Rachel, Your video on dividing a monster Cattleya was well done! Thank you and congrats for blooming your Cattleya on a window sill. I am now motivated to tackle my huge CG Roebling. One suggestion that I have for you that was given to me by another orchid friend and that is to get yourself a nice rubber mallet. With the mallet you can hit the pot (without damaging it) around the edges rather than pulling on the pseudobulbs. The root bound plant eventually pops out without you having to struggle and tear at the plant itself. I find it a handy tool to have around.
orchids plz Thank you for commenting. I wish there was a local orchid society here as I would surely like to show some of my plants off when they are in bloom!
And don't forget to grab the growths in the middle! I divided this one again a few weeks ago and forgot my own advice - broke off an outer new pseudobulb. So easy to do :(
+Gardening at Douentza Roger made a good comment about repotting it with the rest of the old pot so I don't destroy anymore more roots, a bit like your one too. I am going to let it flower before I do any more work on it, on the advice of a fellow society member. My fingers are twitching though.
John Benedict ORCHIDS I'm glad to hear some feedback on the new bark. It has always been an issue here. You cannot buy it so I used to order from Germany whenever I bought orchids. I now need big bags though and they will not ship them abroad. Anyway, thanks for your feedback and watching :)
That was a delightful video! I'm originally from the Caribbean and had a stunning cattleya that I started from a small cutting taken from my uncle's 'monster'! Today I saw a beautiful specimen that was reduced in the garden centre and was in two minds about how to care for it in Buckinghamshire but with your stunning results in Ireland?? :D I'd say that cattleya in the garden centre has my name on it! Thank you for an inspirational video!
Oh my, it's really a monster cattleya! And really beautiful too. I love those thick bulbs! I have only once seen a huge cattleya being divided (at our local orchid society's meeting), and it was a large cattleya bowringiana. But I think yours was even bigger. A lot of work to even remove it from the pot. Thanks for this great repotting video! And good job in raising (and dividing) such a huge specimen. :) (By the way, it's Andrea here, from Finland. I decided to start a new channel to share videos about my orchid collection. I've just started, but expect more videos later!). Have a nice weekend, Rachel!
That plant is beautiful and I had to see the other video because I have an orchid that was given to me and I don't know what kind it is but loves to shoot out baby orchids They are so easy to grow and can't wait to see them bloom. Great videos
Such a FANTASTIC and very informative vid Rachel :-) that's such a beautiful big beauty of a Cattleya, wow! it looks like such a delicate operation and you have done it amazingly :-) thats such a good tip about the polystyrene chips, I am learning so much for watching your vids Rachel :-) Thanks so much for sharing and have a FANTASTIC Friday ahead XXXX
I just realized I've been talking to you under my sons account which he somehow changed from mine to his under catgamer or something so silly like that...anyways! LOL Just wanted to tell you how much I adore you and your videos! You are a beautiful soul, I can tell...now for truth! IT KILLED me to see you do this! hahahahaha What a beauty of a plant! xxx I will make sure from now on, I comment under my new account. haha
+Tracy Nastiuk It is easily done and I too have left comments, as my kids, on TH-cam. I know what you mean about this plant but the good news is that it is now in flower and appears in the first shot of tomorrow's unboxing video :)
What a lovely plant and how great care you took of it!! I don't understand why you have to use the polystyrene at the bottom? Could you explain? Would the roots rot at the bottom of the pot? I saw that you left very little space between the roots and the edge of the pot. I bought my first cattleya 1 week ago and it was also a huge plant from a plant shop. Only not knowing that I have to leave very little space I went on and potted it from a 12cm pot to a 18cm pot leaving about 3cm or 1inch around it with a mixture of bark and charcoal as substrate and no styrofoam at the bottom. I used lava pebbles for drainage. My pot has some side holes - every 10 cm a 1cm hole and in between every 2 cm a 0.5cm hole. Would that be allright?
very usefull information about reporting: ) I have observed you have a special ritual of repoting in spring time. Maybe you I can do a video about it. Do you repot every 2 years always?
