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@@justinsdutchtropics hi 👋🏻 I’m most nervous about the pleurothallis types and trying to grow a Masdevallia again. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

@@deedeeblooms7896 I've killed so many I gave up😂

@@annavoeggia816 I’m very happy with my big cymbidiums. And yes I love the tree. It’s messy but gives the orchids natural leaf litter with nutrients. We will see if I get around to mounting some orchids on the tree this spring. 🤞🏻

@@artisgagal5320 I’m sorry I missed your good morning 💕

@@FernandaNascimentoOrchids hi Fernanda 👋🏻 do you have any care videos I can watch on bromeliads?

@@deedeeblooms7896 Hi Dee Dee, no not really. I may have mentioned how I care for them in a video but I don't remember which one. Anyway, they are the easiest plants in my garden. They don't really need much care. The roots are mostly needed for anchoring and so when I buy them, although they come in a pot with dirt, I take the substrate off and plant them in the ground in a small hole with stones around the plant to make it stand upright. They don't drink from the roots. They drink from the crowns which are sort of reservoirs, therefore I water from above. They do not care much for fertilizer and so I use a weak solution, same as with orchids. Very often I only water with the hose with mains water. They like filtered sun and even some direct sun if not too hot. I hope this helped and happy growing 🥰🥰

@@domingojeromececilio5059 hi there! Sadly I lost my roseopicta. I still have about a half dozen Calathea in my collection. I lose many leaves to the browning and curly crisps. I think it’s that my humidity is not high enough. I plan on repotting all of my collection into self watering this coming spring or when I see a flush of new growths. Make sure to only water with distilled water or reverse osmosis water. Not sure how often you are watering but since it’s winter water every 10 days or so keeping consistently damp/moist. I’m sorry I don’t have any magical instructions. Calathea are really hard to grow outside of a humid greenhouse.

@@roslynbarclay1000 good to know! I’ll probably transition more of my Dendrobiums outside this coming spring. But not the Den Phal types.

@@meenaxisanga thank you 💕

@@madinasharifullina2480 thank you! When I first get an orchid, I research the lighting, watering, temperature, and fertilizer needs. I then choose my best growing space for the lighting and temperature. I check for any pests and treat if any are found. If I’m unsure at all about pest being present, I will keep the orchid separate from any of my growing areas for close to a month. I do not repot right away unless the media is very bad. I let the orchid adapt first for at least 3 to 6 weeks. If after that time, the orchid seems to be doing OK and if the media seems old, I will repot. If the media seems OK, I won’t repot until it’s needed. I water my orchids when they are reaching dryness, trying very hard not to let them go completely dry. Usually in summer that is once a week and in winter that’s every 10 to 14 days. For fertilizer during active vegetative growth. I try to fertilize 2 to 3 times a month with a weak solution and when the plant is not growing, I pull back on fertilizer to once a month to every six weeks. Every few months, I take damp paper towels, and wipe the dust off of leaves and closely check for pests. I look for pests each time I water too, but when cleaning the leaves, I especially look in the nooks and crannies. I am certainly not perfect in all of these instructions and there have been times where I haven’t been able to fertilize for several months or I get behind on my watering schedule and the Orchids go dry a bit too long and can shrivel. I try my best and thankfully most orchids are very forgiving and very tough. thank you so much for watching and if I can answer anything in more detail, please let me know.

@@bundakiyama hi thanks for watching! I don’t have the Dendrobium spectabile yet in my collection. I do have the alexandre which is very similar.

@@annavoeggia816 I got on a roll of getting them and then just ran into pest trouble over and over. I really hope self watering will provide the stability in growing conditions for them to better fight off pest attacks. Would love to see your Dendrobiums 😀

@@annavoeggia816 hi again…my collection is young.. hopefully future years will see them strong and blooming.

@@annavoeggia816 thank you! It took foooorrreeevvveeerrr to open!

@@madinasharifullina2480 awww thanks! I live about 20 miles away from the ocean. The summers can be blistering so I don’t grow too many outside.

@@tropicalplantsfinland 😂 I like the Finnish saying.

@@tropicalplantsfinland I know…so mean of them

@@pauladixon-williams3246 Thank you! I finally feel like I’m figuring out stabilized care for them. Hopefully more blooms to come.

@@zenjoyablespirit2467 lol next time one of mine blooms I’ll have to film Hammertime 🤣

@ lol yes!!!! That would be so awesome 😎 😆

@@lindaannb hi 👋🏻 the Zygos in this video I’ve had for no more than 3 years. I can’t say how old they were when I bought them. I would think at least 2-3 years. The smallest Zygo I have going on 3 years is a species, Zygo triste, which is about to bloom. I’ll feature that when the buds open. The largest I have and the longest, 3 1/2 years, is a hybrid. I repotted it 2 years ago and it naturally divided into 2 plants. I potted them separately. Now they’ve grown so well they are getting close to outgrowing their 8” pots. They both have 2 directions of growth and I bet will both naturally divide again giving me 4 plants if I want. The next repot though I think I’ll pot them all together to grow a specimen sized plant. To answer your question though, I have 16 different Zygo plants. They range in size by their bushiness, direction of growth, and spacing. Some grow in tighter clumps where others seem to spread out with larger pseudo bulbs. I have found Zygos to bloom even when smaller and younger. I would think you could grow and keep one smaller by removing older growths every few years.

@ Thanks for your very helpful response! Maybe I could squeeze one in to my collection. The one that I had before had the loveliest fragrance and was just gorgeous. I’ll keep watching to see more of your zygos!

@@sheiselwilliams1 my 3rd flower is still going strong. This blooms for a good amount of time, another bonus!

@@angelachau271 the fragrance is divine!

@@Rufiat99 thank you…they are doing fantastic. All the wrinkles are gone from their leaves. Wish I had repotted them sooner.

@@marygorchidsmore2058 Pink Girl is absolutely precious…she’s little by little opening each bud. I hope yours blooms soon!

@@annavoeggia816 Brookside always ships amazing plants.

@@roslynbarclay1000 thanks you! I’m very excited to grow all of these.

@@시인적연 Thank you for watching!

@@annavoeggia816 they are amazing! I hope I can keep them going long term.

@@Rufiat99 Thank you!

@@tomfurmby88 Thanks for pointing out the harmonica leaves are not a simple answer. It’s overall the challenge of mimicking the moisture needs they get in their natural habitat, which includes humidity. I think I have them in too bright of light as well.

@@anndriggers6660 Thanks so much for watching and your feedback. I will look for potting video opportunities. I will only want to do this for ones that are established and actually thrive in my care. I wouldn’t want to show you my potting new ones I’ve never had before, you get one and do the same thing and then mine die afterwards from what I did. These all being new to me I’m doing my best guessing. Just a few snippets about my potting methods…if it’s a thirsty type of orchid, like Oncidiums, Coelygne, Cochleanthes, Bulbophyllum, Paphiopedilums, I use mostly moss with a smattering of bark & perlite thrown around but if it’s one that needs to dry out or mostly dry out in between, like Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Encyclia, Dendrobium, I use half and half moss with bark & perlite.

@@justinsdutchtropics thanks for the tips! I’m really hoping to be successful with it. The leaves are curling in on themselves. Probably in shock.

@@deedeeblooms7896 yeah I get that also, I think it might mean too warm. When they are grown cooler and moist the leaves develop perfectly. Cool, wet , humid. Not the easiest to reproduce, fortunately that's kind of what the Dutch summer is like🤣

@@sheiselwilliams1 Thanks for the tip! 💕

@@deedeeblooms7896 You're very welcome.