That was a very hard job, you needed all your strengh. OH boy, what a massive orchid. She had very nice good roots in spite of so many old back bulbs. I noticed you removed almost all the back bulbs which was a good option. I left some on my Cymbidium when I repotted them in the spring in order to avoid too many divisions on the same plant but I did wrong because they ended up rotting throught the summer and I had to do an emergency cleaning of the plants. No good for this year's blooming. All in the name of experience, lol. Your orchid looks so much better now, she will get stronger and fuller in no time. Thank you so much for the shout out, I really aprreciate it. Have a great weekend Rachel !!!
It was the mother of all jobs but I'm glad it is done now. Only another four to go! But they are much smaller. I guess, we live and learn all the time with these jobs but it is hard to remember lessons when we only do tasks every couple of years. Have a great weekend!
@@tl4673 I am apologize for not replying, I never got this notification and only saw your comment now due to a new one posted. If it is still in time, I don't know about Rachel but I do not water right after repotting, only a week or so, later.
@@kannoncoleman702 I apologize, I did not ignore, I just had no notification in time. About watering afternrepotting Cymbidium: in my case I only water a few days later...
What a great video. A real person showing a real plant that is overgrown and showing the process and the difficulties. So many videos have perfect plants that they just easily pull out, and put into a fresh pot. This was so informative. Really appreciate the time you have taken putting it together.
I was just about to comment this! I couldn’t believe how hard it was to find a video about repotting orchids with old psuedobulbs. All the “repot” videos just show people putting the plant in a new pot and not much else.
This video has just come to my attention as a gift from heaven, only it actually comes from you, dear Rachel! I'm faced with this same task of dividing a very old cymbidium, a job I have been postponing from year to year for obvious reasons. And now I have been encouraged, and the first sunny day that comes along will see my lovelies happily divided. I cannot thank you enough for the wonderfully inspiring teaching, Rachel!
Watching re-potting videos is so satisfying and therapeutic for some reason, just re-potted 6 orchids yesterday myself and i just love the feeling of removing all the dead old roots and giivng fresh new medium for the plant to thrive in!
@@GardeningatDouentza Hope so too! But only time will tell i guess,.. I live in Norwy so light is pretty limited during winters, and temps can drop pretty low, so hopefully with some good techniques they will thrive anyway
Thank you so much for everything you taught me in that video. I feel like it was Heaven sent. Before I found you showing me what I needed to learn, earlier today I was trying to repot a 6 year old cymbidium that I had bought for my bedridden mother to enjoy outside her bedroom window in full bloom for months before she died. It never bloomed again and today I decided to try to repot it. It looked just like yours and I was afraid to take off the old bulbs. I will redo it tomorrow and make sure to use cinnamon when needed. I am so encouraged and emotionally feel like doing it properly will honor the memory of my mother.
You are most welcome. I am sorry to hear of your mother but hopefully you can bring your cymbidium to bloom again as I know it will always remind you of her ❤️ Take care.
I’m exhausted from watching your hard work. Hhaaaaa. I have laughed hard at your expense but I’ve enjoyed every minute of your knowledge and flexibility on Cymbidiums. I have chronic arthritis and I just tried repotting one of mine and I know I never did as good a job as you did with yours . Thanks for your secret about the cinnamon, I’d never heard that idea before. Continued good health, with lots of joy and laughter.
Dear Lord woman you sure worked hard!!! That's me everytime i repot. Except sometimes I take hours because I literally will untangle every root. However sometimes it's almost very therapeutic to me. That plant better reward you with some beautiful flowers for taking such good care of it and literally fighting to get it right! Beautiful and well done!
Repotting cymbidiums is not for the faint of heart! I just finished repotting and dividing a large bunch of plants and had to use my kitchen knife to get some of them apart. Backbreaking is right! Well done!
with now over 100 cymbidium orchids in my collection I've learned a few things and I personally cannot criticise anything you have demonstrated here. A fabulous presentation. One time only, I hacked a cymbidium apart with a spade, one other time with an axe, so I understand just how hardened the root ball can become. These days if needed, like yourself, a disused kitchen knife.
@@GardeningatDouentza I "usually" get my first flowers in April (Cym. Tracyanum) and the last ones are "just about" dead on the spike here in early January. I have obviously spent time hunting down the early bloomers and the late bloomers. Years ago I had everything out in September when my partner would be abroad. It was this that influenced the decision to acquire others that flowered at other times of the year. I repot in a coarse bark, charcoal, cym mix, coco husk, with a tad of perlite. The cyms tolerate the Southern Australian winter but it's our horribly hot summers where they suffer.
You are absolutely delightful! I have two of these lovely plants that I have to do this with and it was so nice to see you struggle! I hate watching a video and it looks so damn easy. Thank you thank you thank you
Haha. It certainly was a big job and one I am glad to have behind me. Glad you appreciated the reality of the video. Thanks for watching and good luck with your job ahead.
You are mighty and inspiring! I was looking for just this instruction. I know my newly acquired division will require this maintenance in a few years. I don’t want to fear the unknown so thank you for showing us.
