HI Nina, I've grown cattleya for two years now. And I am sick with growing cattleya in barks, they works wonder for a year then completely crash and abandond all roots. couple hours before this video, I have changed most of my cattleya collection to 100% lavarocks and I hope it will stay happy so. I few things I've noticed I want to add in. 1. The only down size of lava rock is the weight, soit can tough on hanging pots. 2. plants with thiner or fragile roots system can be prone to be ripped apart when repotting out of lava rocks 3. plants that dont produce roots readily as cattleya will have trouble with lava rock in the long run when the rocks become salty. So I'm taking down note for myself that, Lava rock is excellence for orchid with thicker roots, medium size and tall pots, plants with a drier cycle. Wonderful video as always, Nina.
HI 😍💐 It is so good to see you again!! I hope that you are doing well 🫶🏼 every point that you listed in your comment, I am totally in agreement with. That is why I prefer leca above lava rock and I have several lava rock videos in The MasterClass playlist referring to exactly all the points that you listed here. Yes! Especially when it comes to repotting, it can get really messy. I have warned about this in many of my past videos, however, when it comes to rescuing orchids that do not handle my cold winter temperatures in leca, nothing beats lava rock. So, I will cross the bridge of how the repotting of these orchids will go, when it is time to do so. Hopefully, I will get the opportunity to actually have these orchids in the collection in 3 years, so that I can repot them 😅🤞🏼🙏🏼 I appreciate your comment, adding your opinion and observations here, thank you so much! Thank you, also, for watching 🫶🏼 I hope you are having a wonderful day ❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids Well my fountain is toast... Leaking somewhere and can't find it. Figures after I spent all this time and money to get it done... Now it's just a dust collector. Have out of town Drs appt this morning... Have a good one Nina.
😢🥺😓 oh that sucks beans! (PC) naaahh not a great start to the day. Maybe, just maybe Spring will allow you to investigate in mucho detail and you can still find a fix. Ferns et al can be potted up for the time being? 🤞🏼 Fluff will repurpose it as a winter bed in the meantime? ❤️
🌸🥷🏼 Bob San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 hi!! Thank YOU, for watching and for your feedback 🌸🥷🏼 now, we keep our fingers crossed that the winter will be kind to these orchids, so that we can start to get some strength into them in 2024 🤞🏼 Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday 🫶🏼 know that you are so appreciated ❤️🌸
that's a nice healthy growth on your Luminosa. That plant dumps its roots so dang easily, I struggle with it. Excellent news on your Laelia crispa, I would not have expected it to have turned around so quickly but that is definitely your best new growth. I'll be giving mine a looksie tomorrow when it gets watered, I don't think there is anything of note there, it has just been growing.
Don Miguel 🥰💐 hola jefe! I am hoping that the Luminosa will hold on long enough for temps to warm up again before dumping the roots, but, methinks that the cold temps will cause the roots to fail in the end. However, to have that new growth look so good atm, gives me hope that I am going to be able to limp her along for another season and hopefully get yet another root system for the next winter, and so on and so forth! Just cannot have this new growth get cold damage 🤞🏼 Isn't crispa awesome!! I am very happily surprised! Better than expected and more than I could have hoped for 👍🏼 It would be awesome if you could send me an updated image of your's to keep on hand for an update video in March or April, with yet another image to back the progress comparison 😬 if you don't mind 🤭 hope you are having a fabulous day, Michael! Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼❤️🌸
🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 hi!! Thank you so much for your feedback, I truly appreciate it! This is the first of many dull days in a row, so we shall see! What I appreciated was seeing that they at least showed and proved that they can be rescued in this manner when conditions are ideal throughout. So, yes, thank you so much for keeping your fingers crossed because... wow! Then I can confidently show how orchids can handle adversity taking xyz care into consideration 👍🏼 wouldn't that be great?? It would allow so many others to cultivate orchids without the expensive equipment they may see everywhere, thinking that, in this day and age, they cannot afford it 👍🏼 👍🏼😃 plus, I have my own selfish reasons for not wanting to loose these orchids 😆 thank you, so much, for your support!! Its going to be a tough ride, but you help keep my inner light shining 🙏🏼 Have a beautiful day, 🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii San 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@NinjaOrchids Hi Nina🥷, So sorry it has taken me so long to reply to you. Please forgive me if I have missed any of your messages.😨 It has been a very rough week for us as my husband’s brother had a massive stroke, and he is still in intensive care. 💔😢 I hope they continue to progress and will flourish in the spring. I look forward to seeing updates!🌸😀 I hope the coming week treats you well. Stay safe, Sherrii San 🥷🪷
🙏🏼. 🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii San!! My prayers go out to you and your family!! I am so so sorry to hear of this news 🙏🏼🙏🏼 sending comfort, peace and calm and healing recovery vibes 🫶🏼 for you, beautiful lady, I send peace and comfort, specifically, as well as strength 🫂❤️
I've found that my cattleyas which have been repotted in medium lava rock are starting to show signs of new root growth I love cattleyas and was ready to stop working with them because I wasn't having success. I am hopeful that this will be the best system for growing mine. (I had them in a bark mix with perlite, leca and coconut husk. I do have a tendancy to be a heavy waterer. So I have reduced the watering with the switch to lava rock.) Thanks for your videos. They are very helpful. (I grow in a south facing lanai in southeast Florida, USA.)
