Only today ... I came across this MUCH NEEDED tutorial from you regarding propagating Cattleyas. I had been searching for a comprehensive video just like this!! THANK YOU so much. Also, I subscribe to Ninja Orchids, so I am a *Ninja Acolyte* - and I have since sent her an email regarding FINDING your much and so timely video. THANK YOU so much for that - I learnt a lot!! You see, just a few weeks ago, I "rescued" a badly kept cattleya from a friend, and had NO IDEA what I had undertaken; my heart just went out to their deplorable state ("potted" in soil in a heavy clay pot!). Then ... I stumbled across your video about cattleya propagation - ta-dahh 🎶🎵.... so far, so good, my propagation methods were OK. That was about 3 - 4 weeks ago. So, now watching and waiting. I am from St Lucia in the Caribbean and have only recently been growing orchids - so I'm a newbie.
If I lived in the UK or you lived here In Canada then I would really swap back bulbs with you. You have lots of Cattleyas that I would truly like to have in my collection. Anyways looking forward to seeing these in their progress and any updates plus their blooms. Thank you for sharing and have a wonderful day. Always love your videos.
You have done an amazing job with the divisions ... so happy to see that eyes have progressed so fast considering time of year ... you have that magic touch 🥰 I am also surprised how some did not fare well during shipping 😳 yay for Siamese Doll ... what a trooper to be doing that with a stonking new growth and roots to boot, wow!! If I was dubious about any of them going downhill, I would have bet on Siamese Doll... not the purpurata with 5 bulbs ... I am so sorry about that! Only one thing to be done,... grow more at my end, faster and then try again 😃 look at them in their pots 🤩 so happy to see them in your collection! Thank you for taking them on board... looking forward to seeing them bloom for you 🤸🏼♀️ for the kind and generous shout out ... massive hugs ❤🌸
I have no idea what happened with the striata, the only thing that I could think of is something similar happened when I had a loat of rootless divisions from an eBay seller, where one of them made a new growth that blackened and dried before the rest of the plant dried up, and people suggested a calcium issue at the time. Which wasn't a shock since it had been rootless a while. So ondont knownifnots the same thing, but the symptoms were similar. Maybe I should have tried foliar feeding but it was too late by the time I realised 😥 I can only say thankyou so much for all of your kindness and generosity 💗
So many new Cattleyas! 😍 How generous of Nina! Well, as I am watching this, I am chopping my own Cattleyas, as you already know 😂 Relying on all those whispers of the eyes 😂👀
Hello Annabelle... Again educating and for me a a reassuring video. I just bought a bunch of catts divisions from a friend in our orchid society and some of which are looking sorry and rootless.. he grows in bark. For a moment I thought they were all dead. but you've given me hope...BTW, I posted my greenhouse on the Semi hydroponic site. being that we have a lot of sun in Vegas I'm struggling with shading.. And it's not even summer yet!!
This is such a wonderful collection of orchids. Isn't it amazing how quickly they adapted and started to push new roots and growth? Between yours and Nina's collections leaves me totally awestruck. I can wait for your next update and to see the gorgeous blooms they're going to produce. I think it's a great idea in having a group swap to share keikis and backbulbs and helping to each other to build their collections. We in the UK will find ourselves in a great predicament come January 1st and I'm dreading what is going to be like for purchasing and or receiving orchids from the EU 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️. But I digress.... I find solace in your show and tell 💜🌸💜
As Annabelle has agreed maybe we can start a buy/swap on the Facebook page. I for one will not be able to pay the prices which are going to have to be paid for new orchids.
Hi Andre, sorry for the delay in replying 🙂 I'm glad you've found some of my videos useful! Thankyou for watching them, even the older ones, happy new year! 💗
I absolutely LOVE your cat. Those ears are absolutely adorable!!! I really enjoyed the video btw. I really wish that I lived in a different country because it's extremely difficult to get orchids in South Africa.
