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Speaking of Dens in their natural habitat. My partner is currently on a job in one of our dense rainforests (Naturally pumpied water from river to flower bed). He rested on a tree branch, part of which fell at his feet - it had a baby airplant AND a few orchids attached!! Wild orchids no doubt, which he brought to me. Alas I am unable to ID it, as the blooms were faded and dried out. Needless to express my utter delight, and excitement, I promptly put the branch where I hope it can still adapt to its natural environment (outdoors with my other "outdoor" orchids). I am dying for it to bloom again, so I could ID it. From the leaves, it seems to be an epidendrum. 🤩🤞🤞💃💃🤩 ... still following you!

@NinjaOrchids

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Hi Lyn 😍💐 It is so good to see you! I hope you are doing well in your paradise 🫶🏼 clearly, orchid paradise, if your partner finds a branch to bring home so that the orchids on it won't be a thing of the past! How wonderful a souvenir is THAT?! I love it! 🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥳 thank you so so much for still following and supporting the channel, lovely lady! I so appreciate you 🫶🏼 even though I am so jealous that you get to live where you are at and I am here just wishing time would stop so that it can stay this warm forever! Really appreciate you watching and being here ❤️🌸

......hot coffee, and a Nina video, makes for a great morning......I love that your orchids are so big you need a hammer to work with them....Dendrobiums are one of my favorite orchids......so diverse and unique!.....a wonderful informative show......

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Sir Rick 😍💐 good day to you, good Sir! I hope that you and your camera lady are doing well and thank you so much for taking a moment out of your morning to watch this video, as well as, leaving such a kind and encouraging comment! I truly appreciate the support and I appreciate you! 🫶🏼 Love dendrobiums as well, especially the ones that can take living outdoors here, because I really don't have to worry about them too much 😬 ⅔ of this lot... well, I am working on them 😅 wishing you a wonderful rest of your Friday, my friend! Thank you so much for everything 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Hi dear Nina , they look as if coming from another world 👽💥 Thank You so much for sharing and the Masterclass : very Impressive AND Welldone !!!! Really enjoyed Watching the vid and the Extraordinary flowers+info 💚 Have a happy and enjoyable Weekend Nina Orchid Wizard😊💨🍀💨🍀🙋

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Alise, hello, lovely lady 😍💐 they do look as if they are from another world. Pandora orchids 😆 thank YOU so much for watching, for your kind and positive, encouraging feedback! Truly appreciate you and the motivating comments you share here 🫶🏼 I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday already ❤️🌸

@alisehuisman9842

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@@NinjaOrchids 😁💃🏼🤸🏼👋🏼

@NinjaOrchids

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🦄🦄🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️❤️❤️

Highly informative experience sharing video.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

🌸🥷🏼 Director Jose San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥰💐 it is so good to see you, amigo mio! I hope that you are having a wonderful Friday evening after a successful and eventful and positively productive week! Really appreciate you chilling out with me and my orchid repot / seminar 🥰 and thank you for your kind feedback 🫶🏼 please, 🌸🥷🏼 Rafiki San, say hello to your little Princesses on my behalf, if you speak to them. And you, Sir... huge grin and happy wave 🙌🏼🫶🏼 thank you for watching and all the support ❤️🌸

Your intro which focused on the habitat for this type of orchid was a great idea! Your video considers all of the factors associated with the Latourias. So glad to hear you mention the Roy Tokunaga because I have one in my collection. Appreciated your comments on the fragile roots on this orchid. Perhaps it needs to be repotted into small lava rock. I tend to prefer the smaller varieties of Latourias like Chocolate Chip and Mini Snowflake, but don't have any in my collection at this time. (It's been unusually rainy here lately. Last week we were hearing reports of being in a drought here in south Florida. The past 2 days our area has had over 13 inches of rainfall. I brought my Den. dearei indoors in order to protect the buds from too much moisture. I want to be able to enjoy its first-time flowering for me.) I'll probably have to check for fungus after all this rain. Thank you for your contributions of your wonderful videos for the orchid communities worldwide. May you have a GREAT day and FANTASTIC weekend.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Hi Pat 😍💐 I love imagining what it would be like to hike in the areas of the world where orchids come from. Unfortunately, actually getting to do it, for real, is a thing of the past, so I pretend 😆 and I am glad that you could pretend with me and enjoyed the description! Thank you for letting me know 🫶🏼 I love the little ones that I see available in the US... they are darling! Back in the day I was looking for a Micro Chip here, but never found one. Still, to see them in other collections is almost just as nice! I heard about the amount of rain parts of FL got and you did the right thing to bring your dearei inside! After all, we want the blooms and if at all possible, then protecting them is priority! I appreciate your time watching, thank you so much lovely lady! And thank you for your kind comment ❤️ hope your day is going fabYOUlously! 🌸

