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Hola! After a scirching summer, with the arrival of the monsoon , our phalemopsis orchids have started producing spikes Nina.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

🌸🥷🏼 Director Jose San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥰💐 good evening, my best friend from Kerala!! Saludos desde España 🫶🏼 espero que te encuentras bien, que tu familia se encuentra bien, y que tu vida es una maravilla!! 🙏🏼 spikes!! Exciting times, amigo mio 🥳 you are getting the rain that brings life 🙌🏼 hope you are doing well, 🌸🥷🏼 friend! Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼 thank you so much for providing such incredible support 🫶🏼 thank you for being you 🫶🏼wishing you a relaxing evening and a stress free Friday ❤️🌸

So NICE to see that these phals are doing well. They are looking so healthy. Once they are given the appropriate care they thrive! You've met their needs, and they are responding in the best way possible. Congrats to you. I moved several phals which I "inherited" from another grower to shallow pots/dishes and put them in some tree fern fiber. To my surprise they are doing well - pushing new leaves. A couple of others are in large clear plastic water bottles which have been converted to have a 2" water reservoir which holds an organic medium mixed with a few lecca beads and some styrofoam. There are water drainage holes drilled at a 2" height from the bottle's bottom for excess water drainage. (This is from another orchid KZreadr in Asia.) The plants weren't doing well so I decided to try it. And, voila, these 3 plants love it. Right conditions for the right plant. I have recently ordered an Odontonia (Oncidiopsis x Miltonipsis) to try growing here in s.e. Florida. I intend to use the tree fern fiber as a medium for it. From what I've read it should be fine here but might have some adjustments to make by placing it indoors when we have our high temps/humidity in the summer. What do you think? I've read that it likes to stay uniformly moist since it grows near the equator. We'll see. May you have a GREAT afternoon. Enjoy your garden and your pets.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Pat 😍💐I am so glad that there is recovery in Alexandra, and well... to have the other 2 come through their first winter in lava rock looking much better than when they went in, it really is a relief 😅 thank you for your kind words of support 🫶🏼 I started quite a few phals in the plastic bottles as pots (back in the 90s) before moving them to clay. At the time I was not prepared to pay for clay pots, seeing as the bottles were 'free' or they would have gone into the recycling bin. Only when the phals grew, did I invest in clay pots. I still use plastic bottles for ICU and have some rescue orchids with a reservoir. 👍🏼 absolutely agree that the cross you are getting should be moved indoors when temps are too high! I hope that the stress of shipping at this time of year with the high temps, will not be too taxing on the plant. If so, you will see leaf tip burn or possibly small black spots appearing on the leaves, which is not a fungus. That would be the sign of cells having been exposed to heat and they collapsed... but beyond that, there should be no issues. Definitely keep it nice and moist all the time. I have a miltonidia, similar care requirements and that thing drinks like a sailor 🫣 😅 while it is outside, the leca keeps the roots cool. In this instance, my leca is working the magic with evaporative cooling to the root system while temperatures are higher. Yin and Yang 😃 the afternoon was uneventful, thank goodness! No orchid suffered any harm 😅 really appreciate your best wishes and wish you exactly the same, have a GREAT afternoon!😃 Pets are about to be fed, well, Xyliano is already having his dinner, the pups will get served shortly. Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Thanks so much for the updates! Hope you have had a wonderful week, Nina! ❤

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

😍💐HI Denise!! Thank YOU so much for watching and for your comment and your incredible support here, lovely lady!! I did have a good week... a little confused with all the open end videos I have in folders. I prefer to work on one project at a time, but time permitting I am now working on other videos by just creating the elements that I think would make the viewing experience nicer.... so I am in a bit of a kaffuffle! 🥴 methinks, that I need to get to those videos or else we are going to have a mess on our hands soon... Sunday, I shall start to unravel the mess on Sunday and put some order into the construction of those (wish me luck 🙏🏼🤣) you have yourself a beautiful summer evening, Amiga mia 🫶🏼❤️🌸

@denisesase

Ай бұрын

@NinjaOrchids I wish you a productive time with sorting out those videos, Nina! It's a nice feeling when you manage to work through incomplete projects 😌. I hope you will feel light and unburdened soon! 😁