+Ana Maria Clapon Spring is generally the best time to pot anything as many plants come into active growth then. I do try to repot orchids every two years but we all get lazy sometimes! And, besides, I have had a real issue finding decent orchid bark until now. Thanks for watching, Ana.
That is Laeliocattleya Coastal Sunrise, as mentioned in the video details. By chance, it appears in today's orchid video too, if you want to see it as it is now.
Hi there, Paul. This plant was divided in July 2015. In my May 2016 'orchids in flower' update it is again in bloom. See below. Three of the divisions from this plant flowered the following year. One went to my friend Tina and I may have footage of that. Give me a moment to check! The fourth division went to a inexperienced orchid grower and, unfortunately, he killed it.
Yes, one of the divisions of this parent orchid is in flower at 2:40 in the video of my friend's collection, taken in March 2016... th-cam.com/video/sL5i0JTkq5E/w-d-xo.html
Hello: I noticed that you pot your orchids in regular plant pots. Until now, I was led to believe that orchids should be potted in orchid pots. Can you give me the rule of thumb or any of your thoughts? I do not have at this time, any orchids, only hoyas (13 varieties ) but I an very interested in starting with orchids. Can you help me get started?
The most important thing with orchid potting is drainage. You can use ordinary pots if you add a good amount of drainage material to the bottom. I use polystyrene chips. In Victorian times they used tall pots with a big space at the bottom for the drainage medium. Personally I use clay pots for most of my orchids because they suit my growing environment. When starting out though, it makes sense to use transparent pots so you will know if your plant's roots are in good order. Hope this helps and good luck.
I have a question concerning the media that still remains about the roots. Will that media that remains cause the roots to rot in time? I have been concerned about removing 99.9% of the old media when I repot because the old media is acidic and will damage the roots. Of course trying to remove all the media can damage the roots so I wasn't certain what to do in my own repotting. I have an Onc. that needs reporting but I'm afraid to tease out the old media because I might damage the roots. What should I do?
Elona Hartjes Hi Elona, I think it is important to get as much old media out as you can without damaging the roots. I have never been fanatical about this and, in my experience, it has worked well.
Hi Rachel, I have a Blc. Encantos en Grande and it has a beautiful flower with massive and plump pseudobulbs, but it grows so big in one direction that I have had to repot it twice in the two years I have had it, and I want to know if I were to divide it in half, could I put the two divisions in the same pot but in opposite directions so they can get an even distribution of blooms and growth? the pot it's in is already big but the rhizome gets long so it takes up the whole diameter rather than growing like yours in more of an even circle outwards. If I leave it without dividing next year the pseudobulbs will grow outside the pot, so dividing after it blooms this year is necessary. Do your cattleyas grow this way? Or do they naturally grow multiple leads? Thanks for the help and I apologize for the long anecdote, I just want to be sure I do it right since I have never divided an orchid before, I hope it will be okay :) thank you!
Thank you for watching. It sounds like you have a very healthy cattleya. I find that large plants tend to sprout new grows all round but the smaller average-sized cattleyas only make new growths in one direction and flower from that. By the way, there is no problem with putting two divisions in the same pot. Good luck!
Gardening at Douentza Thank you very much, yes it is a beautiful cattleya, thanks for the information :) i just wish last year i made sure to stake up the pseudobulbs because they were all growing upright and now that ones at a weird angle sideways, i'm not worried because i will try slowly bringing it up and try to divide it after it blooms in the winter. Have a great rest of the week :)
Oh my what a chore, it was a bit painful but you are still left with a little monster hehe :P how many years did you wait for this one to become so large?
MissOrchidGirl Thanks for watching, Danni. This plant didn't take to long - it was bought at the Dublin Orchid Fair in spring 2010 and it was flowering size then. So it is five and a half years with me, growing into this monster!
Gardening at Douentza ok then 5 more years to go for my CG Roebling then hehehe :P PS: that growth is almost mature :) think it will produce a sheath? does it usually wait until next season to bloom?
MissOrchidGirl It always blooms Jan/Feb for me, I think. I have record of the length between sheath to bloom somewhere. I will check later today for you :)
Gardening at Douentza Hi Danni, I've had a chance to check those dates and CG Roebling was in sheath by 24th October last year and the buds burst out on 18th January. The bud appears in the sheath quite quickly and progression is steady.