I was drowning my cattleya's when I first started growing them. I couldn't figure out why the roots were rotting away. Nina has been instrumental helping me grow my orchid collection, about 300 orchids half are cattleya's. Happy growing.
Pat, hi 😍💐 it is so good to see you! I hope you are having a beautiful day 🫶🏼 now, first of all, I am going to let you in on a not so secret secret! Where you are, and where you have your orchids, has me green with envy 🫣 perfect space, and 90% of the time, perfect climate! So, yes, I can see why your cattleya roots may have struggled with the precious media mix. It relates to the high humidity that you have on a consistent basis. So, having made the switch to lava rock is a great move! Now, if you have other cattleyas still in the previous media mix, and they are doing well, try and figure out why they are doing well, and the others did not like the mix. You see, you may find the key to the different cattleyas that will help you in your future purchases, and when it comes to repotting. You may not want to switch all your cattleyas, if there are still some doing well in your previous media mix. I am a fan of inorganic media, because it is easy on the wallet and we can control nutrients and so much more, but, if you like the organic side of orchid culture as well, you can really get some insight on how to structure your future purchases, repots and see why some of you cattleyas may still be doing well in their organic media. It took me 4 years with these orchids to understand that leca is a no no after I stopped using my indoor winter equipment. This is part of the hobby that I love so much. Your lanai offers many opportunities for many different ways of successful cultivation. If you are ever in doubt, when it comes to an orchid you are not sure about, or you want to purchase one and want to run some thoughts by me, please always feel free to do so 👍🏼 I can grow vicariously 😉 I am not limited to my set up or my climate 👍🏼 thank you ever so much for watching!! 🫶🏼❤️😍
🦒🙏🤞🤞🍀🍀 All my fingers crossed for you and the girls, may them still give you much joy and rather sooner than later 😄 My Zagarix Wax is no longer. I was not happy to toss it but she had no chances. I also felt cheated by the seller and the orchid was a victim of greed. How can they sell divisions with 3 skinny pseudobulbs and charge 30 euros for it? Amazingly I saw the photo of the division before I bought it but it looked a lot larger and the psb fatter. Lesson learned 😝 Your Zagarix was looks a lot better than mine did. But it is so sad having to start all over again with her, especially considering how beautiful she was before. Good luck and may we see her blooms again soon 💝😘😘😘🫠🫠🫠
FFF 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 good evening, meine liebe Freundin! Thank you so much for keeping your fingers crossed. 3 months, please 🙏🏼😅 Now, the way you describe your Sagarik Wax, that is just totally unacceptable and wow, knowing how this orchid is slow to grow new growths and needs a lot of time and energy to do so, yeah... that was daylight robbery and greed, for sure! Probably the photo you saw was when they got the orchid, but by the time it got to you, it had declined. They were so wrong to do that and I know that you were excited to get her. I am so sorry 🥲 while I hate to see the before (2 years ago, and after) I am so grateful that I have at least been given the chance to start again. I am ok with that. What would have been worse, was, to not have the opportunity to make it right. So, all the fingers crossed are much appreciated. I don't care if I have to wait until 2027 to see blooms again... as long as she continues to recover 🤞🏼 hope you are having a wonderfully cozy evening, amiga mia! Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼❤️🌸
My growing conditions: (indoors under lights). Discovered🔎"Orchiata Bark" with 5% long-fiber sphagnum creates a medium remaining too 💦 Come Spring, I'll try a 50% Lava rock/Orchiata mix. You may have Saved my Orchids🤞
Hi!! 😍💐 Happy Sunday! 🫡🥰 If I may add ... consider using chunky lava rock when combining it with chunky bark. Medium lava rock with medium bark and small lava rock with small bark. Long way of saying, match the size of the lava rock to the size of the bark and you will be growing golden 👍🏼 I hope that I had a small part in saving your orchids. The biggest influence is you, because you are seeing things, and then taking, valid to you, intel and seeing how that will work for your 'chiddos, so, I am glad that I can play a part in your success. Remember, as you grow in a controlled environment, your switch can happen at any time that the orchids in question are starting new roots. You do not have to wait for spring. That is a great advantage you have, so go ahead and use it in your favor 🥰 thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼 wishing you a wonderful rest of your Sunday ❤️🌸
