Thank you for involving us in the assessment of your orchid collection. I think it's important that we see the good and the bad of orchid growing indoors. It's difficult to come back from a long break away to some dead or suffering plants, but can't be avoided. The phals seem to have survived well and I'm sure a lot of the others will bounce back. It's sad to lose a few, but that's life. Good luck with the recovery journey, I look forward to seeing whatever you have the time to film.
Please film all your recovery work. I'm sure it will be very useful for everyone. Given that you were away for three months, I still think your orchids managed just fine. It could have been a lot worse. Good luck with everything!
Thank you! I did expect a lot worse. And it's fun in a way to reset everything and get a collection back on track, we had to do years ago. I just wish i had more time 😅
14:38 The metal containers I was using this summer started to get rust so I had to get rid of them. They were light weight though and very inexpensive. Maybe it was the high humidity of having them in an enclosed porch? 🤔 Nice to know that orchids can bloom without too much attention. ☺️👍 22:08 I have a mounted Gastrochilus japonicus. It bloomed six months after I bought it and then it finally started attaching to the mount. Not sure if I would have accepted the challenge of watering so many plants. 😟 27:45 I recently purchased two Psychopsis Mendenhalls. One of the first ones had a snail that chopped down the newest leaf but I was able to exchange it. No snails or other pests since. I'm just waiting for new roots until I can repot them together.
Our metal containers dont seem to rust so far, but we'll see when we move to a more humid area. I see what you mean, we are paying the lady that came, she usually works in house cleaning, so she likes the change of pace in watering the plants. Good luck with your psychopsis, im sure you'll see how rewarding they are! Thank you so much for watching.
Incrivelmente dificil, até porque se eu for explicar os detalhes olham para mim como se eu fosse maluca! Mais facil dizer "um bocadinho de agua em cada vaso" 😅
They really did very good while you were away. but you do have quite a bit of work to do, but just think how good they are going to look and feel after their make over! :)
Oh boy you do sound so tired. You definitely got your work cut out for you getting the collection back up. Hope it's not as hard as we think. Get some rest. Things look better when your not so tired. 😊
Thank you for your kind words. Rest is definitely evasive, we're fixing up a new apartment to move into soon... it's hard to want to work on the orchids and have no energy!
My Leptotes bicolor is potted as well, I really try not to keep plants mounted. 07:54 is that a cat under the table?! And I killed you Epidendrum porpax and the Cologne fimbriata (after it even flowered) So upsetting that it's mainly the fail-ew-nope-sis that made it... Weeds are always so hard to get rid of. Hope you have a good move!!!
fail-ew-nope-sis also get crown rot at the drop of a hat... it's our girl Moon under the table, she's a Corgi! it's ok, if you ever want more of those, they also grow like weeds :)
@@MattbyNature ahah my bad, i mean the porpax and the fimbriata grow like weeds. We have two old ladies, the other is an ancient chihuahua, that turned blind last month. We're having no luck lately!
@@PetalsSepalsandSpines goodness, for a moment I thought you meant the other … plants. A chihuahua?! My partner is OBSEOBSESSED with those. I guess there’ll be one in my future. How old is the chihuahua? So sad they turned blind 😕 how does your baby manage?
gosh I can't stay away from my orchids unless its during winter. I plan to travel 1 to 2 weeks away only during this time when I don't need to worry about having to water them.
Thank you for involving us in the assessment of your orchid collection. I think it's important that we see the good and the bad of orchid growing indoors. It's difficult to come back from a long break away to some dead or suffering plants, but can't be avoided. The phals seem to have survived well and I'm sure a lot of the others will bounce back. It's sad to lose a few, but that's life. Good luck with the recovery journey, I look forward to seeing whatever you have the time to film.
Thank you so much for your nice words, im excited to fet the collection back on track (at some point).
Please film all your recovery work. I'm sure it will be very useful for everyone. Given that you were away for three months, I still think your orchids managed just fine. It could have been a lot worse. Good luck with everything!
Thank you! I did expect a lot worse. And it's fun in a way to reset everything and get a collection back on track, we had to do years ago. I just wish i had more time 😅
14:38 The metal containers I was using this summer started to get rust so I had to get rid of them. They were light weight though and very inexpensive. Maybe it was the high humidity of having them in an enclosed porch? 🤔
Nice to know that orchids can bloom without too much attention. ☺️👍
22:08 I have a mounted Gastrochilus japonicus. It bloomed six months after I bought it and then it finally started attaching to the mount.
Not sure if I would have accepted the challenge of watering so many plants. 😟
27:45 I recently purchased two Psychopsis Mendenhalls. One of the first ones had a snail that chopped down the newest leaf but I was able to exchange it. No snails or other pests since. I'm just waiting for new roots until I can repot them together.
Our metal containers dont seem to rust so far, but we'll see when we move to a more humid area.
I see what you mean, we are paying the lady that came, she usually works in house cleaning, so she likes the change of pace in watering the plants.
Good luck with your psychopsis, im sure you'll see how rewarding they are!
Thank you so much for watching.
Que pena mas ainda assim muito resistiram elas. Impressionante como é difícil fazer compreender como regar orquídeas a quem não é do hobby 😢
Incrivelmente dificil, até porque se eu for explicar os detalhes olham para mim como se eu fosse maluca! Mais facil dizer "um bocadinho de agua em cada vaso" 😅
They really did very good while you were away. but you do have quite a bit of work to do, but just think how good they are going to look and feel after their make over! :)
Yes, and since we'll be moving in a few months, they'll be looking good on their new home! 🙂
Oh boy you do sound so tired. You definitely got your work cut out for you getting the collection back up. Hope it's not as hard as we think. Get some rest. Things look better when your not so tired. 😊
Thank you for your kind words. Rest is definitely evasive, we're fixing up a new apartment to move into soon... it's hard to want to work on the orchids and have no energy!
My Leptotes bicolor is potted as well, I really try not to keep plants mounted.
07:54 is that a cat under the table?!
And I killed you Epidendrum porpax and the Cologne fimbriata (after it even flowered)
So upsetting that it's mainly the fail-ew-nope-sis that made it... Weeds are always so hard to get rid of. Hope you have a good move!!!
fail-ew-nope-sis also get crown rot at the drop of a hat... it's our girl Moon under the table, she's a Corgi! it's ok, if you ever want more of those, they also grow like weeds :)
@@PetalsSepalsandSpines thank you, but I think I’m good on the corgi front.
I have to admit I didn’t know you have a doggo though
@@MattbyNature ahah my bad, i mean the porpax and the fimbriata grow like weeds. We have two old ladies, the other is an ancient chihuahua, that turned blind last month. We're having no luck lately!
@@PetalsSepalsandSpines goodness, for a moment I thought you meant the other … plants.
A chihuahua?! My partner is OBSEOBSESSED with those. I guess there’ll be one in my future. How old is the chihuahua? So sad they turned blind 😕 how does your baby manage?
gosh I can't stay away from my orchids unless its during winter. I plan to travel 1 to 2 weeks away only during this time when I don't need to worry about having to water them.
That would be ideal, but family needed us, so this year the orchids had to fend for themselves a little bit. And they did ok, all considered!
@@PetalsSepalsandSpines thats good to hear