The videos of the re-potting have been very helpful for me. I would never cut away so much material thinking I was killing it. Now I understand how to tell good roots from bad. I should probably invest in some good moss. Mine is bargain basement but it was what I had. By now I have gotten all my orchids “properly “ re-potted. These kind of videos are extremely helpful and will hopefully lead to healthy blooming plants for years to come!
The gorgeous Den-Phal I recently bought came in soil with a coconut husk plug. It was indeed a nightmare to remove and I tore off a lot of good roots by accident in the process. I lost the 2nd flower spike and a lot of leaves because of it :/. But last week I noticed 4 new growths that are all growing very fast, so it seems to be recovering! I didn't even know they could produce this many new growths at the same time!
Great to know! I would opt for putting pots of my preferred medium next to the pot with the coconut husk in it and wait for the orchid to grow into them. Perhaps I would not now. 😊
Thank you Danny! I got my first Phalaenopsis for Mother's Day. I knew nothing about orchids or their care until I came upon your podcast. I'm hooked! Just bought my second orchid.
How about introducing us to your baby jackdaw? I fostered a baby magpie a while back. It was such a joy! And I've read jackdaws are possible the most intelligent of the corvids. Also super social!
Here in my place orchid nurseries sell almost every sympodial orchid in that coconut husk media 😢such a horrible way to grow them ..totally agree with you on it being the worst 😡 So many of mine are in setback due to this ...I have to soak them overnight and then try to dissect and salvage as many roots as possible.. I have repeatedly complained nurseries regarding this issue
Hey hello, if you happen to read this reply, would you let me know how you remove the coco husks from the cattlyas. I have recently ordered few, and they all are in coco husk. And if we destroy few roots, how long it takes for the orchid to recover? I am very new to orchids like 2 months old.😊.
@@AnirimaGhosh hey Sad to hear the same fate with your orchids If the mushy brown and dried up roots get damaged, its absolutely fine Try avoiding too much damage to the fleshy green new root tips It usually depends on the type of hybrid, most of them take a couple of weeks while others take months And it also depends on the season, if its in the winter months, they take longer time to adapt
@@AnirimaGhosh what I do is usually soak them overnight in a tub of water And remove the husk next day Its comes off easily with forceps /tweezers Some times the whole husk comes off easily if the nursery has recently potted it. If its quite long then the roots would have grown fully into the husk which is more troublesome If u can't wait Then atleast soak it for a few hours in warm water and then proceed Its a time consuming process but do it slowly bit by bit Once you've reached halfway, again spray it with water and wash off the debris and clean the roots. Its best to repot the orchid immediately in new potting media to prevent drying up of the damaged roots
I am new to orchids and have only tried phals, I do have 9 somehow! I ordered 2 cattleya and this video was helpful. The roots look different from phals..
Great repotting and care tips, thanks for sharing. I really like the way you layered sphagnum and bark and used this method with my bulbophyllum and they grow happily. Happy growing 😊!
This video is perfect for me. It answers some vexing questions that you are answering. Thank you for being there for us. I've been away from watching all the people - you primarily - because of Covid that now that I'm back it's sooo nice to see YOU instead of hearing your friendly voice and talking with your hands. Such a beautiful lady; why did you hide yourself for such a long time?
I was in the same boat 6 years ago w/ a baby pigeon (4 days old) w/ a splayed leg. It's sibling died & parents abandoned him bc his leg got stuck in the grate the nest was on and it couldn't move (which the parents knew was a death sentence) so it was starving and leg was abscessed. Was a huge learning curve but such an amazing experience! Leg got splinted and fully recovered. Took many pics of him among my orchids. Good luck to the baby jackdaw!
I love your videos! Also, i had to laugh when you stopped and finished off camera. Romanian curse words flying, lol! I've had some repots with a dark cloud of English curse words above the house. 😂🤬🙊
It is always so awful to me when I repot my orchids and I have to manhandle them to get them out of whatever pot or medium the nursery put them in. My only consolation is that the night is darkest before dawn, so to speak; it is the only way for the orchid to get better. And once the set back is over, they will thrive❤
Thank you for this hopeful and helpful video. I have an orchid that recently lost its new eye and just died and the previous pseudobulb died along with it. I still have 4 older canes that are alive but they’re not doing much. I guess I’ll wait for something to happen. Fingers crossed 🤞🏾.
Your videos have been very educational. I am an orchid mommy and what to keep them healthy and happy. So for that I thank you. Do you use straight peroxide 3% or you dilute in water?
