Thank you! :). It's not much of a set up now. I really need to organize things much better. But for what it is, the plants seem to thrive under there (except for my Phal lobbii). Hopefully I can find some time in the near future and do a video. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing.
Happy New Year Trac and many thanks for your wonderful high quality update. In your beautiful grow space I would bloom all year long. I''m surprised that unfortunately some of your orchids didn't make it and I'm sorry that you couldn't save them. Your home looks to me like paradise for orchids and succulents. Can't wait to see your Neofinetias. Have a wonderful day !
Hi Bettina! Thank you for your kind comments. It is unfortunately that I've lost some through the course of this year. But it was to be expected since many of them were acquired not in the best of health (and some just unexpectedly die). But it's OK. They're just minor set backs. Thanks for watching and I hope you have a wonderful new year. Happy growing!
Excellent video. Trac, you have set a standard for the rest. Thank you for all the love and care you put into the videos, it is the same as your plants care. Please, would you do a video sometimes featuring the water culture paph? Thanks
Bow down to the King! Another superb presentation Trac. You do such amazing things with the camera & editing, you know. Ugh, it's almost too pretty to watch! 😂 Good luck with your new job. Looking forward to your next update 😘
Changing jobs can be really difficult and exhausting so I totally understand your absence and neglecting your orchids, but this is just a hobby so we have to make a living too. I enjoyed this video as always and I wish you the best in this year.
Beautiful house! :) By looking at how big your collection is, you live in a house, not apartment? You are so kind to remember those whom you had lost, eventhough they were plants. You definitely are a very thoughtful person. As others, I am impressed with your LC Sheila Lauterbach. I am a cattleyas fan myself.
Wow. You're setting yourself high standards and I loved the editing! Your Phals are doing so well, so many spikes and buds, it's fantastic. My favourites are your two schillerianas, Irene Dobkin and your hieroglyphica. I'm sorry about the orchids you lost. You presented them in a very nice and unique way, though. Thanks for another great video! :)
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. I'm not sure if I've answer your question a while ago if I used filters or not for my videos. My response at that time probably didn't make any sense since I thought you were asking about water filters (lol). Anyways, I wanted to formally give a more coherent response - I don't use any present filters, but I do alter my clips. I adjust exposures a lot to give it a "film" like look along with rendering in 24 fps. Happy growing!
I made another comment, but I guess the commenting system is sometimes screwy because it didn't post. I was wondering how you're feeling about Kool-Logs? Was your last video that included them the summer update? Also, thank you for explaining to me about the filters. I thought you were using a clever idiom: out of the faucet (like the footage is straight from the camera, unadulterated). But, thanks for explaining about the exposure. And a bigger thanks for remembering my question from before! That's really nice of you!
Nope. No clever idioms here, lol. Just being half asleep when I responded, I suppose. I occasionally go back and watch old videos for referencing and noticed your comment and my response. I had a little chuckle. I should have corrected my response right away, but I procrastinated (like a pro). So the Kool-Logs are working well, which is really strange since the last time I had them indoors, mold started to take over like crazy. This time it's quite clean. I have them under the LED panels and I suspect that it might have something to do with UV LEDs keeping the mold at bay, but I really don't know. My Den lindleyi that you saw during a summer update is taking hold and producing lots of new growths.
Sorry to keep bothering, but who manufactures your panels? I started using a 300w MarsHydro, but the light output was SO intense close to the unit. It burned a leaf of my D. lindleyi. Also, I've read on some cannabis forums that UV leds hurt the eyes, so perhaps be careful not to look at them for too long--not that you would since you have your panels pointed downwards.
Thanks, Caleb! I'm super excited at the progress of both schillerianas. Can't wait to see them both in bloom together. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I hope you have a wonderful new year and happy growing!
Very impressive Phals. The scent of P. Purple Martin and schilleriana are my favorite things ever. The form of your P. Sogo vivien is gorgeous! Also, I think Danny tried alcohol to treat spider mites, but was not successful. With such a pest, I take no chances and take the nuclear option as soon as I notice it.
