Easy Orchid Care: Repotting a Phalaenopsis with Rotten Roots / Steps to save an Orchid with no roots

[@cherylpenn4509]

Extremely interesting. Thanks

[@AdobeRose1]

I'm glad you took time to go through the visuals as I am a visual learner. I need to be able to SEE what looks good and bad and not just by passing through it quickly. I knew nothing about Orchids. My granddaughter asked for help and it was very interesting to me to see what looked 'iffy' as well as hear what it should look like. Too long? Me, that is? OK, but the length of your video HELPED this old lady. Thank you so much! I'm sure the complainers are folks who already know a lot, or at least the basics of, caring for house plants...

[@madewar]

I repotted a Phalaenopsis a couple years ago and it had 67 blooms the next time it bloomed. My biggest problem here in S TX is we get so hot and dry in the summer. I always wait for sales like yesterday I went to my local HEB (grocery chain in TX) and Phalaenopsis that were selling for $23.99 on Saturday (Valentine's Day) were on sale for $9.99.

[@tallybeaverman9462]

Well, I found you again. Use to watch your carnivorous plant videos. Now that I am getting back into Orchids again, I have 2 reasons to watch. KZbin cancelled my parrotbill channel by mistake, and 3 hrs later th eff y put it back up. But in the mean time, I made the tallybeaverman so I wouldn't get behind on my favorite channels, and now I use this. Just bought 6 beautiful Phalaenopsis this week, and had to do a crash course on saving them. All the CV troubled ones were root bound in small cups, packed with soaked Sphagnum Moss. They were losing flower buds anyway, so I had nothing to lose by repotting them in coconut husks chunks. I soaked them in a bloom food fertilizer for an hour, then drained the clear plastic pot insert well before I put them back in the decorator pot they came in. The coconut husk chunks hold moister & nutrients better. Doesnt break down as fast as tree bark, and it give the best aeration of anything except a plant mounted on wood boards. This video made me feel better about my plants. Mine weren't as close to the brink as the one you just saved. Oh yea we had a good winter dormancy for my VFTs and Pitcher plants. One of my VFTs das 2 keikis growing off the flower spike along with a bunch of babies around the roots. Just fed them their first cricket feeding of the year. We have the same growing zone North Carolina has, so leaving them outdoors all year round is perfect for them.

[@debradavid1394]

After searching for videos on how to repot my orchid that I got as a house warming gift 10 yrs ago that was suffering, I followed your instructions and it was easier to do than I imagined it would be. What I thought I was going to see was a ton of rotted roots and very little to work with. What I did see was a lot more oversoaked roots and a lot of potential for healing. Thank you so much for making this video, you have saved my plant.

[@natemickens88]

My orchid sat for about a year in potting soil with absolutely no TLC. The leaves stayed green and healthy. Unbelievable. I’m now showing it some love following your directions and wallah! It’s back.

[@CorpseBride64]

This is my first time visiting your channel. I'm only around the halfway mark, and I know I will be subscribing. It is obvious how much you care & respect your plants. So happy I found you, and thank you I learned so much!

[@brigidasantos9873]

I just bought 2 Phals 3 weeks ago. I didn't know how to care for it until I saw your video here. You were very detailed. Now, I am not scared anymore if something went wrong in the future with my phals. Thank you so much, it's very helpful. And yes I took all that some kind of dirt that was on the roots and repotted it with barks that came with it. Much thanks!!!☺️

[@heatherhaskie423]

I have gotten 4 Phalaenopsis in the last few months and they all came in the clear plastic pots like this one came in. I punched more holes in the sides all around and then placed them in heavier pots with room all the way around the plastic pot so the roots can breath. So far they are doing great and all have new growth.

[@dontask2421]

Wow, I was watching this for fun but then I realized that my mini orchid is in the same exact situation! I bought it only a few weeks ago so the roots are healthy. I'll wait for the flowers to drop, cut the stem to the node, and repot it. Thanks for the great information.

