Easy steps to repot your Cattleya orchid. What medium to use and finding the right pot.

I bring you a super easy way to repot your cattleya orchids without stressing your plant’s roots. Many times we over think on how to repot our new or existing orchids in our collection. I put together 2 super easy ways to repot your orchids without causing any stress to it. Below you will
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[@nancytorricella4040]

Thank Nelson , I need more videos like this , perfect timing for my news orchids, I will love to see how you fertilize your orchids or how to cure them if they get bacterium’s or fungus. I enjoyed this video very much ❤

[@naturenel]

I have an awesome video coming up soon. Stay tuned! 🤩

[@nadeneoconnor8455]

Thank you Nelson… yes you need to do more of these for persons like me 😂😂😂, thank you very much appreciate.🎉🎉

[@naturenel]

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[@tonilaventure8075]

Fantastic video, very educational. Thanks Nelson 🇬🇧

[@naturenel]

Thank you so much. I see you’re binging on my channel. Very much appreciated 🙏🏼🫶🏼

[@OrchidFanAddict]

Hi, Nelson great video but please keep an eye on it. My orchid society never recommends glazed pots for orchids because the roots won’t breathe. You need an unglazed pot for orchids. Years ago before I joined an orchid society I lost a few since I kept them in the glazed pots I got them in at HD and Lowe’s. I eventually learned that Better Grow puts them on those pots to make them look pretty to sell but it’s not advised not to keep them permanently. Good luck with this beauty.

[@naturenel]

Hello. Glazed pots with multiple holes are fine for orchids. You should not use regular glaze pots for orchids. These types of pots are sold at all orchid suppliers. I truly doubt the industry would allow sales of these pots at orchid supply stores knowing it’s not good for orchids. The pot I got has plenty of drainage holes everywhere. Plus I use only lava rock and charcoal. It should be fine.

[@lorrym48]

Hi Nelson. Medium is very expensive here so when you have a lot of orchids to repot it can be overwhelming. I try to use fresh medium as much as possible. But sometimes I can't so what I do is desinfect medium of plants that are healthy by putting it in a bucket and spraying a good amount of Physan 20 or SA20 in it. Then I pour boiling water to cover it completely. I let it stand until it cools down. Then I pour the water out and reuse the medium. My orchids hardly ever have died after this method, but I sure saved some money 😂😂😂

[@naturenel]

That sounds like you have had success with what you’re doing. 👍🏼 I totally get it. I’ve put my pots in peroxide for a good 30 minutes and then dry out in sun. All that to save a pot I really liked. When I discover any viral infection, I through the entire thing out. Pot and all. But if you go the extra mile, you greatly reduce any possibility of cross contamination.

[@patriciadumas-simon3348]

It look very pretty in blue

[@naturenel]

Thank you. I want to get one in white for an all white cattleya I just got at Orchids In Bloom. 🤍

[@myriambonhomme4036]

Thank you Nelson!

[@naturenel]

You’re welcome. 🤗

[@OrchidboyTroy]

Nelson!! This video is timed perfectly! My best friend just got her first orchid and she’s growing outside in Florida, so naturally I was like you have to watch Nelson, Blanca and Melissa! They will help you. And then you released this wonderful video 😁😁 I hope all is well down there in Florida! Thank you Nelson, have a great week buddy 🌺🪴🤗

[@naturenel]

Awesome! Love devine timing. Very glad this video dropped at a perfect timing.

[@syamaleeheendeniya4476]

Your being tall woes made me laugh as I have being short woes. Lovely blue pot.

[@naturenel]

😊

[@johndelgadillo714]

I finally started watching on my phone. Now I can comment. Usually I watch your videos at night on TV . Love this one. It let me know I am doing it right. Lol. Question. Will you be at Redlands International Orchid Show? I am going to be on a vacation and would love to meet you. On a day that you may not be filming as not to interfere with that. Also. What orchid nurseries would you say I need to visit while there.

[@naturenel]

Welcome to the chat room. I Weill be at Redland most likely Sunday for meet and greets. Once in the Homestead area you can visit many nurseries. Vicky’s Orchids, Judelis Orchids, RF Orchids, Banjongs Orchids, M.S. Orchids, Martin Orchids, and A Heavenly Garden. Those are all close to each other.

[@louisegunn2323]

Hi again Nelson. The blue pot is amazing! Highlights the blooms. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🍾🍾🥂🥂

[@naturenel]

It kind of has the colors of the Australian flag. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@sofianinburg5794]

Thanks !!!❤

[@naturenel]

You're welcome 😊

[@ivonnetorres8493]

Wonderful video. Thank you Nelson. I have 2 in desperate need to repot. Nelson how many do you have in your collection. My gosh we need a new tour of the collection. 🤗🌸

[@naturenel]

I figured around 600. But it grows with every haul.

