I've grown orchids for more than 10 years, but only moved into phal species less than two years ago. I learned so much from this video! Thanks! I'm amazed at the light levels needed, and the difference in the thickness of the leaves across species.
Oh, thank you, Erica! :) I wasn't sure if there were any useful information in this video, but since many asked about the species Phals I decided to make a video anyway. :D I'm not sure if they need that much light, though. In winter they enjoy the southern exposure a lot, but in summer it can get too much at times. Happy growing! :)
I love viewing your species phals...they are all so healthy and looking wonderful. I have started collecting some species phals and their hybrids and find that they are rather exciting and so worth having in your collection. Thank you for sharing them with us and giving us such a wonderful presentation!
Thank you so much, Maria! :) That's wonderful. They might seem a bit unremarkable at times, but they're actually real characters and I love growing them. Happy growing! :)
I heard many people describe Phal. pulchra as one of the trickiest species to grow, it seems to be very popular here in Italy but not many can grow it successfully or manage to bloom it. By the way, after one year of planning and studying I finally got my first species (stuartiana) and two primary hybrids (schilleriana x lindenii and celebensis x mariae), so it's great to see these videos 😄
I've seen beautiful specimens in greenhouses but not many on windowsills - certainly not on mine. ;D It's great that you planned and studied before you finally got your first species&primary hybrids. Phal. schilleriana x lindenii is extremely nice, I'd love to have this, too. Maybe some day. Good luck with your new aquisitions and happy growing! :)
Because it's mainly the very tolerant complex hybrids that are grown, it's often forgotten just where the true species Phalaenopsis actually come from - these are steamy jungle type plants where humidity is high and temperatures too. And although they live in evergreen lush forests, the light still gets through the canopy and that close to the equator, the light is very strong. Since getting some 'advice' from my viewers, all of mine including the hybrids are now in the growroom - not the house. They are all doing MUCH better now. Great info here!
Hi Bumblebee enjoyed? I absolutely loved it and can't wait to see 2nd part. I think it's after you're videos I plucked the courege to order spicies from Schwerter. They all still alive and doing great. Thank you.
My favorite is the luedmanniana as well. I repotted a new one recently I received in leca balls with some bark & moss on the top. I hope it does well & gives me flowers for years to come. Hope yours does as well ☺️ I enjoy watching about your phal species
Truly loving this. Barely anyone grows species phals in youtube, specially in Europe. Over time you made me add species to my wishlist, and I absolutely appreciate how you always talk about fragrance, wich is very very important to me. The thing is , there will be a part 2 :D I'm getting a cornu-cervi soon, but I will try to make sure it is a red and fragrant as possible. It is a cross between chattalade and a 4n, but you gave me hope to find a red one there. They are described as fragrant at the nursery so I'm crossing my fingers. I will gladly welcome any phal species video. Also like your bifoliate cattleyas and I am slowly starting to look into vandaceous :)
Thank you! I didn't know I had that many Phal species until I picked them all up for this video. :D Frangrance is very important to me, too. I'm stuck with Phals, Cattleyas and Vandas, but there are so many fragrant species in other genera that I miss out on... I've got a few videos in the pipeline, but if you'd like to see anything special, just let me know. :)
Great video! You did such a great job in growing these so well. They all look so perfect and healthy. I love the blooms of the phal. lueddemanniana, they are so beautiful! It's great that you mentioned the problem with wild collected species, because many people don't think about that. Thanks for sharing this! I'm looking forward to the second part of the video! This was very interesting. :)
Thank you, Andrea! :) Phal. lueddemanniana is so nice and rewarding, I wish I knew what they're lacking. I hope you're having a wonderful, relaxing, sunny weekend. :)
Bumblebee Thank you! It's very warm and sunny here. Yesterday it was 25 C degrees! Now it's 20 C and I'm at the balcony enjoying it with Hugo. I just moved my pinguiculas to the sun. They have very tiny drops of water or something that cover the leaves completely, and it's beautiful how they reflect the sun light! They have grown a lot these last few days. The leaves are getting large. I have them in a community pot, just like you had. I actually had this idea of planting them like this after watching your video. 😊 They love it! Have a wonderful and sunny day!