[@maryoesterborg9397]

WOW! Such a beautiful display of oechids

[@cbeauty3619]

It would be so interesting to see a follow up video on some of your rescue orchids.

[@IMSiegfried]

Amazing that you could save it at that point. Gives me hope for grocery store bought orchids.

[@kedaromckenzie5995]

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[@mish3595]

They're not so bad if you give them the right care and know what's going on with the roots. I purchased a orchid from a nursery, and the potting media started breaking down and it started affecting how the roots were looking. I didn't know as I am still fairly new to orchids but as I have been researching when to repot I came across this problem and noticed there was a real problem. Watered it once a week when all the roots were silver and I tried really hard never to leave them in standing water or anything when I noticed the mold I tried watering less so that the mold could die off as it's not getting favorable conditions but didn't work. After it finished blooming I removed the media and put it in fresh media and the bark looked really broken down and had a smell or it was the roots. Mold was mostly on the bark chips. Some roots were affected but not many some had rotted as it had a moss plug in the Centre so it has probably been in that media way too long. It had a lot of roots though it had overgrown the pot think it was just starting to show signs of stress from the old Media and being cramped. But cut the affected roots Off and repot it not sure of it how it will do. It's been since Sunday.

[@cooldude3510]

Hey brad don't give up on it i believe its destiny is to be one of your best orchids . :) amazing video

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks Zach, I hope it is a good color!

[@maryperera7513]

Hi Brade very beautiful all the orchids which are inside of your house. Awesome

[@sandracarli1110]

The tutorial starts at 3:37 in case you don't have much time...

[@jcfarrell2652]

And at 5:07 to see where he actually starts taking apart the pot

[@sandracarli1110]

@@jcfarrell2652 :D

[@brendarigg3024]

Thanks for the pointers in this video. I just purchased my first phalaenopsis orchid from the supermarket and I need to repot it. I'll keep you posted on how it progresses.

[@donamurphy8182]

Just bought my first orchid! Wanted to get a little education so I can take good care of it.

[@macwoofinn]

thanks for providing such clear and informative tips. you are a good teacher.

[@skrueger0]

You are an orchid angel. I have had a few orchids planted just in this way and I thought it was normal. I'm very happy to be educated on proper orchid care.

[@andreag1485]

Nicely done! It will be a happy plant very soon.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks Andrea

[@wyrmsroost]

Thank you very much for this video! You may have saved my orchid. I got it as a present after my father's passing a couple months ago, and I became concerned when the flowers of only one of it's flower spikes dropped and soon after that spike yellowed. I decided it was time to repot, despite the fact that it's other flower spike was still healthy and in bloom. When I got a good look at it's roots I saw it was in a very similar condition as the plant in this video was, with it's roots tightly bound in a flexible pot exactly like that one. Over half of it's roots were rotten and had to be trimmed off, but after all was said and done my plant has six leaves and one flower spike remaining out of it's original two, and a decent number of yellowed but otherwise healthy looking roots and a couple of normal grey air roots. Now all I have to do is wait and hope the plant will recover well from this ordeal.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

WyrmsRoost happy to help! my most recent video show this one in bloom, it's purple

[@wyrmsroost]

***** I'll be sure to check that out. :D

[@williamhwl]

So glad that this poor little orchid save by you Brad! Hopefully she makes a fast recovery under your care and love :D Keep us update with her recovery progress :D

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks Will, I'll let you know what color it is... Someday, hopefully soon.

[@chloebelle4923]

@@BradsGreenhouse is there an update on this orchid? 🥰

[@j.taylor7361]

Awesome video for a new orchid owner like me! thanks!

[@matthewpolmanter8294]

Hi Brad! This video was really informative. I followed it when I repotted my Phalaenopsis Equestris, and Doritaenopsis "Euro Star", which both were drowning when I got them. The Equestris was simply soaked when it arrived in the mail. The roots were in rough shape, but I expect full recoveries now that I have them in my mini-greenhouse to grow.

