas which was popped in a first class seat whilst I travelled cattle class. It lived a few years as mum was a wiz.
Thank you both for this video! 💐😊. Always enjoy seeing other growers collection of orchids and their favorite way of growing them. Ally, you have a beautiful home and garden 👏💚. Really like the way you display your potted orchid indoor . Thank you for sharing 😊🌷.
Thank you very much Matthew for your fantastic videos. They are really very practical for those of us who live in the Mediterranean climate, as is my case since I live in Barcelona (north coast of Spain). Many Brazilian youtubers channels are fine but they are far from the reality of the weather that we can have in other latitudes. Around here on the coldest winter nights normally around 5 degrees Celsius, a fact that limits the orchids that I can have outside, which are basically coelogynes, Australian dendrobiums, cymbidiums, paphiopedilums, masdevallias and some oncidiums.
Oh this was super! I'm here in New Jersey USA as a new subscriber. We're now in Spring but today it's in the 80's-highly unusual. Ally is adorable and you make a great team. We share many of the same plants and I also struggle with Catts and Zygos. I stress at having to throw out orchids I have no luck with but my patience is long...we'll see if that changes! Once again, highly enjoyable and informative. 🐞🍀
Congratulations on 5k subscribers!!!! I have a few bulbophyllums (medusae and longissimum) here in California with similar weather as you. I grow them indoors all year round next to my phals in small bark and moss and my trick is to let them stay moist for awhile when I water them. So a shallow pot with a drip tray that will hold a good amount of water. I don’t let them dry out completely in between. That’s it!
Love the video! Ally is so cute. This was fabulous to see. I grow my vanda in a glass vase during the cold season. Otherwise it is taken outdoors out of the vase.
Hi, do you mind sharing the name of the lady slipper orchid shows on 3:03(the tall one)? It is so gorgeous, and how this beatiful girl doing right now?
Hey Matthew, can you give me some names of greenhouses that ship parcels to the United States like Florida I’m very interested thank you so much I love your channel❤
shame neither of you do well with cattleya's. Makes no sense. The zygoptalum has not flowered for ali before because it never had enough leaves, all the older backbulbs are leafless but the latest bulb has grown bigger than the last, I think that one will flower in early spring by the looks of it.
I absolutely loved this video!!! Such fun!
Thanks for watching!
I always love seeing other collections and appreciate people opening their private homes to show their floral treasures. Thank you for your tips and hints on growing. I don't have a corridor of doom but if it doesn't look well, then a plant gets moved around until I find it's spot. This can include a progression to the green bin 😁. Thankyou for your practical guide on orchid growing.
Thank you for watching!
I became an orchid addict during lockdown too! 😂
I think I few of us might...we should start a support group?
5K subscribers, so awesome! Thank you for taking us along to visit Ally, her collection is beautiful.
Thank you for noticing!
I make banana Juice and use it on all my plants. They flower every year. And you will see the flower spikes grow.
Hello Matthew. Janet in Wagga NSW here. Thank you so much for the information you provide. Loving all the clips I've watched so far. Super useful and finally answering all those questions I have that I have not been able to find previously. I will persevere with our orchids, especially after watching this particular episode with Ally. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
My single Cattleya is a huge plant, in a large tub of very ornery orchid mix, out of doors all year round in the dappled shade of an evergreen tree, and close to a North wall in Cape Town (Mediterranean climate like Melbourne), and produces one spike of three huge pink frilly blooms faithfully every year. So Cattleyas outside can be done in your climate, Matthew. Just keep them from getting sunburnt! Similarly a Potinara produces 1 to 2 spikes once a year, all outdoors, come rain, come shine.
Ok......I'm going to focus more on Cattleyas - thank you!
here in dry and hot South Africa I can grow cattleyas in the windowsill - some flower every three months. The cool growers are a battle here.
I really enjoyed this video, as I’m from Melbourne too. I take some of my cattleya’s and dendrobiums outside during the warmer months, but I keep my Vandas indoors year around. Three of my vanda’s are growing bare rooted in vases. I soak them weekly overnight. Another one is potted in terracotta pot filled with large pieces of scorea. I water it weekly under the shower. Two small Mikasa type vandas are in baskets filled with large pieces of bark. I water those once a week as well. All of them are blooming for me once a year. However one in the vase just threw a second for this year spike, which I’m really excited about.
I don’t have much luck with Zygos as well. I read somewhere that some of them I semi terrestrial. So I think of changing medium in the pot
Thanks for watching - WOW! Your Vanda success is inspiring!
I am so so happy to get to see another Melbourne orchid grower 🌸 thank you for sharing her account! She's got beautiful orchids but watering everyday is lot of work. She could put perlite and a bit of moss in her media.
And OMG I am getting a vanda and will try to grow it, it's so exciting!
