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I was looking at this spray in store as I only have 30 orchids or so and this was a cheaper ready to spray bottle. However I noticed it didn’t say systemic on it as you’ve mentioned in past videos. Is this one ok or should I make sure it says systemic on it and buy the concentrate formula. Thanks

I make my own terracotta (bisque) pots with lots of big holes and terracotta mounts. However, here in southern NM at 6000' it gets cold and the clay pots act like swamp coolers and get cold. That's why I started making my own wooden pots and mounts mostly from recycled oak pallets or cool wood chunks I find in the forest. Still like making flower pots in clay

I use physan 20, too. One bonus for me is that I can put a small amount (about 1 tsp) in the standing water in the trays under my orchids to kill algae.

Beautiful ❤️

Have a good day ,,I love your content,all about Orchid,,,

Yeah I haven’t tried ordering any orchids from eBay yet 😳

My favorites are wood and clay the plastic basket do not make the Beautiful orchids to look good I hate plastic sorry 😊

I like all the fancy pots lol 🤣 the 3d printed tea cup pots from orchids 365

Where are your favorite stores? I'm close enough to your area hahaha 🤣

I’m trying to figure out if the keikis I removed from my Den. aphylum need a winter rest like the mother plant. Any advice is appreciated 😌😌😌😌

Amen I don't get these influencers... lol

Sevin to the rescue😜😍

This is the best explanation of growing orchids I have seen! Thanks 🙏

Can you tell me how much money you spent Dave? I’m in Australia. I just like to know we just can’t get the same sort of stuff that you get from a store. Thank you 💖🌸

I’m in Adelaide South Australia, I grow orchids in a greenhouse. As my humidity is 50-100% therefore I need to keep the substrate course for fast drying. Other orchids are mounted. Quite successful. The good thing about South Australian Hills is low winter temperatures and also dropping temperatures at nights.

Hey Dave Iim new subsciber ❤ to your channel. Im so happy i found your channel my problem is right now that I have a white moon or moth orchid and they're is two of them gifted to me by my sisters in honor and as a memorable to my 15 yr old son who was suddenly and very pain staking sadly killed in an tragic sidexside ATV accident last May 21st 2023. 😢 💔... I have these two orchids and unfortunately they were covered in what looks like medium of soil moss very little bark. The tops are vibrant green well i went to repot them and I smelled mold and sure enough they're was root rot. I removed all the infected tissue and rot i could see. I cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide a drop of unscented natural soap i also rinsed it in regular filtered water. I have soaked it in a black tea bath to help it with some antioxidants im letting it air dry completely. Now im just lost 😅 rather do the sphag and bag similar method or just mount it and see what happens I dont really have the money to spend to buy root hormone so i do have garlin honey cinnamon powder and sticks. Anyway if you could please please order some advice on how to save these babies i would greatly appreciate it thanks for making these videos and your help. ❤ Also i live in a rural area in apartments in southern WV. If that helps

Hervey Bay Queensland Australia here - I mainly use terracotta or clear plastic pots, they work for me so I can see the roots. I do put extra holes in my clear plastic pots with a soldering iron though. I live in a tropical environment in a house with a “wrap around” verandah. All my orchids grow on the verandah, with 50% shade cloth blinds. They are thriving.

What a great video, Dave! We love watching your videos. Thank you for the shoutout and God bless you! 😊

02:00 - that is indeed an impressive specimen. I would have difficulty growing a Cattleya to that size because I grow on the windowsill. I do you the glazed ceramic pots, but as decorative containers. I prefer to grower my Cattleyas in clear plastic pots with holes, placed inside the decorative container (I NEVER grow directly in the decorative container). The holes ensure that the medium doesn't stay soggy for too long, while I appreciate being able to monitor the roots through the clear plastic. I water with rainwater, allowing the orchid to soak for about half an hour, after which I pour away all excess water. I figure that the decorative container allows for a good soak while keeping the light away from the clear plastic pots, preventing algae. Seems to do the trick under my conditions.

Hi! I live in the Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, where it is winter for nine months ))) I use plastic transparent pots. Thanks for the interesting videos and beautiful orchids!👍❤

Hi Dave! From Japan😌🙌The number 1 used product for orchids is terracotta for collectors, and closely after is plastic and ceramics. The ceramics are for displaying phalaenopsis, but they are still in their nursery plastic pots and put into a ceramic pot with large chunks of styrofoam at the bottom. The netted plastic pots and orchid pots are never seen at nurseries here and usually bought online from specific stores. Thanks for the video Dave! It was interesting😃👏🌟

another fantastic video even for an atheist like me

Im from Puerto Rico currently using all pots except ceramic without holes. So basically for me it was experiment to see what works best and all my orchids are behaving nicely already a year in. but i do love full terracotta for the algae and mosses that grow on it

Tree fern is also available in the Caribbean - at least on the island I am from, we have tree fern. Easy to cut into whatever size you want.

I make my own baskets using the endurable guava tree branches. After cutting the branches, i prep them, by leaving them for a few months to dry out, then cut them in 6" lengths to make the baskets. They last forever!! And the orchids love them.

