Welcome!! 30 years experience of growing orchids are packed into this channel! Different environments; tropics, intermediate climates incl. organic and inorganic media. I chose the name of Ninja_Orchids, because orchids behave just like ninjas! They sneak up on you, they grow in stealth mode, & out of nowhere, they surprise you! 🌸 300+ orchids star in my videos, be it in tutorials, repottings, care, losses and more! 🌸 The #CareCollab initiative was brought to life to be of help to all orchid growers old & new... featuring different environments & setups, consolidated in one search.🌸Consider this channel your access to personalized 'Questions Answered' make it work for you & your orchids! If I can accommodate any questions you may have, regarding what topic you would like to see more in depth, you are very welcome to drop your suggestions in a comment. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy this channel & use it to your advantage!
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I have no idea why this channel does not have thousands of viewers! You are so knowledgeable! Thanks for all you do.❤
Hi 😍💐 welcome! I have not had the pleasure to welcome you to the channel before, I think this is your first time commenting? 😬 either way, I do not want to miss the opportunity and assume that you have commented before, just in case this is your first time, so... welcome!! Thank you so much for being here, for watching the video, and your ever so kind comment! I truly appreciate that you mention the potential this channel has but that the reach is not what it could be 🥲 it means a lot that you express your opinion in such a manner, and helps with the motivation!! I am grateful for the support, and if you have a way of spreading 'the word' to get more eyeballs on the channel, know that I REALLY would welcome and appreciate that as well!! Meanwhile, know that your support does not go unnoticed! Again, thank you so much for the kind words 🫶🏼 I hope you are having a fabulous day and once again, welcome! ❤️🌸
It only makes sense... Research where your orchid comes from... It probably still rains once in a while even in the dormant season... Just not as often. 💖🌞🌵😷
Hello! You fabulous human being! Have a wonderful and blessed day! 💖🌞🌵😷
🙂🌸😊🌸🙂🌸😊 hm ...... my Den Berry Mona has 3 new 🌱🌱🌱 growth aaaaand : starts to flower again 🌸 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you 💃🥷🧚♀️ ! It feels so good to know how to take care of an orchid 🌱 🌸 correctly - asante molto sana dear NinJa 💃🥷👩🎓🥇🏆👑🌸
I have yet to get a Catt that survives but I always wait a few weeks (months) after the first repot and then de-pot them and take out all the old (dead) roots so the new roots have a clean place to grow in (at that point they usually go down for no reason) The one I have might make it this time 😁
😍Hi Ynse! 💐 well, I hope that you have found the formula now that works for you and your cattleyas in the future! It takes a little something that clicks into place and suddenly, things make sense and then grow 👍🏼 hope you are having a wonderful day, my friend!! Thank you for watching and sharing what could be the thing to make it work for you in the future! 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids Something like that happened to me and Restrepias but I still have no idea what I'm doing 🤣
It will come back to you when you least expect it 👍🏼
Jambo liebe NinJa 💃🧚♀️🌸🦜🐶🐶 ! Ihope life is treating you very kind and gentle 🌞 !!! remember the last LIVE : the orchid that amazed me so much was not the Wilhelmara ( yet very beautiful ) but THIS ONE !!!!!!!!!!!! I find Catasetinae look like 💯 pure , vital , strong life strength 🌟 ! sooo stunning ! so thank you - you really know a lot about orchids !!!!! I am impressed ! 🥷👩🎓🥇🏆👑🌸 all the best to you cerida amiga mia 🎶🎵🎶💃🍀 best regards : Mona 🐞