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

I feel much better now that the live stream is done and I can focus on my folders! Media clean up is a must, and all the gadgets and gizmos have already been put away. Tomorrow, my butt will be at my desk, that already makes me feel a LOT better and more relaxed 🥰 thank you, Denise, for your kind words! I hope your day was beautiful today and that you are having a beautiful evening 🫶🏼❤️🌸

@denisesase

Ай бұрын

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@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Hi 😍💐 thank you so so much for being here!! Wow 🥲 I so appreciate the support 🙏🏼 hope you are having a wonderful Friday!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Boa noite Nina 😅 É prazeroso assistir aos teus vídeos, aprendo sempre, tenho Phalaenopsis em hidroponia, aprendi agora fazer o cultivo e semi hidroponia com leca, uma ideia a considerar. Bom fim de semana 😀

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Olá Fernanda! 😍💐Isso é incrível! Fico feliz em saber que vocês estão indo bem na semi hidroponia!! Eu tenho todos os meus outros phals em leca e com rega automática e eles também estão indo bem. Porém, nem todos são iguais e a Alexandra mostrou-me que não apreciava nada a leca. E, por causa dos meus invernos frios, não posso ter flores de verão em leca porque as raízes ficam muito frias por muito tempo. Perdi muitos dos meus phals que florescem no verão por causa da leca 😔 Por esse motivo, não vou experimentar o phal keik que floresce no verão em leca e a doritaenopsis também não gostou da leca depois que parei de usar esteiras térmicas. Ela esteve em situação de resgate durante 2 anos antes de eu poder prendê-la no ano passado. Não quero continuar perdendo orquídeas que precisam de condições mais quentes durante o meu inverno, quando a rocha de lava as ajuda a pelo menos permanecerem vivas por enquanto 🙏🏼 Muito obrigado por assistir, linda senhora!! Espero que você tenha tido um lindo dia e desejo uma noite maravilhosa 🫶🏼❤️🌸

🦒👋👌💝 Phalaenopsis species that are happy producing keikis like pulchra should be amazing when they all decide to bloom at same time. I dream.of that show. I wish we get to that situation some day, soon 😅. Mine are too small yet but yours are getting huge. So, ladies pulchra, give us some blooms, please and the sooner the better 😅 Can you hear the thunder? I bet you could, they are so loud. I do not dare leaving the orchids in the rain because there could be hail. But it would be nice to give them a good flush without having to work for it. It has been drizzing all morning and now it is pouring. Have I skipped summer and went straight to fall? 😮🤔

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

FFF 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥰💐 good evening, meine liebe Freundin! I do not mind all these keikis... at least I am able to grow these keikis on, which has NOT been the case with the majority of the phalaenopsis complex hybrid keikis that I was trying to save (except 2) but... if this is what pulchra wants to do, I am just relieved to see that both of them came through the winter unscathed! I may have lost the chance of blooms with my pulchra mother plant this year, because both of the long spikes were snapped by the birdies thinking they were a great perch. Meh! something is growing at the nodes at the back, but now I have a feeling that would be another keiki 🤣 I had thunder the other day, but no rain on the patio. This morning, I had a few drops, but nothing to write home about. It has just cooled off so much, I feel I need a blanket around my back again! Meh! Crazy weather 🥲 really appreciate you watching este video, amiga mia!! Thank you so much 🫶🏼 I hope you had a beautiful day and wish you a relaxing evening ❤️🌸

Thank you so so much, Nina! I really appreciate this update! For me, I've saved my phal seedling for the 2nd time using lava rock! 😂 1st saving, due to leca causing root rot, leaving rootless phalaenopsis seedling. 2nd time, i transferred it to a bed of sphagnum moss, it grew 2 new fresh roots but then suddenly died and blackened as well. So I transferred it finally and let it sit on a bed small lava rock. and earlier this day, since the root is more than an inch long, I finally staked it up and covered the root with pumice, so fingers crossed that this is gonna be the key! Lava Rock and Pumice is a miracle doer for orchids! 🤧💚 Thank you so so much for this update, Nina! I really appreciate you making a video and taking part of your time for this. I'm glad to see that they're all doing wonderful! 😍🤩💚 Have a wonderful week ahead my great ninja orchid friend! 🎉