Fantastic video ! Thank you........have sent my afternoon just trying to get the orchids x2 out of their pots, so now feeling a bit more confident to carry on..... brilliant !!!!! luv from NZ
Hello from Melbourne Australia. I prefer to have 1 or 2 attached leafless back bulbs (the healthy and firm ones) with each division if possible, as these old bulbs store nutrients that can help the plant to flower quicker. I grow many Cymbies here and they are the easiest orchid to grow.
wow very healthy Cymbidium roots. Every year our are just dead full for rots. What were the old potting mix that that were used in previous pot? It is so red and seem like smooth solid wood chips almost. thanks
Well done! I actually needed to use a mattock on my monster, after a spade failed to split it, and that was just the roots. Good to see a difficult demonstration as they are not the norm.
Such a wonderful plant. After almost killing my first it is in recovery currently. Not expecting any flower spikes this year but after another year of growing maybe the following year.
Kudos to you, that beautiful plant was a beast for you to repot. Oh my goodness!! I just got a NB size one that I am going to try and grow indoors. Seeing your beauty made me a bit scared of what I might be getting myself into. LOL.
Rachel,what an arduous task you carried out👏I bought two discounted cyms today and at least one needs a repot so I'll follow your advice and repot it tomorrow...I admit I'm a bit scared as I lack experience with cyms.
Hi there and thanks for watching. My job was difficult because the cym hadn't had old pseudos removed in a long time. Yours won't be as bad! Good luck 😊
You certainly made it a hard and difficult job i would suggest that you cut oproxitly two thirds of the roots off with youre bread knive which is my way of breaking up my cymbidiums and have never lost any in20 yrs off growing cimbidiums once seperated i water them then dont water them for a week this makes the plant increase its new root growt dk Australia
Wow that was a lot of work. You are a strong women. I know I could not have done that. I just got one. It had two beautiful spikes of yellow flowers. I will need help if the day comes to repot mine. Thank you. I saw a video of how to grow new plants from back bulbs.
Since last time I commented on this video, I just got my first Cymbidium 2 days ago, it's a warm growing miniature Kusuda Fantasy. Found it cheap, imported from Taiwan by a local nursery. I watered it yesterday, to get the roots more elastic, and today I had this video on repeat as the soundtrack to my battle. Those roots were crazy! It was potted mainly in soil and a few pieces of bark on the bottom, and that smelled really, really nasty...I am guessing cow manure, which I am still digging out from under my fingernails. The stench made the operation much harder, but I managed. I couldn't follow your advice to not rinse the roots, for obvious reasons, so I drenched it several times in water, to get the smell out. All is looking great now, luckily. Thanks for keeping me company 😊.
Well, it was cold so there was no sweat but the job went on literally for hours. I had to cut out so much of the footage as it was just repetative. I was exhausted at the end but at least it's done now.
Nice video. What you call "dead suitables" are in fact good opportunities to propagate the orchid. If you put it in the land half buried in two years you have new orchids flowering.
Instead of my hands, I put the pot on the ground and use my foot to stomp on the pot. Not too hard if you want to keep the pot. I keep mine in cheaper black plastic pots like the kind you buy plants in.
Thank you for this video, I really appreciate it. I'm in the USA and I have a large phalaenopsis to repot. I understand cymbidiums are different, but I feel it was useful to see how you did the repotting. I wonder if soaking the pot in water would have helped you remove it from the pot, get old mix out of the roots, and then divide the plant. How is the repotted plant today?
Hi from Ireland to US. Glad you liked the video. Phals are quite different from cyms. They are epiphytic so require different medium, temperatures and certainly less rough handling. Yes, soaking is always an option, especially if you are concerned about keeping the pot. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend.
i just bought my first cymbidium. it is winter here and she is in full bloom. I am very nervous about the whole thing. I hope she will be ok. She looks like she is going to blast some blooms due to all the moving. I hope everything will be ok :(
Good luck with your cymbidium. I am sure it is magnificent. Unfortunately, it may suffer from some bud blast due to the change in temperature from moving. The good news is that this has no long term affect on the health of the plant. Take a look at my cymbidium care video (link at the end of this one) and try not to let your worrying detract from your enjoyment of the flowers. Good luck!
Use the knife! Use the Knife! :) I have used two garden forks to divide a cymbidium before... I hurt my thumb trying to divide Leucanthemum 'Becky' one year, like that by hand. I'd rather hurt the plant than my thumb again. Better to use the tools....
I personally could not have done that. I am not strong and old. I have one cymbidium. I think I do it next year. I thought you were going to put each division in separate pots. Thank you
That’s what I thought she would do. Make 4 or 5 new plants out of 1. But , I like her putting them back as I pot to save space maybe. Or, to make it as a centerpiece in her orchids collection, What is the best locations for cymbidiums, anyone, please?
Hi thanks for the great videos. I just came back from having my six badly overgrown cyms divided and repotted. The man who did my repotting used a clean sterilized knife to cut through the many back bulbs that were needed to be removed exposing much cut flesh which were then repotted in new pots with sterile potting mix.. Do you think a drench with a fungicide is in order. I did not have a opportunity to apply any cinnamon to the cut wounds.....Thank you
Greetings from San Francisco! I am thrilled to find you as I have some mega monsters that have been in the pot for 20 years. Yes a bit embarrassed by this but I've had 2 shoulder replacements since the last time I split a few (orchids weren't the cause) and now I'm ready to try again. My monsters are all in very large clay pots (descendants of 50+ yr old plants) which are just about impossible to lift. Any suggestions of how to get them out without breaking the pot? and yes once out they will all go into plastic! Thanks much!!