😍🙌🏼🫶🏼 Mona!! Jambo sana, rafiki yangu!! 😘 it was a beast of a morning, but I am glad that I did what I got done, however, my body is already tell me 'go to bed!' 🙄😂 thank you, for commenting, and watching! Ok, so THIS ONE, is Fredclarkeara After Dark 'Black Pearl' (just in case the video did not specify it clearly 😬) and yes, you are so right!! Catasetinae that grow vigorously are one of the most insane and fun orchids to grow... I have to keep up! Same with my Stanhopea 😆 which, start my day off fantastically!! Even under his blanket, I knew he opened his first blooms because the fragrance that was coming out from underneath his protective blanket was so strong, cinnamon sugar... I had to add some cinnamon into my coffee, I was that inspired! 🥳 orchids are my nemesis! Know that I appreciate you for being so enthusiastic about them as well. I love meeting you under these circumstances, and your comments are always such a warm wave of kindness mixed with a wonderful dose of motivation! Thank YOU so so much!! 🙏🏼 Now I have a couple of hours of desk duties, then Xyliano free flight duties, followed by more desk duties ... after which, pup duties and then my body gets what it is screaming for.... BED!! 😅 have yourself a beautiful rest of your day, my amazing rafiki that just puts a smile on my face EVERY time! (that is hard to do 🤭🥲🫶🏼❤️🌸)
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😍 roooot tipsssss!!! LOVE! NO matter the color! I will take all root tips that are in active growth 🙌🏼🥳 thank you so much for being here! I hope you are having a wonderful day, lovely lady 🫶🏼❤️🌸
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😍🫶🏼😘 good evening, meine liebe Freundin! I hope you had a beautiful day 🫶🏼 thank you for being here, thank you for your comment and for all the support 🫶🏼 wishing you a relaxing and comfy evening ❤️🌸
I first realised ruby roots were aesthetically desirable when I got into Neofinetia (Vanda...if I must) falcatas and realised that there are orchids that are admired for so many other features of the plant than just blooms. They're so lovely 😍 👌. Lol 😂, I love the poetry. ❤
😍Denise!! 💐 hi!! Hope you are having a wonderful day already 🫶🏼 root tips are my kryptonite! Honestly, I love the blooms on the orchids, but show me a whole bunch of root tips, and branching at that... from older roots, years old, and I go gaga!! 😅 I am NOT a fan of calling Neofinetias Vandas... and this orchid happens to have Neofinetia in her parentage, so if someone asks me I specify that because to say that it is a Vanda hybrid, honestly... NO! 😅 Meanwhile, she is a no ID. I bought her as Rainbow Forest 🙄 it was nursery in Germany that had fantastical names for their orchids... as if someone just went around while high on something and labelled orchids. I got Stan the Man from that nursery and he came with a name that I cannot even remember. It was Michael McCarthy who gave me the correct hybrid name 😅 I needs me a quill if I am going to pursue my poetry career 😂 have a great rest of your day, lovely lady!! Smooth sailing and easy commute home 🫶🏼❤️🌸
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🦤🦅😍 thank you!! I hope you are already having a great day, Wingman!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Oooh, another great video. What orchid is that? The patio must be looking fabulous with all the blooms Have a great day!!!
Debbie 😍💐hello you wonderful human being 🫶🏼 she is a no ID vanda hybrid that has a neofinetia parent, just to be specific, even though Neofinetias are now vandas 🙄 but because of the shape of her blooms, and the fragrance, I wanted to distinguish between which vandas I am talking about. I bought her as Vanda Rainbow Forest, but that is not her real ID. Some viewers have said that she is Vanda Peaches, but I disagree. This one is much more vigorous in growth, how many fans she grows and the bloom spike count than Peaches is. The bloom shape is also different from Peaches. So, a no ID, but definitely my summer basket of goodness. This is her in bloom in 2022. Since then she is focussing on more root growth and additional fans, so this year, I can see 5 spikes, which is less than the previous years when she would give us 9 - 10 spikes. However, I appreciate the new fans and all the wonderful root growth and I am certain that, in a future season, we are going to have abundant spikes / blooms again. 🥰 hope you are having a wonderful day and thank you so very much for your kind feedback 😘❤️🌸
what about limestone chips in media?
Hi Chris 😍💐 that can be added as well, yes! Have to keep the pH of the water / pot 'just so' in order for the roots to be able to take it up, but yes... por que no? Can't get them here or else they would go into my catasetinae pots 😅 hope you are doing well, having a great week already 🫶🏼 thank you so much for watching ❤️🌸
Awesome!