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

😍Hi! 💐 I am glad that you saw this video and did not feel as though your request was forgotten. Thank YOU so much for taking time out of your R&R evening to check it out! Good to hear that your phal is picking up speed. If I could source pumice locally, I would use it in more pots, but I am not going to spend money I need for dog food, on shipping in media that I cannot get here. For that reason, I work with different sizes of lava rock... where I need more water retention, I use smaller lava rock. That is where my layering comes in. Having all these phals in the process of recovering gives me hope. 👍🏼 wishing YOU a wonderful week ahead, as well, amigo! I hope your Monday started of great, setting the pace for the rest of your week 🫶🏼❤️🌸

A viewer shared a recipe last week for spider mites. I found the original video but can’t find how to share with you. I don’t want to use names or websites, no need to step on anyone’s toes. I used the recipe, so far everything is going well.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

😍HI Fran 💐 I so appreciate how considerate you are about not mentioning names in the comments. I do not do that on other channels either, and it means a lot to me that you are sensitive to this! Thank you 🙏🏼 you are welcome to email me, ninjaorchids@gmail.com I am happy to hear that you are trying the recipe out and that it is working for you! Great news!! I only ever struggled with spider mites on a little dendrobium that arrived new into my collection. Maybe it came with some hitch hikers, because, since I treated it with garlic alcohol, I have not had them return, and that has been 2 years now. Phew! I got away with that one 🫣😅 really appreciate your support, Fran! Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼 I hope you are having a wonderful day ❤️🌸

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@NinjaOrchids

29 күн бұрын

🦤🦅😍 what a treat!! 🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️you spoil me with your support, but know that I so appreciate you for doing so 🥲 its like getting ice cream and all things while feeling unwell! Such a treat for which I am ever so grateful as my views are tanking and I cannot figure out why 😪. I appreciate you for putting a smile on my face and giving me courage to keep going 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Hello Nina. Your Phalaenopsis look really great. I hope you’re doing well. I was busy today with some repotting and watering. I’ve been moving some of my orchids out of plastic pots and putting them in clay orchid pots with spagnum moss and orchiata bark. I’ve never used lava rock but I may try it on one to see how it goes. Take care. 👏🥰🤗

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Shirley, hi 😍💐 it is so good to see you 🙌🏼 I am pleased that they all came through the winter unscathed! It gives me hope as well as the hope that Alexandra has forgiven me and will grow well vegetatively in the coming months. 🤞🏼you sound like you have been a busy lady! I am sure they are going to love the clay pots! 👍🏼 really appreciate you watching, taking time to leave a comment and sharing what you are doing with your orchids, currently! So very kind of you 🫶🏼 hope your day is going beautifully for you, lovely lady ❤️🌸

Glad to see that they are all doing better. Maybe you can get enough pulchra keikis to start a pulchra curtain too.🤣😉

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Don Miguel 🥰💐 hola jefe! Wishing you a wonderful day, right off the bat! I hope that it will be exactly as you need it to be 🫶🏼 I am glad to see that they all came through the winter without any secondary issues. I need Alexandra to get her root growth on... 'we can do better'. Pulchra curtain? Now that is an idea 😃 at least one summer bloomer that is not throwing fits without giving me chance after chance after chance 👍🏼 thank you so much for watching, my friend! Truly appreciate you 🫶🏼❤️🌸

It's always lovely hearing your enthusiasm for your beautiful orchids. A question though - re the orchid that has repeated keiki growths - couldn't that be a reaction to stress?

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Sylvia 😍💐 thank you so much for your kind feedback on the videos, I truly appreciate it! Yes, a lot of the time, if a phal produces keikis, then it can be considered a sign of stress, however, there are other factors to take into consideration to determine if the keiki growths are in actual fact induced because of stress. Some of those are, the orchid has no roots, or is struggling to hydrate in some way, the leaves look dull and not shiny or feel firm, just to name the main 2 reasons for a phal to focus on keikis, however, with the pulchra, keikis could just be part of her DNA, because I have seen this orchid grown elsewhere and she also produces keikis for those owners. This one may be a difficult one to get to bloom because of the balance of light v burning leaves may be a fine margin, OR there is not enough of the orchid yet, to bloom... unfortunately, the mother plant was growing 2 amazing spikes, which wild birds used as a perch and snapped off 🙄 so, I was hoping to be able to see if the mother plant was big enough now, to bloom. However, if she branches on the nodes lower in the spikes that I have left, I have a feeling that she is also going to grow keikis there because of the disturbance. Meh!! 😆 we shall see what happens. I am comfortable though, with the keiki producing another keiki... my thoughts are, do not disturb a pulchra, or else she will first produce keikis until she trusts the situation. 🤔 hope you are having a great day already, Sylvia! Thank you so much for watching and for your amazing support 🫶🏼 I really appreciate you ❤️🌸