Hello Hello! 😍 I'm in love ❤️ with your Phalaenopsis species collection... can you tell me where you live? 🤣🤣🤣 just kidding! Anyway, I have a Mariae from Claessen. It's slightly smaller than yours, it came with a spike and now it's working on a new leaf and a new spike... I noticed that if U miss out watering it the roots inside the pot shrivel.... Anyway, thanks for your update... can't wait for the second part to see your Gigantea! It's very useful to know the difference between Mariae and Bastianii. I might purchase a Bastianii from Schwerter so I can compare them...;) happy growing! PS: my Mariae can tolerate direct sun up to mid day!
Haha, thank you very much for your kind words, Anca! :D It's very interesting that you mention that the roots on your mariae tend to shrivel when you miss out watering. Mine does that, too, and in fact more than other species. :) I hope you'll receive a beautiful bastianii. Happy growing! :)
Wow...beautiful... thanks for sharing your orchid journey....when you use your TDS monitor- how has it helped you.? What setting are you aiming for in fertilizing?
Thank you, Charla. I find it very convenient to know that I don't over- or underfertilise, but I still fertilise off the top of my head without strict principles. Happy growing! :)
Hello Bumblebee! How often you give them fertilizer? If I understand correctly they all get 300-500 microS/cm (I use this meter too with all my orchids). I give less but almost each watering (cca 150 microS/cm) when they activly grow. I ask you just to find out can I give them maybe more?
Hi there! I love my e.c. meter. :D I don't have a strong opinion on fertilising, though. I fertilise quite regularly with 300-500µS/cm, but sometimes I just use reverse osmosis water to get rid of access salts. I think it depends on the species. Lowii is very sensitive, but the other ones that I mentioned in my video aren't too sensitive from what I experienced. There's a little bit of root burn on the surface roots, but I think it's not too bad.
We have very similar growing conditions for Phalaenopsis so I will give them a little bit more, and I am sure this will work. With roots at surface I adopted something what works very good...after few hours from giving fertilizer I simply spray roots with RO and root burn is really small IF I have on some plants ;-) If is not so bad, when you have time this may work very good.
@@bumblebeesorchids3408 just up date to this old post ;-) My lowii receive fertilizer as others but potted in very little plastic basket with orchiata. He is still with leaves from summer what makes me happy. Yes around 500 microS/cm done much better with my plants! Thank you so much for your advices and videos you make. I am very happy to adopt from you what I can improve with mine. Until now all is doing great! Happy growing dear Bumblebee ;-)
Hi Fiona, thank you! :) I have a few tiny keikis (only a few centimeters in size). They sit in a box with moist sphagnum moss and I think that might create some kind of a microclimate around them. But it's not ideal. Humidity without air movement can be risky. The other young plants and small species are just sitting on the windowsill with the others, I don't do anything to increase the humidity there.
Hi there, thank you! I'd say whatever you prefer and are able to control best. Depends a lot on your environment and your watering/fertilizing habits. Happy growing! :)
You mention your TDS water meter...l assume one is used to determine how much fertilizer to use? Can you please do a video about how to.use one? I'm so confused!
Yes, you're absolutely right. I said "TDS" meter by mistake in the video and put just a small annotation on the screen that it's actually an e.c. meter. TDS meters do pretty much the same thing, but their unit is ppm TDS (tds = total dissolved solids) instead of µS/cm, if I'm not mistaken. Here's a video where you can see how I use my e.c. meter at 1:40 th-cam.com/video/OA2Z-Ncp7KE/w-d-xo.html In this video I also briefly talk about how much fertilizer I use for my Phals, Vandas and Cattleyas. And in this video Danny talks about her TDS meter: th-cam.com/video/RWKN4RFiULY/w-d-xo.html I'm not very well versed when it comes to fertilizing, to be honest. But I still hope that helps and if you need to know more, ask me at any time. Happy growing! :)
+Jo Chan Hi Jo! I don't do anything, quite the contrary. I'm just lucky with the indoor climate and I open the windows to let in fresh air multiple times a day. :) Happy growing!
Thanks very much for the reply. That's what I've been doing as well - open the windows and let fresh air in :) Been very much inspired by your videos to keep trying growing phal species. Look forward to more of your videos.