😍HI!!💐 I love this and I have a feeling that the length of some of the roots in that container reach the bottom, so, in a couple of years 'we are going to need a taller container' 😆 hope you are doing well! Have a fabYOUlous day 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Whoa... 9-10?! That's amazing the roots survive it. 😲 That is one spectacular plant and blooming. Yet again, you prove how tough some orchids can be. Thanks for sharing Nina! Have a gorgeous day Nina. 🙏😘🤗❤️
😍Robi💐HI! So good to see you!! I hope you had a beautiful weekend, got some good R&R and that your Monday is off to a great start already 🫶🏼 'tis true, 'tis true!! This proves that orchid roots do not need a specific pH to do well, as long as the water is clean and pure, free of any toxins.... just that these roots will not take up any nutrients. That is up to me to provide the orchid with them, by misting the exposed aerial roots. But the container is filling up nicely. I even got to weave more roots in there, that were aerial but had now grown long enough that I could direct them into the water without any tension 👍🏼 I happen to LOVE this container 😆 than you so much for being here, commenting and watching! I wish you the most marvellous of Mondays 🫶🏼❤️🌸
A very Thirsty girl!!! 😂👍🏻
🦤🦅😍 Good morning, Wingman!! She is thirsty... there is a lot of her that needs hydrating 😆 the birds have a bird bath, the dogs drink the water 😂 still waiting for mosquito larvae to find their way in, but so far, nada! I hope you had a good night's rest and are ready to be a sofa lizard 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids today's temps are supposed to be 110° so lounge lizard is the order for today, and likely the whole week if temps continue.... 🦎 🧚🏻
got the lingo wrong! No such thing as a couch lizard, unless I just invented it, instead.. lounge lizard! Either way... I am glad you are doing just that 🥰
That's such a gorgeous bloom show and SWEET roots ❤❤❤👍👍
😍Denise!! 💐hellooooo beautiful!! I hope your Monday morning was a breeze and that it set the pace for the rest of the week being exactly the same 🫶🏼 this container is so much fun and NO work at all 😂 birds benefit, dogs drink from it, its a natural something or other and surprisingly, I never have mosquito larvae in it... that is something I would have expected, but nope! 😬 thank you so much for being here and have yourself an easy peasy rest of your day 🫶🏼❤️🌸
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😘🫶🏼❤️🌸🥷🏼 Bette San! Have yourself the most wonderful of days 🥰
Call it "Swamp Thang" !
😍Heeey!!! Amigo!! 💐 it is always so good to see you!! I hope you are having a wonderful morning 🥰 you are right about the swamp thang! We are way past 'experiment'... I hope that I can remember to stop calling it biology experiment, because that does not apply anymore, instead, Swamp Thang fits the bill now 👍🏼 😃 have a great start to the new week!! 🙏🏼🫶🏼❤️🌸
You’ve mentioned her before but without detailing the experiment. Wow,proof is in the pudding er… experiment. I am surprised that the drastic change in PH doesn’t shock her. Very interesting!!!!!
Debbieee 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 howdy doody, beautiful!! I am planning a full on video about this vanda stand and have been taking footage of everything I want to show / talk about. It is one of those that needs quite a bit of editing, so... other things need to be done, because, when new roots grow, those orchids take priority. However, a full video is in the works, and I cannot wait to get it done, because this covers a subject that I favor about orchids, ROOTS!! 😆 wishing you a wonderful day, and I hope it is already going great for you 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Woah she looks spectacular! And well, we do the most peculiar things to keep them alive😂❤
HI 😍💐 if I had not had gotten the older first roots in my care to grow so long and get them into a container of water at the base, this orchid would not have made it in my dry climate. The oldest roots look like twigs, rough and tough at the surface where they are exposed to the air, and people have said they are not viable anymore, damaged by bugs etc... well... *cough where are they now? 🙄 Heeellluurrrr 😆 hope you are doing well, amigo! Have a great rest and thank you for watching 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids and that is a Job not-well done, but a Job AMAZINGLY Done for you! 🥳💚💯 Great job, my friend! You and your vanda went against all odds and triumphed! And yes, i'm doing well, just no content to upload for now hence the lack of uploads aside from my filipino dubbed keiki video which reminds me i should make an english dubbed one later this day~ and i'm sorry I wasn't able to catch your live streams now since i'm already asleep at that time 🤣