Watching you Dave from 🇬🇭 Ghana, West Africa. Enjoying your videos. Very educational and inspiring. Building my vanda collection again. Thank you. Good Job!!

In my area of Australia I've never seen the airy, plastic pot you showed but it makes me wonder why no one is making them out of thin cane. Maybe I'll try making them!!!!

I think you have allergies, you need antihistimine, you are always scatchig , rubbing and touching your nose hahaha

Love your set up Dave, very jelly it's beautiful...

I have been using the cheap terracotta pots and I have been cutting slits in them with a grinder with a tile cutting blade. I also use the ceramic pots and ventilation slits in them as well…plus I drill holes in the bottom

Love your work!!! You look smokin! I'm in the UK and killin my orchids I have one with no leaves but roots and 2 with leaves no roots omg!!! the rest are doing great I have about 37 not many compared... Any help??? :(

With the deep terracotta pots i fill them halfway with lava rocks. If im using moss / or wood chip media. I agree on the spiritual aspect.

The pot I used for my orchids depends on the type of orchid.

I love terra cotta pots

It's full name is Ludisia discolor. There are other terrestrial orchids that are referred to as jewel orchids. I also have a Macodes petola. I live in central FL. I mostly use terracotta orchid pots. I also mount. Everything in pots are in lava rocks and course perlite. I used the cedar and teak wood baskets but they break down and have fungi growing on them in just a few years.

I absolutely love the wood baskets! Next is the terracotta or clay pots. I just bought a basket! I have not mastered mounting yet, so my babies are in wood baskets and terracotta. I hate plastic! Hate plastic!

I've started over with having orchids. I love Vanilla , really love Albo Verigated vanilla, but this one doesn't like my environment, so they die. Like Nodosa's . I'm in South Texas, I grow indoors, in front of window afternoon light.

I use grape fruit seed extract, you can buy it at vitamin or health food stores or online. Add a few drops to water, use paper towels to not spread viruses, and whipe down the pot when you see it. It just comes right off and it has never harmed my orchid roots when it gets absorbed into the pots.

Hi Dave, I live in the Netherlands and I only have a couple of phals and paphiopedilums inside my house. I watch your videos for escapism, looking at the luxurious plants I can’t grow here. Yet your explanations about orchids’ needs always make sense to me, even if you’re talking about other varieties in a totally different climate. I have used terracotta and transparent plastic pots with holes. But the wooden basket sounds and looks nicer; it could be something I could try here.

Thanks Dave! I have some orchids in terracota pots, others in regular plastic pots and now trying the plastic baskets for the first time. Here in the Caribbean is very hot and humid so I am using more charcoal and rocks with little bark mix. My collection is small and out in a balcony. 🇵🇷⛱️☀️🌊

I use slotted clear plastic pots and put them inside terracotta pots… AND orchids are very spiritual and therapeutic for me too. I had one cattleya for 10+ years hanging in a tree that was strictly on its own, I finally bought a few phals and vandas. Then i went through a very stressful/ traumatic period in my life at work, I happened to repot a phal for the first time and also had one of the vandas bloom at the same time everything was falling apart at work… it was an epiphany that hit me so clearly… I realized that orchids are like life, we have to create an environment for them to thrive and they do the rest. I was not in a thriving environment at work and these orchids showed me that I could thrive in an environment more suited for me instead of trying to thrive in a crappy environment. 🤯 it was so simple yet so profound… Thank you orchids. I am now in a thriving work environment, love what I do and have continued to grow my orchid collection. The cattleya is thriving much more too… I should have 9-12 blooms from all the new growth on her!!

Hi Dave, my favorite type of pot for an orchid is terracotta. I did use a lot of plastic pots for ventilation holes, but growing indoors it seems they never fully dried out. Now, all my cattleyas and dendrobiums are in terracotta pots. I do have a Stanhopia orchid outside in a 6" black plastic pot that really needs to be moved up to an 8" plastic pot next spring. I'm here in Kentucky and it's going down to mid 40's over the weekend so my five vandas and Stanhopia will have to come inside. Another great informative video. Thanks, James

Love the Madagascar palm!

I live in Texas and grow my orchids indoors except for when they need a cool down to bloom. You're going to hate my orchid pots. I like the ones with the reservoirs. I pot my orchids with a wick and when I'm on vacation for 2 or 3 weeks, they stay hydrated. I found my environment dries out the medium really fast. I don't use the self watering on a regular basis but there are times when I really appreciate it. Also, what is the name of the beautiful cattleya you showed in the beginning?

The “scientific “ name of a jewel orchid is “Ludisia” 😉. I am also in Sarasota and, besides mounted orchids, my first choice is terra cota pots. For years I used plastic pots but had too many root rot 😫. So sorry for your big ceramic pot which ended on your lanai floor😱😍

Do you keep any orchids in the house?

My favorite non-pot and project is mounting! Doing a couple today! So fun to do!

Disas like water...

In Miami, FL and terracotta is my favorite❤😊

I’m in nw Oregon 😅 I have a mini greenhouse that I keep inside and I have my cattleyas and catt hybrids in it it’s always about 85 degrees and 70% humidity and I have a little fan always on in it. The rest of my orchids I keep inside all year except my one vanda I put outside during the summer