I'm in Florida. I'm having success with lava rocks and minimizing how much evaporation occurs? Because I leave them in the shade, even though it's bright because of the intensity and the heat and the evaporation. But I definitely have a push cart. Whenever it's about to rain or the weather seems like it's gonna rain for a couple of hours, I load them all on my push cart and I put them in the middle of the yard so they can get soaked
HI! 😍💐 its great to see you again! Lava rock, high humidity climate, torrential rain.... orchids... that is the equation for happy orchids and a happy orchid grower! Nothing better, in my eyes, than seeing orchids being drenched with rain 🙌🏼 to say that I am envious of your conditions is an understatement! Thank you so much for sharing what you do, the push cart is genius 👍🏼 thank you, also, for watching!! Hope your Friday was fabulous and I wish you a relaxing evening 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Hola, I bought lava rock from an Italian accessories vendor at the orchid show back in 2020 (just before the first lockdown). Unfortunately I choose the fine version. It has the size of small seramis. As it was very dusty I washed part of it. Turned out to be very heavy when wet and stays wet for a verrry long time... and it is so cold when wet🙁if you know what I mean. So it is no alternative for me for organic medium at least not the small 'Zeugs'. Next year the same vendor will be on the annual show again. I'm so tempted to buy a bag of the big stuff as I love the look of lava rock. It is such an archaic material. Maybe I use a few rocks as a decorative top layer 🤔 My monachica from this show has a spike again... so a happy rebloomer Wonder if the colours will be better this time and - first thing first - hopefully the spike doesn't blast, you never know. 😘
Hallööchen Anna 😍💐 the size you speak of, is the size that I pick out of a new back so that I have different sizes for different needs. And, that fine size is great for seedlings. Something I did not mention in the video. The rex is in small lava rock. What you mentioned about lava rock staying wet for so long, that is true and that is why it works for semi hydroponics if that is a set up people want to try. 👍🏼 it has it's limitations though if using in semi hydroponics, and all depends on how big the pots get. Normally, for our grow purposes, we don't reach the giant pot size where lava rock would not work. BUT, it is great for a wet dry cycle. So, in your case, you are right,.... you may want to get chunky lava rock that works better for your roots and it won't stay wet for long. Humid, yes, but not wet. Monachica!! Anna, I am so glad to read this fantastic news! Wow! NICE!! As you know, mine has not bloomed for the past year and may not bloom for many years. As long as mine continues growing though, I shall be grateful 👍🏼 so, when your's blooms, I need some pics to get my fix 😅 hope you will get blooms that have the color contrast you are looking for 🤞🏼thank you so much for watching!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend 😘❤️🌸
Being our weather is up and down I’m going away for Christmas to my sons for three nights. Do I leave my plants in the window just with the blind pulled up or take them out and put them on the table which there is no light. What do you recommendare used to being in the window but I take them out at night if it’s really cold so if we do get a cold snap don’t know what do you think can you help me please nice video to see all your plants and your repotting catch you very soon lovely lady
Andrea, hi 😍💐 ooohhh!!! Road trip for Christmas, what fun and good times coming up 🙌🏼 I would put them all on the table, away from the window so that in your absence there is no risk. They will be fine in low light for a few days. May I ask what temperature you are leaving your home at while away? That is the most important thing during your absence. As you are already in the habit of removing them from your window in the event of a cold snap, your ambient temperature during your absence needs to accommodate them 👍🏼 Hope you are having a beautiful and cozy evening, lovely lady 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Just wondering why bifoliates drop their roots so readily? My laelia anceps hybrid went without roots for 9 months because I looked at her the wrong way!