Agree with the Purple Martin and schilleriana's scent. They smell so good! I'm trying to keep a close eye on the spider mites and giving my tetraspis C1 slightly cooler conditions to slow down the reproduction cycle. It seems like I might need to keep on dealing with it until the last set of eggs hatch. So far so good. Crossing fingers that they don't spread to others. Thanks for taking the time to watching and comment. I hope you have fantastic growing year ahead!
Great video Trac so professional and well done! Your plants are all looking great also! The new lights will help and light reading may be lower in FC but because the spectrum of light is optimized you will see good results I believe. Great job and thanks for the update on the 2016 O. A. project plant too yours looks really healthy.Keep up the great work!
Happy New Year...I see a musical instrument over your right shoulder, do you play🤔, play something for us please...That was quite the production. Thanks for sharing, have a great blooming season and happy growing.
Good eye, Sharon! It's my violin. That is my first hobby. I don't play as often now but maybe when I start practicing more often, I'll post a video (with some orchids, of course :)). Thanks for taking the time to watch and commment! Happy growing!
Hi Trac. Your videos are all outstanding and I definitely will be missing them. By the ways your cattleya is spectacular. Too bad the slugs snacked on it. It must have been delicious.
Thank you, Blanca! Slugs are such a nuisance. Especially that particular one. I remember catching it hiding inside the sheath. But I shall more vigilant this year. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing!
I did not have good results with phalaenopsis in growstones. I'm surprised because I expected it to be a nice, oxygen-rich, coarse media. I put 11 phals into the growstones but they all lost almost all of their roots within a very short time. Try it on one at a time! Some were 7 year-old phals with quite large root systems but now I have to baby them by spritzing the aerial roots. I much prefer hydroton and will just use the growstones for landscaping in the garden. I only used growstones on phalaenopsis so I'm not sure how other orchids do in it.
So sorry to hear that your phals didn't take the growstones well. I'm not planning to switch my phals to growstones at this point. I think they're happy with traditional media so I'll let them be. I'm planning to use it for my oncidiums as they are having a hard time in my environment. I suspect that once I've switch, my watering schedule for them might have to change (maybe more frequently). Thanks for let me know about your experience with growstones. And thanks for watching! Happy growing!
Quite an impressive setup for your mounted orchids, like it. Perfect for indoor growing! Love your Phal Schlerians and the way you showed orchids you lost, was interesting (I try to forget the ones I loose otherwise I blame myself for not being able to keep them alive, although I keep the tags, like Anna showed once, so I have a bunch of tags). As for your Phal.amboinensis, you'll have to wait a bit more to get the nice fragrance, and they improve as they mature. I enjoyed your video as usual and thanks very much for sharing(enjoyed your intro).
Thanks, Mary! I had fun making this video so I'm glad you enjoyed it. It does make me feel bad to sharing the orchids that were lost, but I just have to be honest. I'm not the best orchid grower here, but the important thing is to learn from it. I think it's a good idea to hold on to tags of plants that we've lost. I think that's what I'll do in the future. I'm glad to hear that the amboinensis scent will improve over time. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy new year and happy growing!
Hi Trac! Happy New Year and thanks for the update! You videos are always well-structured and superbly-edited. As much as I want to watch more of your videos, I think it is worth the wait. :) Your phals are doing awesome! So many spikes and blooms! It is shocking to know amboinensis has such a repulsive odor. I bought my Phal. Amboinensis AM/AOS thinking it has a nice fragrance. It has not bloomed for me yet, so I don't know yet. By the way, every time I see your big bay window, I am jealous to death! :)
Thanks Jianjun! You know I asked one of my friends recently to describe what the amboinensis smells like, and they replied they can't really detect anything. So, your milage may vary. But in any case, the blooms are beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy growing!
Thanks, Shoshana! It's a pretty orchid and has a delicious fragrance! Highly recommended. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy growing!
Oh you have the Phal Hsinying Little Knight 'Trinity' too? I've had it for a little while and i was hoping it would spike, but winter is soooo short here in georgia so ill just wait till next year. probably for the best, might get a better show next year.
