Hi Stephen😌🙌Yes, I also notice that Cattleya and my bifrenaria tyrianthina have been growing new canes/bulbs over Summer,but it's only in the winter season that they produce the most roots, so they definitely have two growth seasons; one for bulbs and one for roots. My bifrenaria tyrianthina has big white roots bursting into growth as do my Cattleyas, especially are very visible on my mounts. I have mounted 3 Cattleyas and they have a much better root system beginning👏🌟even my rhynchostylis gigantea which didn't even produce any roots at all has a thick healthy root grasping onto the mount. You did the right thing potting your rupiculous Laelias into a sandy mix👍Just by imitating nature they thrive don't they. I enjoyed watching and I took notes of all your handy growing tips😌🤲💞🌱
Nice haul! I too, recently decided to try the carbonized rice husk. It seems we may have sourced the rice husk from the same source (Amazon). I think the material is much smaller than what is being used in Brazil. I assume what is being used in Brazil is derived from a long grain rice. The potting media I’ve seen being used consists of rice husk, peat moss and perlite. This is the method I’m trying. The smaller material is a little too dense, which I compensated by adding more perlite. I found an Etsy vendor that is selling husk that is similar type/size from what you see in Brazil. I’ll see what that looks like and how that works.
@@SVKLOrchids It is an amaliae from Hilmar Bauch, one of the very scarce EU propagators; it is born and bred locally so no acclimation which is great. Just a tiny little thing though, so it will be many years😂. Are you planning to give them a cold dry Winter?
@ I’m glad someone in Europe is working with amaliae! While they get a dry winter in the wild, they don’t need it. So I’ll give them less water than my other Cattleyas but still water them a 3 or 4 times per month, depending on how hot it is in my garage.
Hey Stephen very interesting stuff going on! That rice husk is something I never heard of. I may have to read up on it some. It's hard to find what is best to pot R. Laelia's in. Most come stuffed in a teeny pot with very little moss. Any time I repot it's death for them. 😂so I have to find a different way. Some pot in small limestone. I can see the theory behind that. But very interesting! I got some cypress mulch and giving it a whirl now. 😂
i think pyrolyzed materials are really good idea for orchid potting media- so far I have not found a cheap source for it however. i always see the carbonized rice hulls on instagram so I'm excited to see how your seedling does it.
Years ago I tried to grow a couple of these outdoors, and failed. I suspect I repotted them at the wrong time. They struggled for a long time before they gave up. Yet we have to remember that there are over 50 species in the *Series Parviflorae* and IIRC Andy (from Andy's Orchids) mentioned it took him a while to learn how to grow them, and that they are different needs between them.
Hi Stephen, thank you very much for the video with potting tips and soil mixture discussion. When you plan to give a dry rest to your laelia milleri, are you going to cut on watering and reduce temperatures or just reduce watering? I have a number of hybrids with about 25% milleri in their parentage and not sure about reducing their watering because the temperature in their area does not have seasonal changes.
Hi Stephen😌🙌Yes, I also notice that Cattleya and my bifrenaria tyrianthina have been growing new canes/bulbs over Summer,but it's only in the winter season that they produce the most roots, so they definitely have two growth seasons; one for bulbs and one for roots. My bifrenaria tyrianthina has big white roots bursting into growth as do my Cattleyas, especially are very visible on my mounts. I have mounted 3 Cattleyas and they have a much better root system beginning👏🌟even my rhynchostylis gigantea which didn't even produce any roots at all has a thick healthy root grasping onto the mount. You did the right thing potting your rupiculous Laelias into a sandy mix👍Just by imitating nature they thrive don't they. I enjoyed watching and I took notes of all your handy growing tips😌🤲💞🌱
@@newmanmansell760 oh man, I really need to find one of those Bifrenaria!
Thanks Steven
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Beautiful 🌸👍
@@channeliman521 thank you!
Nice haul! I too, recently decided to try the carbonized rice husk.
It seems we may have sourced the rice husk from the same source (Amazon). I think the material is much smaller than what is being used in Brazil. I assume what is being used in Brazil is derived from a long grain rice. The potting media I’ve seen being used consists of rice husk, peat moss and perlite. This is the method I’m trying. The smaller material is a little too dense, which I compensated by adding more perlite. I found an Etsy vendor that is selling husk that is similar type/size from what you see in Brazil. I’ll see what that looks like and how that works.
@@demitriusesquivel5028 definitely let me know how it goes!
Nice plants, I hope they do well for you! I did get a little nobilior seedling recently, I'll be interested to see how it goes.
@@justinsdutchtropics I’ll definitely do some updates! Where did you get your nobilior from?
@@SVKLOrchids It is an amaliae from Hilmar Bauch, one of the very scarce EU propagators; it is born and bred locally so no acclimation which is great. Just a tiny little thing though, so it will be many years😂. Are you planning to give them a cold dry Winter?
@ I’m glad someone in Europe is working with amaliae! While they get a dry winter in the wild, they don’t need it. So I’ll give them less water than my other Cattleyas but still water them a 3 or 4 times per month, depending on how hot it is in my garage.
Hey Stephen very interesting stuff going on! That rice husk is something I never heard of. I may have to read up on it some. It's hard to find what is best to pot R. Laelia's in. Most come stuffed in a teeny pot with very little moss. Any time I repot it's death for them. 😂so I have to find a different way. Some pot in small limestone. I can see the theory behind that. But very interesting! I got some cypress mulch and giving it a whirl now. 😂
@@hillbillyorchids Those rupiculous ones grow in like an inch of sand over rock! Very different than the Catts we normally grow.
@SVKLOrchids You never see anyone growing in sand. That's wild! 😆
@ Indeed! I think most folks assume they grow on trees like most other Catts!
@SVKLOrchids yea cause I sure did!
i think pyrolyzed materials are really good idea for orchid potting media- so far I have not found a cheap source for it however. i always see the carbonized rice hulls on instagram so I'm excited to see how your seedling does it.
@@Spencer_Plant_Projects It’s definitely an experiment! And if it doesn’t work, I can always add the carbonized rice to the compost.
Years ago I tried to grow a couple of these outdoors, and failed. I suspect I repotted them at the wrong time. They struggled for a long time before they gave up. Yet we have to remember that there are over 50 species in the *Series Parviflorae* and IIRC Andy (from Andy's Orchids) mentioned it took him a while to learn how to grow them, and that they are different needs between them.
@@TheDanEdwards Exactly! Lots of really cool species in this group. I just wish they were fragrant 😢
Hi Stephen, thank you very much for the video with potting tips and soil mixture discussion. When you plan to give a dry rest to your laelia milleri, are you going to cut on watering and reduce temperatures or just reduce watering? I have a number of hybrids with about 25% milleri in their parentage and not sure about reducing their watering because the temperature in their area does not have seasonal changes.
The plants in the cabinet won't get much of a cool down, just drier conditions at the roots.
"it's November 5th today, which is a Tuesday"
it shall forever be known as black Tuesday.
@@michaelmccarthy4077 No kidding! 😢