Oncidium Types - Anticipating Problems and Some Solutions
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- A look at and chat about some of the Oncidium types. What can go wrong and trying to anticipate problems before they happen and ways to deal with them.
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Roger you have taught me SOOO MUCH.THANK YOU,YOU ROCK!!!!
Thanks for all your chats. It's that little bit of more information besides the basics that makes a difference.
You're welcome.
Oncidiums are the ones I find very tricky. In April ,May and June, the temp. reaches 40 degrees C and the night dip is only a couple of degrees. I lost all my fancy oncidiums this year to the heat. But I’ve learnt so much from the oncidium videos. Especially the ones I shouldn’t buy. I mount most of them to save space. It does mean a lot more watering, but they’re growing quite well. Thank you for all the lessons and the stories!
Oncidium types will need a lot of water in that sort of heat.
Wow!! What videos you have! Wonderful!
Thanks.
Thanks for another very informative video!
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Excellent topic Roger. Thanks.
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Very useful tips on oncidium orchid, congratulations for the 10k!
Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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I watched it twice trying to learn how to handle my oncidium types
Thanks.
Thank you 🌸Great help with my alliance oncidiums.
You're welcome.
Really useful, good to be reminded of things I'd forgotten. Promoted a sort out.🤷🏽♀️✅
I've decided this year that keeping unhealthy struggling orchids around just generates worry. Remove them and the worry goes away too.
Thank you so much, very informative and I've learned so much from this video
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Thank you for another great video. I am realizing that you need to see the media and then like you say "Does it smell like mushrooms?" I have been doing that and pretty much all of my orchids seem happier. Again thank you and have a great day.
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new growths on Rossioglossums look very similar to ones on Trichopilias I'd say
Please do an oncidium repot on some of these...... thanks
There are a couple on the list.
Good info and thoughts Roger.
That Rossioglossum is a beast! Can’t wait for the blooms.
Just something that worked for me for when you repot the Miltoniopsis if the roots are really had it - I put mine in a tiny pot with live sphagnum and it regrew a good root system very quickly - and two new growths. It’s now about to bloom again - not very well, but pretty good considering how weak it was 10 months ago.
Nelly Islers are mostly Miltoniopsis, with a true Oncidium and also Cochlioda (which might have been an Odontoglossum at one point). The ancestors are all cool growers. At least Oncidopsis gives some clue - Burrageara is useless.
Love the cats taking over your spots - classic!
I have a question about scale (I have spotted some on one other houseplant - not an orchid...yet): do they get around when plants aren’t touching? I try to keep all my plants well spaced and the one with the (soft bodied scale) is in another room entirely and not heavily infested anyway. Just wondering how easily they get around...I am treating the affected plant so I hope they don’t spread.
Scale will only change plants if they are not happy on the one they're on and yes, will travel to plants that touch.
When I repot my Miltoniopsis (the new one) it's going in the coconut husk to give that a try. The commercial growers have great success with it as long as it doesn't start to break down.
Roger's Orchids I will keep that in mind with the scale, thank you.
That sounds good with the Miltoniopsis. There is a Miltoniopsis hybridiser here in NZ who swears by tree fern fibre for growing his - he did a trial comparing two plants the same size and age growing in bark or tree fern fibre. Suffice to say, he was very impressed.
There is a renewable source of tree fern here in New Zealand (they’re almost weeds where I live - people use them for fencing and they’re supposed to be dead, but often come back to life!) so I am going to give it a go next time I repot the Miltoniopsis and the Zygo’s. Coconut husk sounds like it has similar properties.
Can you show us a video on how to pollinate and propagate these obsidians cuz I have the white one with a yellow lip and it'd be really cool if you could chill with a video on how to properly pollinate them as small as their body masses is
Sea Breeze is rooting just fine here 😁 almost ready to mount
Sounds good.
Roger another great talk thank you. This is of the video talk some of my phals are very dehydrated they have flower stems with buds should I cut these off to give them a chance to revive thank you
I would work out why they are de-hydrated and deal with that first. Phals need a constant supply of nutrients as they cannot store much like ones with canes or bulbs.
Thank you, it's quite hard to find good info on Oncidiums. Mine seems to be growing roots from the top of a pseudobulb and I can't figure out if that's normal or not!
Genetic 'issues' due to complex hybridising - it's not normal but will do no harm.
Hi Roger, Yes, you can see that your media is old.
Hi Roger. Finally I found a channel here in UK. I was wondering which wood here is good for mount orchid. Can we pick branch from parks? My oncidiums are in leca but not growing roots. I bought them on sale. They are completely rootless. Trying to save them, they so dehydrated
Cork-bark is best for mounts.
@@GrowingOrchidswithRoger thanks for replying me. I will try and update you.
You are so awesome in your Sunday’s speech was just what I’ve been thinking about having too much but you fall in love with them anyway could you give me a list of certain woods to use for mounting thank you so much you are appreciated
I currently only use cork bark for mounts as it doesn't hold water so doesn't rot. Other types of wood/bark can be used but I don't know which are good and which are not. Some wood is toxic to orchid roots.
Roger's Orchids thanks Roger I’m going to name you “The Orchid Professor “ thanks again
I just repotted some plants that are beautiful, nice leaves and flowers, then pull it up and see no media left and all new roots look like that. I know there is no nutrients left in the media.🙄
And of course, the other big problem, giving too much feed. I've cut all the Oncidiums way, way, way back on feed and they seem much happier for it. I'm giving my species Miltoniopsis feed only once a month at 100 PPM.
How much are you giving your oncidiums ?
Raquelita P 150 ppm every third or fourth watering. That is down from 200-250 every other watering.
@@michaelmccarthy4077 thank you! This is helpful ive been giving my oncidiums that much but weekly, and about 100 for my 1 miltionopsis. I may try to cut down the frequency of feed for the oncs esp now that the season is changing. I'm curious, does 150ppm every 3 weeks seem to work better for you than something like 50ppm weekly?
My cooler/shadier types which include the Miltoniopsis get 2 or 3 flushes and then a feed at about 80ppm. This time of year when everything is growing, the rest get fed twice at around 200ppm and then flushed.
Raquelita P I never use “weekly” as a measure, almost nothing gets watered “weekly” which is why I use watering frequency as a measure. Because of the way I water, I can either mix up 50 ppm CalMag or 50 ppm NPK or 100 ppm combined as the minimum feed.
Roger...if I could afford to buy you a tripod I absolutely would. I love your posts and learn from you with every video. I am also one of those persons who cannot watch an unstable video without becoming sea sick....ugh...might you consider a tripod or a companion videographer? I have to stop watching after about ten minutes. Thanks for consideration!
A tripod does get used for a few vids like the Sunday Chat and my potting/mounting vids. If the camera is 'fixed' then all the plants have to be moved to be filmed - that would take far too long when some the plants may need 5-6 plants moved just to get at them.
I have two tripods a table version and a full height version but do not always chose to use them for practical reasons.