😍💐 Hi! I don't have a science backed explanation, so I hope you don't mind me sharing what I strongly believe is the reason for the consistent root loss of bifoliates and I will say this with my chest until proven differently 😅 many many bifoliates have very thin pseudobulbs. Any stressors for example repots or perhaps cold temperatures makes any orchid pull from reserves to overcome the stressors. With orchids that have a parentage in which one parent has fat pseudobulbs, you will see those bifoliates fare much better through a period of stress. However, if the bifoliate species or hybrids have thin pseudobulbs, then the reserves in them are very limited and the first thing to go is the root system. Whereas other orchids with the same stressors will fare much better because their structures can carry the orchid over until conditions improve. I have watched my bifoliates struggle with my winter conditions when I stopped providing sufficient light and maintained temperature levels above 20ºC / 68ºF. My bifoliates struggled right away, and even the next 8 months of ideal conditions isn't enough time to get them to grow some form of strength because of their slow metabolism. The hormones shut down, and to reactivate the hormones, it takes much longer compared to other orchids, once the growth hormones get going, usually 3 months, as opposed to other orchids that have 6-8weeks for hormones to mobilize and stimulate signals of growth, then bifoliates have to start a new growth, which takes several months before that growth starts with a new root system. The energy consumption of all this without the chunky reserves that other orchids have, sometimes there aren't enough reserves left to grow a root system and then the leaves start to pop off the older structures, resulting in even less ability to photosynthesise etc etc. It is really fundamental for bifoliates to always have the right conditions, AND before any repot, new roots have to be on the grow. At nubbin stage, not longer because if they pop off, then the orchid is not going to do any branching of older roots either. As you have a hybrid, I don't know if your pseudobulbs are chubbier than what a species anceps has. If so, then you know by what your orchid did, the anceps parent is stronger and all care should be geared towards the care of the species as opposed to the other parent. 9 months is normal with bifoliates, and it is the slowest decline of many orchids I have grown, BUT, if your orchid is still with you, her sulking phase is her saving grace! PLENTY of light, and if you can foliar spray the leaves, then even better. With a very diluted concentration of Calcium. Because bifoliates usually have thin structures, they really really need the calcium. Of course, you can also use CalMag, but the emphasis should be on Calcium. Seaweed, without roots .... I am a bit iffy about how the components of seaweed can be absorbed by the stomata, but it doesn't hurt to include that! Now, I was babbling away and don't even know if your hybrid is back to growing well, and this may be a way longer reply than necessary, but, I was not sure at which stage your hybrid is, so I figured to give as much info as I can in the hopes that it made sense and is of help. If not, please don't be shy and keep asking 🫶🏼 meanwhile, thank you so much for watching and for being here! I hope you are having a great start to the new week! ❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids thanks for this amazingly detailed reply Nina! The full name of the plant is l anceps fort caroline x tyebb blue. It has a new growth that seems to be flourishing in a hot Aussie summer in small volcanic rock - repotted from bark after watching one of your lava rock vids. If the new growth succeeds I’ll post a pic. As per your advice I’ll supplement it with calcium and will avoid any root disturbance. It’s a pretty tough orchid to bounce back from zero roots!
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HI Nina, I've grown cattleya for two years now. And I am sick with growing cattleya in barks, they works wonder for a year then completely crash and abandond all roots. couple hours before this video, I have changed most of my cattleya collection to 100% lavarocks and I hope it will stay happy so.
I few things I've noticed I want to add in.
1. The only down size of lava rock is the weight, soit can tough on hanging pots.
2. plants with thiner or fragile roots system can be prone to be ripped apart when repotting out of lava rocks
3. plants that dont produce roots readily as cattleya will have trouble with lava rock in the long run when the rocks become salty.
So I'm taking down note for myself that, Lava rock is excellence for orchid with thicker roots, medium size and tall pots, plants with a drier cycle.
Wonderful video as always, Nina.