[@keristevenson2757]

Nice video. I have grown orchids over the years with nothing but luck on my side! I just recently started to get into having them reboot. A trick I had, was when the blooms were gone, I would repot it, and add a small faux silk orchid the same type as the original type of orchid... I have had new shoots come right up against it and bloom...then I take out the faux one. Pretty all year long!

[@brendabuzzell5200]

Really great segment!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

thanks Brenda!

[@liciamacaluso9349]

Thanks Brad; I am a care giver for elderly people, so many times people give them orchids and when the flower dies the people just leave the plant to die. Recently I took a plant that one of my clients no longer wanted. Your video was very helpful. Now to find a place to buy the medium you used in the repotting videdo.

[@ruthn7847]

Love your channel thank You!!!! Your green house aweee

[@Mamaosa63]

Brad, you are amazing. Thanks so much for your tutorials

[@PhucPham-rn6le]

Thanks for good instructions & information .

[@rinchhensherpa6972]

OMG thanks for rescuing that poor lil Orchid.

[@hazelmcgay7252]

I'm an orchid newbie. Thanks for your helpful videos!

[@Fayeoftheforest_1111]

This was so informative! Thanks! I have to repot both my orchids now. They are both in bad shape like this was but with new growth too so I’m hopeful!

[@lesliemorgan599]

Thank you for this very helpful video!

[@sarahdambacher3031]

Just repotted my very first Phalaenopsis. Hoping for new growth. Thank you for all the great tips! Ps Loved seeing your puppy in the video I have a white French Bulldog :))

[@sweetdeevi]

Hi I'm very new that Orchids growing. So this video has help me to understand growing orchids. I have friend that asking me if i'm crazy to start doing this now. It is toooo costly. Like i have my own saying one life to live do what make you happy. Thank you so much for this video.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Dawn-Marie Thomas thanks for watching!

[@TheYellowsun76]

Thank you! Going now to search for a update on this beauty.

[@thetvictoriasworldvoznyuk81]

thank you, Brad. Good quality video, good story and explanation.Sure, you will be reworded by this new member of your orchid family with beautiful flowers and great pleasure seeing recovery of the resquid plant

[@golfgirl000]

I came back to this after having bought phals at the big box stores with worse roots than this one. The orchid mix they sell but for one at lowes was dreadful as well. So live and learn, I need to find a better phals supplier here in my town! A couple that I repotted in the basic bark medium have survived, better than none!

[@debbieralph6985]

Thanks Brad, your tutorials are really informative, I have one Phal which was given to me as a gift so I'm very much a novice, I've had some lovely blooms this summer and I would never have been brave enough to prune the stems without watching your previous video and now I know how to repot when the time comes, I'm in the UK so have to allow for our different temperature here but so far my lovely Orchid seems to like it's home, lots of natural light but out of direct sunlight, I'll be sure to keep watching to pick up more of your helpful tips

[@drailtonluiz5406]

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[@carolshane3808]

Hi Brad, I loved your presentation. I felt sad to see how badly packed the plant had been. Plants feel and it must have been suffering. I have a phalaenopis and didn't know how to care for it. I appreciate your knowledge and your caring for the plants. I love your greenhouse.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Here is an update on how it is doing now, it is the purple one in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJXMh6KkbZ6Zo7M

[@seelin4742]

Brads Greenhouse & Gardening and

[@IMSiegfried]

Oh, good! :)

[@carleepecen3428]

YAY!

[@timothyoshiro6389]

Brads Greenhouse & Gardening

[@shupingmurphy1026]

thanks for update video!

[@MegaPhalaenopsis]

Very good ! even your substrate composition is exellent , a very good standart substrate not only for phalaenopsis.I have no doubt that this plant will bloom in the next 6 months.

