Lovely video, what a show and now I want more! For those growing them inside: I live in Cape Town and in winter my house gets around 14 degrees cool. That was not enough for it to flower last year! I put it outside at night for a week when it was 8-10 degrees and that triggered 6 spikes in one pot!
If you're in the US, Sunset Valley Orchids has them from time to time. I believe they currently have them for sale on the website. I bought 4 earlier this year. They are one of the few US vendors where you can find them. Reasonably priced, and always healthy plants. Almost all of my orchids are from them.
Thanks for showing! Looking forward to the Sarc season here in Europe. Weird enough, my Sarc ceciliae has developed 3 spikes already which is quite early for it.
Best source for Sarcochilus in the States is Sunset Valley Orchids... Fred Clarke is awesome and his website has the current offerings. All are the best.
Hi again Matthew, We live in Wales, UK but one of our sons lives in Sydney and as my husband is visiting him at the moment I sent him foraging for that series of books on orchids. Luckily he found book 4 on Australian orchids and is fetching it home with him next week 😊. I was lucky enough to buy 10 Sarcochilus about 18 months ago which seem to be growing well with lots of aerial roots but no flowers last Spring. Most of the leaves look healthy but lately a few are developing soft patches as if cells have collapsed. I have been feeding through the Summer at about 280ppm with a bit of extra CalMag so can't see why it would be a calcium deficiency. They get bright indirect light but are grown in a sunroom. Any ideas what might cause these patches? Does it happen if the leaves get wet? I rely on your videos for advice on my Aussie orchids so keep them coming 😊
Thanks for watching! Well done on the book forage! Hard to say what might be going on with your leaves; a few options. Firstly, generally wet leaves are not an issue as I hose mine so they get drenched! However, if they are wet and the temps drop sub zero the leaves could well be damaged but I'm presuming you grow yours indoors or in a greenhouse? Another possibility is poor air movement and some form of fungal rot? Or perhaps most obviously, is something eating them?? Slugs and snails will often eat a layer of tissue but not eat through the whole leaf? Hope you can solve the problem and good luck with flowering them!
Thanks Matt, I've been waiting for this so I could compare my small collection against yours. One question, surely you didn't plant the Harmonia as a seedling into that massive pot? If you did then I've got a lot of repotting to do :) My tip on Mealy Bugs, try Ecopest Oil by Multicrop: works well on Sarcs and Phals
Do you mean the Harmannii? It was a largish plant when I bought it and it's stayed in the first pot I used. Sarcochilus are a little more forgiving of being in too larger pot than many other orchids and will still bloom though it's never a great idea to over pot!
Hi! I love your videos! Could you tell me what brand of mycorrhizae you use for your orchids and where you buy it? Also, does it need to be a specific inoculant for orchids, or can any mycorrhizae work?
Thanks for watching! Adding mycorrhizae is really a scatter gun kind of treatment as there are many millions of mycorrhizae species and all soils, plants and environments will have very specialised symbiotic relationships. So it would be very hard to replicate the exact environment the species might experience in the wild. However! It won't hurt to add some. So where ever you are in the world just google 'best mycorrhizal fungi' and see what pops up and what the literature might be about it. I buy mine online. Focusing on soil health is a great strategy so using a variety of liquid tonics that are 'alive' helps populate your mixes and whatever mycorrhizae wants to thrive will and they will benefit the plants! It does mean you need to repot when the mix really starts to breakdown though, which is the function of mycorrhizae. In nature a natural balance would occur - not so in a pot! Good luck!
It's fine! It blooms mid summer and is a tiny thing. I've made a video about it and there's probably not much more to add! I'll make a short if it blooms this year!
Lovely video, what a show and now I want more! For those growing them inside: I live in Cape Town and in winter my house gets around 14 degrees cool. That was not enough for it to flower last year! I put it outside at night for a week when it was 8-10 degrees and that triggered 6 spikes in one pot!
Thanks for the info!
If you're in the US, Sunset Valley Orchids has them from time to time. I believe they currently have them for sale on the website. I bought 4 earlier this year. They are one of the few US vendors where you can find them. Reasonably priced, and always healthy plants. Almost all of my orchids are from them.
