Caring for Orchids: A Step-by-Step Guide

[@4-to-0]

I rarely leave comments, but this is hands down one of the best (if not the best) intro to orchids I have seen. Learned everything the hard way when there was not much information available and can confirm each and every care tip given here.

[@jimbobakabrutus1230]

Love the handle

[@TheSpiritracer]

It may sound crazy but here it is. I’m a beginner orchid enthusiast. I’ve always loved them. Wasn’t sure how to grow them. Glad I found your video. The orchid I have it present and I know it’s gonna sound crazy was extremely “silent.” it bugged me so I got down and investigated and found out she has outgrown her pot. So I put her in an orchid pot and believe it or not she is not as quiet. I’m glad I found you with your flower knowledge.

[@rhondadunn4228]

I’d much rather have the orchid than a bottle of wine! Thanks so much for the great information!

[@jesscurtis6004]

Did he say the number 1 killer of indoor plants is “kindness and too much water”? 😂 I’ve rewatched that a few times and can’t help but think that’s what he’s saying. He wouldn’t be wrong at all haha

[@Jt-Jt]

I rewinded that too. 😂

[@tracymay6702]

You must be new to houseplants. 😊

[@stephaniek7847]

I’d say yes! I have about 30 plants In my house and I forget about them all the time and water once every week and a half and they are thriving!

[@karelrodgers9108]

Kindness as in attention?

[@stephaniek7847]

@@karelrodgers9108 yes!

[@karenbb5063]

I've been so frustrated that my orchid wouldn't rebloom and it turns out I've been taking care of it too well! That's a first for my plants, lol.

[@jakezgab8576]

What a contrast, tropical orchids by the window, the background is wintery with snow on the ground, two climates separated by a glass window. A real artist can’t fix everything but they sure can try.

[@1corrsfan]

I have inherited 3 of my mums orchids and I’m feeling the pressure of keeping them alive and this has really helped. Her flowers are dropping off but I think I’ve been overwatering, under feeding and wrong area of the house. Thanks for this intro guide to orchids ❤

[@erikaarnold4780]

OMG! If I INHERITED an orchid, I would probably pay somebody to keep it alive for me. I am here because I am DETERMINED to keep my orchids alive. It isn’t going so well. 😰 Best of luck to you and the little ones. Pray for me. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@michellephan1316]

I’m so glad I found your channel 👍.

[@maryhumphrey9455]

Best clip I’ve seen ❤❤

[@RoadRunner1980]

I'm watching this while enjoying a bottle of wine. Definitely gonna check out orchids too.

[@ramanidavare5853]

What a perfect video! No needless information, simple straightforward answers to the questions and it left me feeling hopeful that I can do this instead of overwhelming me with instructions and tips. Thank you!😊

[@Sweet_Southern_Pecan]

Thank you so much for this segment. I just received an Orchid. She's absolutely beautiful. 🫶🏽

[@jakezgab8576]

I agree, plenty gorgeous.

[@Kiq_Ash]

I’m so happy i looked into really understanding why my orchids weren’t thriving anytime i would buy a plant. I def had a over fertilised/watered orchid so i cut her down, leaves are clean. Moved into my brightest room in indirect light for day then near my humidifier for the night with me in ac as it’s been super hot lately. Fingers crossed :)

[@Angie-op5jy]

how are your orchids now? 😊

[@barblucas2539]

Thanks for the information about Orchid. im just a beginner and need all the help i can get.

[@Gina-qc2xx]

Love the final punch line. ❤

[@valerykazakov4479]

Thank you for an easy and accessible tips of how to take care of orchids!

[@acts.412]

Thank you sir Great ending advice. No wine - just buy orchids !🌱

[@joshabbott8849]

Such a kind soul - thank you!