Hi Annabel Wow, what a nice swap, and impressive progress in seven weeks! I bought two (rootless) C. aclandiae crosses (from a UK Ebay seller I've since been warned off 🙈) the summer of 2019, and it took FOREVER for something to happen. My Jungles Eyes didn't make it 😪, but my Jungle Elf "Isobee" is growing really nicely now - third growth since it started growing in the spring 💪
You certainly have green fingers Annabelle 🙂 I have been watching Nina’s videos and she has some wonderful orchids as well. I have found Cattleyas so forgiving, they don’t mind where they are as long as they are warm and have plenty of good lighting. I think when 2021 arrives Orchid collectors here in the UK are going to have to think about where they are going to purchase their Orchids especially from Europe so a ‘swap’ club would be a good idea for all kinds of orchids. As always I look forward to your next video. Oh Muffin is gorgeous as well 😍
Maybe we should start a buy/sell/swap orchids in the UK Facebook group for next year, because the few UK nurseries we have will probably increase their prices in response to this. I can't help but feel that's coming. And I cant afford and deal with the hassle of cites, import paperwork and phytosanitary to buy from the EU... I agree with you, Catts are one of my favourite types of orchids because you can chuck them in whatever media and as long as they have enough light and hot temperatures, they will grow like weeds!
I can feel a repotting coming up👍🏼🍀😄, hope to see you do more videos Annabel. I watch Nina’s TH-cam channel too, what a generous person she is. Edit: And then I saw the update 😂
Sorry to hear that, do they struggle with your slightly cooler winters? Am I getting that right? I feel like we talked about it before but I may be getting confused!
Hi again, yes I do have very cool winters and can only grow inside my house then. It will be interesting to see how my orchids do now I have a heat pump installed in my house. Hopefully it will provide cheaper and easily regulated temperatures. I should get better with Cattleya's over time, its all about gaining knowledge and experience.
Wow wished I lived next to you and nina so I can swap orchids too. Unfortunately I don't know anyone that grows orchids in my area and dont have time to join any clubs too.
I so want some Cattleya but it is so hard to get one here in my area (Latvia). They are so rare if not possible to get one in our local shops. I have white jealousy 😊 So many Cattleyas! 🥰
Can you not order online? Is Latvia in the EU? We don't have cattleya in garden centres here either, all my orchids are online orders from European nurseries😆
Oh sorry, you said they were hard to get in your area, which was puzzling to me since there is online ordering. In the UK you can only find Phalaenopsis in garden centres mostly- so I've certainly not been buying from garden centres! I wasn't suggesting you order in winter. Good luck!
Grow cattleyas, grow! Thank you for this video! When I do a back bulb division do I have to make sure they have leaves or would leafless bulbs work too?
Hello Annabel like your videos just curious those small shelves you have on the walls the wood board and white pipe were did you get those ? I am thinking IKEA but not sure cheers
Hi Annabelle...greetings from Canada....this propagation is over what period of time...? As growers, we all have patience even with these end divisions! Thanks for your imput!
You don’t say how they are potted up. I would like to know what medium you use. I thought they needed more air holes in the pots. I have rescued several over grown cats and am trying to get them to revive. i have put them in bark, but maybe have them in too much sun. I have put rootless divisions in moss first, but maybe they don’t need that.
I'm not sure which part you are asking if it would work for? 🙂 The rules of dividing orchids and care apply to all sympodial orchids with regards to light, humidity, airflow and number of backbulbs. Whether Bulbophyllums will do well in semi-hydro for you greatly depends on your environment. Personally if you aren't sure I'd go with moss. Semi-hydro can work for many environments and conditions, but for some you will need to troubleshoot the dry layer- there are many workarounds but rootless bulbo divisions are not the things to be experimenting with 😉🥰
@@TheOrchidRoom Hi! Thanks for the reply & sorry for not being more specific. I have some back bulbs of a Bulbophyllum fascinator. They are also rootless. I am wondering if they have the chance to also push out growth, if set up under LEDs and some damp moss (my usual medium with bulbos)? I have never used semi-hydro techniques before.