Greetings from Wexford, Ireland and welcome to the channel. It sounds like you have some amazing cymbidium specimens but a bit of work ahead of you. Think of how they will reward you with blooms! Wishing you all the best, Rachel
The plant was nine years old. It had been repotted before but the old pseudos had never been removed. I've added the ago of the plant to the video title now ans a number of people have asked this question. Thank you for watching and happy growing!
Hello!! I have learned a lot from your videos. Thank you. Could you tell me why some buds of my cymbidiums die before opening the little flowers. I opened a bud pocket because I saw it with some spots from the inside and when I opened it all the little flowers that were growing fell and inside there was something sticky and brown, also that in some areas of the floral stem when I removed the cover that they have. 😢😢 so I don't know if it's a bacteria or a plague. I hope you help me. Thank you 🎉❤
Sorry to hear about your cymbidiums. It's very hard to diagnose this kind of thing. My best guess is a change in temperature at a critical stage in bud development has led to this situation.
Bonjour.j'ai eu la même chose.Un horticulteur m'a dit que c'était normal.Ca se produit quand tout va bien.En Espagne il appelle ça la sève du bonheur. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi la plante met de la sève sur les boutons de fleurs. Je n'ai pas pu avoir une seule fleur d'ouverte sur 13 hampes florales . Cordialement
I had to repot a few of my Cymbidiums in spring. The last one (it was also the largest) I ran out of orchid bark so I just popped it into its new larger pot meaning to get back to it, I never did. It seems to be happy, it grew new pseudobulbs and is growing several spikes. If I ever work the courage to divide any of my Cymbidiums I now know how to. Thanks for sharing.
Hello. I would suggest removing all rotted roots and repotting your cymbidium. I presume it has some good roots? If the pseudobulbs are not rotted it should come back. Be sure to remove any soft pseudobulbs. Usually cymbidiums are good at growing roots so hopefully, with careful watering, it will regrow the rest of them. You might try a collar of sphagnum moss around the base of the plant and keep it just moist. If your plant has no roots at all then it is more problematic. Good luck.
Thank you for this video!! I couldn’t believe how hard it was to find a video about repotting an orchid with old psuedobulbs. Could you do a video explaining more in depth why you need to divide and such? I have a newly acquired cymbidium with a few dead bulbs and was thinking I can just remove those without dividing the plant? Is that a thing? Or must you always divide even if you put them back in the same pot like you did with the 3?
You don't have to divide your cymbidium but what will often happen is that it divides of its own accord when you removed certain pseudobulbs. Hope this helps.
Hello Douenza, I watched this video, I have the same situation. My 1st time tackling it. I have a question what to do with healthy thick 8" roots that snap off? are they salvageable? some of them have mini roots sprouting from them...
Hi Rachel, what a plant! How old would you estimate? I grow a few Phalaenopsis and Oncidium in my home. Do you think I could grow a Cymbidium indoors as well, or more tricky and demanding? Thanks!
Hi Mark. I bought this plant nine years ago so it's been around. I think you can grow a hybrid cymbidium indoors if you have a cool room, especially at night. You would need about10-12 degrees at night.
Hi! In the division I made today I got two new bulbs and a new growth, but I damaged the best of the three roots it had. Do you think the plant may recover and give now roots in that part? TIA.
hi There, i had a go today without watching any videos and like an idiot, doing it after the fact. There were a few that i broke off with No Roots, just the bulb. I potted them but now watching this, i suspect i have just killed my orchid :( is there any chance at all they will grow the roots back?
Hi there. That's a shame but the good news is that cymbidiums can regrow roots although it may take some time. I don't have a video on it but if you google 'cymbidium back bulb propagation' you're going to find lots of information on what to do. Good luck.
Two of mine could use a repot none of them will flower next year so can I do that now ? (afraid of spiders ? all my mounts have a resident black hunting spider 😁
I think it should be okay to repot now, especially if you aren't expecting flowers. The danger is breaking the new growths! Keep that spider to yourself now!
If you repot in spring, after flowering, your cumbidium should flower the following year. Mine was repotted in September. It flowered the following spring but had a reduced spike count, no doubt due to the late repotting.
That's your cardio workout sorted till the end of the year. Boy, that sure was a hard repotting. Can't wait to see the evolution of the divisions. I've been really thinking about getting one of these, but I know they prefer to grow in full sun, in a garden, and not in my balcony, so I haven't yet made my mind up. Can't wait to see it in bloom again. What is its name, couldn't see the tag?
Hi there and thank you for watching my monster repot. The cymbidium in the video is a noid, however. The name on the label was just a made-up name. It is pretty though and supposedly a mini, although that seems a big funny these days.
@@GardeningatDouentza Yeah, I went back to your blooming video from early spring to get the I.D. and saw it hadn't one. I've been searching online for miniatures, but not a lot is to be found. I was hoping to get at least some info on the parents that makes a cymbidium miniature, but hadn't much luck with that.
Strength!!! lol. Why would bark be used to repot if they're terrestrial? I need to repot a gifted one and I must then purchase the necessary media. I think it is in plain earth at present???