MOG-as far as inhaling the bad smell from rot, have you tried putting a small fan behind you but pointed towards you, this way the fan is blowing the air away from you?
I just bought my first orchid on impulse, love your beginner care videos. Placed a rePOTme order for medium and a pot. Will it be ok if it takes a few days for the new home to show up or should i get it out of the nursery/wet pot it came in and let it air out ? Any advice anyone could give would be helpful. Thanks 😊
Dani, I also switched to moss due to my hot climate as well. I was wondering if you cut the flower spikes on your polychilos orchids after they lose their blooms?
Hi Danni, thank you for all of your information. I just started having the orchid addiction and have not killed my orchid babies because of your information. I have a question for you. I have a mini phal which has 2 flower spikes growing from the center of the crown and a leaf has formed half way up one of the flower spikes will this hurt my plant and should I do anything?????
Little question. I was given a flowered phalaenopsis from the store a few weeks ago (I already have another at home) and it had a small leaf coming out of the center, today I have noticed that this leaf is starting to die, it is blackened. This had never happened to me before. Will the plant die or could it be that it will take out another leaf again? It is in good health, it has 6 healthy leaves and soo many roots.
Hi, there's no way to tell if the crown is completely damaged and the orchid will make a keiki, or if it can still put out new roots. Just let it be for now and see what happens next. If more leaves start to yellow, then it's crown rot thought and needs addressing! Good luck!
Hi, I have really bad luck with my dendrobium phenelopsis purchases😕. Bouth of them come with demaged risome. The bigest cane produced a keki at the top with very well devleloped roots (20 cm long) so I am wondering can i cut part of cane with a keki ? Becouse I am new to the hobi and I don't think that I have good enough skills to seperate just the keki.
Hello gorgeous. Need your advice. My old orchid (phalaenopsis) is large and has many aerial roots. Can it be divided into two parts? Cut off the upper part with most of the aerial roots, plant them and leave the lower part to recover. Maybe you could make a video about it?
I don't think orchids can be propagated like that, but I could be wrong. To my understanding, the only way to propagate an orchid (without pollination) is via keikis. What you want to do might irreparably damage your orchid. (Not the expert, so I could be wrong). Phalaenopsis are monopodial, so you would be basically hacking at the mother plant
@@LukeSWErrthing - One of my orchids is very old but in pretty good condition. Its long trunk, a lot of aerial roots, I thought maybe I could "rejuvenate" it by dividing it into two parts. I wouldn't want to lose her after such an operation.
The upper part, as long as there was no infection, could continue to grow with adequate roots but would likely be set back. The chances of the lower part producing a keiki is extremely low, so it wouldn't be a propagation, just a size reduction
@@StasysFPV as another user said, you would basically wind up with a smaller plant and one of the halves will likely die off (if not both, given how likely it is the cuts you make will get infected). I don't think that is what you're looking for by doing that, so I wouldn't recommend it. Monopodial orchids grow upward and get rid of the bottommost leaves as they grow. If you need to cut the trunk down because it's not doing the orchid any favors, you can do that and seal the cut with hot silicone glue (MissOrchidGirl has a video on treating stem cuts). But no... I don't think you'll get the result you want from this procedure.
Please don't keep caring for the baby jackdaw, give it to a wildlife rehabiliation center if available, it could become used to humans and then have no chance of surviving in the wild.
Wild life rehabs here don't accept crows and its either me, or the 1.5 million stray cats on the island (population around 1 mil humans).. It's gonna be MAY! 😆
Watch the entire season here th-cam.com/play/PLxo6tXzj__mYz8X8anr4hyH_th2Lj49W4.html
Literally had a nightmare last night that all my orchids were infested with spidermites 😢 woke up and immediately checked them all 😅
The videos of the re-potting have been very helpful for me. I would never cut away so much material thinking I was killing it. Now I understand how to tell good roots from bad. I should probably invest in some good moss. Mine is bargain basement but it was what I had. By now I have gotten all my orchids “properly “ re-potted. These kind of videos are extremely helpful and will hopefully lead to healthy blooming plants for years to come!
The gorgeous Den-Phal I recently bought came in soil with a coconut husk plug. It was indeed a nightmare to remove and I tore off a lot of good roots by accident in the process. I lost the 2nd flower spike and a lot of leaves because of it :/. But last week I noticed 4 new growths that are all growing very fast, so it seems to be recovering! I didn't even know they could produce this many new growths at the same time!
Great to know! I would opt for putting pots of my preferred medium next to the pot with the coconut husk in it and wait for the orchid to grow into them. Perhaps I would not now. 😊
Thank you Danny! I got my first Phalaenopsis for Mother's Day. I knew nothing about orchids or their care until I came upon your podcast. I'm hooked! Just bought my second orchid.