If you have 3 or more backbulbs per division there is a very good chance a dormant eye will activate- this is how bulbophyllum are commonly propagated 🙂 If less bulbs per division there is still a chance, but it will take longer and the chances of success per division are lower.
I would love to swap backbulbs with other people, but I don't know anyone here in Norway that has got orchids, and I don't know wether or not other people from within the EU are allowed to send orchids to Norway through the post without having to get a phyto permit and/or a cites..
You'll have to find some others in Norway 🙃 I'm sure there are lots of growers, I know a few people in Norway from Instagram. Maybe there is a Facebook group?
I'm not sure if it helps but no problem, the UK will be in the same position as you guys after January 1st, so I'll only be able to swap within the country also!
I bought a surprise box last April. Several are nearly blooming now.
Only today ... I came across this MUCH NEEDED tutorial from you regarding propagating Cattleyas. I had been searching for a comprehensive video just like this!! THANK YOU so much.
Also, I subscribe to Ninja Orchids, so I am a *Ninja Acolyte* - and I have since sent her an email regarding FINDING your much and so timely video. THANK YOU so much for that - I learnt a lot!! You see, just a few weeks ago, I "rescued" a badly kept cattleya from a friend, and had NO IDEA what I had undertaken; my heart just went out to their deplorable state ("potted" in soil in a heavy clay pot!). Then ... I stumbled across your video about cattleya propagation - ta-dahh 🎶🎵.... so far, so good, my propagation methods were OK. That was about 3 - 4 weeks ago. So, now watching and waiting.
I am from St Lucia in the Caribbean and have only recently been growing orchids - so I'm a newbie.
If I lived in the UK or you lived here In Canada then I would really swap back bulbs with you. You have lots of Cattleyas that I would truly like to have in my collection. Anyways looking forward to seeing these in their progress and any updates plus their blooms. Thank you for sharing and have a wonderful day. Always love your videos.
You have done an amazing job with the divisions ... so happy to see that eyes have progressed so fast considering time of year ... you have that magic touch 🥰 I am also surprised how some did not fare well during shipping 😳 yay for Siamese Doll ... what a trooper to be doing that with a stonking new growth and roots to boot, wow!! If I was dubious about any of them going downhill, I would have bet on Siamese Doll... not the purpurata with 5 bulbs ... I am so sorry about that! Only one thing to be done,... grow more at my end, faster and then try again 😃 look at them in their pots 🤩 so happy to see them in your collection! Thank you for taking them on board... looking forward to seeing them bloom for you 🤸🏼♀️ for the kind and generous shout out ... massive hugs ❤🌸
I have no idea what happened with the striata, the only thing that I could think of is something similar happened when I had a loat of rootless divisions from an eBay seller, where one of them made a new growth that blackened and dried before the rest of the plant dried up, and people suggested a calcium issue at the time. Which wasn't a shock since it had been rootless a while. So ondont knownifnots the same thing, but the symptoms were similar. Maybe I should have tried foliar feeding but it was too late by the time I realised 😥 I can only say thankyou so much for all of your kindness and generosity 💗
@@TheOrchidRoom 🤗❤🤗
Oh great. You have the Kiku as well! :) nice to make comparisons.
So many new Cattleyas! 😍 How generous of Nina! Well, as I am watching this, I am chopping my own Cattleyas, as you already know 😂 Relying on all those whispers of the eyes 😂👀
The eye whispers are key! 😂
Very thoughtful of you to mention the lights for people. What a great haul from Nina! I love your ongoing swap! ❤️
Hello Annabelle... Again educating and for me a a reassuring video. I just bought a bunch of catts divisions from a friend in our orchid society and some of which are looking sorry and rootless.. he grows in bark. For a moment I thought they were all dead.
but you've given me hope...BTW, I posted my greenhouse on the Semi hydroponic site. being that we have a lot of sun in Vegas I'm struggling with shading..
And it's not even summer yet!!
That is a great package from Nina! She is great and packages her packages very well 😁
Nina is the best!