I feel exhausted after watching this. I have one that is about the same age in about the same shape. I have been putting off repotting for 2 years. Mine has 2 flower spikes right now. When they’re done, guess what I’ll be doing? 😥
She wants to keep a specimen looking plant. Dividing 3 pots would be ideal. Leaving all in one pot will give you the best display once it's blooming. It's all personal preference at this point.
Hi joycelynn today itself I unbox 4 kinds of cymbidiums,..Red Nelly purple satin,jinjerra 'jill', mary green'little Annie' and Flaming Vulcan ''Gift' from sikkim india and it was satisfying. Maybe you can order there .
There was a problem with my last editing software. The rendering process used to sometimes unsync the voice half way through the video. I guess I missed it on this video. I have new editing software now. Thanks for watching and happy Easter.
Okay. My monster orchid is about to flower and after seeing how difficult it is to repot I decided to take it to our local nursery. I have one same size approximately and one about 3 times the size. We got them about 8 years ago and before that I have no idea if the owner ever repotted them. So my two monsters and one reasonable size are going to the nursery.
That was a very hard job, you needed all your strengh. OH boy, what a massive orchid. She had very nice good roots in spite of so many old back bulbs.
I noticed you removed almost all the back bulbs which was a good option. I left some on my Cymbidium when I repotted them in the spring in order to avoid too many divisions on the same plant but I did wrong because they ended up rotting throught the summer and I had to do an emergency cleaning of the plants. No good for this year's blooming. All in the name of experience, lol.
Your orchid looks so much better now, she will get stronger and fuller in no time.
Thank you so much for the shout out, I really aprreciate it. Have a great weekend Rachel !!!
It was the mother of all jobs but I'm glad it is done now. Only another four to go! But they are much smaller. I guess, we live and learn all the time with these jobs but it is hard to remember lessons when we only do tasks every couple of years. Have a great weekend!
Don’t you water after repot? Please let me know when I can water and how many days a week. Thank you very much!
@@tl4673 I am apologize for not replying, I never got this notification and only saw your comment now due to a new one posted. If it is still in time, I don't know about Rachel but I do not water right after repotting, only a week or so, later.
@@kannoncoleman702 I apologize, I did not ignore, I just had no notification in time. About watering afternrepotting Cymbidium: in my case I only water a few days later...
@@casetristian7832 Hello, I got your notification just now 😲
What a great video. A real person showing a real plant that is overgrown and showing the process and the difficulties. So many videos have perfect plants that they just easily pull out, and put into a fresh pot. This was so informative. Really appreciate the time you have taken putting it together.
Glad it was helpful!
I was just about to comment this! I couldn’t believe how hard it was to find a video about repotting orchids with old psuedobulbs. All the “repot” videos just show people putting the plant in a new pot and not much else.
This video has just come to my attention as a gift from heaven, only it actually comes from you, dear Rachel! I'm faced with this same task of dividing a very old cymbidium, a job I have been postponing from year to year for obvious reasons. And now I have been encouraged, and the first sunny day that comes along will see my lovelies happily divided. I cannot thank you enough for the wonderfully inspiring teaching, Rachel!
You are most welcome. Thank you for watching and I wish you the best of luck with yours.
Watching re-potting videos is so satisfying and therapeutic for some reason, just re-potted 6 orchids yesterday myself and i just love the feeling of removing all the dead old roots and giivng fresh new medium for the plant to thrive in!
Your plants will love you for it. Hope they go on to do great things.
@@GardeningatDouentza Hope so too! But only time will tell i guess,.. I live in Norwy so light is pretty limited during winters, and temps can drop pretty low, so hopefully with some good techniques they will thrive anyway
Thank you so much for everything you taught me in that video. I feel like it was Heaven sent. Before I found you showing me what I needed to learn, earlier today I was trying to repot a 6 year old cymbidium that I had bought for my bedridden mother to enjoy outside her bedroom window in full bloom for months before she died. It never bloomed again and today I decided to try to repot it. It looked just like yours and I was afraid to take off the old bulbs. I will redo it tomorrow and make sure to use cinnamon when needed. I am so encouraged and emotionally feel like doing it properly will honor the memory of my mother.
You are most welcome. I am sorry to hear of your mother but hopefully you can bring your cymbidium to bloom again as I know it will always remind you of her ❤️ Take care.
Oh Rachel, they look beautiful and healthy. Hard work for these divisions! thank you
That was my workout for the day covered 😉😂
@@GardeningatDouentza haha YES
What a work out. Gardening is like going to the gym
I’m exhausted from watching your hard work. Hhaaaaa. I have laughed hard at your expense but I’ve enjoyed every minute of your knowledge and flexibility on Cymbidiums. I have chronic arthritis and I just tried repotting one of mine and I know I never did as good a job as you did with yours . Thanks for your secret about the cinnamon, I’d never heard that idea before. Continued good health, with lots of joy and laughter.
Thank you, Sheela, I aim to entertain. Wishing you a great evening and happy growing.
Dear Lord woman you sure worked hard!!! That's me everytime i repot. Except sometimes I take hours because I literally will untangle every root. However sometimes it's almost very therapeutic to me. That plant better reward you with some beautiful flowers for taking such good care of it and literally fighting to get it right! Beautiful and well done!
Thank you for your supportive comments. It was a big job and it's great to have it behind me now. Have a great evening!
Repotting cymbidiums is not for the faint of heart! I just finished repotting and dividing a large bunch of plants and had to use my kitchen knife to get some of them apart. Backbreaking is right! Well done!