@@NinjaOrchids I hope you have a great week ahead, Nina! Take care always my friend! 💚
Dear NinJa 💃🧚♀️🌸🐶🐶🦜 and dear Fernanda 🌸🐱🐶 ! Please accept my appology for just being gone in the middle of the Livestream - heavy rainfalls started and my internet connection broke down 💦 . So I would like to thank you both 🌸🌸 for your efforts ✅✅ ! NinJa 💃 please tell me the full name of the " Wilhelma " orchid again - she really impressed me - such a lush orchid 🌱🌸✨ ! Thank you both again 💞 all the best ! bom para o futuro 🔆💞🍀
Mona! 😍💐hello lovely lady!! It was so nice to see you and have a moment to hang out together. I hope that the storm did not do any substantial damage to property and lives 🙏🏼 thank YOU so much for taking time to join us on our patios on your Saturday 😘 the orchid that you are asking about is called Wilhelmara Shelob - Marie Elle. It is always nice to report back to the person that gifted an orchid, that she is doing well. 🙌🏼 she has a slight fragrance which is the classic floral that really does not have any specific notes to it. Like walking into a flower shop and smelling all the things, that is what she smells like. It is not a strong fragrance, but its nice that there is a little something to smell, apart from appreciating the interesting blooms. Wishing you a wonderful start to the new week, sans storms ... plain sailing 🫶🏼 once again, thank you so much for all your support, kindness and incredible warm friendship! I cannot express just how much I appreciate you 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids 💦✅🍀all is well ✅ asante sana for the orchid name - I looked her up : wow !!!!!!!! sooo beautiful 🌱❤️🤎💜Take Care my amiga 💃💐🌸
😍 I am looking forward to the abundant blooming ahead. Usually, her blooms do not open fast enough for the first blooms to still look good, but, maybe with 4 spikes, we might just have a more 'respectable' show 🤞🏼 vamos a ver, meine liebe Freundin!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Andy orchids is an Awesome place to visit!! Been there a few times, and have several plants from him. There's also a video he did with Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't. You'll see his greenhouses are packed!! Fun video Nina... Thanks. 🕊️
🦤🦅😍 that would be a place for me to have to be in the area for a couple of days, with overnight stay included. Breakfast, water bottle and off to Andy's to browse and browse and browse. When the feets hurt and can't take anymore, then dinner, bed, to do it all again next day. I would love to visit his nursery! What I see on the internet surely is appealing and yes, I saw the video of Crime Pays 👍🏼 thank you so much for watching, dis little video of the rabbit holes I try to fit my frame into 😆 much love to you and Fluff, Wingman 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Sorry I missed the live event, looks like fun times with orchids. 👍🏻🐞
🦤🦅😍 Hakuna matata, Wingman! The hours are not ideal for many in the US, but it sure is so appreciated that you still come and check out the ongoings of a stream, after the fact! 🫶🏼 Wishing you a wonderful day, start to the new week, and please continue to stay cool, hydrated and indoors 🫶🏼❤️🌸
It's interesting how pests seem to gravitate to certain types of plants more than others. Bacterial issues are all around us, so many are air borne... Interesting video Nina, really enjoyed it. 🦋
🦤🦅😍 Wingman!! 🥰 This genus is a happy sap producer on steroids! Its like super glue intense, so, even during the times it was a strong healthy orchid, the mealy bugs would find it... now that it is weakened, I have to be even more vigilant, but, so far, so good and things are looking 'ok' after the chop chop! I hope you are staying cool, indoors and hydrated, Robert! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Thanks again for putting this together
😍 thank YOU!! Lovely lady!! 😍 for joining us!! 🙏🏼 I Hope your Sunday was fabYOUlous 🫶🏼❤️🌸
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Oh dear! Gave up a specimen of the same just YESTERDAY. The best this year has been unforgiving. The rains are late and the humidity is so high. There’s a water shortage too. Downsizing the collection as much as I can.