Gardening at Douentza Thanks Rachel, I am really curious to see if the change in environment will have an impact on its bloom season, I am really happy with how it's growing, the new psb doesn't seem to be smaller than the previous ones :D
Giovanni Orchids Killer Not really. Just messy! I'm glad I could do it outdoors, which wouldn't have been possible if it had needed repotting in spring!
How long did it take to get that big?. Great job, you surely make it look easy. ......................... Gotta love a girl that don't mind getting dirty. ROFL (0;
Bret Furgason Oh, I have no problem getting my hands dirty, Bret! The orchid was bought at the Dublin Orchid Fair in spring 2010 and it was flowering size then. So it is five and a half years with me, growing.
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Coastal Sunrise Cattleya orchid repot. Wow! Surely will research it. 😊
You are such a cheery soul. You make my day!
Jackie Binkley Well that is very nice to hear. What's not to be cheery about when there are so many lovely plants to see! :)
This is by far the 'epic-est' repotting video I have ever seen!
Antonia Orchids Ha ha. Epic it is then! :D
i am loving all your videos, your love of gardening, your garden, and you are all simply spectacular. i love being able to visit. thank you.
Orchid Love with John Massage on Maui Thank you, John. I see you are in Hawaii so completely different environment. Thanks for watching.
I really appreciate your videos.thank you so much
So nice of you
Rachel, Your video on dividing a monster Cattleya was well done! Thank you and congrats for blooming your Cattleya on a window sill. I am now motivated to tackle my huge CG Roebling. One suggestion that I have for you that was given to me by another orchid friend and that is to get yourself a nice rubber mallet. With the mallet you can hit the pot (without damaging it) around the edges rather than pulling on the pseudobulbs. The root bound plant eventually pops out without you having to struggle and tear at the plant itself. I find it a handy tool to have around.
Bonjour ,vos vidéos sont toujours aussi bien faites ,merci pour le sous titrage en français =)
Je suis contente que vous l'aimez. A la prochaine!
that plant would do GREAT in a show! a specimen for sure... lots of divisions...
orchids plz Thank you for commenting. I wish there was a local orchid society here as I would surely like to show some of my plants off when they are in bloom!
Just watched this vid again, it will help me when I come to repot and divide the big one I just obtained. Big help.
And don't forget to grab the growths in the middle! I divided this one again a few weeks ago and forgot my own advice - broke off an outer new pseudobulb. So easy to do :(
+Gardening at Douentza Roger made a good comment about repotting it with the rest of the old pot so I don't destroy anymore more roots, a bit like your one too. I am going to let it flower before I do any more work on it, on the advice of a fellow society member. My fingers are twitching though.
awesome Rachel That was a monster Cattleya !!
Growing Things A brute for sure!
Wow! That's a huge monster. Thanks for sharing!!
draco003 And thanks for watching :)
awesome video. thanks for sharing Rachel! Can't wait to see the next time it blooms!
annaiskicking Me too, Anna. But it will be less. Here's hoping that it will still be a substantial flowering!
Lovely update and thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Linda Penney Thanks, Linda.
Beautiful Cattleya and still such a big specimen!!
Hi friend your orchid video Very nice so sweet
Thanks for visiting
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GOOD JOB...! :) ...and you're still left with a beautiful plant. That's some really nice bark, too.
John Benedict ORCHIDS I'm glad to hear some feedback on the new bark. It has always been an issue here. You cannot buy it so I used to order from Germany whenever I bought orchids. I now need big bags though and they will not ship them abroad. Anyway, thanks for your feedback and watching :)
You cannot go wrong with a Dr Who pot. Great job.
Well, true 😊
Love your garden...
Thank you :)
Merry Christmas and have a great year ahead.
Thank you so much and merry Christmas to you too ⛄🎄🎁🎉
Oh wonderful
tHANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY.
Thank you and you too.
Lucky friends.😊
Hi from Australia. Mine and my wife's ancestors were from Wexford. I still have some rellos in New Ross.