It is a big job but so great to have it behind you instead of in front! Glad yours went well. Have a great Sunday.
with now over 100 cymbidium orchids in my collection I've learned a few things and I personally cannot criticise anything you have demonstrated here. A fabulous presentation. One time only, I hacked a cymbidium apart with a spade, one other time with an axe, so I understand just how hardened the root ball can become. These days if needed, like yourself, a disused kitchen knife.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. You will be in for a treat soon with all those cymbidiums coming into bloom. Happy New Year!
@@GardeningatDouentza I "usually" get my first flowers in April (Cym. Tracyanum) and the last ones are "just about" dead on the spike here in early January. I have obviously spent time hunting down the early bloomers and the late bloomers. Years ago I had everything out in September when my partner would be abroad. It was this that influenced the decision to acquire others that flowered at other times of the year. I repot in a coarse bark, charcoal, cym mix, coco husk, with a tad of perlite. The cyms tolerate the Southern Australian winter but it's our horribly hot summers where they suffer.
You get free a workout and a beautiful plant. Isn't gardening just the best!
Yes, gardening is the best 😂
What a job, your a strong lady I was helping you tug and pull . Like all your videos.
Haha Thanks for the help. Have a great day!
You are absolutely delightful! I have two of these lovely plants that I have to do this with and it was so nice to see you struggle! I hate watching a video and it looks so damn easy. Thank you thank you thank you
Haha. It certainly was a big job and one I am glad to have behind me. Glad you appreciated the reality of the video. Thanks for watching and good luck with your job ahead.
I divided mine today, after 10 years in a pot. Big job. I had to break the pot to get it out. Thanks for showing.
It is such a big job. I bet you're glad it's behind you now.
You are mighty and inspiring! I was looking for just this instruction. I know my newly acquired division will require this maintenance in a few years. I don’t want to fear the unknown so thank you for showing us.
You have time yet! But you are right to look forward and gain as much knowledge as possible. Hope your cym flowers magnificently for you!
Okay! That was quite a job! :) Orchid growing is not for the weak, as you've just shown, but Cymbidium flowers are well worth the effort. xxo
The thing we do for your plants, eh 😉
Fantastic video ! Thank you........have sent my afternoon just trying to get the orchids x2 out of their pots, so now feeling a bit more confident to carry on..... brilliant !!!!! luv from NZ
A bit of a job but worth it in the end. Good luck!
Hello from Melbourne Australia. I prefer to have 1 or 2 attached leafless back bulbs (the healthy and firm ones) with each division if possible, as these old bulbs store nutrients that can help the plant to flower quicker. I grow many Cymbies here and they are the easiest orchid to grow.
Happy growing!
I have 5 pots to do after this flower season. Looking forward to the challenge.
Power to your elbow!
Thank you for your report your giant cymbidium.
wow very healthy Cymbidium roots. Every year our are just dead full for rots. What were the old potting mix that that were used in previous pot? It is so red and seem like smooth solid wood chips almost. thanks
I think I used reptile bark in the original potting of this orchid. That is the bark you can buy in pet shops for pet reptiles.
A lot of hard work but it worth it.Happy gardening
Yes, thank you
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,GREETIGS FROM MELBOURNE VICTORIA.
You are welcome! And greetings from Wexford to Melbourne.
Thanks for the video. What s tasking repot. Whew👍🏾
It took a lot out of me! Thanks for watching.
"I keep saying "ok" and it's not ok" 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I know 😂
Well done! I actually needed to use a mattock on my monster, after a spade failed to split it, and that was just the roots. Good to see a difficult demonstration as they are not the norm.
It was a bit of a brute!
Wonderful information/demonstration. A sharp Hori Hori is a useful tool if you don't want to use your kitchen knives.
Very true!
Sound effects! SOUND EFFECTS!!
Haha. Thanks for noticing 😂
You sure got a work out! Thanks for the great info.
Haha, yes I did 😆
Wow, that was quite a task ! Great job 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks. Glad to have it behind me :)
Such a wonderful plant. After almost killing my first it is in recovery currently. Not expecting any flower spikes this year but after another year of growing maybe the following year.
They are tough plants, hard to kill and hard to flower sometimes. Hope it surprises you!
Great video- very comprehensive
Thank you. Have a great day.
Kudos to you, that beautiful plant was a beast for you to repot. Oh my goodness!! I just got a NB size one that I am going to try and grow indoors. Seeing your beauty made me a bit scared of what I might be getting myself into. LOL.
Don't be afraid. If you remove old pseudos whenever you repot you won't be left with a big job like this one. Cyms are very rewarding orchids.
Thank you. I'm very excited about this new baby of mine. 😍. And I'll do my best!
Rachel,what an arduous task you carried out👏I bought two discounted cyms today and at least one needs a repot so I'll follow your advice and repot it tomorrow...I admit I'm a bit scared as I lack experience with cyms.
Hi there and thanks for watching. My job was difficult because the cym hadn't had old pseudos removed in a long time. Yours won't be as bad! Good luck 😊
You certainly made it a hard and difficult job i would suggest that you cut oproxitly two thirds of the roots off with youre bread knive which is my way of breaking up my cymbidiums and have never lost any in20 yrs off growing cimbidiums once seperated i water them then dont water them for a week this makes the plant increase its new root growt dk Australia
That saves going to the Gym for a work-out!