😍Hi!! 💐 so good to see you!! I hope you are doing well ...even though you are facing some serious challenges with your conditions and your orchids 🙏🏼 I hope that you are coping! Know that, I hear you and feel your 'pain'. I have that with my winters, and while I have not given orchids away because of challenging conditions, when some leave the collection for reasons of not making it, I do feel sad, but a sigh of relief comes over me because, I don't have to be so anxious about 'those' anymore. I hope that, as your collection is narrowed down to the ones that you can keep, that you too, will feel a sense of relief. This way, being able to enjoy what you have more 🙏🏼🫶🏼 water shortage is a big threat here as well. I remember hosing down the patio every month, once a month. That was years ago! The last time I hosed the patio down was last year? Maybe? I don't remember, it was that long ago. While we are not having a shortage alert, as such, it just feels wrong to do what I used to do. Things are always teetering on the edge of being a problem, so, I am not going to make a situation worse. I sincerely hope that you get your rain!! Much needed, for all walks and well being of life 🫶🏼🙏🏼 truly appreciate you for being here and will lift you up in my thoughts and prayers, lovely lady 🫶🏼 hope your Sunday was beautiful, despite the challenges ❤️ thank you so much for watching 🌸
Hi Nina! I’m exhausted watching you….what patience you have. I have learned something from this video……your knowledge of placing the leaves. That makes sense. I have placed two oncidium pieces in opposite directions and it has struggled for quite some time and now I know why. Thank you! And great livestream today too!
BeBe 😍💐 I was exhausted afterwards 😂 my body was screaming... STOP!! 😆 I am so glad that this video gave you a nugget of intel to take into your collection and repots. The direction of the leaves is super important. Even if it doesn't really suit what we would like to achieve aesthetically for the visual of the orchid in the pot, if we want to avoid the 'stress' of the leaves either having to adjust to the new direction of light, or they don't do that because they are not the type to change their direction like phals do, then its a judgment call we have to make. This turned out pretty good in that regard, thankfully, because this orchid really does need to get her strength back in the coming months, so that she can handle the coming winter. So far, so good 🤞🏼 your time, your support, your friendship and encouragement are very much appreciated, BeBe! It was wonderful to see you in the stream 🙏🏼 stay cool, stay hydrated and if possible, stay indoors and enjoy a beautiful relaxing Sunday, lovely lady 🫶🏼 thank you for all you do ❤️🌸
Stunning Nina! I have one that is relatively new and is adjusting. I hope it blooms one day!
Helloooo beautiful 😍💐oh!! Happy days!! I am sure that you will have blooms with the next new growth, if she isn't a bag baby. Mine tried to bloom with the next new growth after receiving her, but she was out of sync and it was still winter, so they blasted, but I am sure, in your case, you won't have to wait long and then ENJOY!! 🫶🏼 wishing you a wonderful Sunday ❤️ thank you so much for being here 🌸
Hi Nina. Wow what a job, but you handled it well. Nice repot. I did enjoy watching and feeling your pain because I have broken root tips and just recently a new growth. Enjoy your Sunday. 🤗🥰🎀
😍Shirley!!! HI 💐 It was just a lot to deal with 😅 as per, we do not have any intention of breaking anything off, but this one... kicked my butt!! The new growth annoyed me the most... I had a great track record of repotting and not breaking new growths, and that is now 👎🏼 starting that all over again. I think, the last time I broke a new growth was back in 2019 🙄 meh!! 😅 really appreciate your time watching, lovely lady! Thank you so much and yes, I wish you a wonderful Sunday as well 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Awesome advice Nina! I use to do that before, and is evident on some of my video lol. I guess just let it do its thing. I agree. 😊👏👏👏🌷💐
😍Hi Ileana 💐 I have found that cutting off brown tips just starts the new tip browning again, and over the years, have observed that the dryness will stop on it's own without the loss of the entire leaf. Its something I have come to accept now, and should anyone ask, I get to explain my conditions... and, in the early days of being disappointed that this happens with some of my orchids, I told myself that I am not growing to take my orchids to a show... 😬 hope you are doing well, lovely lady, that you are having a wonderful weekend 🫶🏼 thank you so much for being here ❤️ have a wonderful Sunday 🌸
@@NinjaOrchids thanks, you as well have a wonderful new week.