Hey, I love phal species too and have lost a couple myself. I'm dying to see the next video, and don't worry about it being too long, lol. Just wondering, could the ones that aren't flowering possibly need more of a temperature differential at night than they're currently receiving? Have you tried leaving them outside overnight at all? Thanks for sharing ;)
Hi John, thank you! :) Absolutely, I think in their natural habitat there are marked alternations in day/night temperatures and that's a factor that I cannot provide, unfortunately. Might be decisive. I have to admit that I'm quite chicken-hearted when it comes to leaving them outside. I'd fear spider mites catching their chance (I had them on my peppermint plant on the balcony), rot, hail damage and so on. :o
I've grown orchids for more than 10 years, but only moved into phal species less than two years ago. I learned so much from this video! Thanks! I'm amazed at the light levels needed, and the difference in the thickness of the leaves across species.
Oh, thank you, Erica! :) I wasn't sure if there were any useful information in this video, but since many asked about the species Phals I decided to make a video anyway. :D
I'm not sure if they need that much light, though. In winter they enjoy the southern exposure a lot, but in summer it can get too much at times. Happy growing! :)
I watch this video from time to time. It's so informative. I love you best ! ❤
Aaaw, thank you, Alvin! :D Happy growing!
Wow and that's a hieroglyphica alba! That's still quite rare, let alone some years ago! ;)
Thank you, Mária! :) Happy growing!
Beautiful plants, beautifully grown.
Thank you, Rachel! :)
I love viewing your species phals...they are all so healthy and looking wonderful. I have started collecting some species phals and their hybrids and find that they are rather exciting and so worth having in your collection. Thank you for sharing them with us and giving us such a wonderful presentation!
Thank you so much, Maria! :) That's wonderful. They might seem a bit unremarkable at times, but they're actually real characters and I love growing them. Happy growing! :)
I heard many people describe Phal. pulchra as one of the trickiest species to grow, it seems to be very popular here in Italy but not many can grow it successfully or manage to bloom it.
By the way, after one year of planning and studying I finally got my first species (stuartiana) and two primary hybrids (schilleriana x lindenii and celebensis x mariae), so it's great to see these videos 😄
I've seen beautiful specimens in greenhouses but not many on windowsills - certainly not on mine. ;D
It's great that you planned and studied before you finally got your first species&primary hybrids. Phal. schilleriana x lindenii is extremely nice, I'd love to have this, too. Maybe some day. Good luck with your new aquisitions and happy growing! :)
Because it's mainly the very tolerant complex hybrids that are grown, it's often forgotten just where the true species Phalaenopsis actually come from - these are steamy jungle type plants where humidity is high and temperatures too. And although they live in evergreen lush forests, the light still gets through the canopy and that close to the equator, the light is very strong. Since getting some 'advice' from my viewers, all of mine including the hybrids are now in the growroom - not the house. They are all doing MUCH better now. Great info here!
So true, Roger, I agree 100%. I'm glad to hear that your Phals are doing much better now. :)
They're neither Cattleyas nor Philodendrons, I'd say. :D
Hi Bumblebee enjoyed? I absolutely loved it and can't wait to see 2nd part. I think it's after you're videos I plucked the courege to order spicies from Schwerter. They all still alive and doing great. Thank you.
Haha, Jelena, thank you! :D
My favorite is the luedmanniana as well. I repotted a new one recently I received in leca balls with some bark & moss on the top. I hope it does well & gives me flowers for years to come. Hope yours does as well ☺️ I enjoy watching about your phal species
Thank you, susiern. :) It's a lovely species. Happy growing! :)
Truly loving this. Barely anyone grows species phals in youtube, specially in Europe. Over time you made me add species to my wishlist, and I absolutely appreciate how you always talk about fragrance, wich is very very important to me. The thing is , there will be a part 2 :D
I'm getting a cornu-cervi soon, but I will try to make sure it is a red and fragrant as possible. It is a cross between chattalade and a 4n, but you gave me hope to find a red one there. They are described as fragrant at the nursery so I'm crossing my fingers.
I will gladly welcome any phal species video. Also like your bifoliate cattleyas and I am slowly starting to look into vandaceous :)
Thank you! I didn't know I had that many Phal species until I picked them all up for this video. :D Frangrance is very important to me, too. I'm stuck with Phals, Cattleyas and Vandas, but there are so many fragrant species in other genera that I miss out on...