Good for you 😊
Oooh my! You still have a monster of a Orchid on your hands. Keep up the good work and keep us updated on the plant of many new growths.
+Richard Lewis I will indeed. Thanks, Richard.
That was a delightful video! I'm originally from the Caribbean and had a stunning cattleya that I started from a small cutting taken from my uncle's 'monster'! Today I saw a beautiful specimen that was reduced in the garden centre and was in two minds about how to care for it in Buckinghamshire but with your stunning results in Ireland?? :D I'd say that cattleya in the garden centre has my name on it! Thank you for an inspirational video!
+Seán Duncan I think that cattleya definitely has your name on it :)
Thanks for sharing and best wishes from Ireland.
Thanks for sharing.
SHARON SHORT You are welcome.
Good job!
+Lumka Thank you
Oh my, it's really a monster cattleya! And really beautiful too. I love those thick bulbs! I have only once seen a huge cattleya being divided (at our local orchid society's meeting), and it was a large cattleya bowringiana. But I think yours was even bigger. A lot of work to even remove it from the pot. Thanks for this great repotting video! And good job in raising (and dividing) such a huge specimen. :) (By the way, it's Andrea here, from Finland. I decided to start a new channel to share videos about my orchid collection. I've just started, but expect more videos later!). Have a nice weekend, Rachel!
Orchids & a Dutchy Hello Andrea and fantastic news about the new channel. I'm off to subscribe now!
I just re-potted a relic cattleya this day... its actually hard repotting a big cattleya sweated alot.. but its worthit..
+Envenomer J It is physically hard to repot big plants. Cactuses or spiky succulents are the worst though! I hope your cattleya repays you 10 fold!
I cant wait till they make flowers :D Im still a newbie to orchids >.< I love your greedy so big!
Very nice video, thank you for posting! and you have some lucky friends :)
+fifi fifi Thanks for watching, Corina.
That plant is beautiful and I had to see the other video because I have an orchid that was given to me and I don't know what kind it is but loves to shoot out baby orchids They are so easy to grow and can't wait to see them bloom. Great videos
nery colon 1 I'll bet your climate is just perfect for them, Nery! Thanks for watching and enjoy those avocados!
Such a FANTASTIC and very informative vid Rachel :-) that's such a beautiful big beauty of a Cattleya, wow! it looks like such a delicate operation and you have done it amazingly :-) thats such a good tip about the polystyrene chips, I am learning so much for watching your vids Rachel :-) Thanks so much for sharing and have a FANTASTIC Friday ahead XXXX
heartfullofhappiness I think we will turn you to orchids very soon, Lyn. lol. Thanks for watching!
Oh just gorgeous!! Could it have been left a massive specimen?
Shaun Rice It would have been too big for me, Shaun but would have been grand for someone that keeps them in a greenhouse. Thanks for watching.
thank you I am just learning
Welcome
Such a great video. Now I know how to divide. Hey I'll take that 4th cutting. Lol! tfs :)
rmcandlelight I am glad if they video was a little useful :D
Got some orchids last week so will see how I fair with them love your choice of music at the beginning of video s
Happy days. Good luck with those and do keep me informed :)
I just realized I've been talking to you under my sons account which he somehow changed from mine to his under catgamer or something so silly like that...anyways! LOL Just wanted to tell you how much I adore you and your videos! You are a beautiful soul, I can tell...now for truth! IT KILLED me to see you do this! hahahahaha What a beauty of a plant! xxx I will make sure from now on, I comment under my new account. haha
+Tracy Nastiuk It is easily done and I too have left comments, as my kids, on TH-cam. I know what you mean about this plant but the good news is that it is now in flower and appears in the first shot of tomorrow's unboxing video :)
What a lovely plant and how great care you took of it!! I don't understand why you have to use the polystyrene at the bottom? Could you explain? Would the roots rot at the bottom of the pot? I saw that you left very little space between the roots and the edge of the pot. I bought my first cattleya 1 week ago and it was also a huge plant from a plant shop. Only not knowing that I have to leave very little space I went on and potted it from a 12cm pot to a 18cm pot leaving about 3cm or 1inch around it with a mixture of bark and charcoal as substrate and no styrofoam at the bottom. I used lava pebbles for drainage. My pot has some side holes - every 10 cm a 1cm hole and in between every 2 cm a 0.5cm hole. Would that be allright?