[@moiracolvin7259]

Hi Brad. very new orchids owner here.loved your video .thanks for sharing. Moira Australia

[@judithbyrd5153]

Thank you for such a big help. I think one of my plants (I only have 2) is in this kind of shape, though it's in the original clear plastic pot, so that's at least one good thing. I am a true newbie with all this and have learned a lot.

[@aslnazgunes4165]

Judith Byrd

[@selianth00]

I'm a total newbie with orchids (or any other plant for that matter) but I was given a phal for Valentine's Day last year and managed to keep it alive long enough to bloom again this year. It has a ton of aerial roots and leaves (new and old) but is packed very tightly into a flexible pot just like the one here. I can see that the majority of the roots inside the media are rotted. It's definitely time to repot but after watching this video I'm a little scared of what I'll find. Thanks for the tips and wish me luck!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks for the comment, good luck!

[@myaranche]

thank you so much! you have a lovely gentleness.... plants love you!

[@roziksarian6817]

Love -Reiki

[@brendatorres7719]

I just bought an orchid today and it had some rotten roots too! Now I know what to do thank you so much! What's your update? Has it bloomed yet?

[@alianajacobs5703]

thanks alot for your advice no sales person has ever given me that advice !

[@AhhhSukeSuke]

TY for this very in-depth video!!!!!!!!!!!! I picked up 2 (experimental/my first orchids!) $1 rescues, and I'd like to try to take good care of them XD Your video gives me hope!!!!!!!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks and good luck!

[@alan30189]

Ahhh Suke Suke I did the same, picking up a $29 Phalaenopsis in a decorative outer pot for $5, and nursed it back to health. The vendor gave a plastic shot glass (actually a double-shot) to water it with weekly to help prevent over-watering, a key to keeping them alive. I water once per week with the shot glass and once a month give the plant a good soak, per other watering instructions I saw on KZbin. See details below. Good luck with your plants!

[@AhhhSukeSuke]

alan30189 LOL, thankyou!!!! I didn't think of that-- using a small measuring container to limit overwatering, LOL. You're the best :D

[@alan30189]

Ahhh Suke Suke No problem. How are your orchid rescues doing?

[@Diamond88keyz]

Hi, you have taught me so much. Glad you helped this poor plant.

[@Krohvanni]

Shaded Moon, Sphag. moss holds lots of moisture. When you find some, (Garden Centres or online) divide it into plastic clip-lock lunch bags or similar and hang in a fairly bright place, not sun. In a couple of months you'll have much more moss. Sphag moss is expensive where I live so this method helps.

[@ginasverige2570]

Great explanation step by step. Thanks!

[@josefigueroa6532]

Best video that I've seen dealing with my beloved Orchids. Brilliant, so good and well explained that I subscribed. Bravo

[@ndmihm]

Thank you so much, I learned a ton of great information! I appreciate your time!

[@eliani1326]

fantastic thorough explanation and repotting thank you. thank you for sharing

[@Watcher1852]

Oh MY Thank You I just repotted (orchid) Mrs. Orchid boy was she in BAD SHAPE so we watched this video and I repotted Her and she watched her By the time we were done she looked happy We will let you know how she does

[@vuvffufg]

Recieved an orchid not too long ago from a coworker who grows them, had nice media and made me inimidated to touch it as I had known nothing of orchids. I have left it alone for about 3 months now and the last two flowers just fell, the media looks to be rotting. But thanks to you I can have some confidence in reviving this orchid and hopefully expanding my garden to contain clones and more elaborate orchids, like vanilla. This may be tedious for you but could you do an update on how much better it did? I just love seeing the flurry of roots that you have carefully cultivated.

[@gloriaterry333]

Your green house is beautiful!

[@DaBeanz75]

Grandtastic Video! New SUBSCRIBER! Thank You for sharing your knowledge!

[@adriennebekker7142]

Thanks Brad! I have just watched this video and hoping my orchid will make a recovery. It was nearly as bad as the one you're saving!

[@rhodahaycraft8700]

Thank you for you in put on how to Repot the Orchids.It was very helpful. Hope I will be able to keep mine going for a very long time.