HI 😍💐 It is so good to see you again!! I hope that you are doing well 🫶🏼 every point that you listed in your comment, I am totally in agreement with. That is why I prefer leca above lava rock and I have several lava rock videos in The MasterClass playlist referring to exactly all the points that you listed here. Yes! Especially when it comes to repotting, it can get really messy. I have warned about this in many of my past videos, however, when it comes to rescuing orchids that do not handle my cold winter temperatures in leca, nothing beats lava rock. So, I will cross the bridge of how the repotting of these orchids will go, when it is time to do so. Hopefully, I will get the opportunity to actually have these orchids in the collection in 3 years, so that I can repot them 😅🤞🏼🙏🏼 I appreciate your comment, adding your opinion and observations here, thank you so much! Thank you, also, for watching 🫶🏼 I hope you are having a wonderful day ❤️🌸
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🦋🦇😍 my zimmer frame makes for a great dance partner 😂 hope you are waking up to a fantastic day, Wingman 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids Well my fountain is toast... Leaking somewhere and can't find it. Figures after I spent all this time and money to get it done... Now it's just a dust collector. Have out of town Drs appt this morning... Have a good one Nina.
😢🥺😓 oh that sucks beans! (PC) naaahh not a great start to the day. Maybe, just maybe Spring will allow you to investigate in mucho detail and you can still find a fix. Ferns et al can be potted up for the time being? 🤞🏼 Fluff will repurpose it as a winter bed in the meantime? ❤️
Wonderful information as usual. You are so helpful
😍💐HI!!! Woohoo!! Thank you for your feedback!! YOU are so supportive 🙏🏼 thank YOU!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Hi Nina, thanks for the info. You are The Orchid Master.
🌸🥷🏼 Bob San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 hi!! Thank YOU, for watching and for your feedback 🌸🥷🏼 now, we keep our fingers crossed that the winter will be kind to these orchids, so that we can start to get some strength into them in 2024 🤞🏼 Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday 🫶🏼 know that you are so appreciated ❤️🌸
that's a nice healthy growth on your Luminosa. That plant dumps its roots so dang easily, I struggle with it.
Excellent news on your Laelia crispa, I would not have expected it to have turned around so quickly but that is definitely your best new growth. I'll be giving mine a looksie tomorrow when it gets watered, I don't think there is anything of note there, it has just been growing.
Don Miguel 🥰💐 hola jefe! I am hoping that the Luminosa will hold on long enough for temps to warm up again before dumping the roots, but, methinks that the cold temps will cause the roots to fail in the end. However, to have that new growth look so good atm, gives me hope that I am going to be able to limp her along for another season and hopefully get yet another root system for the next winter, and so on and so forth! Just cannot have this new growth get cold damage 🤞🏼 Isn't crispa awesome!! I am very happily surprised! Better than expected and more than I could have hoped for 👍🏼 It would be awesome if you could send me an updated image of your's to keep on hand for an update video in March or April, with yet another image to back the progress comparison 😬 if you don't mind 🤭 hope you are having a fabulous day, Michael! Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Nina, Great video!😊 Hoping that all all the chids do very well over the winter in the lava. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.🤞
🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 hi!! Thank you so much for your feedback, I truly appreciate it! This is the first of many dull days in a row, so we shall see! What I appreciated was seeing that they at least showed and proved that they can be rescued in this manner when conditions are ideal throughout. So, yes, thank you so much for keeping your fingers crossed because... wow! Then I can confidently show how orchids can handle adversity taking xyz care into consideration 👍🏼 wouldn't that be great?? It would allow so many others to cultivate orchids without the expensive equipment they may see everywhere, thinking that, in this day and age, they cannot afford it 👍🏼 👍🏼😃 plus, I have my own selfish reasons for not wanting to loose these orchids 😆 thank you, so much, for your support!! Its going to be a tough ride, but you help keep my inner light shining 🙏🏼 Have a beautiful day, 🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii San 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@NinjaOrchids Hi Nina🥷, So sorry it has taken me so long to reply to you. Please forgive me if I have missed any of your messages.😨 It has been a very rough week for us as my husband’s brother had a massive stroke, and he is still in intensive care. 💔😢
I hope they continue to progress and will flourish in the spring. I look forward to seeing updates!🌸😀
I hope the coming week treats you well. Stay safe,
Sherrii San 🥷🪷
🙏🏼. 🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii San!! My prayers go out to you and your family!! I am so so sorry to hear of this news 🙏🏼🙏🏼 sending comfort, peace and calm and healing recovery vibes 🫶🏼 for you, beautiful lady, I send peace and comfort, specifically, as well as strength 🫂❤️
I've found that my cattleyas which have been repotted in medium lava rock are starting to show signs of new root growth I love cattleyas and was ready to stop working with them because I wasn't having success. I am hopeful that this will be the best system for growing mine. (I had them in a bark mix with perlite, leca and coconut husk. I do have a tendancy to be a heavy waterer. So I have reduced the watering with the switch to lava rock.) Thanks for your videos. They are very helpful. (I grow in a south facing lanai in southeast Florida, USA.)