Luv it. I have many catleya but i have no diea to propagate it. Very informative.
New friend here sending support. See you around.
Thank you and welcome to the channel.
my coastal sunrise is a little seedling, so funny seeing this monster!
Maravilhosa essa planta nunca vi tao grande lindaaaa
Obrigada
I agree this was a well made video! Very helpful. I am curious on what you use to fertilize your Cattleya. Please and thank you!
Hello and thank you for watching. At the time this video was made I used the Akerne Rain Mix fertiliser.
You've a healthy Cattleya...
Follow you with your beautiful orchids to grow. I like the catteleay the most but my appartment so difficult to grow en get flowering!
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. We all need to find the orchid that suits our growing environment.
No, Rachel. I have tried to get it working by downloading Flash.
Plant and growth is nice! But what potting mix was used?
Large orchid bark was used.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you.
😍😉
Hi Douentza ! I’m glad because I could see this video today! I’m gonna see one by one...(10/31/2018)
There are a lot 😁
very usefull information about reporting: ) I have observed you have a special ritual of repoting in spring time. Maybe you I can do a video about it. Do you repot every 2 years always?
+Ana Maria Clapon Spring is generally the best time to pot anything as many plants come into active growth then. I do try to repot orchids every two years but we all get lazy sometimes! And, besides, I have had a real issue finding decent orchid bark until now. Thanks for watching, Ana.
+Ana Maria Clapon Thank you, Ana. I will take a look at that video soon when I have a little time.
Name of this catleya, thanks. Good video
That is Laeliocattleya Coastal Sunrise, as mentioned in the video details. By chance, it appears in today's orchid video too, if you want to see it as it is now.
Do you have an update of your divisions?
Hi there, Paul.
This plant was divided in July 2015. In my May 2016 'orchids in flower' update it is again in bloom. See below.
Three of the divisions from this plant flowered the following year. One went to my friend Tina and I may have footage of that. Give me a moment to check! The fourth division went to a inexperienced orchid grower and, unfortunately, he killed it.
The parent plant in flower, May 2016...
th-cam.com/video/q2PbKpxsGh4/w-d-xo.html
Yes, one of the divisions of this parent orchid is in flower at 2:40 in the video of my friend's collection, taken in March 2016...
th-cam.com/video/sL5i0JTkq5E/w-d-xo.html
Hello: I noticed that you pot your orchids in regular plant pots. Until now, I was led to believe that orchids should be potted in orchid pots. Can you give me the rule of thumb or any of your thoughts? I do not have at this time, any orchids, only hoyas (13 varieties ) but I an very interested in starting with orchids. Can you help me get started?
The most important thing with orchid potting is drainage. You can use ordinary pots if you add a good amount of drainage material to the bottom. I use polystyrene chips. In Victorian times they used tall pots with a big space at the bottom for the drainage medium.
Personally I use clay pots for most of my orchids because they suit my growing environment. When starting out though, it makes sense to use transparent pots so you will know if your plant's roots are in good order.
Hope this helps and good luck.
I have a question concerning the media that still remains about the roots. Will that media that remains cause the roots to rot in time? I have been concerned about removing 99.9% of the old media when I repot because the old media is acidic and will damage the roots. Of course trying to remove all the media can damage the roots so I wasn't certain what to do in my own repotting. I have an Onc. that needs reporting but I'm afraid to tease out the old media because I might damage the roots. What should I do?
Elona Hartjes Hi Elona, I think it is important to get as much old media out as you can without damaging the roots. I have never been fanatical about this and, in my experience, it has worked well.
Thank you. That's reassuring.
May i know how often you water n fertilize your cattleya..
I have always watered my cattleyas once a week. This one was fertilised at half strength once a week at the time of this video.