💝👋💐👌 And a very wonderful day you too, my amiga enciclopedia. This was a very informative video, first hand info that cannot be found in books or doggy sites. Thank you 😊 ❤❤❤❤

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

FFF 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥰💐 thank you, meine liebe Freundin! It was busy, but I think I am going to get everything done that I had planned. I was a bit panicked this morning, that I would not make it through the day, but... thankfully, no orchids were harmed and things got done in a timely manner so that I can get to bed early! Friday night thrills 😂🤣 I appreciate you watching this video, amiga mia! Thank you so much for your kind comment / feedback and taking time out of your day to watch 🫶🏼 I hope YOUR day was beautiful, that you didn't have such a busy run around, instead, that you could enjoy a beautiful day in your gorgeous Portuguese paradise ❤️🌸

Yes they are a special group of orchids....😅 🦇

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

🦤🦅😍 Wingman!! its so good to see you 🫶🏼 I hope that you had a great day yesterday and wish you the same for today 🥰 in hindsight, I should have bought the more temperature tolerant ones.... As I don't have to schlepp my Lutin's Blanc in and out, well... we shall see what happens with Roy Tokunaga. Not convenient for my conditions because that one grows new roots during the winter 🙄 Vamos a ver 🤦🏼‍♀️ thank you so much for watching, amigo!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Oh - secondly ... I had to clean under some of the leaves as they were "dirty" with possibly some kind of mite!! Cleaned all leaves with my trusty Neem Oil (and I have a Neem tree). The wild orchid branch is not in the sun, but in a cool shady area where it can still get winds and rains.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Homemade Neem Oil! What is not to like 🙌🏼 I look forward to hearing how your new charge is going to do within it's new sanctuary 🥰

Oh wow, this is such an interesting episode! Very informative! I didn't even know that we have Latouria Dens naturally occuring here in our country 😅 Thank you so so much for the information, Nina! This is very educational for us and extremely helpful on those who grow and plan to grow this type of orchid! Such unique buds they have! 😮

@NinjaOrchids

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Hi 😍💐 woohoo!! I am so happy that I could introduce these wonderful type of dendrobiums to you and yes... most of the ones you may source / find, are going to do really well... as you are THERE!! 😆🥳 they are so much fun to have around, even when not in bloom! I love the pseudobulbs on the little ones 🤣 thank you so very much for watching, amigo mio! I appreciate your support, so much! Hope you had a fabYOUlous Friday and wish you a wonderful day tomorrow 🫶🏼❤️🌸

They are beautiful and very large plant for you to repot I can see potting with all the roots cross the top. They all look fantastic happy growing weather here today is absolutely awful. Nothing but rain we’ve had for the last three days not very nice where the sunshine goneand it is quite cold as well. Have to keep putting my heating on cause it’s chilly. Catch you soon.❤❤

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Andrea 😍💐 it is a huge plant now, yes! It would take me hours to separate the leca out, so for another 2 years, it should be happy in the larger pot and then we shall tackle the challenge of a root ball clean up at a later stage 🥵😆 I am sorry that your weather is not behaving itself, but, I hope that your cough has gone and that you are feeling much better, lovely lady! Thank you so much for watching and your kind comment 🫶🏼 stay warm and have a cozy evening ❤️🌸

@andreaallum8859

Ай бұрын

Yes, I’m feeling much better and the cold has gone. Thanks for asking.