I've got a few videos in the pipeline, but if you'd like to see anything special, just let me know. :)
You have a very calming voice.
I hope 'calming' is something positive to you. Someone else told me they were falling asleep when listening to my videos. :D Happy growing!
Great video! You did such a great job in growing these so well. They all look so perfect and healthy. I love the blooms of the phal. lueddemanniana, they are so beautiful! It's great that you mentioned the problem with wild collected species, because many people don't think about that. Thanks for sharing this! I'm looking forward to the second part of the video! This was very interesting. :)
Thank you, Andrea! :) Phal. lueddemanniana is so nice and rewarding, I wish I knew what they're lacking. I hope you're having a wonderful, relaxing, sunny weekend. :)
Bumblebee Thank you! It's very warm and sunny here. Yesterday it was 25 C degrees! Now it's 20 C and I'm at the balcony enjoying it with Hugo. I just moved my pinguiculas to the sun. They have very tiny drops of water or something that cover the leaves completely, and it's beautiful how they reflect the sun light! They have grown a lot these last few days. The leaves are getting large. I have them in a community pot, just like you had. I actually had this idea of planting them like this after watching your video. 😊 They love it! Have a wonderful and sunny day!
Great video! Wish I. could grow these. Just too cold but love seeing your success with these.
Thank you! :) I'm sorry to hear that you can't grow them, though.
They are so pretty,all of them :)) I would like to have one someday. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Thank you, Claire! I keep my fingers crossed that you'll find a nice one. :)
I recently got a cross of Phal. Luddenmaniana x Phal. Pulchra. I love the flower, very similar to luddenmaniana and the scent is so good
That sounds really nice. :) Thanks for stopping by!
As always, your plants are soo beautiful, BB! Have a wonderful day!
Thank you so much, Susana! :) Have a wonderful weekend!
Another lovely video. Will stay tuned for part two.
Thank you, Lucy! :) I'm glad you liked it. :)
Very nice! Good decision to make it a short, two part series.
Thank you, Laurie! I'm glad you like it. :) Happy growing!
😍😍😍how lovely are they..thanks for sharing the beautiful flowers on your species collection and happy growing 😍😍😍
Haha, thank you so much, Sharon! :D
Hello Hello! 😍 I'm in love ❤️ with your Phalaenopsis species collection... can you tell me where you live? 🤣🤣🤣 just kidding! Anyway, I have a Mariae from Claessen. It's slightly smaller than yours, it came with a spike and now it's working on a new leaf and a new spike... I noticed that if U miss out watering it the roots inside the pot shrivel.... Anyway, thanks for your update... can't wait for the second part to see your Gigantea! It's very useful to know the difference between Mariae and Bastianii. I might purchase a Bastianii from Schwerter so I can compare them...;) happy growing! PS: my Mariae can tolerate direct sun up to mid day!
Haha, thank you very much for your kind words, Anca! :D
It's very interesting that you mention that the roots on your mariae tend to shrivel when you miss out watering. Mine does that, too, and in fact more than other species. :)
I hope you'll receive a beautiful bastianii. Happy growing! :)
Great video!! I love phal. Species ... I have all them except luddemmaniana I need it !! Looking forward to see 2nd part !!
Thank you, Angie! :) Yes, go for Phal. lueddemanniana, I hope you'll love it as much as I do. :)
Wow...beautiful... thanks for sharing your orchid journey....when you use your TDS monitor- how has it helped you.? What setting are you aiming for in fertilizing?
Thank you, Charla. I find it very convenient to know that I don't over- or underfertilise, but I still fertilise off the top of my head without strict principles. Happy growing! :)
Great, useful video. Thank You :)
Thank you! :) I'm glad you liked it. Happy growing! :)
Hello Bumblebee! How often you give them fertilizer? If I understand correctly they all get 300-500 microS/cm (I use this meter too with all my orchids). I give less but almost each watering (cca 150 microS/cm) when they activly grow. I ask you just to find out can I give them maybe more?
Hi there! I love my e.c. meter. :D I don't have a strong opinion on fertilising, though. I fertilise quite regularly with 300-500µS/cm, but sometimes I just use reverse osmosis water to get rid of access salts. I think it depends on the species. Lowii is very sensitive, but the other ones that I mentioned in my video aren't too sensitive from what I experienced. There's a little bit of root burn on the surface roots, but I think it's not too bad.