Hi Nina, great info and wisdom. You have a stunner Phal, I need the namd of this one if you don't mind. Outstanding work rescuing these Phals. I gave a beautiful Bellina to the wife of a friend. She did not provide care as she should have. I now have the Bellina and she is in ICU, I'm very confident the orchid will survive. I gave her strong bones before it was gifted. Orchid Master I havd a question for you; how much heat can Mr. Stan Man take without stressing out the orchid. I've been taking him in when temps rise above 85f. Thank You Orchid Master.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

🌸🥷🏼Bob San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥰💐good morning, my 🌸🥷🏼Amigo the name of the one that has the purple blooms? That is Doritaenopsis Purple Gem 'Aida'. If you google Phalaenopsis pulchra and check out her blooms, you may like them as well. Mine has not bloomed and well, if the wild birdies did not try to perch on the 2 longer spikes of the mother plant, then it may have been this year that she would be a first time bloomer 🙄 you are right to protect your Stan with the temperature highs you have. You have the option to bring him in, and 85ºF is a good bracket. When your's is bigger, more established, then you can go into the low 90s as long as he stays in the shade. At this time though, baby him for another year. See how much he bulks up in the coming months. They are pretty resilient, but you don't want the leaves to show stress, if you can avoid it. My Stan is showing signs of stress, even while under his blanket until the East side is in the shade.... I keep him well watered at all times to help him out. Thank YOU 🌸🥷🏼 Friend San! Thank YOU so much for everything you do, the support with your time and comments! Thank you for being YOU 🫶🏼 have youreslf a fabYOUlous Friday ❤️🌸

@bobbenad2112

Ай бұрын

@NinjaOrchids Thank You for the advice on Mr. Stan Orchid Master.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

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Hi Nina. Great video again. Last time we talked I was having issues with Ph and tds levels and you were a great help with understanding how to do it correctly. As I mentioned before I had only 2 phals bloom for me last year and this year I so far have 8. My phals are growing masses of roots and a couple have up to 10 new roots on them. As we have a couple more months of cooler nights I am hopeful for more spikes. Not sure whether some that are growing so many roots will have the energy to grow flower spikes 😉. Thank you again for your help 😊 Ingrid

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Ingrid!! HI!! 😍💐it is so good to see you!! And, here you are with great news about what you have going on in your collection! I am so so happy to read this 🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥳 thank YOU so so much for taking a moment to write your comment and for letting me know! This is GREAT 🫶🏼 🥰 thank YOU so much for watching and for your continued support! Wishing you a wonderful weekend, lovely lady 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Hi Nina. I was just discussing my dozen or so phals that live indoors under grow lights and have been with me for about 2 years with no sign of blooms coming any time soon. As we're in the middle of winter i put them on a table outside to get the cool down they need for 3 weeks. Theyve been back inside for 3 weeks now and so far no spikes making a grand entrance yet. I know I'm impatient and cant wait to see the first sign of a spike but dont know how long it will take. Youll hear me all the way from here to Spain when i see a spike, so its kind of "watch this space". Thanks for an interesting video Nina. Good luck with your rescues.

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

Hi Renate 😍💐 I am going to cross my fingers and send the spike fairies to your collection 🧚🏼🙏🏼 it can take up to 5 weeks to see spikes because the hormones are mobilizing, if the cool down was sufficient. So, I am going to just hold my breath and keep my fingers crossed for you and your phals! May they bloom!! 🙏🏼 It goes without saying that, I hope that I am going to hear you on the patio, and then if there is any doubt, that you will let me know when it happens! Thank YOU so much for watching, lovely lady! I hope your Saturday was beautiful 🫶🏼❤️🌸

Aaah, lost my earlier comment. First off great video. Wondering when you decide when a media change is necessary? I have Onc. Twinkle pink profusion that has done nothing since going into leca late February. There have been no observable changes, nothing, nada, zip. I’m considering a media change but not sure….. what do you look for?