@NinjaOrchids

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🙌🏼🙏🏼🫶🏼 have a wonderfully relaxing day ❤️

Nina é bom que faça um vídeo transplantando a orquídea, o pote usar, irrigação e colocar o abuso (exemplificando), é importante para mim e para outras pessoas que não sabem… obrigada 🙏

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

De nada e meus agradecimentos vão direto para você por ser tão gentil e solidário!! ❤️🙏🏼

I always look forward to your videos! Thank you for all the great information!

@NinjaOrchids

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Kyle!! HI! 😍💐 well, I so appreciate you commenting! This way I can extend a warm warm welcome and thank you for, not only watching this video, but all the previous ones as well. So appreciated! Saw that you have a channel and I just subbed to you 👍🏼 I have to catch up with your videos, but now that I know you have a channel, I shall be watching even if I cannot comment all the time. Really appreciate you for being here, for your support and your kind feedback, thank you so much!! Hope you are having a great Sunday and once again, welcome 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Great video!

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

😍 HI! 💐 thank you so much! I appreciate that 🫶🏼 and thank you so much for watching ❤️ hope you are having a wonderful Friday 🌸

Hi Nina. I’m glad you did this video. I have Dendrobium Royal Chip (micro chip x Roy Tokunaga). I also have Chocolate Chip. I never thought about their need not to dry out. No wonder they did not thrive. Well I put Chocolate Chip in a self watering pot with some spagnum and small orchiata bark today. I’ll have to do Royal Chip when I get the time. Hopefully I’ll get much better results. Thanks for doing the research, you’re the best.🥰🤗👏❤️

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Shirley 😍💐 thank you so much for your feedback and letting me know that this video was something that you got something out of! I love all the Chip Dens! They are just adorable and such givers! Woohoo!! Please let me know how you see your Chocolate Chip progressing now that it has access to more moisture! 👍🏼 Enjoy watching what happens next 😉 really appreciate your support and kindness, lovely lady! Thank YOU! 🫶🏼 hope your day is going beautifully for you ❤️🌸

Bom dia Nina Excelente semana 😊 Lindas florações de Dendrobiuns…! Os Dendrobiuns Nobilis têm de estar com leca e água? Obrigada. Beijinhos 😗

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Olá Fernanda! 😍💐 Dendrobium nobiles se dá muito bem em leca e em auto rega, sim! Eles ficam com muita sede quando estão em crescimento ativo, então a leca ajuda a fornecer umidade consistente às raízes. O meu está atualmente crescendo 9 novos crescimentos e tenho que encher o reservatório a cada 2 dias 🫣 É maravilhoso ver como essas orquídeas prosperam e se dão bem em leca! Muito obrigado por assistir este vídeo, linda senhora! Agradeço muito o seu apoio e espero que você esteja bem 🫶🏼❤️🌸

I've got a Roy Tokunaga. It's been blooming since February. It has 2 spikes blooming now. I'll report when blooms are done. Has tons of roots.

@NinjaOrchids

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HI Richard 😍💐 yes! Roy Tokunaga are amazing like that! In the footage of this video, I shared the blooming I had when I could provide light and heat during the winter, and the blooming that I filmed was in April, after it was already blooming since end January of that year. Crazy!! The blooms look so fresh after all that time. LOVE it and I hope that I can save my Roy Tokunaga! It really sucks that this orchid grows new roots during a time of year when we are just coming out of the cold, but are not quite warm enough yet, still, I have to get it into lava rock by late winter 2025. Hopefully it will hold on! Thank you so much for sharing your bloom duration experience, and thank you so much for watching! I hope that your Friday is going beautifully for you 🫶🏼❤️🌸

I'm really glad to see this video. Thank you so much, Nina!!! ❤

@NinjaOrchids

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HI Denise 😍💐 thank YOU so much for expressing your interest in the community post! These are fun ones, and if I had known better, with a crystal ball etc, then I would have focussed more on the cool temperature tolerant ones. Love their pseudobulbs 😅 thank you so very much for watching and your support, lovely lady! I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday already 🫶🏼❤️🌸

@denisesase

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Thank you for this care video! I got my first one 4 months ago, a Dendrobium pygmy chip. It's still in bloom! The only downside, is mine get dark spots on the leaves. I surmise it could be fungal....I hadn't done my research on the care yet, so this is perfect. 😊

