Wind Orchid Show at Botany Boy’s House

[@tomo328ci]

日本の伝統園芸を紹介していただき、ありがとうございます。海外でも富貴蘭が盛んになると良いですね👍

[@botanicsynergy6926]

Thanks for sharing you're wealth of wisdom on Neofinetia!

[@anamourao2983]

Absolutely fascinating. I am looking forward for your next Neofenitia video. Thank you for teaching us.

[@karlawoods2098]

Thank you. Very interesting and beautiful Japan!

[@newmanmansell760]

Very interesting😌🙏I enjoyed watching!

[@WanderingBobAK]

Thank you for sharing this part of your collection. I now have 4 Neos and plan to try them in kokedama pots. Crazy how the terra cotta pots are 5x the price of normal terra cotta pots. I'm sure they cost little more to make them.

[@annaszarek7224]

Watching this video again a year after and love it even more. Hope you and your wonderful orchids are doing great :)

[@yingkitchankeith]

I'm still watching........ Please educate more in future videos🤘🏼

[@XCARETT1]

me ha gustado mucho el video, muy didáctico. Gracias y saludos cordiales.

[@patriciasorchids3999]

Fabulous video. Your warning is a bit late. I was bitten by the bug in May. I only have 3 small plants but I love the leaves, the flowers, the scent and best of all I can grow them in the cool section of my greenhouse. I like that you explained why/how the variations on one plant occurs. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.

[@botanyboy1]

There's still time to run away!

[@robertfaber6796]

I enjoyed the lesson.

[@carpediem.9]

You have beautiful plants :) really enjoyed this video ! I bought my first Neofinetia maybe about 3 years ago and fell in love as soon as I had it in bloom and smelled them 🥰🤍❤ they have the most exquisite, sweet and "elegant" scent :) I personally love them mostly for the scent of their flowers and also weirdly enough I love the new grown roots haha I know have maybe around 10-13 different varieties and would love to get a couple more variegated ones but it's not easy to find them here in France and even in Europe. I tried growing a few of mine in pure pumice and the roots seemed to really like it have you tried growing them on pumice? Also how long do the blooms last for you? I would love to make the blooms last longer. I heard in semi-hydro they last longer but never tired growing them in semi-hydro .

[@NinjaOrchids]

What a fantastic video ... beautiful... to match a fantastic collection 🤩 thank you 🌸

[@Frank-iv6wd]

Thank you very much! I loved the show.

[@anndebaldo7381]

I am really enjoying this video! I am learning so much about these gorgeous orchids! Your explanations are clear and precise and I do hope that you will do more of these. I would love to grow these orchids and have added one, so far, to my orchid collection. These are so elegant! I must add that my Chinese zodiac sign is the Tiger and my husband's sign is the dragon. Hmmm...🙃 Thanks and ATB.

[@karlsorchidparty2395]

I really enjoy videos (...and my own Fuukiran, with their sweet, vanilly fragrance). Thank you. And: Greetings from Germany!

[@elizabethcuevas-neunder6158]

Thank you, I was wondering about the showing.

[@JennyOwensPhotography]

Thank you so much for all the info in one place. It's a shame that you couldn't attend or show us the usual show this year but really enjoyed your presentation in your home.

[@avant-gardeningstudios]

A wonderfully informative home show.

[@selinaboyd1806]

I loved this video! I really liked how you explained everything, plus I enjoyed getting to see some of your collection. I would love to see more. Thank you.

[@bildahome]

Dear Bontanyboy, I hope this Hurrican will not hit you and you and you’re plants are Save!! Blessings from Amsterdam

[@botanyboy1]

Thanks for the concern! It got very windy this morning, but the storm is almost past now. It was not a fun night. Didn't sleep much!

[@bildahome]

botanyboy1 I’am very Happy so were Save! Now we should pray for South Korea...

[@lillian844]

Nice discussion and presentation. Thank you

[@CarlosMartinez-bo5ir]

Great video and wonderfull collection. Thanks a lot from spain

[@tonyl5480]

Terrific video! Learned a ton!

[@billlumberg5746]

Thanks for the warning lol! Yeah just got into this and can see what your talking about haha...

[@fuukiran1]

Great video Tom!! Beautiful plants

[@botanyboy1]

Hey Craig, how's your collection doing anyway?