[@Irenesorchid]

You should do more reporting videos for me 😂 so I can learn more Thank you so much for the reporting video ❤

[@naturenel]

Will do more in the future👍🏼

[@Irenesorchid]

@@naturenel thank you . I saw you use different potting material for each one . Why there is any reason for that?

[@CTcatfur]

Thank you! Always appreciate potting tips 💕

[@naturenel]

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[@kathleensantos59]

Thanks for the repotting tutorial. Your growing tips are always good to see. I hope you do more repotting videos. Your orchids are so beautiful.

[@naturenel]

I’ll do more repotting soon. 👍🏼

[@sabrinaelizalde5686]

Your awesome thank you for your knowledge always helpful!🌸👏🏼

[@naturenel]

👍🏼💚🙏🏼

[@PC-zg3eo]

Great repotting Nelson! I use the mesh bags I get at the supermarket to cover those holes.

[@mildredkrisik8888]

Good idea. Thanks.

[@naturenel]

I’ve used those too. The fruit mesh bags are good.

[@griselnunez4274]

Great video i definitely choked my Heaven Gate with medium didn’t expose some roots that’s why it died. I usually mount or add to my trees. It’s funny we talked at OFE about it and you did a video thanks now I know.💚

[@naturenel]

Hi Grisel. Yes that’s the cause of allot of death when repotting. It’s always good to leave about a finger from cane and root above the medium. That’s why lava rock and charcoal is good cause it won’t hold all that moisture. I really like that pot from OFE.

[@surujdairamraj3283]

thank you.

[@naturenel]

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[@wandashaw3551]

Hi Nelson, Thanks so much for the repot tutorial. I love these kinds of videos so much and always discover something new that I can try. Hope you are able to add more of these. ❤😊

[@naturenel]

I’ll be doing more in the future. 👍🏼

[@dulceportillo4061]

Great video as always!!!!!

[@naturenel]

Thanks Dulce.

[@jodeming5088]

Thanks for the lesson. Love the blue pot . Lava rock and charcoal is the way to go. Have a good week.

[@naturenel]

Absolutely! Lava and charcoal works on most orchids. It’s the best medium.

[@newmanmansell760]

Those Cattleyas Nelson😌🙌💞I enjoyed watching very much💖I use sphagnum moss in terracotta pots and find it breaths and is airated well. I do use plastic pots Nelson, but that's when I add bark and large-chip pumice and it works fine.

[@naturenel]

I gave up on all plastic pots. Here in my area it’s way to wet and humid. I use to kill all my Carrleyas and could figure out why. Always root rot. Terracotta is the best for potting. Also any pots with lots of openings. Charcoal and lava pretty much works with most orchids. Most master growers I’ve been visiting all use lava and charcoal.

[@Nancy-ix3zy]

Liked it very much, Nelson!

[@naturenel]

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[@lindagrabner4186]

Oh that was a really good video, I learned some things I had no idea about. Now I have 3 to repot and hopefully they turn out like yours. 💚💚💚💚

[@naturenel]

👍🏼💚keep me posted.

[@Orquideascristy]

Hi Nelson. It’s a beautiful plant. Very nicely explained,thank you ❤

[@naturenel]

👍🏼🤗

[@iBme-uBu]

Thank you for this great video Nelson. It’s a lovely change for us not in the USA. The shows you go to are wonderful and inspiring but a lot of the orchids aren’t available to us in Australia. Maybe other countries but not here. I love the tours of your own collection too but repotting videos will add a lot more interest to your channel as well for us overseas. Love your channel. Love your outlook on life ❤️. Where’s Morris these days? And I miss Laz too ☺️. Many blessings to you Nelson 🙏. Carole.

[@naturenel]

Thank you. I always have so may things lined up for my episodes. It’s hard to get to everything. Plus the demand for me to be at shows has grown greatly so time is of an issue. Reporting for me I usually do in between work so I never get a chance to record it. I’ll try to squeeze more potting in the future. Morris stays at my neighbors. Every time a male cat decides to stay here, he goes back home. Morris does not like other cats. So he leaves when new ones show up. Ever since Bruce showed up, Morris only comes to visit me at night when Bruce is away hunting.

[@iBme-uBu]

Morris likes ALL your attention obviously. He’s a little sweetheart. Reminds me of my cat Max I had for 17 years. He had to be around telling me his stories whenever I was busy doing something. Never any pressure to produce specific content Nelson. I love everything you do anyway. Just remember to always try to make time to smell the orchid flowers (smell the roses ☺️) Although us your viewers are important to you, you take care of yourself and those you love first. Blessings 🙏

[@michaelpeace1201]

Great show

[@naturenel]

👍🏼

[@magdalopez5200]

What a beautiful pot! Great video full of useful Information. You never disapoint!