Thanks, Sherry. I'm in GA. It's hard to tally up the total cost of everything since I've reused a lot of stuff from last year. But for the LED panels which the main component of this setup, they run about $30 each on Amazon.com.
Hi Trac the way you have your orchids displayed is beautiful!!! I was wondering were you able to custom order your led panels online or did you find someone locally to make them for you. I've been looking for a few panels for my "plant stand" which is more of a glass display so a custom design would be really helpful. I'm glad your videos are longer it's nice that you go into such detail. It really helps and I have definitely learned some new helpful tricks from your channel. Happy Growing!!!
Thank you! The LED panels are premade to be hung. I got them off of Amazon. I just screwed them in to the underside of my shelves. It's a bit of DIY but very doable. I'm not sure how glass would work but they have the rings for hooks on each side so can get a little creative to make it work. I hope that helps. Thanks for tuning and happy growing!
As a relatively new "student" in orchid care, I would like to know what type of water do you believe is best to use? Should I purchase tonic, spring, or distilled water for water culture? I'm very interested in using water culture and wish to hear from you on this. I look forward to hearing from you, please. Thank you immensely for responding so kindly.
I think if you were to purchase water for water culture, I would recommend distilled. I think the key is to get one that's low in mineral or soft water. Since the water from my tap is pretty soft I just use that. Mine doesn't seem to mind. I used a TDS meter and the reading is about 70 ppm for my tap water. I think any readings below that would be good. If I were careful, I would leave a bucket of my tap water out over night before using it (to dissipate all the chlorine in it) but I'm not that careful. :) I hope that helps.
Happy New Year Trac! Wow your orchids are doing great! I see you got the Phal Trinity something... orchid from Peter Lin? I was eyeing that one too, it's going to be gorgeous. I am scared to order during the winter, recently I bought a yellow stuartiana and it came to be completely frozen and dead 😭 I got a refund ( the seller never sent notification of having it shipped ) he is a great eBay seller though. As always, a great video 😀👌
Thanks, Arlene! Yep, go the Phal Hsinying Little Knight 'Trinity' from Peter Lin on eBay. It's just different than any complex hybrid phals that I had to have it :). I'm so sorry to hear that your stuartiana didn't make it in transport (but glad to hear that you got a refund). Yeah, orchid hauling in winter is a dicey business, unless you go get it yourself. I'm not sure what David Kessler's plan is, but given that he's a huge orchid enthusiast, I'm sure he'll set up a greenhouse there too. Not sure if he will sell to the public, though.
Hello, Trac! Your presentation displaying your colored light panels and system, has me interested in having one. Please direct me to any information to begin researching the colored light panels. I am a beginner, so if there is a resource for the "unschooled," please let me know (on the East Coast, USA). Thank you so much.
Thanks for the question. I'm embarrassed to say that I've very little research on artificial lights. So this is pretty much a trial run. But the panels that I bought can be purchased through the link in the description section up above.
Your cattleya is gorgeous - lovely clean clear colours and the white frill at the edge of the deep purple is very striking. Sorry to hear about your tetraspis and I loved the presentation of the honour roll for the dead orchids (not that I liked the idea of them dying). Fresh vomit with a little dill - definitely too much information :O Thanks for a great update and happy New Year.
Thanks, Rachel! The LC Sheila Lauterbach is definitely one my favorite cattleyas in my collection. I remember seeing it for the first time and was take aback at how large the blooms were. And white margins on the lips do make it stand out. LOL, sorry for the description on my amboinensis' fragrance. But it is what it is. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy new year and happy growing!
Vomit with just a touch of dill. HAHA I have this awful oncidium I just need to get rid of. I hate them. Good luck with the growstones! Also, have you seen those awesome Neo holders that are kind of a circular hanger with multiple spots for small Neo plants? Here is an example of one, but there's lots of different kinds : s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/18/4c/e1/184ce15a2dd81ce9503995c59abf6d4d.jpg While I will miss your regular updates, I really enjoy the fine-tuned, edited videos, and I hear you about the energy input in making them. Thanks for sharing and putting the time in, you really have an amazing collection. Happy new year!