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Annavoeg 😍❤️ thank YOU so much for watching! I love all the Chip hybrids! I think that they are so wonderful ... so giving! The dark spots on the leaves could be because of low humidity. I know it sounds reversed from what we know about black spots and high humidity, but these guys are rarely exposed to humidity levels less than 80%. If possible, raise the humidity around the orchid and to stop anything from becoming an issue, wipe the leaves with hydrogen peroxide to stop any potential spores from spreading around. I hope that it is only an interim issue that could have happened when the orchid was being moved around before she reached you and perhaps is just adapting to your environment. Let me know how things go and if you have any further concerns! Have a beautiful Saturday, lovely lady! 🫶🏼❤️🌸

@annavoeggia816

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@@NinjaOrchids Thank you so much for the insight. I have let it dry out a bit more than I should.😬.....But I will wipe the leaves with H2O2 and hopefully the new leaves won't be affected. Thanks again for the advice. 😊😊

Very helpful video. I have 2 of these dens and this confirms that I need to repot

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Christina😍💐 welcome! I believe this is the first time I am seeing you in the comments, I cannot be sure because I have seen Christina in my comments before, but, I don't want to assume anything and prefer to double up on a welcome, should you have commented before, but if not... then welcome🫶🏼 thank you so much for your time watching and your feedback. I am glad that this video was helpful and you are good to go with your repots! Wishing you a wonderful day and once again, welcome ❤️🌸

Hi, Nina, great video! I've got a polysema that's been growing pretty well for a couple of years, but is quite sluggish on the flowering department. Gets plenty of natural + artificial light, but I guess I've been underwatering it. Thanks for the tips!

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Hi Jiray 😍💐 its good to see you! I hope you are doing well and are having a wonderful day 🫶🏼 little polysema! What a cutie!! Ooohh yes, give her access to moisture all the time and I am sure she is going to surprise you with bloom show because she has a lot of catching up to do. Seeing as all the leaf joints she has available are potential areas for spikes that have not had the chance to grow yet 👍🏼 thank YOU so much for watching and for taking a moment out of your day to be here! Truly appreciate the support ❤️🌸

Hello, thank you so much for posting your video. I love latouria type dendrobiums since I first saw them in Hawaii. But I have not had much success growing them in southern Texas. You've mentioned that it's easy for them to grow roots but mine doesn't put out new roots for some reason. The most recent one I have is Roy Tokunaga with pretty big pink flowers a year ago. After the bloom faded, I waited until winter time to repot it and kept it indoors. It kept putting out new growths but refused to put out new roots. Since after repotting it in leca with some bark chips on the top layer with sphagnum moss around the base of the new growths about 8 months ago, it has put out about 4-5 new growths sequentially but 2 of them somehow rotted at a very early stage. 2 of them has grown up successfully and put out new leaves however the size of the growth are smaller than the parents. It's putting out another new growth right now. But all this time, there are not new root growth so I'm very worried. The older canes have shrunk. I believe the old root ball has no more living roots. It's now outdoor in bright shade in summer time. Do you have any suggestions what I can do to induce root growth? I have it in leca in a ceramic pot. Should I switch it to a plastic pot? Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you.