(I'll be doing mine after blooming - it will be interesting to see what's in the pot - it's been in there at least 3 years.)
Cymbidium roots tend to be more rewarding than other orchid roots in my experience. I wish you a mass of fleshiness! Thanks for watching, Roger.
Wow that was a lot of work. You are a strong women. I know I could not have done that. I just got one. It had two beautiful spikes of yellow flowers. I will need help if the day comes to repot mine. Thank you. I saw a video of how to grow new plants from back bulbs.
Your cymbidium sounds lovely. Thanks for watching and happy growing!
Since last time I commented on this video, I just got my first Cymbidium 2 days ago, it's a warm growing miniature Kusuda Fantasy.
Found it cheap, imported from Taiwan by a local nursery.
I watered it yesterday, to get the roots more elastic, and today I had this video on repeat as the soundtrack to my battle.
Those roots were crazy!
It was potted mainly in soil and a few pieces of bark on the bottom, and that smelled really, really nasty...I am guessing cow manure, which I am still digging out from under my fingernails.
The stench made the operation much harder, but I managed.
I couldn't follow your advice to not rinse the roots, for obvious reasons, so I drenched it several times in water, to get the smell out.
All is looking great now, luckily.
Thanks for keeping me company 😊.
Well, congratulations on your new purchase. It sounds like a right stinky job you had there but obviously we make a great team ;-)
@@GardeningatDouentza Indeed, we do. After you responded to my questions last time I commented, I decided I should give it a try.
Beautiful and helpful, I live in east San Diego area, my yard looks like your greenhouse
Oh, lucky you!!!
i just bought my first cymbidium variety golden elf i only started to collect orchids this year i have like 16 orchids so far 😆
Oh, that is a slippery slope. I wonder how many you will have this time next year 😆
I could feel the sweat developing on your brow, that did not want to come apart!
Well, it was cold so there was no sweat but the job went on literally for hours. I had to cut out so much of the footage as it was just repetative. I was exhausted at the end but at least it's done now.
Nice video. What you call "dead suitables" are in fact good opportunities to propagate the orchid. If you put it in the land half buried in two years you have new orchids flowering.
Yes, of course. But if I wanted more cymbidiums I would have divided my current ones and had new flowering plants immediately.
I learned a lot of repotting of your vedio. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Super video thanks for sharing this information so great ❤
Thanks for visiting
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Clivia plant also have that fleshy roots, we used cleaver to separate it.
Yeah, clivias are pretty horrible to divide too, as far as I recall. I only ever did it once. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend.
Instead of my hands, I put the pot on the ground and use my foot to stomp on the pot. Not too hard if you want to keep the pot. I keep mine in cheaper black plastic pots like the kind you buy plants in.
Thank you for this video, I really appreciate it. I'm in the USA and I have a large phalaenopsis to repot. I understand cymbidiums are different, but I feel it was useful to see how you did the repotting. I wonder if soaking the pot in water would have helped you remove it from the pot, get old mix out of the roots, and then divide the plant. How is the repotted plant today?
Hi from Ireland to US. Glad you liked the video. Phals are quite different from cyms. They are epiphytic so require different medium, temperatures and certainly less rough handling. Yes, soaking is always an option, especially if you are concerned about keeping the pot. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend.
People who don’t believe me when I say that the orchid hobby can give you a good exercise should watch this video 😊
Haha. You tell them! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend.
Thanks for sharing information
You are very welcome and happy new year
i just bought my first cymbidium. it is winter here and she is in full bloom. I am very nervous about the whole thing. I hope she will be ok. She looks like she is going to blast some blooms due to all the moving. I hope everything will be ok :(
Good luck with your cymbidium. I am sure it is magnificent. Unfortunately, it may suffer from some bud blast due to the change in temperature from moving. The good news is that this has no long term affect on the health of the plant. Take a look at my cymbidium care video (link at the end of this one) and try not to let your worrying detract from your enjoyment of the flowers. Good luck!
Great video - I was grinding/clenching my teeth and mentally pulling with you, while watching this video….
Thank you for your support. I'm sure it helped enormously 😊
Unspeakable
Quite a work out!
Yep, indeed!
Great video, thank you. Had to laugh at your “okays “. I do exactly the same. Oh!kay!!
Self encouragement, very important 😉
I know your video was uploaded two months ago but by any chance do you have any of the old bulbs? Thanks. Xx
Sorry, I don't have them any more
No worries. Thanks and you have gorgeous orchids. I have been watching your videos for years and thanks for all the information. Xx
Use the knife! Use the Knife! :) I have used two garden forks to divide a cymbidium before... I hurt my thumb trying to divide Leucanthemum 'Becky' one year, like that by hand. I'd rather hurt the plant than my thumb again. Better to use the tools....
I guess there is more than one way to do it 😊
Nice video mam Thank you for sharing mam
Most welcome 😊
I personally could not have done that. I am not strong and old. I have one cymbidium. I think I do it next year. I thought you were going to put each division in separate pots. Thank you
It was a tough job.
That’s what I thought she would do. Make 4 or 5 new plants out of 1. But , I like her putting them back as I pot to save space maybe. Or, to make it as a centerpiece in her orchids collection,
What is the best locations for cymbidiums, anyone, please?