Yea, that fragrance is just repulsive. At one point was considering giving away some of mine too. I have a few that were just rescues so I'm not really keen on them. I just have two that I'm hoping they will thrive in the new media. That's a really neat neo holder. I think I might have to get something like that. Thanks for sharing! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Looking forward to seeing your videos in the new year. Happy growing!
Great job. Your set and collection is every orchid lover's dream❤!
Thank you! I really appreciate it!
Trac, you put together a gorgeous presentation. Thank you for your time in sharing so many treasures with your followers.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment! Happy growing.
The taps being played with a list of your orchids that died in 2016 was hilarious. 😂
Thanks, LOL.
Thanks for all of your videos. You have the most organized and neat grow space setup Great job!
Thanks, Elaine. I appreciate your encouraging comments. Have a wonderful new year and happy growing!
Your house looks cool and beautiful, tidy and modern!
Thanks, Bryant!
Beautiful grow space. Your vivarium is sick, between the lush green and slick purple. I love the shot at 3:04
Thank you! :). It's not much of a set up now. I really need to organize things much better. But for what it is, the plants seem to thrive under there (except for my Phal lobbii). Hopefully I can find some time in the near future and do a video. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing.
Beautiful blooms and healthy plants! Thanks for sharing. I would love to see a Neofinetia update when you have the time.
Bailey Li it's on the list of videos I need to do! thanks, Bailey.
Happy New Year Trac and many thanks for your wonderful high quality update. In your beautiful grow space I would bloom all year long. I''m surprised that unfortunately some of your orchids didn't make it and I'm sorry that you couldn't save them. Your home looks to me like paradise for orchids and succulents. Can't wait to see your Neofinetias.
Have a wonderful day !
Hi Bettina! Thank you for your kind comments. It is unfortunately that I've lost some through the course of this year. But it was to be expected since many of them were acquired not in the best of health (and some just unexpectedly die). But it's OK. They're just minor set backs. Thanks for watching and I hope you have a wonderful new year. Happy growing!
Excellent video. Trac, you have set a standard for the rest. Thank you for all the love and care you put into the videos, it is the same as your plants care. Please, would you do a video sometimes featuring the water culture paph? Thanks
Thanks, Anne for your wonderful comment! I'll see if I can feature it in the next water culture update.
Bow down to the King! Another superb presentation Trac. You do such amazing things with the camera & editing, you know. Ugh, it's almost too pretty to watch! 😂 Good luck with your new job. Looking forward to your next update 😘
Thanks, Sam! I think glad you like! Happy growing!
Trac, everything looks wonderful! !! I love watching your videos and appreciate the amount of time you put into them :) Happy New Year!
Thanks, April! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing!
such a joy to watch your videos, just lovely! thank you for sharing!
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. And I'm glad you enjoyed it. Happy growing!
Trac McNguyen Happy growing!
I am speechless 😶...❤️🌱🌺
:D
great to see you, appreciate your videos. Happy new year!
Thank you! Happy new year and happy growing!
Changing jobs can be really difficult and exhausting so I totally understand your absence and neglecting your orchids, but this is just a hobby so we have to make a living too. I enjoyed this video as always and I wish you the best in this year.
Thanks, Corina. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy growing!
Beautiful as always! Happy New Year as well ! :)
Thanks, Collin! Happy growing. Looking forward to seeing future videos from you!
Beautiful house! :) By looking at how big your collection is, you live in a house, not apartment?
You are so kind to remember those whom you had lost, eventhough they were plants. You definitely are a very thoughtful person. As others, I am impressed with your LC Sheila Lauterbach. I am a cattleyas fan myself.
Such kind words! Thank you! I really appreciate it! I live in townhouse. So somewhere between a house and a apartment :).
Wow. You're setting yourself high standards and I loved the editing! Your Phals are doing so well, so many spikes and buds, it's fantastic. My favourites are your two schillerianas, Irene Dobkin and your hieroglyphica.
I'm sorry about the orchids you lost. You presented them in a very nice and unique way, though.
Thanks for another great video! :)
Thanks, [Bumblebee]! Those are some of my favorites as well. Thanks for taking the time to watch and to comment. Happy growing.