@NinjaOrchids

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Hi!! 😍💐 welcome! I have not seen you here before, so a warm warm welcome and thank you so much for being here, for watching and your kind feedback regarding this video. I very much appreciate it 🫶🏼 Ahhhh yes... Dear Roy Tokunaga! The problem child 🫣 I am sorry that you are having similar struggles... I know it, you saw it! I am going to break down your comment in stages, so having sphagnum moss around the base, may have cancelled out the 2 growths IF the moss was damp too long, touched the new growths and for some reason, right at that area, there wasn't enough airflow. Weird, I know, but the new growths of Roy Tokunagas are tender. They are not as robust in their make up as other Latouria dens. You Roy is fighting to survive, because getting a new growth this time of year is unusual, so, as you have the orchid outside, I suggest that you place the pot in a mask and keep the mask with an inch of water at the bottom at all times. Do not water from above, the new growth needs to make it. Please, at this stage, do not fertilize, because your intuition is probably correct ... the roots in the pot are not viable anymore. I have some questions that you can consider for what you would like to do, one of them being, how windy can it get where you are... if it gets very windy and very hot, the orchid has to come inside so as to not loose moisture through the leaves. At this stage, it is fundamental to protect the orchid from further decline. I used to live in Dallas, not as humid up there as in the south, but it sure was very very windy and that can suck the moisture out of anything.... including a stressed orchid. Right now, your Roy cannot handle the conditions she would normally be able to handle if she were growing well. Reduce everything by 50% when it comes light exposure and keep her a protected from the heat she would normally be able to endure. At this stage, I do not recommend switching your orchid to a plastic pot, just keep water consistently available at the bottom of the pot. Even if the roots are not viable, the humidity level around the orchid needs to be raised. Until your new growth has not leafed out, it will not grow new roots. Older growths that have not produced roots MAY start new roots if there is more humidity coming from the bottom of the pot. I hope that I am explaining myself in an understandable way 🤞🏼 please let me know if you have any further questions. The more I know about your conditions the better. In the meantime, I wish you a great Saturday and once again, welcome 🫶🏼❤️🌸

@wailamchan8054

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your quick, detailed and kind reply! I really appreciate it. I am not very active on social media usually but I would do what I can when it comes to saving my orchids. I was searching for videos about latourias and found that yours was most comprehensive and you shared some examples of orchids not doing well. That's much more helpful than some other videos I came across showing only the successful examples and how easy it is to grow them. So I really appreciate your video and your suggestions. After reading your advice, I plan to move my Roy tokunaga indoors to give it time to recover and grow roots. It's not windy here and humidity is usually pretty high outdoors. But the summer heat has not reached its peak yet. The next two months would get worse up to 100F. The new growth may be susceptible to rotting. So, when I move it indoor, do you recommend removing the moss and top dressing of bark chips and replacing them completely with leca? also, should the medium (whatever it is, leca, moss or bark) be touching the base of the new growth or should I leave some space between? I'm also worried that there aren't enough air circulation indoor but I'll use the fan to help. Please lemme know too if you have any other suggestions which may help! Thank you again.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

I am glad that you commented and that I could give you some pointers to help out with the 🤞🏼 recovery of your Roy! Leave the top dressing as is, but ensure that nothing is touching the base of the rhizome. Have it circled around the surface, but away from the all the growths. If using the fan, just keep it on low and not consistently pointing at the orchid. Just a little breeze every once in a while to keep the air moving. We need your Roy to have a humid micro climate around the leaves, and too much airflow will also stop that from happening 🫶🏼 hope you are having a great Sunday and well, at any given point in time, if you have any questions, ask ... no matter if the video has anything to do with your question. 💪🏼 I hope to be able to hear that you Roy is going to be ok 🤞🏼

@wailamchan8054

Ай бұрын

@@NinjaOrchids Many thanks for your advice! I am definitely going to move my Roy inside today and wait for it to grow some new roots. I look forward to giving you a positive update in the near future :)

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

@@wailamchan8054 🫶🏼 awesome!! And, guess what? 🤫 I just saw that mine is fighting for survival as well, it is starting 2 new growths, which is unusual for this time of year. Mine is now indoors... 'we' need these growths 👍🏼 hope your day is a great start to the new week 💪🏼

I just have a hard time liking this group, other than spectabile v. aureum. I know many of them smell nice but so many of them have spots and, even those that don't, I just don't like the shape. I've got a micro chip that was sent to me as a free gift and it grows and blooms just fine but I just can't bring myself to even like it.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Don Miguel 🥰💐 and that is why I love you!! Here you are, watching and commenting, even when it comes to a group of orchids that just don't do it for you! 🥲 thank you so so much! I was looking for a Micro Chip back in 2018 when I got my Lutin Blanc, but could not find any available. I find them totally adorable and would take that off you in a heart beat!! Still, at least she graces you with blooms... that is better than having an orchid one is not too keen on, and it just won't bloom 😬 hope your day is going beautifully for you and that no creatures have come out of the swamp 🤞🏼 thank you so much for watching, my friend ❤️🌸