[@sophia1secret]

really helpful video to rescue my orchid that is in the same situation

[@growingthings6232]

80 degrees ahhh the days of spring and summer how nice and how luck y for you Brad. One of the pahls I rescued from the big box store was just like that I did everyting you have done except I used rooting hormone on the tips of the cut roots just to sterlize and stimulate new root growth

[@BradsGreenhouse]

You went above and beyond! I'm sure it will recover just fine.

[@growingthings6232]

I have a soft spot for them when I see they are in dire need . I just got back from the vets office and I saw an Oncidium on the desk with shrivled pseudo bulbs and proceeded to tell the secretaries how to save it and what to do with it , they thought it was a lily lol

[@joethego4160]

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[@xiaoli028]

Hi Brad i Like ur medium mix, seems very appropriate in singapore weather :)

[@spinjacks8758]

Just curious how this particular orchid turned out. Did it survive and thrive as expected? It would be nice to see a follow up video if possible, thanks.

[@蛋與妹妹的生活扎記]

Why would you bother with the old flower stalk?

[@cattfishing]

@@蛋與妹妹的生活扎記 I had w flower stalks that grew extra branching with flower buds and one grew a kki. I was going to chop the both too but some things came up keeping me too busy, forgetting all about my plants. Came back to all that growth. Also pretty sure I'm getting another baby.

[@dhessy2007]

informative thanks, ihave to watch ot over and over

[@donnaforget6378]

'Just saw your new video. You do an awesome job....always lots of good information. I love your traffic cone pots.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

+Donna Forget Thanks!

[@tonyfan3]

Great video great detail

[@tienng5530]

Is there an update to this orchid? Would love to see how it's doing now!

[@balloney2175]

read comments b4 yours

[@lindasimpson814]

Brad..your videos are very informative and you give lots of valuable information...thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@bethnewell4362]

Hi! I loved the video! I recently got an orchid as a gift. It is in a plastic liner with a hole on the bottom and it is packed with moss. I am trying to let it dry out but it is in bloom and beautiful! Do i leave it in the liner until after the blooms are done? Or should i go ahead and repot and risk loosing all of the blooms? I want to pot it in bark. Thank you for your guidance. One last thing, halfway up the flower stalk there is a leaf. Its just random. What should i do? Cut it off or cut it when the stem dries up or leave it there? Help! Thank you!!

[@bmell1252]

Mr. Brad, I still add charcoal to that same media mix you’ve got there. Why don’t people like to use charcoal for phals? My phals are lovely... tons of blossoms on strong plants, but the roots are not as robust as I think they should be. This year my phals went insane! Thanks to your help!!! ( ...and a few other KZbin Orchid channels.) I was shocked to see that most of my 12 phals have TWO bloom spikes and those spikes have spikes! Totally cool. Sorry, I just HAD to brag a little to SOMEBODY!🤭 Thanks for the great videos as usual! Please, if you possibly could find time, let me know about the charcoal use... or maybe someone else can comment about their feelings on charcoal. I’ve been using it in everything & I would say that everything is looking pretty happy, but I don’t want to jinks myself. 😁😙🤓. Thanks Again & Best Regards from Clearwater, Florida.

[@annarodney5506]

That was a very detailed and awesome tutorial.

[@sarahandemmalemoignan9449]

You are more than likely feeling like we do. My dad grows award winning phalaenopsis just as a hobby (awards won at orchid club meetings held every month). I wish I'd seen this video a month ago. We go to garden centres SAVING these poor plants, wrapped in cellophane, drowned with so much water, with nowhere to run. Then they have the cheek to charge $40! For an almost dead plant. Thank you for this video. I agree about those cheap pots. I also think they need to quit drowning these poor plants and smothering them with sphagnum. Cheers 😀

[@alan30189]

Sarah Le Moignan The key is to wait till they discount almost-dead plants. See my story, above. I bought a phalaenopsis at a Kroger grocery store, discounted to $5. The outside container it was in was worth $5, so I figured I couldn't lose. I nursed it back to health. Here is what you do: Ask to talk to the manager of the store, and tell him he has a bunch of dying orchids that you would like to make an offer on. Shoot low on the price, because he might ask for more. Say maybe $3 or $4 each and if he comes back with a higher price, settle somewhere in between. Good luck!