I had a similar issue with my one of the tolumnias in a community pot.Out of four one was affected.The other day only I pruned off the rotten rhyzome and applied some fungicide Your video is an eye opener Nina.I cannot🎉 understand why one out of four is not dancing to my tune.Your video helped a lot.Muchss gracias.
🌸🥷🏼Director Jose San 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 it is soooo good to see you, amigo mio!! Espero que todo esta bien! 🫶🏼 with regards to your tolumnia, maybe you got a weak one that had underlying issues which had nothing to do with how you are growing them. We sometimes scratch our head why one doesn't do what all the rest are doing, as in, growing well. If there is no other obvious reason and the others are doing well, I would suggest it was a weaker plant. Which is a shame, I am sorry you lost it and will keep my fingers crossed that the others will continue to do well and fill that space quickly 🤞🏼🥰 hope your week was fantastic, that you were able to get some rest, as well as that, tomorrow, you have a wonderful day with your family and friends 🫶🏼 thank you so much for watching, for your kind comment, sharing your experience and being un gran amigo 🌸🥷🏼 Rafiki San!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸
This was a challenging repot! Well done for tackling it. "Fern! Be gone!" will stay with me for a while 😂
😍HI Denise💐 Thank you so much for spending time on the patio during the live stream today! I so appreciate you 🙏🏼🫂 again, I am sorry to hear about your spike!! I saw that you also mentioned that no major structures were broken, and wanted to comment on that, but I was paying attention to Fernanda. Goodness me, lady! 😓 I bet that hit hard. I won't go on and on about it now though, I know the feeling and it is not one that keeps needing to be reminded about. 😘 whereas the fern.... Be Gone! 😂 thank you, for everything! 🙏🏼 you are truly special and I am blessed to have you here supporting the channel (and me) the way you do! Have a wonderful rest of your evening, and well... I am watching the penalty shoot out England v Switzerland 🤞🏼🫶🏼❤️🌸
@NinjaOrchids Thanks so much for organising the livestream, Nina! It was nice being with the orchid gang. 😁💖
Wow!!! She’s a tough plant growing with all the issues she had. Great video!!
😍Debbie, hi 💐 she is a tough cookie, and thankfully I have enough of her giving me the chance to not loose her completely. She does NOT like the cold temps in the winter though. There is no toughness in her for that time of year, soooo methinks she will do better this coming winter, and I will definitely not have her where I had her the past winter. I so appreciate you taking time out of your Saturday to jump on to the patio and check out the ongoings we had during the stream 🫶🏼 so appreciate the support as well as you watching this video! I hope you are already having a great day with all that you have planned, falling into place beautifully 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Laelias, brasilaelias, sophronites are labeled now as cattleya. I believe you have a hybrid.
HI Fabio 😍💐 welcome! I have not seen you here before, so first of all, a warm warm welcome and secondly, thank you so much for watching and commenting! I appreciate your time and the information you provided 🫶🏼 a hybrid... that is good to keep in mind, thank you so much! I have to ask the question that I am now asking myself, do we now have to call rupicolous laelias rupicolous cattleyas? 🤔🫣 I have a hard time calling my cernua cattleya, as I do with my purpuratas. I have to get used to doing so, because it is the right thing to do when posting videos. Laelia is such a pretty name though 🥲 really appreciate your comment, thank you! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and once again, welcome 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Does the water in the pot get algae? Do you change the water often?
😍Hello Val! 💐 welcome! I have not seen you here before, so first of all, a warm warm welcome and secondly, thank you for being here, for watching and the support that comes with it! Truly appreciate your time 🫶🏼 the water does get algae in it after a long long time of the mask not being rinsed out. Usually takes 8 months for algae to accumulate to a degree after which I have to clean the mask out. When the reservoir has been fully absorbed, that is when I fill it up again, after flushing the pot through first. During the summer, with the size of the reservoir, I am filling it up once a week. During the winter, the reservoir stays dry and all I do is flush the pot to keep the gas exchange going. Please let me know if you have any further questions. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and once again, welcome 🫶🏼❤️🌸
Beautiful!!!