Just wanted to say I see and appreciate the effort you put into your videos. Thanks for making them.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. I'm not sure if I've answer your question a while ago if I used filters or not for my videos. My response at that time probably didn't make any sense since I thought you were asking about water filters (lol). Anyways, I wanted to formally give a more coherent response - I don't use any present filters, but I do alter my clips. I adjust exposures a lot to give it a "film" like look along with rendering in 24 fps. Happy growing!
Trac, just remembered, how's it going with the Kool-Logs? I think all the mounts in this update video were wood.
I made another comment, but I guess the commenting system is sometimes screwy because it didn't post. I was wondering how you're feeling about Kool-Logs? Was your last video that included them the summer update? Also, thank you for explaining to me about the filters. I thought you were using a clever idiom: out of the faucet (like the footage is straight from the camera, unadulterated). But, thanks for explaining about the exposure. And a bigger thanks for remembering my question from before! That's really nice of you!
Nope. No clever idioms here, lol. Just being half asleep when I responded, I suppose. I occasionally go back and watch old videos for referencing and noticed your comment and my response. I had a little chuckle. I should have corrected my response right away, but I procrastinated (like a pro). So the Kool-Logs are working well, which is really strange since the last time I had them indoors, mold started to take over like crazy. This time it's quite clean. I have them under the LED panels and I suspect that it might have something to do with UV LEDs keeping the mold at bay, but I really don't know. My Den lindleyi that you saw during a summer update is taking hold and producing lots of new growths.
Sorry to keep bothering, but who manufactures your panels? I started using a 300w MarsHydro, but the light output was SO intense close to the unit. It burned a leaf of my D. lindleyi. Also, I've read on some cannabis forums that UV leds hurt the eyes, so perhaps be careful not to look at them for too long--not that you would since you have your panels pointed downwards.
There is a lot of exciting things going on in your collection, excited to see both Phal. schillerianas. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
Thanks, Caleb! I'm super excited at the progress of both schillerianas. Can't wait to see them both in bloom together. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I hope you have a wonderful new year and happy growing!
Very professional video!
Thank you for your wonderful comment!
Great, not as pricey as I thought they were! I am on Signal Mountain close to Chattanooga.
Very impressive Phals. The scent of P. Purple Martin and schilleriana are my favorite things ever. The form of your P. Sogo vivien is gorgeous!
Also, I think Danny tried alcohol to treat spider mites, but was not successful. With such a pest, I take no chances and take the nuclear option as soon as I notice it.
Agree with the Purple Martin and schilleriana's scent. They smell so good! I'm trying to keep a close eye on the spider mites and giving my tetraspis C1 slightly cooler conditions to slow down the reproduction cycle. It seems like I might need to keep on dealing with it until the last set of eggs hatch. So far so good. Crossing fingers that they don't spread to others. Thanks for taking the time to watching and comment. I hope you have fantastic growing year ahead!
Great video Trac so professional and well done! Your plants are all looking great also! The new lights will help and light reading may be lower in FC but because the spectrum of light is optimized you will see good results I believe. Great job and thanks for the update on the 2016 O. A. project plant too yours looks really healthy.Keep up the great work!
That's Mike. That makes sense to me and would explain my observations. Thanks for input. Happy growing.
Happy New Year...I see a musical instrument over your right shoulder, do you play🤔, play something for us please...That was quite the production. Thanks for sharing, have a great blooming season and happy growing.
Good eye, Sharon! It's my violin. That is my first hobby. I don't play as often now but maybe when I start practicing more often, I'll post a video (with some orchids, of course :)). Thanks for taking the time to watch and commment! Happy growing!
Fantastic...holding you to that promise. 😊😊
Hi Trac. Your videos are all outstanding and I definitely will be missing them. By the ways your cattleya is spectacular. Too bad the slugs snacked on it. It must have been delicious.
Thank you, Blanca! Slugs are such a nuisance. Especially that particular one. I remember catching it hiding inside the sheath. But I shall more vigilant this year. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing!