I was drowning my cattleya's when I first started growing them. I couldn't figure out why the roots were rotting away. Nina has been instrumental helping me grow my orchid collection, about 300 orchids half are cattleya's. Happy growing.
@@bobbenad2112 Thanks so much for your comment. Appreciate the encouragement.
Pat, hi 😍💐 it is so good to see you! I hope you are having a beautiful day 🫶🏼 now, first of all, I am going to let you in on a not so secret secret! Where you are, and where you have your orchids, has me green with envy 🫣 perfect space, and 90% of the time, perfect climate! So, yes, I can see why your cattleya roots may have struggled with the precious media mix. It relates to the high humidity that you have on a consistent basis. So, having made the switch to lava rock is a great move! Now, if you have other cattleyas still in the previous media mix, and they are doing well, try and figure out why they are doing well, and the others did not like the mix. You see, you may find the key to the different cattleyas that will help you in your future purchases, and when it comes to repotting. You may not want to switch all your cattleyas, if there are still some doing well in your previous media mix. I am a fan of inorganic media, because it is easy on the wallet and we can control nutrients and so much more, but, if you like the organic side of orchid culture as well, you can really get some insight on how to structure your future purchases, repots and see why some of you cattleyas may still be doing well in their organic media. It took me 4 years with these orchids to understand that leca is a no no after I stopped using my indoor winter equipment. This is part of the hobby that I love so much. Your lanai offers many opportunities for many different ways of successful cultivation. If you are ever in doubt, when it comes to an orchid you are not sure about, or you want to purchase one and want to run some thoughts by me, please always feel free to do so 👍🏼 I can grow vicariously 😉 I am not limited to my set up or my climate 👍🏼 thank you ever so much for watching!! 🫶🏼❤️😍
🌸🥷🏼 Bob San 🙏🏼 thank you so much for expressing your vote of confidence! I so appreciate that and, same as Pat, it is also very encouraging for me 🥰
🦒🙏🤞🤞🍀🍀 All my fingers crossed for you and the girls, may them still give you much joy and rather sooner than later 😄 My Zagarix Wax is no longer. I was not happy to toss it but she had no chances. I also felt cheated by the seller and the orchid was a victim of greed. How can they sell divisions with 3 skinny pseudobulbs and charge 30 euros for it? Amazingly I saw the photo of the division before I bought it but it looked a lot larger and the psb fatter. Lesson learned 😝
Your Zagarix was looks a lot better than mine did. But it is so sad having to start all over again with her, especially considering how beautiful she was before. Good luck and may we see her blooms again soon 💝😘😘😘🫠🫠🫠
FFF 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 good evening, meine liebe Freundin! Thank you so much for keeping your fingers crossed. 3 months, please 🙏🏼😅 Now, the way you describe your Sagarik Wax, that is just totally unacceptable and wow, knowing how this orchid is slow to grow new growths and needs a lot of time and energy to do so, yeah... that was daylight robbery and greed, for sure! Probably the photo you saw was when they got the orchid, but by the time it got to you, it had declined. They were so wrong to do that and I know that you were excited to get her. I am so sorry 🥲 while I hate to see the before (2 years ago, and after) I am so grateful that I have at least been given the chance to start again. I am ok with that. What would have been worse, was, to not have the opportunity to make it right. So, all the fingers crossed are much appreciated. I don't care if I have to wait until 2027 to see blooms again... as long as she continues to recover 🤞🏼 hope you are having a wonderfully cozy evening, amiga mia! Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼❤️🌸
My growing conditions: (indoors under lights).