[@fuukiran1]

@@botanyboy1 they're growing and recovering well.

[@botanyboy1]

@@fuukiran1 Good to hear!

[@anamourao2983]

I loved this video. It helped me so much with knowledge . Amazing info, so, so interesting. Thank you.

[@annaszarek7224]

Thank you so much for this video. Lovely orchids plus very informative and interesting descriptions. Pleasure to watch and to listen :-)

[@windhammer1237]

Beautiful plants. Thanks for sharing.

[@kasjopea4917]

Great video! Informative

[@valeriavarioli181]

Sono bellissime.

[@katrin_plants]

thanks, the show was very interesting :)))

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Loved this video. I will show my two sad specimens this video to encourage them to do better 😆 PS I really couldn't bear to buy those fancy pots and not have plants in them permanently.

[@botanyboy1]

I know, lots of folks feel that way. The problem with keeping them in those fancy pots all the time is that the pot becomes dirty and the paint gets stained, etc. As always, thanks for watching!

[@fuukiran1]

Rachel, can I help you in any way to improve your Neos?? I'm down in Cork and grow them quite successfully

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@fuukiran1 Thank you for the offer but they should be okay if they respond to the scale treatment I am giving them. Nice to hear from another Irish grower. 🙏🌺

[@fuukiran1]

Yes, I've been collecting for around 13 years now.

[@felixportnoff]

We're new videos? it's very interesting for us, don't stop it

[@jerrymalisz2066]

Great video, entertaining and very informative. That is one beautiful collection that you've got. They all look so happy and healthy. My favorite is Neofinetia Hisui since I love green. You have mentioned that they are on the expensive side, would you mind providing more information about average pricing of some of more popular varieties? Here in FL it's difficult to find them and if you do, they are usually of poor quality and very expensive. Thank you and once again, beautiful collection!

[@botanyboy1]

Well, as far as I know plants sold in the US or Europe are for the most part imported from Japan or Korea, and perhaps China. So you pay higher prices. Here I can buy a division with 3-4 growths of Hisui for around 3000-4000 yen. Figure you would have to pay double that in the states, so around $60 to $80 I'd guess, maybe a bit more. I'm sure some folks are propagating this species in the US, but those wouldn't be "true" fuukiran.

[@jerrymalisz2066]

@@botanyboy1 Thank you for your reply. I'm looking forward to your next video. Take care.

[@bildahome]

Thank you so much again for this video! Here in Europe we have no Fuukiran obseccion (Vanda lilliput). What come as close here are Agapanthus...

[@daisyflower4105]

What a treat that was! So enjoyable! I really know nothing about them but I’ve collected about half a dozen during lockdown as an interest and they are outside on my Sydney balcony. I believe the perfume is wonderful. I’ve kept mine alive during winter and I hope they reward me by giving me a flower or two in Summer. Maybe they need to be older? Those pots! So beautiful! I don’t think you can buy them in Australia. Do you keep them damp? I’ve let mine dry out in the cold weather. Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge.

[@botanyboy1]

Yes, in winter keep them on the dry side and cooler, but maintain high levels of humidity. In summer give them daily watering and fertilize regularly.

[@viiiderekae]

I recently purchased a thai grown neofenetia. Curtently giving it winter conditions

[@botanyboy1]

Wow, is it in the refrigerator?! Honestly, how do you manage to give it winter conditions in a tropical climate?

[@Cgraseck]

Great video! New sub. Arigatou gozaimasu!

[@faguss297]

Thank you very much for this expected video! Very pleasant one, nice to see a collection with some aged specimen. Merci! By the way do you know how long a fuukiran can live? I saw some bug clump that had more than 40years according to their owner, I was wondering if, as bonsai, you can keep them for a lifetime. Thanks for your input on that.

[@botanyboy1]

Short answer, yes, you can keep them a lifetime. There are a number of forms of fuukiran that have been recognized for over a century, for example Seikai. As far as I know, it can only be propagated by division, so all the plants across the world today came from that first one.

[@faguss297]

@@botanyboy1 thank you for your answer. I also own Seikai (and Hime Seikai) as all serious fuukiran lovers I guess, and this is one of my favorite! All the more beautiful to know that it probably came from the original plant

[@jjdawg9918]

Is there a strong correlation between red root tips and blue/purple/pink flowers? Like some orchid growers I have learned to love the roots.