How about introducing us to your baby jackdaw? I fostered a baby magpie a while back. It was such a joy! And I've read jackdaws are possible the most intelligent of the corvids. Also super social!
I bought a den-phal in that coco stuf,and lost all the roots because of that.😵💫 It was a nightmare repott.Cute little new bird!❤
Here in my place orchid nurseries sell almost every sympodial orchid in that coconut husk media 😢such a horrible way to grow them ..totally agree with you on it being the worst 😡
So many of mine are in setback due to this ...I have to soak them overnight and then try to dissect and salvage as many roots as possible.. I have repeatedly complained nurseries regarding this issue
Hey hello, if you happen to read this reply, would you let me know how you remove the coco husks from the cattlyas. I have recently ordered few, and they all are in coco husk. And if we destroy few roots, how long it takes for the orchid to recover? I am very new to orchids like 2 months old.😊.
@@AnirimaGhosh hey
Sad to hear the same fate with your orchids
If the mushy brown and dried up roots get damaged, its absolutely fine
Try avoiding too much damage to the fleshy green new root tips
It usually depends on the type of hybrid, most of them take a couple of weeks while others take months
And it also depends on the season, if its in the winter months, they take longer time to adapt
@@AnirimaGhosh what I do is usually soak them overnight in a tub of water
And remove the husk next day
Its comes off easily with forceps /tweezers
Some times the whole husk comes off easily if the nursery has recently potted it.
If its quite long then the roots would have grown fully into the husk which is more troublesome
If u can't wait
Then atleast soak it for a few hours in warm water and then proceed
Its a time consuming process but do it slowly bit by bit
Once you've reached halfway, again spray it with water and wash off the debris and clean the roots.
Its best to repot the orchid immediately in new potting media to prevent drying up of the damaged roots
@@rakshith.s.aradhya thanks… really. I have never seen any plant sandwiched with coco shells 😥🤣. Gonna be a nightmare.
Ooh, the new baby bird is such a cutie 🥰 Do the other birds accept her?
I am new to orchids and have only tried phals, I do have 9 somehow! I ordered 2 cattleya and this video was helpful. The roots look different from phals..
Thank you Danny I love and learn so much 💗 from your videos
Great repotting and care tips, thanks for sharing. I really like the way you layered sphagnum and bark and used this method with my bulbophyllum and they grow happily. Happy growing 😊!
This video is perfect for me. It answers some vexing questions that you are answering. Thank you for being there for us. I've been away from watching all the people - you primarily - because of Covid that now that I'm back it's sooo nice to see YOU instead of hearing your friendly voice and talking with your hands. Such a beautiful lady; why did you hide yourself for such a long time?
❤ fluffy birdie!!! So cute!
I was in the same boat 6 years ago w/ a baby pigeon (4 days old) w/ a splayed leg. It's sibling died & parents abandoned him bc his leg got stuck in the grate the nest was on and it couldn't move (which the parents knew was a death sentence) so it was starving and leg was abscessed. Was a huge learning curve but such an amazing experience! Leg got splinted and fully recovered. Took many pics of him among my orchids. Good luck to the baby jackdaw!
Thanks so much for doing so much reporting on camera, really inspiring
I just ordered Fancy Warm Welcome maybe 1 hour before watching your video. It looks beautiful and can't wait for it to arrive, grow & flower.
I love your videos! Also, i had to laugh when you stopped and finished off camera. Romanian curse words flying, lol! I've had some repots with a dark cloud of English curse words above the house. 😂🤬🙊
Love your videos! And that colour looks amazing on you! 💙
Thank you for all you do!
Thank you so much! 🧡
It is always so awful to me when I repot my orchids and I have to manhandle them to get them out of whatever pot or medium the nursery put them in. My only consolation is that the night is darkest before dawn, so to speak; it is the only way for the orchid to get better. And once the set back is over, they will thrive❤
Thank you for this hopeful and helpful video. I have an orchid that recently lost its new eye and just died and the previous pseudobulb died along with it. I still have 4 older canes that are alive but they’re not doing much. I guess I’ll wait for something to happen. Fingers crossed 🤞🏾.
I love cattleyas they are so adorable
Hello Dani, You no longer use transparent pots, so how do you see the roots health ? Thanks for your help.
Your videos have been very educational. I am an orchid mommy and what to keep them healthy and happy. So for that I thank you. Do you use straight peroxide 3% or you dilute in water?