😍HI!! 💐 oh my goodness! It is so good to see you 🫶🏼 I hope that you are doing well! Thank you so much for commenting 🥰 and all your support over the years ❤️ have a wonderful rest of your weekend 🌸
🦒💐👋 Greatly done, hope all goes well from here on 🤞🤞 Too bad we cannot join up in person. You and a bunch of us around the table would sort all that leca in no time 😅
FFF 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️🥰💐 hello meine liebe Freundin!! I could really use the help after a repot like this because I was in a lot of pain afterwards... but, this batch of leca is now in storage containers, and I have moved on to the next orchid... that leca is now boiling and will be sorted before the stream later today... I am working toward being able to just sit with mi amiga ❤️ thank you, for being willing to hang out and help with the clean up ... if only!! And thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼 looking forward to later today, even though I am nervous if I am going to get you to join in etc before the stream goes live. I am always nervous, but now with a guest joining, it is amped up a litte 🤭😬 have a great day, and hopefully a great time on the patio later!! 🫶🏼❤️🌸
What a fantastic repot you have there you have done a real good job doing bit by bit and not rushing yourself. Hope she survives for you now and she’s happy in her new pots. Whether today is cold wet and windy. Not very nice out. We will catch you very soon.❤❤❤
😍Hi Andrea 💐 I am glad to get this one checked off the list! I have so many others that need the same treatment, but I cannot do them day after day after day, because it really pushes my body to the limit 🥲 after this repot, I was in a lot of pain BUT, I managed to clean everything up and into the storage containers by the next day. Onward and upward!! I am sorry that your weather has deteriorated 😔 it is super windy on the patio today, so I am very busy running around like a chicken without a head on! Hope the wind dies down for the live stream later on 🙏🏼 thank you so much for watching and for your kind words 🫶🏼 I so appreciate you ❤️🌸
You know what? I have been down this rabbit hole too many times and I'm glad you feel the same way. I HATE the mess that exists with the rupicolous Laelias. It's so hard to make differentiations - especially because individuals can differ in tiny details. Look at purpurata - so many flower colours, same species. My guess is that it is in the orchid nurseries' best interest to keep the confusion going because that way they can sell so many more plants than if everyone just followed a single standard nomenclature.
HI Matt 😍💐 I am glad that I have a partner in crime when it comes to being consumed with wanting and looking for answers! I cannot do it all in one go though, because it gets so frustrating. But, at least the supposed crispata bloomed, which made one piece of the 'puzzle' fall into place. Now, I am asking myself, though, should we call rupicolous laelias, rupicolous cattleyas? Many are cattleyas in that group 🙄🤪🥊 I have a long way to go to get my rupestris to bloom, but... even those structures do not look like what the supposed 'crispata' has on my patio (as per Cattleya Orchid Source) 😆 still, going down rabbit holes, time permitting, I find it just as fun and frustrating at the same time. Vielleicht wird eines Tages der Groschen fallen 😂 thank you so much for watching, Matt! I hope you are enjoying a relaxing Saturday 🫶🏼❤️🌸
@@NinjaOrchids Yeah, they've all been put into Cattleya in 2014 or so, right? I just wish there was a clear list of all of the known rupicolous Laelia species and their synonyms. It really should not be so hard, but apparently it is. Van den Berg made a list in his paper but it is still completely unclear what's the synonym for what. I have a Laelia marxiana that I have not found on any of the lists. Orchideen Lucke has Laelia cruziana for sale now - never heard or seen it either. Both of them are supposed to be yellow so yet another crispata/flava/flavasulina/flava var. sullina/...? My rupestris is also fighting right now. These imports have been more miss than hit in the last while...
I have the marxiana and cruziana on my personal rupicolous laelia list which I have compiled for myself when I first started buying them for my collection. I have a ? next to the cruziana though, just to make sure that I know to look for it as a possible synonym of others I may already have, for when the time comes and I get to buy the next load of ones I have missing. Rupestris is the longest in dire straits of all the ones that arrived on the patio. She is an OG in my collection and I am well impressed just how resilient of a fighter that little one is. Currently growing roots and I hope that these will be stronger than the ones she finally grew last year. 🙄😅