Discovered🔎"Orchiata Bark" with 5% long-fiber sphagnum creates a medium remaining too 💦 Come Spring, I'll try a 50% Lava rock/Orchiata mix. You may have Saved my Orchids🤞
Hi!! 😍💐 Happy Sunday! 🫡🥰 If I may add ... consider using chunky lava rock when combining it with chunky bark. Medium lava rock with medium bark and small lava rock with small bark. Long way of saying, match the size of the lava rock to the size of the bark and you will be growing golden 👍🏼 I hope that I had a small part in saving your orchids. The biggest influence is you, because you are seeing things, and then taking, valid to you, intel and seeing how that will work for your 'chiddos, so, I am glad that I can play a part in your success. Remember, as you grow in a controlled environment, your switch can happen at any time that the orchids in question are starting new roots. You do not have to wait for spring. That is a great advantage you have, so go ahead and use it in your favor 🥰 thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼 wishing you a wonderful rest of your Sunday ❤️🌸
I'm in Florida. I'm having success with lava rocks and minimizing how much evaporation occurs? Because I leave them in the shade, even though it's bright because of the intensity and the heat and the evaporation. But I definitely have a push cart. Whenever it's about to rain or the weather seems like it's gonna rain for a couple of hours, I load them all on my push cart and I put them in the middle of the yard so they can get soaked
HI! 😍💐 its great to see you again! Lava rock, high humidity climate, torrential rain.... orchids... that is the equation for happy orchids and a happy orchid grower! Nothing better, in my eyes, than seeing orchids being drenched with rain 🙌🏼 to say that I am envious of your conditions is an understatement! Thank you so much for sharing what you do, the push cart is genius 👍🏼 thank you, also, for watching!! Hope your Friday was fabulous and I wish you a relaxing evening 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Hola, I bought lava rock from an Italian accessories vendor at the orchid show back in 2020 (just before the first lockdown). Unfortunately I choose the fine version. It has the size of small seramis. As it was very dusty I washed part of it. Turned out to be very heavy when wet and stays wet for a verrry long time... and it is so cold when wet🙁if you know what I mean. So it is no alternative for me for organic medium at least not the small 'Zeugs'.
Next year the same vendor will be on the annual show again. I'm so tempted to buy a bag of the big stuff as I love the look of lava rock. It is such an archaic material. Maybe I use a few rocks as a decorative top layer 🤔
My monachica from this show has a spike again... so a happy rebloomer Wonder if the colours will be better this time and - first thing first - hopefully the spike doesn't blast, you never know. 😘
Hallööchen Anna 😍💐 the size you speak of, is the size that I pick out of a new back so that I have different sizes for different needs. And, that fine size is great for seedlings. Something I did not mention in the video. The rex is in small lava rock. What you mentioned about lava rock staying wet for so long, that is true and that is why it works for semi hydroponics if that is a set up people want to try. 👍🏼 it has it's limitations though if using in semi hydroponics, and all depends on how big the pots get. Normally, for our grow purposes, we don't reach the giant pot size where lava rock would not work. BUT, it is great for a wet dry cycle. So, in your case, you are right,.... you may want to get chunky lava rock that works better for your roots and it won't stay wet for long. Humid, yes, but not wet. Monachica!! Anna, I am so glad to read this fantastic news! Wow! NICE!! As you know, mine has not bloomed for the past year and may not bloom for many years. As long as mine continues growing though, I shall be grateful 👍🏼 so, when your's blooms, I need some pics to get my fix 😅 hope you will get blooms that have the color contrast you are looking for 🤞🏼thank you so much for watching!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend 😘❤️🌸
Being our weather is up and down I’m going away for Christmas to my sons for three nights. Do I leave my plants in the window just with the blind pulled up or take them out and put them on the table which there is no light. What do you recommendare used to being in the window but I take them out at night if it’s really cold so if we do get a cold snap don’t know what do you think can you help me please nice video to see all your plants and your repotting catch you very soon lovely lady
Andrea, hi 😍💐 ooohhh!!! Road trip for Christmas, what fun and good times coming up 🙌🏼 I would put them all on the table, away from the window so that in your absence there is no risk. They will be fine in low light for a few days. May I ask what temperature you are leaving your home at while away? That is the most important thing during your absence. As you are already in the habit of removing them from your window in the event of a cold snap, your ambient temperature during your absence needs to accommodate them 👍🏼 Hope you are having a beautiful and cozy evening, lovely lady 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Just wondering why bifoliates drop their roots so readily? My laelia anceps hybrid went without roots for 9 months because I looked at her the wrong way!