We have very similar growing conditions for Phalaenopsis so I will give them a little bit more, and I am sure this will work. With roots at surface I adopted something what works very good...after few hours from giving fertilizer I simply spray roots with RO and root burn is really small IF I have on some plants ;-) If is not so bad, when you have time this may work very good.
@@bumblebeesorchids3408 just up date to this old post ;-) My lowii receive fertilizer as others but potted in very little plastic basket with orchiata. He is still with leaves from summer what makes me happy. Yes around 500 microS/cm done much better with my plants! Thank you so much for your advices and videos you make. I am very happy to adopt from you what I can improve with mine. Until now all is doing great! Happy growing dear Bumblebee ;-)
They look beautiful and healthy! I have some species seedlings...how do you give them the humidity they need?
Hi Fiona, thank you! :) I have a few tiny keikis (only a few centimeters in size). They sit in a box with moist sphagnum moss and I think that might create some kind of a microclimate around them. But it's not ideal. Humidity without air movement can be risky. The other young plants and small species are just sitting on the windowsill with the others, I don't do anything to increase the humidity there.
Hi there, nice collection. Do u think the lueddemannianas prefer bark over spagnom moss?
Hi there, thank you! I'd say whatever you prefer and are able to control best. Depends a lot on your environment and your watering/fertilizing habits. Happy growing! :)
im really looking very hard to get the P. lueddemanniana you have but unfortunately I cant find it anywhere 😢 its really my favorite one
It's a wonderful species. I'll keep my fingers crossed you'll find one soon. Happy growing!
You mention your TDS water meter...l assume one is used to determine how much fertilizer to use? Can you please do a video about how to.use one? I'm so confused!
Yes, you're absolutely right. I said "TDS" meter by mistake in the video and put just a small annotation on the screen that it's actually an e.c. meter. TDS meters do pretty much the same thing, but their unit is ppm TDS (tds = total dissolved solids) instead of µS/cm, if I'm not mistaken. Here's a video where you can see how I use my e.c. meter at 1:40 th-cam.com/video/OA2Z-Ncp7KE/w-d-xo.html In this video I also briefly talk about how much fertilizer I use for my Phals, Vandas and Cattleyas. And in this video Danny talks about her TDS meter: th-cam.com/video/RWKN4RFiULY/w-d-xo.html I'm not very well versed when it comes to fertilizing, to be honest. But I still hope that helps and if you need to know more, ask me at any time. Happy growing! :)
Love your collection! How do you keep up the humidity to 60% in your set up? Thanks!
+Jo Chan Hi Jo! I don't do anything, quite the contrary. I'm just lucky with the indoor climate and I open the windows to let in fresh air multiple times a day. :) Happy growing!
Thanks very much for the reply. That's what I've been doing as well - open the windows and let fresh air in :) Been very much inspired by your videos to keep trying growing phal species. Look forward to more of your videos.
Hi Jo, you're very welcome. :) Happy growing!
Very nice video, enjoyed it a lot! I was wondering if I saw Vandopsis in your channel or someone else? Do you have a vandopsis?
Thank you, Mary! :) I have a Vandachostylis Colmarie and a Renanthopsis Mildred Jameson, but I don't have a Vandopsis.
Yes!! Great update! Love your phals ! So are all your phals grown with natural light or do you use LED lights on some ?
Thank you very much, Dan! No LEDs, just natural light. Happy growing! :)
Hey, I love phal species too and have lost a couple myself. I'm dying to see the next video, and don't worry about it being too long, lol. Just wondering, could the ones that aren't flowering possibly need more of a temperature differential at night than they're currently receiving? Have you tried leaving them outside overnight at all? Thanks for sharing ;)
Hi John, thank you! :) Absolutely, I think in their natural habitat there are marked alternations in day/night temperatures and that's a factor that I cannot provide, unfortunately. Might be decisive. I have to admit that I'm quite chicken-hearted when it comes to leaving them outside. I'd fear spider mites catching their chance (I had them on my peppermint plant on the balcony), rot, hail damage and so on. :o
Phosphorous will help with blooming. Find X_X_30 fertilizer.
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