I'm so happy to see this our native orchids🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 are in Australia ❤❤❤ they take care our native plants and thank you for taking care our native orchid's .. the survival our native plants are in the hand good people collector and grower ..they are disappearing in there native range because of habitat distraction 😭thank you again 🙏
QLD here. I find they sulk for a good year after repotting. Mine are in a plastic pot, then another decorative pot with no drainage. Any water that makes its way into the decorative pot after watering helps with local humidity.
@@helloplantlovers My apologies, Matthew, for addressing you incorrectly. I have been following you for years and I guess I was just very tired when I viewed this video. Thank you for your gracious reply.
Hi Matthew, your timing of this video was impeccable! I inherited a bunch of odds and sods orchids 18months ago, some tagless, one of which I eventually figured out might be a Dendrochilum. It has sat for 18 months and done NOTHING! Four weeks ago I noticed 2 new growths, just yesterday I noticed they weren’t growths but now flower spikes emerging from the green, still tube shaped growths, how weird. Thanks to your video I have learned they are one and the same and I am now very excited. And I call myself an orchid grower, doh! I now believe it is a Cobbianum. Thank you so much 😊
Once again, a great informative video. I also enjoy Howard's posts - you both have a similar attitude to the plants. My Cobbianum was one of my first, and was potted in normal large bark - and has not flowered yet. hopefully once i repot it in a more moisture holding mix it will be happier. i am coming into australia summer, so i might bring it inside when it gets hotter i didn't realise it was a cool grower.
I'm from Australia as well. Not sure which medium is best for this type of orchid, I would have to check my guide book. But I feel the most important factor besides the usual humidity, temperature, lighting that everyone looks at is PH. The medium PH and the water plus fertilizer PH should be within range. So getting a cheap PH pen off the internet is really important. Here in Australia I've got all the Yates and Osmocote fertilizers which use urea as the nitrate source, that will lower the PH in the root zone. My air plants probably can't use that urea by the way. But thinking about that nitrogen source is important. What I'm currently experimenting with is 3 tablespoons of lemon juice per liter of water left for 5 minutes to neutralize chloramine then hydroponic PH up to raise the PH back to the correct level which is about 6 usually. Chloramine is not bad for plants but will effect beneficial soil microbes which help to prevent soil compaction and keep the soil aerated. This stuff is important because all plants require the same thing to grow, so learning it with these fussy orchids will allow you to have those beautiful Azaleas, incredible cactus, exotic fruit trees and everything. Sorry for the rant. I want people to grow these plants because when you are into alpines they are not going to survive climate change in the wild. So I want people to grow it.
Good to watch you repotting, i have only one den,magnum, long flowing yellow flower stems, it seems to be potted in coconut shell and dont know how I'll get it out. Ah well all good fun. Thanks for a good video.
I'm so happy to see this our native orchids🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 are in Australia ❤❤❤ they take care our native plants and thank you for taking care our native orchid's .. the survival our native plants are in the hand good people collector and grower ..they are disappearing in there native range because of habitat distraction 😭thank you again 🙏
How very sad - but thank you for watching!
QLD here. I find they sulk for a good year after repotting. Mine are in a plastic pot, then another decorative pot with no drainage. Any water that makes its way into the decorative pot after watering helps with local humidity.
Thanks for watching - good to know they're sulky!
Hi Michael, I enjoyed this video and look forward to learning whether or not the media adjustment was the key. :) Have a great week!
Thanks for watching - we'll have to wait a year and see!
@@helloplantlovers My apologies, Matthew, for addressing you incorrectly. I have been following you for years and I guess I was just very tired when I viewed this video. Thank you for your gracious reply.
Matthew! Thanks for the lovely videos! Do you have any on orchid viruses, how to spot them, and what to do? Many thanks!
Hi there - thanks for watching! No I don't unfortunately.
I attached my straight on a palm tree with extra moss and they are doing great. They can take almost full sun in the tropic.
Really!! Sounds fabulous!
Hello from Greece! Chilos also means edge in Greek. So most probably the name stands for "the edge of the tree'. Always a pleasures to watch you!
Thanks for watching!
I have a dendrochilum cobbianum,it's what a call a " naughty plant" as it pushes itself out its container😅
Lucky you! I'm determined to look after mine better!
Hi Matthew, your timing of this video was impeccable! I inherited a bunch of odds and sods orchids 18months ago, some tagless, one of which I eventually figured out might be a Dendrochilum. It has sat for 18 months and done NOTHING! Four weeks ago I noticed 2 new growths, just yesterday I noticed they weren’t growths but now flower spikes emerging from the green, still tube shaped growths, how weird. Thanks to your video I have learned they are one and the same and I am now very excited. And I call myself an orchid grower, doh! I now believe it is a Cobbianum. Thank you so much 😊
Oh well good luck! Glad this helped!
It sure did!😊
Love your channel. You grow orchids that I cannot grow in my environment.
Thanks for watching!
Once again, a great informative video. I also enjoy Howard's posts - you both have a similar attitude to the plants. My Cobbianum was one of my first, and was potted in normal large bark - and has not flowered yet. hopefully once i repot it in a more moisture holding mix it will be happier. i am coming into australia summer, so i might bring it inside when it gets hotter i didn't realise it was a cool grower.
I'm from Australia as well. Not sure which medium is best for this type of orchid, I would have to check my guide book. But I feel the most important factor besides the usual humidity, temperature, lighting that everyone looks at is PH. The medium PH and the water plus fertilizer PH should be within range. So getting a cheap PH pen off the internet is really important. Here in Australia I've got all the Yates and Osmocote fertilizers which use urea as the nitrate source, that will lower the PH in the root zone. My air plants probably can't use that urea by the way. But thinking about that nitrogen source is important. What I'm currently experimenting with is 3 tablespoons of lemon juice per liter of water left for 5 minutes to neutralize chloramine then hydroponic PH up to raise the PH back to the correct level which is about 6 usually. Chloramine is not bad for plants but will effect beneficial soil microbes which help to prevent soil compaction and keep the soil aerated. This stuff is important because all plants require the same thing to grow, so learning it with these fussy orchids will allow you to have those beautiful Azaleas, incredible cactus, exotic fruit trees and everything. Sorry for the rant. I want people to grow these plants because when you are into alpines they are not going to survive climate change in the wild. So I want people to grow it.
Thanks for watching - good luck with yours!
Good to watch you repotting, i have only one den,magnum, long flowing yellow flower stems, it seems to be potted in coconut shell and dont know how I'll get it out. Ah well all good fun. Thanks for a good video.
Thanks for watching - does sound tricky!