Thanks for sharing the tip!
Don’t they look stunning massed together like that? They are my new favourite orchid 😻. Thanks for another great video.
Very welcome - thanks for watching!
They are beautiful! I bought a couple from Sunset Valley Orchids (SVO) last spring. They also sell Australian Dens.
Thanks for watching!
Good stuff, here. And cheers from Iowa City, Iowa
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beautiful collection, thank you for the information
Thanks for watching!
Aren't plants interesting? Thanks for the video. You have some beautiful orchids.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for showing! Looking forward to the Sarc season here in Europe. Weird enough, my Sarc ceciliae has developed 3 spikes already which is quite early for it.
That is odd! Mine usually blooms mid summer - around Christmas.
Thank you, wonderful blooms
Thanks for watching!
Best source for Sarcochilus in the States is Sunset Valley Orchids... Fred Clarke is awesome and his website has the current offerings. All are the best.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Hi again Matthew, We live in Wales, UK but one of our sons lives in Sydney and as my husband is visiting him at the moment I sent him foraging for that series of books on orchids. Luckily he found book 4 on Australian orchids and is fetching it home with him next week 😊. I was lucky enough to buy 10 Sarcochilus about 18 months ago which seem to be growing well with lots of aerial roots but no flowers last Spring. Most of the leaves look healthy but lately a few are developing soft patches as if cells have collapsed. I have been feeding through the Summer at about 280ppm with a bit of extra CalMag so can't see why it would be a calcium deficiency. They get bright indirect light but are grown in a sunroom. Any ideas what might cause these patches? Does it happen if the leaves get wet? I rely on your videos for advice on my Aussie orchids so keep them coming 😊
Thanks for watching! Well done on the book forage! Hard to say what might be going on with your leaves; a few options. Firstly, generally wet leaves are not an issue as I hose mine so they get drenched! However, if they are wet and the temps drop sub zero the leaves could well be damaged but I'm presuming you grow yours indoors or in a greenhouse? Another possibility is poor air movement and some form of fungal rot? Or perhaps most obviously, is something eating them?? Slugs and snails will often eat a layer of tissue but not eat through the whole leaf? Hope you can solve the problem and good luck with flowering them!
Curious to know since how long have you been growing orchids? All your orchids bloom well and are healthy under your expert care
About four years now I think - thanks for watching!
Thanks Matt, I've been waiting for this so I could compare my small collection against yours.
One question, surely you didn't plant the Harmonia as a seedling into that massive pot?
If you did then I've got a lot of repotting to do :)
My tip on Mealy Bugs, try Ecopest Oil by Multicrop: works well on Sarcs and Phals
Do you mean the Harmannii? It was a largish plant when I bought it and it's stayed in the first pot I used. Sarcochilus are a little more forgiving of being in too larger pot than many other orchids and will still bloom though it's never a great idea to over pot!
Hi! I love your videos! Could you tell me what brand of mycorrhizae you use for your orchids and where you buy it? Also, does it need to be a specific inoculant for orchids, or can any mycorrhizae work?
Thanks for watching! Adding mycorrhizae is really a scatter gun kind of treatment as there are many millions of mycorrhizae species and all soils, plants and environments will have very specialised symbiotic relationships. So it would be very hard to replicate the exact environment the species might experience in the wild. However! It won't hurt to add some. So where ever you are in the world just google 'best mycorrhizal fungi' and see what pops up and what the literature might be about it. I buy mine online. Focusing on soil health is a great strategy so using a variety of liquid tonics that are 'alive' helps populate your mixes and whatever mycorrhizae wants to thrive will and they will benefit the plants! It does mean you need to repot when the mix really starts to breakdown though, which is the function of mycorrhizae. In nature a natural balance would occur - not so in a pot! Good luck!
How is your Sarcochilus ceciliae going?
Any update video in the pipeline?
It's fine! It blooms mid summer and is a tiny thing. I've made a video about it and there's probably not much more to add! I'll make a short if it blooms this year!
I am jealous my cymbidium is not blooming till now
Thanks for watching!