😍💐 Hi! I don't have a science backed explanation, so I hope you don't mind me sharing what I strongly believe is the reason for the consistent root loss of bifoliates and I will say this with my chest until proven differently 😅 many many bifoliates have very thin pseudobulbs. Any stressors for example repots or perhaps cold temperatures makes any orchid pull from reserves to overcome the stressors. With orchids that have a parentage in which one parent has fat pseudobulbs, you will see those bifoliates fare much better through a period of stress. However, if the bifoliate species or hybrids have thin pseudobulbs, then the reserves in them are very limited and the first thing to go is the root system. Whereas other orchids with the same stressors will fare much better because their structures can carry the orchid over until conditions improve. I have watched my bifoliates struggle with my winter conditions when I stopped providing sufficient light and maintained temperature levels above 20ºC / 68ºF. My bifoliates struggled right away, and even the next 8 months of ideal conditions isn't enough time to get them to grow some form of strength because of their slow metabolism. The hormones shut down, and to reactivate the hormones, it takes much longer compared to other orchids, once the growth hormones get going, usually 3 months, as opposed to other orchids that have 6-8weeks for hormones to mobilize and stimulate signals of growth, then bifoliates have to start a new growth, which takes several months before that growth starts with a new root system. The energy consumption of all this without the chunky reserves that other orchids have, sometimes there aren't enough reserves left to grow a root system and then the leaves start to pop off the older structures, resulting in even less ability to photosynthesise etc etc. It is really fundamental for bifoliates to always have the right conditions, AND before any repot, new roots have to be on the grow. At nubbin stage, not longer because if they pop off, then the orchid is not going to do any branching of older roots either. As you have a hybrid, I don't know if your pseudobulbs are chubbier than what a species anceps has. If so, then you know by what your orchid did, the anceps parent is stronger and all care should be geared towards the care of the species as opposed to the other parent. 9 months is normal with bifoliates, and it is the slowest decline of many orchids I have grown, BUT, if your orchid is still with you, her sulking phase is her saving grace! PLENTY of light, and if you can foliar spray the leaves, then even better. With a very diluted concentration of Calcium. Because bifoliates usually have thin structures, they really really need the calcium. Of course, you can also use CalMag, but the emphasis should be on Calcium. Seaweed, without roots .... I am a bit iffy about how the components of seaweed can be absorbed by the stomata, but it doesn't hurt to include that! Now, I was babbling away and don't even know if your hybrid is back to growing well, and this may be a way longer reply than necessary, but, I was not sure at which stage your hybrid is, so I figured to give as much info as I can in the hopes that it made sense and is of help. If not, please don't be shy and keep asking 🫶🏼 meanwhile, thank you so much for watching and for being here! I hope you are having a great start to the new week! ❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids thanks for this amazingly detailed reply Nina! The full name of the plant is l anceps fort caroline x tyebb blue. It has a new growth that seems to be flourishing in a hot Aussie summer in small volcanic rock - repotted from bark after watching one of your lava rock vids. If the new growth succeeds I’ll post a pic. As per your advice I’ll supplement it with calcium and will avoid any root disturbance. It’s a pretty tough orchid to bounce back from zero roots!
PS: one thing we ain’t short of here is sunlight 😅
43 today for ya.
🌸🥷🏼 Samurai Julie San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 wow!!!! I am so envious! But I bet that you are thinking, 'you wouldn't be if you knew what this felt like!' 😆 luckily the weather has picked up and my 'chiddos can be outside again. Not at night yet though, not yet! But the coming week is looking great for them to stay outside 🙌🏼🤞🏼I hope your day was fabYOUlous Samuari Julie San!! I am so excited for or chinwag 🙌🏼🤗 thank you for watching this video and popping in!! Have a wonderfully chilled and relaxing evening 🫶🏼❤️🌸
that was my vids watched for you 43 in a day@@NinjaOrchids
ooohh!!! Thank you!! 🫣🙏🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼 goodness me! Thank YOU!!! 🙏🏼 I thought you meant temperature 😆🤪