Hi Rachel, I have a Blc. Encantos en Grande and it has a beautiful flower with massive and plump pseudobulbs, but it grows so big in one direction that I have had to repot it twice in the two years I have had it, and I want to know if I were to divide it in half, could I put the two divisions in the same pot but in opposite directions so they can get an even distribution of blooms and growth? the pot it's in is already big but the rhizome gets long so it takes up the whole diameter rather than growing like yours in more of an even circle outwards. If I leave it without dividing next year the pseudobulbs will grow outside the pot, so dividing after it blooms this year is necessary. Do your cattleyas grow this way? Or do they naturally grow multiple leads? Thanks for the help and I apologize for the long anecdote, I just want to be sure I do it right since I have never divided an orchid before, I hope it will be okay :) thank you!
Thank you for watching. It sounds like you have a very healthy cattleya. I find that large plants tend to sprout new grows all round but the smaller average-sized cattleyas only make new growths in one direction and flower from that. By the way, there is no problem with putting two divisions in the same pot. Good luck!
Gardening at Douentza Thank you very much, yes it is a beautiful cattleya, thanks for the information :) i just wish last year i made sure to stake up the pseudobulbs because they were all growing upright and now that ones at a weird angle sideways, i'm not worried because i will try slowly bringing it up and try to divide it after it blooms in the winter. Have a great rest of the week :)
No water for a week after repotting? Tnx
Did I say that in the video? I don't do that any more.
Oh my what a chore, it was a bit painful but you are still left with a little monster hehe :P how many years did you wait for this one to become so large?
MissOrchidGirl Thanks for watching, Danni. This plant didn't take to long - it was bought at the Dublin Orchid Fair in spring 2010 and it
was flowering size then. So it is five and a half years with me,
growing into this monster!
Gardening at Douentza ok then 5 more years to go for my CG Roebling then hehehe :P PS: that growth is almost mature :) think it will produce a sheath? does it usually wait until next season to bloom?
MissOrchidGirl It always blooms Jan/Feb for me, I think. I have record of the length between sheath to bloom somewhere. I will check later today for you :)
Gardening at Douentza Hi Danni, I've had a chance to check those dates and CG Roebling was in sheath by 24th October last year and the buds burst out on 18th January. The bud appears in the sheath quite quickly and progression is steady.
Gardening at Douentza Thanks Rachel, I am really curious to see if the change in environment will have an impact on its bloom season, I am really happy with how it's growing, the new psb doesn't seem to be smaller than the previous ones :D
By way whats d ID of your Cattleya? Tnx
Laeliocattleya Coastal Sunrise.
J adore vos vidéo,Je voudrais les comprendre toutes mais malheureusement il n y a pas beaucoup en français..
J'aimerais bien faire beaucoup de vidéos en français mais je n'ai pas le temps. Désolée.
Gardening at Douentza je comprend ,merci d avoir repondu.
HARD WORK
Giovanni Orchids Killer Not really. Just messy! I'm glad I could do it outdoors, which wouldn't have been possible if it had needed repotting in spring!
1 for you, 2 for friends, 1 for someone else. Interesting. I want to be the "someone else".
What did u put in a pot before putting in pot
What did u put in a pot before putting cattleya in a pot
I want a piece 😟
Sorry, all gone!
Sorry I press the program by mistake.
Spanish subtitules, please. thanks
+rammcist Ooh, I'm sorry but that's just not possible for me to do :/
How long did it take to get that big?. Great job, you surely make it look easy. ......................... Gotta love a girl that don't mind getting dirty. ROFL (0;
Bret Furgason Oh, I have no problem getting my hands dirty, Bret!
The orchid was bought at the Dublin Orchid Fair in spring 2010 and it was flowering size then. So it is five and a half years with me, growing.
i whant to see this orchid in bloom.
th-cam.com/video/G9pV6MpiiYk/w-d-xo.html
I sterilize my bark by baking it at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for 2 hours.
Sorry, Rachel. All I get is Blocked Plug-in.
ola sou Patricia do Brasil amo orquideas gostaria de uma muda desta sua... meu Facebook. patricia araujo rodrigues
+Patricia Araujo Obrigado por assistir.