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

HI Debbie 😍💐 I feel so bad for viewers that leave comments and YT deletes them without my knowledge. Not everyone comes back to see if their comment is not visible anymore, and may think that I am ignoring them, which is the furthest from the truth 😔 thank you so much for coming back and checking!! Thank you for your feedback 🫶🏼 so, have a look and see if your Twinkle structures are looking shrivelled and the leaves are looking dull, if that is the case, then you may want to have a gentle look see as to what the state of the roots are in the pot. Did your Twinkle get switched to leca without new roots growing? Were new growths starting but new roots were pending? If new growths started at the time, have they at least progressed, even if they have not produced new roots yet? Because of my conditions in the winter, I choose to switch an orchid into different media when I can tell that year in year out, the roots are struggling to establish themselves in leca. The complex hybrid phal in this video has a history in my collection and loved lava rock, and after several years in leca, well.... it was a clear fail, so back into lava rock she went. The others, I chose lava rock straight away, because my Doritaenopsis also hated leca when my heat mats were switched off, and the summer bloomer, well, straight into lava rock, because same story... no evaporative cooling around those roots during the winter, the orchid being a warm to hot grower. So, long story short, what stage was your Twinkle at when you moved her into leca... does she appear to be struggling and if not, then wait until new roots grow to be able to better ascertain if she is just in a stall mode. Also, how long was she in bloom before you moved her into leca? I hope that I am making sense, and if you would like to tell me a little more, then please do so and we can troubleshoot some more 🫶🏼 😃 in the meantime, I hope you are already having a great day, lovely lady! Thank you so much for watching ❤️🌸

@Finsandflowers

Ай бұрын

@@NinjaOrchids this one was new to me and arrived completely out of the pot, looked like seller had just plunked her into a pot and shipped. (Obviously won’t be getting anything else this seller, also came with bonus mealy bugs). I can’t remember if it had any new roots, since it obviously hadn’t been in its shipping pot for long I went ahead and put her in leca, treated for mealies also. Literally there has been no visible changes, bulbs and leaves look exactly the same, no wrinkles or anything. I kinda want to pull her out of leca to see if anything is going on in the pot, but if it’s just setback and acclimating to my environment, I don’t want to stress it anymore

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

oh goody!! An orchid with hitchhikers!! Naahhhh, we don't need that in our lives! 😡 what an irresponsible seller! If I may suggest to go with your second thought... 'I don't want to stress it anymore'... you are right with that intuition. The structures are still fine, looking good, that means that something viable is going on in the pot 👍🏼 seems to me as if she is just relieved to be in a place where she is safe, but has some trust issues to deal with based on her passed experience 😉 give her time! Twinkles that are dealing with no roots, no matter the pot, will quickly show that there is a problem. They decline quickly... sounds like your's is just testing her surroundings 🥰

@Finsandflowers

Ай бұрын

@@NinjaOrchids thank you!!!!! Love and blooms to you. 💕

@NinjaOrchids

Ай бұрын

🫶🏼 thank YOU so much for coming to the stream earlier today, lovely lady! I hope that your day continues to be beaYOUtiful! ❤️🌸

I'm loosing patience with my phals.

@NinjaOrchids

17 күн бұрын

😍Desire! Hi 💐 2 comments from you in a single day 🙏🏼🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️ thank you so much for also watching this video and leaving a comment 😘 I am loosing patience with my phals as well, lovely lady! It is not their fault, but I have them, growing, doing their best, but because of my conditions they won't bloom nicely and I am seriously considering getting rid of some just to give me some pots and media back AND giving me more space for the winter months. I mean, I have many that were gifted to me, so I am not going to rehome those just yet, but I am seriously considering some need to go and give some joy to another person who DOES have the right conditions and they WILL be able to enjoy the blooms. Hang in there. And know that, your collection is there to make you happy... if you are over an orchid and want to change or it just doesn't do it for you anymore, rehome it. Work with the ones that move you in a positive way. But, also think... is it a phase you are going through? Will you regret not having them in a couple of months down the line? Just a thought. There is no shame in 'having enough' and moving on from some orchids 🥰 much love and mucho hugs!! Hope I didn't over step 🫶🏼 ❤️🌸