Re-potting Cymbidiums and Phalaenopsis orchids with Jim Durrant at McBean's

It's time to start re-potting Cymbidiums and Phalaenopsis orchids! Today Jim talks about how we re-pot our Cymbidiums orchids at McBean's, the medium we use an how to treat them after re-potting. We also cover Phalaenopsis orchid re-potting as they are traditionally the more common orchid people have. Apologies for the film quality we are experimenting with different cameras!

[@aradeukmedjian5957]

Excellent teaching

[@Garnetspagrud]

Looking forward to your new videos.. Hopefully soon😊 They are great! Thanks

[@avant-gardeningstudios]

Very informative and I enjoyed the no fuss approach.

[@NU2UTX]

Good video. I needed help with my cymbidiums.

[@niojilayimchunger4379]

Lovely flowers ❤️❤️❤️

[@sn2554]

Loved this thankyou i may now never need to throw away my beautiful plants without saving them ❤❤

[@sallychan753]

Thanks for the tips, very informative!

[@gardeningworldandindiancoo4670]

Nice video sir

[@suethompson6497]

Love your videos, great information and lessons. I wish you had more varieties for sale online.

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

We will have more in the winter when our Cymbidiums and Oncidiums start flowering. Thank you.

[@suethompson6497]

@@mcbeansorchids2367 Thank you, look forward to that.

[@hemamittal9338]

Thankyou so much, so informative!

[@backineurope6680]

Could you please show how to correctly water cymbidium and other orchids? Water from below or above ? How often ?Thank you from Belgium

[@yadigarakalin3051]

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[@jehamymedinafinch1515]

Hello!! I have learned a lot from your videos. Thank you. Could you tell me why some buds of my cymbidiums die before opening the little flowers. I opened a bud pocket because I saw it with some spots from the inside and when I opened it all the little flowers that were growing fell and inside there was something sticky and brown, also that in some areas of the floral stem when I removed the cover that they have. 😢😢 so I don't know if it's a bacteria or a plague. I hope you help me. Thank you 🎉❤

[@jennysayaseng4521]

So far I’ve just watched two other videos on repotting these cymbidium orchids but they kept all their roots and didn’t cut into it like this man. I’m confused to whom I should follow about repotting my cymbidium orchids.

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

Hi Jenny, it depends on the plant. Sometimes you just need to pot up a size and not remove any roots. Other times there is a mass of old pseudobulbs that needs to come off along with the roots that are connected to them - they are no longer needed.

[@jennysayaseng4521]

@@mcbeansorchids2367 I truly appreciate you for replying back to me. Because I’ve had my cymbidium orchids for over 6 years and they’re finally doing really well this year. But they’re so big and I’ve always thought about separating them in different pots, but I didn’t want to kill them by separating them, then I came across two other videos and yours. I loved your ways of doing it but i freaked out because when I saw the other two videos they kept all the roots . So, from what I can see through your video that it is ok to cut the roots because it’ll reroot itself again.

[@ThuHuynh-vo3cc]

Could you please tell me how much bark, peat and perlite can I use as potting mix? Thank you very much

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

30% peat 40% bark 30% pearlier

[@ThuHuynh-vo3cc]

Thank you Mr McBean for reply back to me because I know you are very busy. I really appreciate your kindness.

[@sannekemartha7737]

you water the orchids with rain water. Can fusarium be spread by rain water ? btw thank you very much for sharing the information.

[@zoraidafraser9228]

Do you water straight away after repotting? You said not to feed till after 2 months but how about watering?
Thanks for reply

[@ThuHuynh-vo3cc]

Hi Mr McBean! I live in Australia and I just started growing orchids. I have about 10 phalalopsis and somehow the new leaves are a lot smaller than older leaves. I fertilize every two weeks with half strength orchid fertiliser. Would you please tell me what is wrong with them and please give me some advice how to improve healthy growth with lots of flowers.
I wish you all the best and please do more orchird videos. Love watching your video 😍

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

Hi if you email us on [e-mail] with some pictures we may be able to help! ☺️

[@peteruk8925]

Hi I noticed that you not putting any fungicide onto the back bulbs which kept onto main plant's? Is this not required? Many thanks Peter uk

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

Hi Peter, as long as your culture is of a decent quality no need for fungicide. We try and reduce the amount of chemicals we use at the nursery. 👍

[@hemamittal9338]

How can we tuck them to the out side trees forever?👏

[@Kathy-ku8dx]

You tie them up with cotton or jute with some moss around them

[@rotluangivanchhawng9823]

What kind of soil use for Cymbidium?

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

We use a mix of peat, bark and pearlite.

[@ThuHuynh-vo3cc]

Could you please tell me what kind of knife do you use to cut the orchid?
Thanks

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

Any kind of knife. Serrated is a little easier

[@ThuHuynh-vo3cc]

I love watching your video. Your information is so useful. It helped me to rescue my cymbidium cricket. Thank you very much
Mr McBean😍

[@rajulshah1]

Hii! How long after reporting cymbidiums does it bloom?

[@Kathy-ku8dx]

If you are repotting right after flowering , it will bloom the same the next year.

[@tuyetvo4353]

For me 10-12 months -
My Cymbidium orchids blooom in spring time ..
Keep feeding them monthly .

[@phamquyet6890]

How can i buy that orchird ? Please

[@mcbeansorchids2367]

Most of the orchids on our videos are not for sale - they make up our breeding collection.

[@Kathy-ku8dx]

@@mcbeansorchids2367 Please sell some of them!

[@rezuuz]

Why not put the plants in a larger pot and forget about it for another 3 years 🤔🤔..

[@limbudevraj6580]

Limbu dev raj is too like orkits