Top tips for orchid success | Indoor plants | Gardening Australia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- Growing orchids for decades, Todd Marshall shares his expert tips so you can have stunning orchids too.
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If you’ve ever had your heart broken by an orchid that died despite your best efforts, don’t worry; within the orchid family there are 30,000 species, 70,000 hybrids - and some of them are bomb-proof!
Jerry meets orchid grower Todd Marshall, who can suggest some easy-to-grow types for black thumbs to try.
Todd has been growing orchids in his family-run Brisbane nursery for decades. He says his most bullet-proof orchids are Cattleyas, Dendrobiums and Oncidiums. “The perfect drought plant is an orchid,” he says, especially in Queensland from Rockhampton down to Coffs Harbour in northern NSW.
Todd’s top tips for orchid success:
Don’t put orchids in a pot that’s too big because the roots will get too wet. Many epiphytic orchids are happy to have roots growing outside of the pot but if you must pot it up, only go up one size.
Growing mix - Todd uses five parts bark to one part perlite.
Oncidiums like to be planted in the centre of a pot, but Todd plants up a cattleya to one side of its new pot so the rhizomes can grow across.
Make sure the rhizome sits on top of the bark.
Use pots with lots of holes to allow good air flow.
Todd also grows a lot of bromeliads, which act as humidifiers, because each one has a little reservoir of water in its centre.
Get to know your plants - you will feel when the pot is light and needs watering.
Fertilise orchids once a week by spraying the leaves with a liquid fertiliser.
Never fertilise on a cloudy day - the stomata cells on the leaves are closed and won’t absorb the nutrients.
Orchids flower best where they get about six hours of filtered sun a day.
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I love the Aussies, generally relaxed and straight to the point.
No words wasted there! Straight to the point. Very rare , like some orchids. 👍🏿😎
Omg!! The bromeliad trick is so sneaky!! I love that!
Awesome thanks for letting me know about orchids very informative
Very kind people!! Thank you!
Wonderful information thank you
Awesome thanks so much for your information
Thanks for sharing this video... 😀
Great 👍
Cantik sx, anggrek idaman.
nice video.
Would love to see a phalanopsis episode
Thanks for this information, I'd love to know if the tips for growing orchids in this video can be used in NSW too?
Nice work
What is the optimal shade cloth density for orchid in the summer in Sydney for north western facing backyard
Depends on the type of orchid and the place and position.
In Brisbane I see people go with 70% mostly.
When do you re pot Orchid in Victoria thank you
I repot mine now in Melbourne - spring.
You tube says CC captions aren't available for this video... What a shame, some of us rely on this.
Woo
What about the rest of Australia.i live in Sydney and had to grow the Cooktown Orchid inside as it gets down to 10 c. Very poor presentation. Water and light important. Fertilizing necessary at the right time and frequent but weak.
Dendrobrums need a dry period but only need water when buds have shown well. Misting other times
You have helped kill a lot of Orchids.
So much wrong information smh
Very unhelpful information