[@naturenel]

Thanks Magda. I’m in love with that pot.

[@thematheuspedro]

Great repotting, you should do videos like this more often! PS: Your hair is looking BEAUTIFUL 😍

[@naturenel]

Thank you so much. I may do more in the future. My hair is doing what it wants. I’m not really wearing so much product and haven’t really cut it in months.

[@annettamackey1538]

Thanks for sharing. Great job. Think I gotta do a couple of mines.

[@naturenel]

Projects with orchids are fun.

[@dianepowell5804]

Great Video!You are very good demonstrator.

[@naturenel]

Awe thank you!🤗

[@bibicheknauf4163]

Great, great potting mixture for our climate. I am definitely going to use the same for my cattleyas. Thanks a million 😍

[@naturenel]

Happy repotting!👍🏼💚

[@patsfreund9164]

Nice repotting job with this plant. You selected a beautiful ceramic pot. It does look nice with the flower colors. Must say that I love your longer hairstyle. Very handsome! Hope to see some more videos from you. Stay safe and healthy.

[@naturenel]

Thank you Pat. I love the pot with that flower. It’s perfect. My hair is just me not knowing what to do with it. Plus I’ve been to busy to go get my hair cut.

[@plant-a-holic]

Actually… I wasn’t going to remark however, you ARE looking 10 years younger with darker hair now?! ….and /ir something else ..lol!! you’re looking great!😊

[@rosebowen8924]

Hi Nelson, great video.

[@naturenel]

Thank you!💚

[@rosebowen8924]

Thanks for sharing, l am going shopping.

[@naturenel]

Happy shopping!🤗

[@thenaturecompany]

Beautiful Cattleya Bloom, 😃

[@naturenel]

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[@donnaread4109]

Great to see Nelson ❤❤❤❤

[@naturenel]

💚👍🏼🤗

[@alejandronoa2024]

Good job👏🏻👏🏻

[@naturenel]

👍🏼

[@detodoconiris5999]

Me encantó la catleya en esa vase azul ❤👍

[@naturenel]

Y tiene una fragancia increíble.

[@alicesanchez7777]

Waooo 😮bellas catleyas

[@naturenel]

💚

[@chris10858]

Great video and very informative! Also, your hair looks great grown out a bit. Im jealous! :) im an overwaterer, and as i started in my orchid journey last year, I followed your lead to mount most of my orchids. I do miss the beautiful pottery, though.

[@naturenel]

Thank you! Growing it out a bit. Charcoal and lava is great for overwatering. I’m loving it very much.

[@moniquerbld]

Thank you i order from temu all the time but didn't know they had garden stuff...

[@naturenel]

Plenty of garden stuff.

[@LynnEvans-lc7ef]

You should do more shows like this

[@naturenel]

@@LynnEvans-lc7ef note taken.

[@particularp3317]

Maravillosas cattleyas Nelson enhorabuena ❤

[@naturenel]

Gracias!💚

[@Suzyq6131]

I just repotted two of them yesterday. I put them through the wringer. I cut the dead roots. I kept switching them from pot to pot, one was too big or another was too small. I put them in a mix of bark, lava rock, moss, charcoal, and some leca. I hope they recover from their trauma and do ok.

[@uhaneokalanijames8029]

ty nelson!!

[@naturenel]

You’re welcome. 💚

[@user-oi7hg3pp7r]

Preložiť,aby som rozumela,ďakujem

[@anndriggers6660]

Hi nelson! Great video! I wish i could grow outside😢 I live in Texas, and its just too hot here in the summer and too cold in the winter, so i grow in my dining room that has two whole walls of windows. It also keeps me from continuing to buy orchids, unchecked😂 Anyway, thanks for sharing.

[@PC-zg3eo]

You can. I grow orchids in South Texas. I have shaded areas that are made with landscape posts and lattice. Where are you?

[@anndriggers6660]

@@PC-zg3eo Austin

[@PC-zg3eo]

@@anndriggers6660I’m in the McAllen area.

[@loribadgero1035]

Tip another planter upside down to bring your plant closer to the surface and provide better air flow to the ‘soil line’ of your plant.

[@LynnEvans-lc7ef]

That's Cat is beautiful

[@naturenel]

And it smells incredibly good. 💚

[@coolbuster1583]

I am so scared to do this! I have bought a couple from Home Depot and OFE in March. Will get the courage to do it this week

[@naturenel]

Just have fun with it. Being scared is not part of orchid keeping. You must take the chance to learn repotting. It’s not as sensitive as people think. The orchids are pretty strong plants.

❤👍

[@naturenel]

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[@sherry872]

No Tall is not overrated tall is a beautiful thing

[@naturenel]

lol!

[@joananderson7446]

Nice tidy repot! You made it look simple. My Phaleanopsis have been in sphagnum moss for two years. I would like to repot them into Small Orchid mix. Would that be safe?