[@jacquelyn515]

I do the same thing....All most all of time it works and the manager takes my offer and I would just buy all of them....Managers just want to get rid of them. And that way it save them the time in asking an employee to just throw then in a dumpster....It just breaks my heart to see so many plants just being neglected and throw away when you know they could have been saved....

[@trudybraun5382]

SarahandEmma Le Moignani)

[@deidrelynn1987]

Thank you so much for helping me learn how to care for my orchid's root system! Now to find info on what to do about yellowing leaves...

[@koulacoverley8464]

That was really very helpful. Thanks

[@2008MrsKim]

Great video. I'm about to transfer several to the same colored design pots and now I know what to do. Thx

[@lukelucy1980]

I do appreciate your time efforts. Thank You. However as a novice, you loose me with unnecessary and repeated information, bad pots etc. . Its obvious that you are very learned in this topic, and in the same span of time could, more detail on care , and cause. etc Greatly appreciate the quality of the audio and video.

[@CorpseBride64]

I didn't have much root that was salvageable, but it still looks very healthy. I'm allowing the bottom to air dry, then I will follow these instructions. I may just drill into a tree limb I've been saving, and put the medium and orchid in that.

[@yubrajrijal8382]

Awesome tips

[@tago8039]

Hi Brad, if this is a Phalaenopsis with no roots it'll be a miracle if it lives... because most don't. The orchid in your video has a few healthy leaves (in spite of losing the one) and if it had "no roots" that wouldn't be possible. So it's fair to say it has some roots but they're deteriorating and it's days would've been numbered if you hadn't intervened as you did. Actually, It's easier to revive an orchid that has roots but no leaves - than it is to revive one with leaves but no roots. And your remark about the top leaf being smaller than the one below it, "is a bad sign"... Not true Brad. Of course the top leaf is smaller! They grow bigger over time and it should eventually outgrow the one below it. The odds of the old bloom spikes blooming again aren't as good as the odds it would bloom sooner if the old spikes were cut. Your green house may be providing near optimal conditions but even if the stems stay green after the blooms die the annual growth cycle would provide new spikes with more flowers and sooner than the few you might get (if you're lucky) on an old stem. And at two years old... forget about it!

[@samshung9241]

[@valerierollins6117]

just wondering if it's necessary to use an outer pot that has those slots or holes in it to let light in. I like the look of the clay pot. thanks for this and for rescuing that poor little orchid. how is it doing now?

[@mommatina8295]

I have had my orchid for awhile, a few years, and it's in the same pot. I have gotten it to bloom twice but what I did was above ground, I wanted to see what the roots should look like. I have rotten roots. I don't have the media you have so I have to reuse some of what it came with. I microwaved the bark part to disinfect it and I'm going to add rocks. I do have a old coffee can lid with rocks that I pour water into, it won't hold much water. So, I'm going to give my orchid a drying period, (the roots,) but still let it "breathe" water from the rocks underneath. I will try to give an update later.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

good luck!

[@mommatina8295]

@@BradsGreenhouse I gave the orchid a week to dry out after the repot. It is growing roots, (probably air roots,) and the stem that the flowers pop out of, I have two buds. I gave the orchid some water in the pot but I gave it more in the rocks that are around the pot. I am nervous about two leaves, they are looking sickly but getting more water may make they perk up. I think it's going to live.

[@OceanSwimmer]

With lopsided plants, have you ever placed a few glass marbles o top to give it stability? I like seeing the roots so I know how dry (or moist) it is. Nice pot-in-a-pot solution! Looks good!