MOG-as far as inhaling the bad smell from rot, have you tried putting a small fan behind you but pointed towards you, this way the fan is blowing the air away from you?
I just bought my first orchid on impulse, love your beginner care videos. Placed a rePOTme order for medium and a pot. Will it be ok if it takes a few days for the new home to show up or should i get it out of the nursery/wet pot it came in and let it air out ? Any advice anyone could give would be helpful. Thanks 😊
“I’ll try to be a bit more silent😶🌫️ SO WHAT I DECIDED TO DO😤”
🤣🤣🤣 in my mind I was more silent 🤷🏻♀️
Where do you get the Botanical Market pots? This repotting video has really helped me with my first Cattleya. Thanks
Dani, I also switched to moss due to my hot climate as well. I was wondering if you cut the flower spikes on your polychilos orchids after they lose their blooms?
Are you in a humid climate? I live in Sarasota Florida, very humid, I don’t have real good luck using Sphagnum moss. Any tips?
Hi Danni, thank you for all of your information. I just started having the orchid addiction and have not killed my orchid babies because of your information. I have a question for you. I have a mini phal which has 2 flower spikes growing from the center of the crown and a leaf has formed half way up one of the flower spikes will this hurt my plant and should I do anything?????
I can’t always get good bark. Then I use garden bark and microwave it before use to kill any pests an fungus…….
Is it ever ok to cut a phalenopsis when there is new growth with roots is growing above the old roots? I have one very tall one with upper roots.
Where do you get your outer pots? I find them so expensive.
If you are in the USA, Thrift stores are good places to look for really cheap pots. I can find really nice outer pots for like a couple of dollars.
In case anyone was wondering, MSU=Michigan State University
Little question. I was given a flowered phalaenopsis from the store a few weeks ago (I already have another at home) and it had a small leaf coming out of the center, today I have noticed that this leaf is starting to die, it is blackened. This had never happened to me before. Will the plant die or could it be that it will take out another leaf again? It is in good health, it has 6 healthy leaves and soo many roots.
Hi, there's no way to tell if the crown is completely damaged and the orchid will make a keiki, or if it can still put out new roots. Just let it be for now and see what happens next. If more leaves start to yellow, then it's crown rot thought and needs addressing! Good luck!
Hi, I have really bad luck with my dendrobium phenelopsis purchases😕. Bouth of them come with demaged risome. The bigest cane produced a keki at the top with very well devleloped roots (20 cm long) so I am wondering can i cut part of cane with a keki ? Becouse I am new to the hobi and I don't think that I have good enough skills to seperate just the keki.
Hi, yes if you don't think you can twist the keiki off safely, you can cut the top of the mother cane with it 😊
Have you seen orchids potted in chopped up tire rubber?
Why don't you soak b4.?
Hello gorgeous. Need your advice. My old orchid (phalaenopsis) is large and has many aerial roots. Can it be divided into two parts? Cut off the upper part with most of the aerial roots, plant them and leave the lower part to recover. Maybe you could make a video about it?
I don't think orchids can be propagated like that, but I could be wrong. To my understanding, the only way to propagate an orchid (without pollination) is via keikis. What you want to do might irreparably damage your orchid. (Not the expert, so I could be wrong). Phalaenopsis are monopodial, so you would be basically hacking at the mother plant
@@LukeSWErrthing - One of my orchids is very old but in pretty good condition. Its long trunk, a lot of aerial roots, I thought maybe I could "rejuvenate" it by dividing it into two parts. I wouldn't want to lose her after such an operation.
The upper part, as long as there was no infection, could continue to grow with adequate roots but would likely be set back. The chances of the lower part producing a keiki is extremely low, so it wouldn't be a propagation, just a size reduction
@@StasysFPV as another user said, you would basically wind up with a smaller plant and one of the halves will likely die off (if not both, given how likely it is the cuts you make will get infected). I don't think that is what you're looking for by doing that, so I wouldn't recommend it. Monopodial orchids grow upward and get rid of the bottommost leaves as they grow. If you need to cut the trunk down because it's not doing the orchid any favors, you can do that and seal the cut with hot silicone glue (MissOrchidGirl has a video on treating stem cuts). But no... I don't think you'll get the result you want from this procedure.
Loved the video! But I like to see your beautiful face now that you have changed your video's.. 😊
Please don't keep caring for the baby jackdaw, give it to a wildlife rehabiliation center if available, it could become used to humans and then have no chance of surviving in the wild.
Wild life rehabs here don't accept crows and its either me, or the 1.5 million stray cats on the island (population around 1 mil humans).. It's gonna be MAY! 😆