This is such a wonderful collection of orchids. Isn't it amazing how quickly they adapted and started to push new roots and growth? Between yours and Nina's collections leaves me totally awestruck. I can wait for your next update and to see the gorgeous blooms they're going to produce.
I think it's a great idea in having a group swap to share keikis and backbulbs and helping to each other to build their collections. We in the UK will find ourselves in a great predicament come January 1st and I'm dreading what is going to be like for purchasing and or receiving orchids from the EU 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️. But I digress.... I find solace in your show and tell 💜🌸💜
As Annabelle has agreed maybe we can start a buy/swap on the Facebook page. I for one will not be able to pay the prices which are going to have to be paid for new orchids.
So awesome to see your success with Nina's 'chids. Perfect start
Hello Annabelle, thanks for the video, there are always interesting things to learn in your videos. Happy new year.
Hi Andre, sorry for the delay in replying 🙂 I'm glad you've found some of my videos useful! Thankyou for watching them, even the older ones, happy new year! 💗
I absolutely LOVE your cat. Those ears are absolutely adorable!!! I really enjoyed the video btw. I really wish that I lived in a different country because it's extremely difficult to get orchids in South Africa.
Hi Annabel
Wow, what a nice swap, and impressive progress in seven weeks!
I bought two (rootless) C. aclandiae crosses (from a UK Ebay seller I've since been warned off 🙈) the summer of 2019, and it took FOREVER for something to happen. My Jungles Eyes didn't make it 😪, but my Jungle Elf "Isobee" is growing really nicely now - third growth since it started growing in the spring 💪
Hi Annabel hope every thing ok and your staying safe beautiful orchids 😘 good idea to swap orchids with ppl
Swapping seems to be a brilliant idea:)
You certainly have green fingers Annabelle 🙂 I have been watching Nina’s videos and she has some wonderful orchids as well. I have found Cattleyas so forgiving, they don’t mind where they are as long as they are warm and have plenty of good lighting. I think when 2021 arrives Orchid collectors here in the UK are going to have to think about where they are going to purchase their Orchids especially from Europe so a ‘swap’ club would be a good idea for all kinds of orchids. As always I look forward to your next video. Oh Muffin is gorgeous as well 😍
Maybe we should start a buy/sell/swap orchids in the UK Facebook group for next year, because the few UK nurseries we have will probably increase their prices in response to this. I can't help but feel that's coming. And I cant afford and deal with the hassle of cites, import paperwork and phytosanitary to buy from the EU... I agree with you, Catts are one of my favourite types of orchids because you can chuck them in whatever media and as long as they have enough light and hot temperatures, they will grow like weeds!
I can feel a repotting coming up👍🏼🍀😄, hope to see you do more videos Annabel. I watch Nina’s TH-cam channel too, what a generous person she is.
Edit: And then I saw the update 😂
Nina packed everything so nicely, and the printed tags 😍 Rooting for all of these, literally 🤞
They're so thoughtfully packaged! She is the queen of organising orchids!
You can’t beat free orchids! 😄
Thanks Annabelle, I not very good with Cattleya's but I can use this method just to keep mine growing.
Sorry to hear that, do they struggle with your slightly cooler winters? Am I getting that right? I feel like we talked about it before but I may be getting confused!
Hi again, yes I do have very cool winters and can only grow inside my house then. It will be interesting to see how my orchids do now I have a heat pump installed in my house. Hopefully it will provide cheaper and easily regulated temperatures. I should get better with Cattleya's over time, its all about gaining knowledge and experience.
In addition, they don't like cool temps, so the catts will definitely improve growth with the new heating system 🙂💗
Loll we are rooting for roots! 🤣
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Nice to see how it's done though 😊😁
Wow wished I lived next to you and nina so I can swap orchids too. Unfortunately I don't know anyone that grows orchids in my area and dont have time to join any clubs too.