[@MsGabszaful]

hey, I tried buying the orchid mix but the website says it won't ship organic material outside of Canada. :/ that's a bummer. Thank you so much for the video, because of you I was able to take proper care of my orchid before it was too late.

[@julieeubank7442]

Thank you!! I was able to bring my almost dead orchid back after almost killing it... Thanks for this explanation!!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

That's awesome! Im so glad to hear that

[@itsmeandorchid7302]

@@BradsGreenhouse Hello Brad is there any update video for this orchid would like to hear from her. Your video are so usefull to me thank you very much.

[@snapperhead51]

Hi Bard ok great news, will let you know when it arrives thanks again :)

[@anthonyprodution]

Thank u so much! Great video very descriptive

[@hildarivera4757]

Thank you so much for that so needed repotting video, you make it seem so very easy.

[@anneh7217]

Great presentation, the orchid will be happy now I hope. Why is it that when purchasing growing medium...why is it usually only bark mulch?

[@joela6895]

Anne H because orchids don’t grow in soil they grow on branches of trees. Using bark gives it a somewhat version of living on a tree while still being “planted” in a pot

[@snapperhead51]

great vid Brad, just what I needed to see, they do the same thing here in AU too with display pots of Phala's , better get out and do what you have just done, but its 43c here so probable just a bit to hot to do it now. they actually died off and now growing back again :)

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Glad I could help, still that hot over your way wow! Oh I just mailed you something last week, so it should get to you shortly. I was a little later dropping by the post office.

[@mountainbiker4450]

Thanks for the video Brad. Question... I'm new to phals and rescued some on close-out at our grocery store. They had the cheap plastic containers with a secondary decorative ceramic or clay pot. They were really root bound so I removed them and repotted in some new Fertilome (made by Lambert) orchid mix I got from my nursery. It is a mix of sphagnum peat moss, bark, charcoal and lava. It looked like decent material. Anyway, I searched high and low for quality plastic secondary containers with slits like you show but could not find them so here's what I did. I simply repotted in the clay or decorative ceramic pots they orchids came in. Since these pots only had a typical center bottom hole, I used some washed pea gravel I had on hand in the bottom 1" or so of the pot to help with drainage. When I water, I submerge the pot in a container for about 5 minutes. So my basic question is did I do the orchid right by all this - primarily not using two containers as I typically see on youtube videos? I'm about two weeks out now and they seem to be happy but a bit wobbly if you move them so I try and be gentle when watering or moving. Finally, since it is VERY dry here, I have set the pots in a pan with more of that pea gravel with just a bit of water to hopefully set up a bit of a micro humid area around them although I'm guessing as dry as it is here, it really doesn't do much. Thanks again.

[@vinsongarden3860]

Nice Garden

[@yomama8873]

thanks I'm new to orchids this really helped

[@hildarivera4757]

Great video, Thank you Brad. Every time I learn more : ) thanks to you. I appreciate it!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks Hilda

[@hildarivera4757]

Your welcome Brad : )

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Poor girl, that's a bad case of root rot but I think it will make a good recovery as well! I hate the orchids that are sold in these planters, expensive like it has gold in the pot, yet most of them come with problems already :( wonder what color it will be :D

[@BradsGreenhouse]

I know! I'm excited to see what color it is as well! I have no idea...

[@sopdiedop]

***** I love getting orchids and not knowing the colour, I have about 7 off my housemate now, as when they stop flowering hes not interested anymore! I hope your friends doesn't see this, she'll feel terrible haha!

[@Readyforbedtime]

Sophie Eccleston I just acquired a phal from my nursery on the way cheap because it wasn't blooming and discovered that she's got a friendly little flower stem creeping up already. I'm so excited to see what color might be coming! :D Suprise colors are the best!

[@sopdiedop]

I have one like this too, but I have had it about two years maybe more and it still hasnt flowered! im trying everything haha!

[@tejalpatel287]

MissOrchidG

[@sandrabaker8647]

Loved your tutorial!