I did not have good results with phalaenopsis in growstones. I'm surprised because I expected it to be a nice, oxygen-rich, coarse media. I put 11 phals into the growstones but they all lost almost all of their roots within a very short time. Try it on one at a time! Some were 7 year-old phals with quite large root systems but now I have to baby them by spritzing the aerial roots. I much prefer hydroton and will just use the growstones for landscaping in the garden. I only used growstones on phalaenopsis so I'm not sure how other orchids do in it.
So sorry to hear that your phals didn't take the growstones well. I'm not planning to switch my phals to growstones at this point. I think they're happy with traditional media so I'll let them be. I'm planning to use it for my oncidiums as they are having a hard time in my environment. I suspect that once I've switch, my watering schedule for them might have to change (maybe more frequently). Thanks for let me know about your experience with growstones. And thanks for watching! Happy growing!
Your videos are always so so beautiful! Almost inspiring enough to make me want to try something more quality than just my iPhone!
I've seen really good stuff done on iPhones :). But thank you! you should post and update of your collection soon!
Trac McNguyen nooooooooooooooooo. I'm mad at them.
Awwww. Give them some love :D!
Your camera skills are outstanding also!
Thank you! I appreciate your kind remarks. Happy growing!
Quite an impressive setup for your mounted orchids, like it. Perfect for indoor growing! Love your Phal Schlerians and the way you showed orchids you lost, was interesting (I try to forget the ones I loose otherwise I blame myself for not being able to keep them alive, although I keep the tags, like Anna showed once, so I have a bunch of tags). As for your Phal.amboinensis, you'll have to wait a bit more to get the nice fragrance, and they improve as they mature. I enjoyed your video as usual and thanks very much for sharing(enjoyed your intro).
Thanks, Mary! I had fun making this video so I'm glad you enjoyed it. It does make me feel bad to sharing the orchids that were lost, but I just have to be honest. I'm not the best orchid grower here, but the important thing is to learn from it. I think it's a good idea to hold on to tags of plants that we've lost. I think that's what I'll do in the future. I'm glad to hear that the amboinensis scent will improve over time. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy new year and happy growing!
Hi Trac! Happy New Year and thanks for the update! You videos are always well-structured and superbly-edited. As much as I want to watch more of your videos, I think it is worth the wait. :) Your phals are doing awesome! So many spikes and blooms! It is shocking to know amboinensis has such a repulsive odor. I bought my Phal. Amboinensis AM/AOS thinking it has a nice fragrance. It has not bloomed for me yet, so I don't know yet. By the way, every time I see your big bay window, I am jealous to death! :)
Thanks Jianjun! You know I asked one of my friends recently to describe what the amboinensis smells like, and they replied they can't really detect anything. So, your milage may vary. But in any case, the blooms are beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy growing!
I really enjoy your videos! Now I want a BC Maikai too...😒
The plant memorial was...touching.
Thanks, Shoshana! It's a pretty orchid and has a delicious fragrance! Highly recommended. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy growing!
Oh you have the Phal Hsinying Little Knight 'Trinity' too? I've had it for a little while and i was hoping it would spike, but winter is soooo short here in georgia so ill just wait till next year. probably for the best, might get a better show next year.
Also, i use growstone on some of my orchids, looks nice and the results are good so far
I'm lucky to receive one that's already in spike. Maybe you'll get a better spiker than mine next year since all the energy is preserved.
Glad to hear that the growstones are working out for you. Thanks for sharing your experience with them.
No problem Trac
Awesome grow space! Where are you located? About how much did your light setup cost?
Thanks, Sherry. I'm in GA. It's hard to tally up the total cost of everything since I've reused a lot of stuff from last year. But for the LED panels which the main component of this setup, they run about $30 each on Amazon.com.
Hi Trac the way you have your orchids displayed is beautiful!!! I was wondering were you able to custom order your led panels online or did you find someone locally to make them for you. I've been looking for a few panels for my "plant stand" which is more of a glass display so a custom design would be really helpful. I'm glad your videos are longer it's nice that you go into such detail. It really helps and I have definitely learned some new helpful tricks from your channel. Happy Growing!!!