Hi thanks for the great videos. I just came back from having my six badly overgrown cyms divided and repotted. The man who did my repotting used a clean sterilized knife to cut through the many back bulbs that were needed to be removed exposing much cut flesh which were then repotted in new pots with sterile potting mix.. Do you think a drench with a fungicide is in order. I did not have a opportunity to apply any cinnamon to the cut wounds.....Thank you
Personally I would not bother with the fungicide. Cymbidiums are tough old cookies.
Greetings from San Francisco! I am thrilled to find you as I have some mega monsters that have been in the pot for 20 years. Yes a bit embarrassed by this but I've had 2 shoulder replacements since the last time I split a few (orchids weren't the cause) and now I'm ready to try again. My monsters are all in very large clay pots (descendants of 50+ yr old plants) which are just about impossible to lift. Any suggestions of how to get them out without breaking the pot? and yes once out they will all go into plastic! Thanks much!!
Greetings from Wexford, Ireland and welcome to the channel. It sounds like you have some amazing cymbidium specimens but a bit of work ahead of you. Think of how they will reward you with blooms! Wishing you all the best, Rachel
How old was that plant before you divided it? 😲
The plant was nine years old. It had been repotted before but the old pseudos had never been removed. I've added the ago of the plant to the video title now ans a number of people have asked this question. Thank you for watching and happy growing!
Hello!! I have learned a lot from your videos. Thank you. Could you tell me why some buds of my cymbidiums die before opening the little flowers. I opened a bud pocket because I saw it with some spots from the inside and when I opened it all the little flowers that were growing fell and inside there was something sticky and brown, also that in some areas of the floral stem when I removed the cover that they have. 😢😢 so I don't know if it's a bacteria or a plague. I hope you help me. Thank you 🎉❤
Sorry to hear about your cymbidiums. It's very hard to diagnose this kind of thing. My best guess is a change in temperature at a critical stage in bud development has led to this situation.
Bonjour.j'ai eu la même chose.Un horticulteur m'a dit que c'était normal.Ca se produit quand tout va bien.En Espagne il appelle ça la sève du bonheur. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi la plante met de la sève sur les boutons de fleurs. Je n'ai pas pu avoir une seule fleur d'ouverte sur 13 hampes florales . Cordialement
I had to repot a few of my Cymbidiums in spring. The last one (it was also the largest) I ran out of orchid bark so I just popped it into its new larger pot meaning to get back to it, I never did. It seems to be happy, it grew new pseudobulbs and is growing several spikes. If I ever work the courage to divide any of my Cymbidiums I now know how to. Thanks for sharing.
They really are tough plants. Mine continued to flower despite all the dead pseudos and lack of space. Happy growing.
I absolutely love big plants. But the repotting is just too much 😂
I know what you mean. I repotted my two neofinetia the same day - just not the same sport 😂
Neofinetia will get troublesome too, when they get bushy enough. But atleast they are lightweight and not so hard to divide :)
Fun thing too, haha I also love gasterias and haworthia 😂 I watched your video of the July greenhouse tour :)
My cymbidium has badly root rot .what can I do ?
Hello. I would suggest removing all rotted roots and repotting your cymbidium. I presume it has some good roots? If the pseudobulbs are not rotted it should come back. Be sure to remove any soft pseudobulbs. Usually cymbidiums are good at growing roots so hopefully, with careful watering, it will regrow the rest of them. You might try a collar of sphagnum moss around the base of the plant and keep it just moist.
If your plant has no roots at all then it is more problematic. Good luck.
Thank you for this video!! I couldn’t believe how hard it was to find a video about repotting an orchid with old psuedobulbs. Could you do a video explaining more in depth why you need to divide and such? I have a newly acquired cymbidium with a few dead bulbs and was thinking I can just remove those without dividing the plant? Is that a thing? Or must you always divide even if you put them back in the same pot like you did with the 3?
You don't have to divide your cymbidium but what will often happen is that it divides of its own accord when you removed certain pseudobulbs. Hope this helps.
Hello Douenza, I watched this video, I have the same situation. My 1st time tackling it. I have a question what to do with healthy thick 8" roots that snap off? are they salvageable? some of them have mini roots sprouting from them...
Unfortunately there is nothing you can do with roots that have no pseudobulbs. All the best for your repotting.
what medium is mixed in there please. Great video
The cymbidiums are potted in a low quality orchid bark.
Hi Rachel, what a plant! How old would you estimate? I grow a few Phalaenopsis and Oncidium in my home. Do you think I could grow a Cymbidium indoors as well, or more tricky and demanding? Thanks!
Hi Mark. I bought this plant nine years ago so it's been around. I think you can grow a hybrid cymbidium indoors if you have a cool room, especially at night. You would need about10-12 degrees at night.
Maybe a small one that requires higher temperatures
Hi! In the division I made today I got two new bulbs and a new growth, but I damaged the best of the three roots it had. Do you think the plant may recover and give now roots in that part? TIA.
Cymbidiums are very good at growing roots. I bet yours will rally. Good luck.
hi There, i had a go today without watching any videos and like an idiot, doing it after the fact. There were a few that i broke off with No Roots, just the bulb. I potted them but now watching this, i suspect i have just killed my orchid :( is there any chance at all they will grow the roots back?