Thanks for watching! And I am literally thinking...is today the day I go to Collectors Corner and get a Vanda!!! But no....it's autumn. I might in spring though.
@@helloplantlovers I am with you, I try not to buy any plants until spring because it's too much stress. Especially without a green house ir temperature control. Plants get what they get 🌿😂 thrive die plant 😂 vanda, I'll get to you in spring. And it'll be living in my orchid mix. No daily watering 🤣
My Cats grow & flower happily inside north facing window in Melbourne. When cats bud I place it to get more sun but not excessive. Watch the appearance of the bud to gauge its need.
Thanks for watching!
Nice to see Ally's collection😊. Anyone who can grow Cattleya outdoors in Melbourne through the winter must be some kind of wizard😁
Ha! Well we'll see if I am a card carrying wizard in spring!
Growing them isn't the problem, it's getting them to flower. Mine will grow the sheaths but refuse to flower. There has to be a way but it eludes me.
@@mikenovak6221 Sounds like you're on the right track, they might just need to bulk up a bit more? It's not that unusual for them to throw a blind sheath or two before they get big enough. Sometimes a blind sheath can produce flowers the following season, so don't remove them😀
@@justinsdutchtropics Thanks for the heads up, I've been so tempted to clean them up by removing the sheaf, now I'm happy for them to do their own thing - maybe this might be the year that it all happens?
I’m trying to! They’re growing fast. I cannot believe it. I think I only just have enough sun. I do have 7 on my balcony in Maribyrnong atm.
What a nice visit to see Ally's orchids. Enjoyed every minute of your video. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
War stories! I love it. I get it.
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Lovely video and interview!! Thanks for sharing 🎉
Thanks for watching!
I’m in SW Florida but still find your videos very helpful and fun. I very much enjoyed Ally’s orchid tour. I’m looking for your video of drilling terracotta pots. I haven’t found it. Please point me in the right direction. Also Mini Marc Holm is a stunner and highly sought after here in the US. Thank you for sharing your orchid experience with the world at large.
Thanks for watching! Ally's collection was very inspiring for me too! You can see my pot drilling here at 9:46: ruclips.net/video/V-FEZloiqFM/видео.html
I used to live in Cairns, and the healthiest orchids I had were the ones that live on the trees. Cattleya even grows in the parks, almost full sun. That said, my cymbidium often bud blasted, and I killed plenty of the zygos to give them a name.
Thanks for watching!
Thank for sharing👍🙏
Thanks for watching!
It's really nice to see other people orchids collection . You can grow vanda, too, Matthew. You are right , each plant grows differently for each individual , and I have tried to grow my orchids in the same media like other orchid growers in the same State but somehow , it just doesn't do well.
So true - thanks for watching!
Oh how lovely! Another Melbourne enthusiast and a new instagram account to follow!
Yes and yes! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the tour. Greeting from So-Cal USA.
Thanks for watching!
I have a vanda it grows indoors in Melbourne. I've had it bloom indoors it was 1metre back from a west window. I've since moved and it missed blooming this season. I've had it for 3 years from collectors corner. It grows in bark potted and I soak it in a bucket once a week.
Oh good to know! Thank you!
Lovely plants, lovely lady !
Thanks for watching!
Try growing the Zygo a little darker ? ( Cape Town similar to Melbourne) and hi and thanks for a great video !
I've tried them dark...I've tried them light....I've tried them high....I've tried them low....I'll try them in the compost bin next!
That was wonderful. Thank you. I am here for the orchids but...that fern!!!
Yes! And Ally has a fabulous front garden too with a sensational banana plant!
You guys should see my Zygos Mackayi flower spike of half a meter I kid you not. But it is 6 years and many changes of position later. Currently outside under cover east facing Pretoria South Africa. Happy growing.❤
JEALOUS!
Gorgeous , lovely , peace filled garden ! Thank u for sharing !!!
Thanks for watching!
Hi there from Japan😌🙏💞Yeah, to make Vandas bloom they need direct sunshine😉🤲And yes, dendrobium nobiles really need a dry winter rest and only start to water when the flower buds appear. I know that cymbidiums would do magnificent. Zygopetalums need constant humidity around the roots so try layering moss round the top of the medium to keep that humidity in and increase the sunshine too. 😌🙏I enjoyed watching
Thanks for watching! We're both tying with Zygos!
Grind a couple of rooster booster pellets down put into a cup of water,let sit for a couple of days strain ,then use the water as a spray,and pop a few pellets on the pots so that they break down gradually with the watering,I'm in Tasmania and I've had some luck with this,good luck on your orchid journey.🎉😊
Great tip thank you!
What a delightful show and ty for sharing this curated orchid collection. Wonderful!
Thanks for finding me!
Great Vid, :) and positive suggestions. Now I can sleep again as I'm doing mostly similar and sharing the same problems.