Thank you! The LED panels are premade to be hung. I got them off of Amazon. I just screwed them in to the underside of my shelves. It's a bit of DIY but very doable. I'm not sure how glass would work but they have the rings for hooks on each side so can get a little creative to make it work. I hope that helps. Thanks for tuning and happy growing!
As a relatively new "student" in orchid care, I would like to know what type of water do you believe is best to use? Should I purchase tonic, spring, or distilled water for water culture? I'm very interested in using water culture and wish to hear from you on this. I look forward to hearing from you, please. Thank you immensely for responding so kindly.
I think if you were to purchase water for water culture, I would recommend distilled. I think the key is to get one that's low in mineral or soft water. Since the water from my tap is pretty soft I just use that. Mine doesn't seem to mind. I used a TDS meter and the reading is about 70 ppm for my tap water. I think any readings below that would be good. If I were careful, I would leave a bucket of my tap water out over night before using it (to dissipate all the chlorine in it) but I'm not that careful. :) I hope that helps.
lol this is the late for meeting song xD
:D
oh and great videos!
Happy New Year Trac! Wow your orchids are doing great! I see you got the Phal Trinity something... orchid from Peter Lin? I was eyeing that one too, it's going to be gorgeous. I am scared to order during the winter, recently I bought a yellow stuartiana and it came to be completely frozen and dead 😭 I got a refund ( the seller never sent notification of having it shipped ) he is a great eBay seller though. As always, a great video 😀👌
Trac is the owner of Brookside going to open an orchid nursery in Colorado? Ah that would be fantastic!
Thanks, Arlene! Yep, go the Phal Hsinying Little Knight 'Trinity' from Peter Lin on eBay. It's just different than any complex hybrid phals that I had to have it :). I'm so sorry to hear that your stuartiana didn't make it in transport (but glad to hear that you got a refund). Yeah, orchid hauling in winter is a dicey business, unless you go get it yourself. I'm not sure what David Kessler's plan is, but given that he's a huge orchid enthusiast, I'm sure he'll set up a greenhouse there too. Not sure if he will sell to the public, though.
That would be amazing :) well if he moving to Colorado Springs, he would have a loyal customer...me! Haha
Hello, Trac! Your presentation displaying your colored light panels and system, has me interested in having one. Please direct me to any information to begin researching the colored light panels. I am a beginner, so if there is a resource for the "unschooled," please let me know (on the East Coast, USA). Thank you so much.
Thanks for the question. I'm embarrassed to say that I've very little research on artificial lights. So this is pretty much a trial run. But the panels that I bought can be purchased through the link in the description section up above.
Trac, thank you for sharing what you have with me. I will gladly pursue getting the light panels now. I appreciate this so much.
Best wishes. :)
Your cattleya is gorgeous - lovely clean clear colours and the white frill at the edge of the deep purple is very striking. Sorry to hear about your tetraspis and I loved the presentation of the honour roll for the dead orchids (not that I liked the idea of them dying).
Fresh vomit with a little dill - definitely too much information :O
Thanks for a great update and happy New Year.
Thanks, Rachel! The LC Sheila Lauterbach is definitely one my favorite cattleyas in my collection. I remember seeing it for the first time and was take aback at how large the blooms were. And white margins on the lips do make it stand out. LOL, sorry for the description on my amboinensis' fragrance. But it is what it is. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Happy new year and happy growing!
Vomit with just a touch of dill. HAHA
I have this awful oncidium I just need to get rid of. I hate them. Good luck with the growstones!
Also, have you seen those awesome Neo holders that are kind of a circular hanger with multiple spots for small Neo plants? Here is an example of one, but there's lots of different kinds : s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/18/4c/e1/184ce15a2dd81ce9503995c59abf6d4d.jpg
While I will miss your regular updates, I really enjoy the fine-tuned, edited videos, and I hear you about the energy input in making them. Thanks for sharing and putting the time in, you really have an amazing collection.
Happy new year!
Yea, that fragrance is just repulsive.
At one point was considering giving away some of mine too. I have a few that were just rescues so I'm not really keen on them. I just have two that I'm hoping they will thrive in the new media.
That's a really neat neo holder. I think I might have to get something like that. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Looking forward to seeing your videos in the new year. Happy growing!