Hi there. That's a shame but the good news is that cymbidiums can regrow roots although it may take some time. I don't have a video on it but if you google 'cymbidium back bulb propagation' you're going to find lots of information on what to do. Good luck.
Two of mine could use a repot none of them will flower next year so can I do that now ? (afraid of spiders ? all my mounts have a resident black hunting spider 😁
I think it should be okay to repot now, especially if you aren't expecting flowers. The danger is breaking the new growths! Keep that spider to yourself now!
@@GardeningatDouentza 😁 I like spiders and will do the repot
@@YnseSchaap Good luck!
@@GardeningatDouentza 😁
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Thanks! 😃
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Hi Rachel did you throw out the old back bulbs ?
Are you still growing cyms, Tina? Thought you were done with them. I haven't emptied the trug yet. Do you want?
@@GardeningatDouentza Rachel yes I have two at the moment and are doing really well
Yes would love them
Thank you
@@tinajordan6591 Wish I'd known before but I think I broke a couple of leafy bulbs by accident so I'll bring you both.
@@GardeningatDouentza oh thanks Rachel 💚🌼❤
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Hello, Do you sell Cymbidium bulbs? I live in Florida. TY
Sorry, no.
Waoww,i like it
can you tell me if the giant you repotted will flower the next season...or not?
If you repot in spring, after flowering, your cumbidium should flower the following year. Mine was repotted in September. It flowered the following spring but had a reduced spike count, no doubt due to the late repotting.
That's your cardio workout sorted till the end of the year. Boy, that sure was a hard repotting. Can't wait to see the evolution of the divisions.
I've been really thinking about getting one of these, but I know they prefer to grow in full sun, in a garden, and not in my balcony, so I haven't yet made my mind up.
Can't wait to see it in bloom again.
What is its name, couldn't see the tag?
Hi there and thank you for watching my monster repot. The cymbidium in the video is a noid, however. The name on the label was just a made-up name. It is pretty though and supposedly a mini, although that seems a big funny these days.
@@GardeningatDouentza Yeah, I went back to your blooming video from early spring to get the I.D. and saw it hadn't one.
I've been searching online for miniatures, but not a lot is to be found. I was hoping to get at least some info on the parents that makes a cymbidium miniature, but hadn't much luck with that.
@@rianmilit Hmmm, sorry I can't help.
Strength!!! lol. Why would bark be used to repot if they're terrestrial? I need to repot a gifted one and I must then purchase the necessary media. I think it is in plain earth at present???
The roots need aeration hence the bark, less so than with epiphytic orchids though.
Me watching 😅
I feel exhausted after watching this. I have one that is about the same age in about the same shape. I have been putting off repotting for 2 years. Mine has 2 flower spikes right now. When they’re done, guess what I’ll be doing? 😥
Courage!
You _Need to Import Dimitri again to help with that divide :)
I think Dimitri must have hid when he heard of the job in hand 😁
Where are the links you mentioned?
Please go to 26:40 in Mt video and there you will see the thumbnails of the videos I mentioned appearing. You can click on them to get there.
IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU REPOT ALL THREE IN ONE POT AND NOT SPREAD THEM TO THREE SMALLER POTS? THANK YOU.
The reason I didn't repot individually is that I did not want to manage three pots. Didn't I mention this in the video? Anyway, that is the reason.
She wants to keep a specimen looking plant. Dividing 3 pots would be ideal. Leaving all in one pot will give you the best display once it's blooming. It's all personal preference at this point.
Guite a workout, ending results are nice. Mine looks like this
Yes, a really big job in the end!
I hate to repot Cymbidiums! Greetings Michi
It was not a pleasant job but now the worst one is done. Only another four to go :O
Eeeeek. My big one is about three times the size and it needs repotting. And its in a huge clay pot.
Best of luck!
@@GardeningatDouentza see my reply. Think it is best as hubby passed about 3 years ago.
I have some Cymbidium waiting to be split. I'll wait for spring and for a day when I'm very patient ...
Good plan!
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What a workout 😂😫
Yup, no need for the gym!
Is cuymbidum outside plant
Cymbidiums can grown outside in pots in many Mediterranean countries when they are sheltered from rain. In my country it is a greenhouse plant.
Hi mam, im from the phillipines iwant buy or give me differnt colors of cymbidium, im senior citizen .thanks,Godbless !
Sorry, I don't sell orchids.
Hi joycelynn today itself I unbox 4 kinds of cymbidiums,..Red Nelly purple satin,jinjerra 'jill', mary green'little Annie' and Flaming Vulcan ''Gift' from sikkim india and it was satisfying. Maybe you can order there .
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voice out of synch oddly. great video. realistic and fun 😄
There was a problem with my last editing software. The rendering process used to sometimes unsync the voice half way through the video. I guess I missed it on this video. I have new editing software now. Thanks for watching and happy Easter.
@@GardeningatDouentza you too
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Actually its so hard to divide it. My plant roots have more than that and it takes me hours to divide it
Yes, I can imagine.
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Wow, you got too much strength in pulling the dead pseudobulbs.
I try
Okay. My monster orchid is about to flower and after seeing how difficult it is to repot I decided to take it to our local nursery. I have one same size approximately and one about 3 times the size. We got them about 8 years ago and before that I have no idea if the owner ever repotted them. So my two monsters and one reasonable size are going to the nursery.
Well, you need to do what you need to do but why not enjoy the flowers first!