On the Cat's, I have 5, 3 grown from seedlings that survived last Winter in Melbourne, all growing (albeit slowly) outside in a sheltered south facing wall position that receives morning and early afternoon sun. It's really experimental and if they survive this winter I'll be surprised but then again, it's what all of this is about.
Loved the Vandas, saw the ones in Collectors Cnr. but hesitated to bring one home, thanks for the vid, now my better half can see where it can hang in the Phal corner. Looks like a buying visit on Saturday.....
I am literally thinking the same thing! Thanks for watching!
It was terrific seeing Ally's collection.
Would growing or storing cold tender orchids in a glass house be enough to protect them?
Thanks for watching! I'm not sure - it would depend where you are in the world and what the minimum temp in the glass house would be in winter.
I really enjoyed hearing about your growing methods. Maybe Tillandsia ‘old man’s beard’ draped on Vanda roots may help keep them from drying out so much? I use it here in Qld.
Thanks for watching - Yes, I use Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) and it seems to manage with Melbourne's winters OK.
You just have to love an obsession that is beautiful. First time watched and very interesting and inspiring. Reminded me of the catalaya that I brought home to my mum 30 years ago from Port Douglas which was popped in a first class seat whilst I travelled cattle class. It lived a few years as mum was a wiz.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you both for this video! 💐😊.
Always enjoy seeing other growers collection of orchids and their favorite way of growing them. Ally, you have a beautiful home and garden 👏💚. Really like the way you display your potted orchid indoor .
Thank you for sharing 😊🌷.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Ally for sharing your beautiful orchids. ❤ I bought my first flask about a month ago and it was phals. I have not lost one yet 😊
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Such great info!! I get tired of the generic descriptions :). Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
It's always fun to see your very inspiring videos, thank you for always sharing.😊
Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much Matthew for your fantastic videos. They are really very practical for those of us who live in the Mediterranean climate, as is my case since I live in Barcelona (north coast of Spain). Many Brazilian youtubers channels are fine but they are far from the reality of the weather that we can have in other latitudes. Around here on the coldest winter nights normally around 5 degrees Celsius, a fact that limits the orchids that I can have outside, which are basically coelogynes, Australian dendrobiums, cymbidiums, paphiopedilums, masdevallias and some oncidiums.
Thanks for finding me - very similar winter mins here. You can add Holcoglossom, Stanhopea, Gongora and Sarcochilus to your list!
This was an awesome video! Thank you for sharing you guys 💚🌿
Thanks for watching!
Oh this was super! I'm here in New Jersey USA as a new subscriber. We're now in Spring but today it's in the 80's-highly unusual. Ally is adorable and you make a great team. We share many of the same plants and I also struggle with Catts and Zygos. I stress at having to throw out orchids I have no luck with but my patience is long...we'll see if that changes! Once again, highly enjoyable and informative. 🐞🍀
Thank you for finding me!
Congratulations on 5k subscribers!!!!
I have a few bulbophyllums (medusae and longissimum) here in California with similar weather as you. I grow them indoors all year round next to my phals in small bark and moss and my trick is to let them stay moist for awhile when I water them. So a shallow pot with a drip tray that will hold a good amount of water. I don’t let them dry out completely in between. That’s it!
Ah - good tip! And thanks for noticing the 5K! I might have to buy some orchids to celebrate....!
Great video!! Congrats on reaching the 5K milestone.
Thank you for noticing!
Really enjoyed your video and thanks to Ally too!!
Thanks for watching!
Love the video! Ally is so cute. This was fabulous to see. I grow my vanda in a glass vase during the cold season. Otherwise it is taken outdoors out of the vase.
Ah! I'm thinking of doing that too - @theorchidsaga has a great video on growing Vanda's in vases.
Hi, do you mind sharing the name of the lady slipper orchid shows on 3:03(the tall one)? It is so gorgeous, and how this beatiful girl doing right now?
I don't know I'm afraid - not my orchid.
Catleya need calcium while growing or they can void growths during hot weather...my experience in socal.... cheers
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Hey Matthew, can you give me some names of greenhouses that ship parcels to the United States like Florida I’m very interested thank you so much I love your channel❤
Hi there - no one can ship live plant material out of Australia unfortunately.
Cattleyas want dry heat, do not care much for humidity and do not need a drop in temp to get them to flower
Thanks for watching!
Nice one mattew
Thanks Dan!
Where do you buy your Dendrobium Victoria Reginea?
Mine came from Ebay.
I'm in Tasmania and would love to know if there's anyone in the area of West Tamar who has had success growing orchids.
Good luck fining some fellow growers!
shame neither of you do well with cattleya's. Makes no sense. The zygoptalum has not flowered for ali before because it never had enough leaves, all the older backbulbs are leafless but the latest bulb has grown bigger than the last, I think that one will flower in early spring by the looks of it.
We'll BOTH hope you're right!