[@naturenel]

Just repot them in New Zealand Spag Moss. I only use that for all my phals. I always place styrofoam bits on the bottom for extra drainage. It’s a good balance between good drainage and moisture retention. Just don’t water as often. I let my phals dry inbetween waterings.

[@frankvitier6086]

Invest in a masonry bit...you can dri your own holes on the sides of any clay pot

[@naturenel]

I do have them in all sizes. But I didn’t really want to tamper with this one. I like it solid. I keep that Heavens Gate in check with the watering. Plus it has styrofoam bits at bottoms to help extra drainage. But I will keep that idea of doing side holes for other pots. 👍🏼

[@tess.campbell]

Someday I'll own Heavens Gate...

[@naturenel]

It’s a great flower and big strong plant. 💪🏼

[@plant-a-holic]

Another fabulous video 🎉🎉🎉… can we use the lava rock from Home Depot??

[@naturenel]

Yup! That’s what Mercedes the orchid master grower I just visited uses. I too use it in my Dendrobium towers.

[@plant-a-holic]

@@naturenel AWESOME 😎!! Thank you!😍

[@lanezhou1664]

Thank you for sharing how you do repot! I didn’t know they can thrive without barks and I love the idea of not worrying about degrading. On another note, how you do repot in clay pot? I saw a lot of people either just put it in a bigger pot or break the old clay pot.

[@naturenel]

If the roots are attached to a pot, just place inside a slightly bigger pot. It’s fine to do that. The pot just acts like medium material. It won’t decompose.

[@aymemejia3678]

Hi thanks for you video, tell me could I buy the charcoal from Home Depot? And what brand do you recommend

[@naturenel]

I don’t know if they have food quality charcoal for orchids. I would try ordering it online.

[@LizE2654]

So do you recommend a wider rather than deeper pot for cattleyas?

[@naturenel]

If the Cattleya is very large leafed I prefer a wider, narrow pot. But others you can get away like the cobalt blue I used because it has plenty of holes to breath and dry out, plus the Cattleya is one of the smaller flower and thinner leaf.

[@bethreaves403]

I wish I’d seen this before I repotted my first and only cattleya… which promptly died.

[@naturenel]

Sorry to hear that. 😢

[@bethreaves403]

@@naturenel , i’ll try another cattleya. It’s just too soon ❤️‍🩹

[@Joe-nj3bb]

It was nice to see a repotting video for a change. I'm guessing the airy mix is due to the high humidity in Florida. I'll have to get gloves that can be reused for repotting. The plastic ones are such a waste. Have you tried to grow other epiphytes such as bromeliads? A lot of species are native to Florida.

[@naturenel]

Yes here in my area is extremely humid and can be very wet at times. Charcoal and lava work beautifully together. I do have several different bromeliads throughout my ranch.

[@sithuaung8272]

Is there some effect if I accidently spray mosquito repellent onto the orchid plants Nelson?

[@naturenel]

Not that I know of. They’re used to being sprayed insecticide, fungicide, and other toxic chemicals. I’m sure mosquito repellent should be fine. If you spray on the flower that may cause damage. But not the plant.

[@sithuaung8272]

@@naturenel Oh! Thanks a lot! Because the flies are doing the black stuff on my plants so I thought I had to avoid spraying when I sprayed.😅

[@kathleenross7412]

Hi how often do you water when their grown in this medium

[@naturenel]

Every 2 ton3 days.

[@kathleenross7412]

OK does that include winter tin we too

[@williammalone8097]

How soon after repotting do you water?

[@naturenel]

Next day on this one in particular. It was late afternoon. If I repot in the morning, then I water right after. You never want to water your orchids late in the day. Always early morning if possible.

[@karlaperez3035]

Hello, how often do you water the orchids?

[@naturenel]

In Fall and Winter I water every 3 to 4 days. If it rains, I don’t water for a couple of days those that are exposed to the rain. In Spring I water every other day. If it rains I don’t water. In summer Florida I water every day except when it rains. The orchids I keep under roof in pots I go by eye. If it’s still moist, no need to water.

[@karlaperez3035]

@naturenel Thank you, have a beautiful day 🌼

[@lindaannb]

I REALLY like the repotting videos! I have a little cattleya that I will be repotting soon. Since I’m relatively new to cattleyas, I learn a lot from seeing what mediums other, successful growers use.

[@Nataunic]

Nature Nel is so damn hot (his partner got a gem) big fan of your work and your hair

[@naturenel]

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[@sevbell8307]

Be careful. These meshes are the bottom of the pot. They may suffocate the roots development.

[@naturenel]

I’ll keep an eye out. If that were to happen, I can simply pull it out through the drainage hole. It bigger than a quarter so easy enough to remove.