[@botanyboy1]

There is no obvious correlation. Many purple to pink flowered forms have the typical "mud" color root tips. Shutennou however does have deep red root tips. All the ruby red tipped ones I've seen have white flowers. Blue flowered plants are not true fuukiran, they contain other Vanda species in their genes. Thanks for the question!

[@jjdawg9918]

​@@botanyboy1 Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge! I just purchased a Shutennou and now it seems I was lucky in getting exaclty what I wanted

[@LinusCello75]

Another great video as always. Very informative. I never got bitten by the fukiran bug, but am amassing a collection of Rohdea. How many on the fukiran concepts transfer to Rohdea? It seems that variegation is much more prominent with Rohdeas.

[@botanyboy1]

Good question. I don't collect Rohdea, but I do see them here at the nurseries and in gardens. I wouldn't be surprised if the terminology for leaf shape and variegation are similar. The common wild Rohdea are rather plain looking, so I guess that is why variegated forms are more popular. Their flowers are nondescript, and though the berries are lovely, they are also pretty small and not highly variable either.

[@FahrulFahrul]

Great video

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Great video as always! Thanks for making this informative video. I have a big neo that grows well but not bloomed for three years now.. It gets good sun (on south facing windowsill) . What is your secret to blooming the neos?

[@botanyboy1]

Try keeping it cool (below 10 C, 50 F) in the winter months and dry it off a bit, but be sure to keep humidity high year round. They like a cool, drier rest period. 2-3 months is enough.

[@桃秋姮]

👍😍😍😍

[@maryruthhurst2760]

Miss your videos! I sincerely hope you are fine and well.

[@botanyboy1]

I'm fine and still living in Japan. I am just not in the position to make videos at this point. I may continue in the future, but not at the level I was producing before. Thanks for your concern!

[@viiiderekae]

I have a question. Do they need winter to flower or will they flower regardless of the temperatures ? I have seen them for sale here in Malaysia. But im not sure if it can survive

[@botanyboy1]

I'm not sure to be honest. I've heard they grow and flower well in Thailand, but I've not seen that for myself. Why not try buying a common form first and see how it does?

[@viiiderekae]

@@botanyboy1 Thailand some locations like changmai have winters that go as low as 7C Hmm the northern zones of thailand has himalayan cherries

[@botanyboy1]

@@viiiderekae Yeah, as I said, I'm not sure. I think the plants I heard about were in Bangkok, so that a bit more steamy. Try drying them off a bit in "winter" and then hit them with more water and fertilizer around May? It might work!

[@ChuckietheAce]

Where do you get your pots?

[@botanyboy1]

Since I live in Japan, I can get pots from many sources - orchid shows, online, etc. Mostly though, I get them from a fuukiran nursery not too far from my home.

[@jeromegagnon8335]

Hey how are you? I was wondering when you would be posting a new video cause it’s been 3 weeks since your last. Hope all is well, take carr

[@botanyboy1]

Thanks for the concern. I'm doing fine. I've just been very busy lately. We had 2 back to back typhoons and then university started up again. My hands are full at the moment! I'll have something up sometime fairly soon, I hope!

[@amaterion7221]

bb...fantastic...😘 do you have camellia japonica in your garden?

[@botanyboy1]

No, but that is only because I have tiny garden that cannot have one more large shrub or tree in it! I'm out of space.... but I do have a C. sasanqua.

[@ot7stan207]

to anyone reading, hydrogen peroxie helps get rid of the algae on the terra cotta

[@williampetrovich1998]

Hello,from Yonkers.Your presentation was absolutely awesome,I will " share" the video on Twitter with the hashtag #GVOS2020 Happy to see you doing well.It's 1:15am, August 1st,and I need my beauty dormancy ,Goodnight Post Script:my Chinese zodiak sign is Rat🐀I would never grow an orchid in a pot with Rodent 🐀motif .

[@williampetrovich1998]

it is SEPTEMBER 1st,and I misspelled zodiac Note to self:no late night KZbin binging.

[@botanyboy1]

@@williampetrovich1998 Happens to me all the time!

[@nrsvd8361]

Don't forget Taiwan!

[@dalemcpherson344]

_y_

[@botanyboy1]

IHNI!

[@middleofdesert24]

Cultural appropriation.

[@botanyboy1]

It's true. I'm about 90% appropriated by now.