I have the Yokosuka Story, it blooms consistently and it's fragrant. I also have the Sung Ya Green, I hope mine stays smaller than yours! lol
Good job successful
I so want some Cattleya but it is so hard to get one here in my area (Latvia). They are so rare if not possible to get one in our local shops. I have white jealousy 😊 So many Cattleyas! 🥰
Can you not order online? Is Latvia in the EU? We don't have cattleya in garden centres here either, all my orchids are online orders from European nurseries😆
@@TheOrchidRoom of course Latvia is in EU but I don’t want to order during winter time 😉
Oh sorry, you said they were hard to get in your area, which was puzzling to me since there is online ordering. In the UK you can only find Phalaenopsis in garden centres mostly- so I've certainly not been buying from garden centres! I wasn't suggesting you order in winter. Good luck!
What kind of media you use? Do you cut the dead roots? Do you water immediately? You did not mention these questions
Grow cattleyas, grow! Thank you for this video! When I do a back bulb division do I have to make sure they have leaves or would leafless bulbs work too?
I haven’t tried a Cattleya type in S H yet. Maybe I will next time I do a division.
They are one of the easiest to grow in SH for me
Hello Annabel like your videos just curious those small shelves you have on the walls the wood board and white pipe were did you get those ? I am thinking IKEA but not sure cheers
amzn.to/37SosfF They are these ones from amazon!
MUFFIN! 😍
Hello 🙂
You are mentioning swap groups, could you recommend one for the UK ?
Thank you 😊
I don't know of one for the UK- maybe we should make one 🙂
@@TheOrchidRoom That's a great idea :)
I think purpurata is one of the more difficult species to get going from backbulbs. The rest look pretty good, hopefully they keep on going.
I'm sad it didn't make it, all the rest are either doing great or doing nothing, which is better than doing badly so I'll take it 😆
Hi Annabelle...greetings from Canada....this propagation is over what period of time...? As growers, we all have patience even with these end divisions! Thanks for your imput!
Hi! There are dates in the video 🙃
You don’t say how they are potted up. I would like to know what medium you use. I thought they needed more air holes in the pots. I have rescued several over grown cats and am trying to get them to revive. i have put them in bark, but maybe have them in too much sun. I have put rootless divisions in moss first, but maybe they don’t need that.
Hello, would this also work for other genera? I have some rootless bulbophyllum divisions which I am trying to root.
I'm not sure which part you are asking if it would work for? 🙂 The rules of dividing orchids and care apply to all sympodial orchids with regards to light, humidity, airflow and number of backbulbs. Whether Bulbophyllums will do well in semi-hydro for you greatly depends on your environment. Personally if you aren't sure I'd go with moss. Semi-hydro can work for many environments and conditions, but for some you will need to troubleshoot the dry layer- there are many workarounds but rootless bulbo divisions are not the things to be experimenting with 😉🥰
@@TheOrchidRoom Hi! Thanks for the reply & sorry for not being more specific. I have some back bulbs of a Bulbophyllum fascinator. They are also rootless. I am wondering if they have the chance to also push out growth, if set up under LEDs and some damp moss (my usual medium with bulbos)? I have never used semi-hydro techniques before.
If you have 3 or more backbulbs per division there is a very good chance a dormant eye will activate- this is how bulbophyllum are commonly propagated 🙂 If less bulbs per division there is still a chance, but it will take longer and the chances of success per division are lower.
I would love to swap backbulbs with other people, but I don't know anyone here in Norway that has got orchids, and I don't know wether or not other people from within the EU are allowed to send orchids to Norway through the post without having to get a phyto permit and/or a cites..
You'll have to find some others in Norway 🙃 I'm sure there are lots of growers, I know a few people in Norway from Instagram. Maybe there is a Facebook group?
@@TheOrchidRoom I'll definetly check it out😊 Thanks for the tip😊
I'm not sure if it helps but no problem, the UK will be in the same position as you guys after January 1st, so I'll only be able to swap within the country also!
@@TheOrchidRoom ah, yes, because of brexit. It has stirred up quite a few changes for you guys has'nt it? Hopefully not just bad ones??😊
Dividing is not propagation