[@brigidann23]

Apart from comparing them to wine, I'd also say that the level of maintenance required makes them more cost-effective and more rewarding than maintaining a husband 👍

[@mnj640]

Or wife for that matter

[@ChapelHillForge]

Thank you!! My husband got me an orchid for my birthday, and I’m a notorious indoor plant killer. Excited to try to keep this one alive! And the quarantine comment ☠️ 🤣

[@phyllislewis5798]

You are the first person who helped me in what to do with spikes that have no bud. Now I will cut the spike where u showed on ur video. Thank u so much since I just started to buy some plants. I have become addicted to orchids.😂😂😂

[@chrishooge3442]

Very helpful. I've had orchids in the past with little success. It's my 28th wedding anniversary and I'm giving orchids. This was super helpful.

[@markn26]

Best video on orchids. I'm completely frustrated at how hard it is to get them to re-flower, I think this pointed me in the right direction

[@Linguitos]

they take 5-6 months to reflower, patience!

[@aylaloren-dr4jh]

@@LinguitosThank you! Mine flowered twice, but it’s been about 4 months now and I was worried about why it stopped!

[@TheHustlehustle09]

Thanks Frank I learned a lot about orchids , you should be a hand model

[@dianaelder4220]

Love your video! Fast moving and not boring. I will stay tuned for subsequent info on orchids as I need lots of help.

[@megw5464]

Very helpful video. Thank you so so much! Subscribed! 👏👏

[@michellephan1316]

Thank you for sharing 🎉🎉.

[@amywilkins]

Love this video. Very helpful. The last part was great, I was feeling guilty about buying another orchid yesterday but I don’t drink so that’s great to Make me feel better 😊

[@nghiepdam2061]

Simple but covering all key points for caring phalaenopsis orchids. Great video.

[@TeddyHoggle]

I'm about to start my orchid adventure

[@k-hz2742]

Frankie your my new best friend, Absolute gems of information and entertaining Much love ❤️

[@melaniefranz5387]

Super helpful!! Covered every aspect a novice needs to get started. Will revisit this guy again for sure. Thank you!!!

[@wilheminaboone1107]

Simply Beautiful! Thank you ❤️ Clapping from Norfolk, VA.🎉😊

[@DevinWatson-k3v]

Thanks! Exactly what I needed to know

[@helenhuynh8414]

thank you for the helpful info

[@artsycjm]

So helpful. I never do well with these plants. I get them as gifts and feel bad because it’s a death sentence. I usually give it away to a better home. I have one now and it’s tugging at my heartstrings. I’m sure it’s going to thrive now that I found your helpful information. If it responds I may name it. ❤

[@loxieshillingstad895]

Great presentation - easy to follow and very informative. Thanks!

[@RealFactsForYou24]

Thanks for the great video

[@bn-eugenepwa]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@insfieldtrip]

Loved this video and the wine vs orchid comparison😊

[@mimiedeslateplayer8826]

Thank you! Watching here in Europe 😆😅😛😝😜🤪😂🤣

[@nearestivo6823]

Ty and love the Lil puns and jokes 😂. Made the video enjoyable and not like I was watching a documentary

[@snarkheart]

Thank you! I learned so much! So excited to help my babies keep growing!

[@Elizabeth-iy7qu]

Beautiful video! Thank you

[@georgelijichanayil7772]

Cute flower

[@2coryman]

For me is first all about fragrance, second the distinct look but not dramatic

[@ngupta4244]

Thankyou for covering everything i needed to know 🙏

[@annabarnwell9698]

Great tips. Thank you Frankie.

[@DarkSpectre-y8g]

Good video thank you

[@MrAegismedic]

Thank you I am working on rehabilitating an orchid and I found this video very helpful!

[@pauldupre2269]

Thank you for such an informative video. I've always struggled with Orchids. I'm hoping with this new one I have bought for my wife, I will be able to maintain for many more flowers

[@canadiangirl7439]

Thank you very informative!!

[@verov83]

I recently added an Orchid to my indoor plant collection. Three weeks and in my bathroom it's still alive 😅. I just added water today 🤞. I could never keep an Orchid alive for more than a month 😅. I've done my research so hopefully she lives long. They are beautiful plant's.

[@bb3259]

Thank you, Orchid Kevin Spacey

[@philipb2134]

Orchids had kissed the flowers of my dreams; their remnant capture is an eflorence from Cedars. We might not have foresaughn

[@jennybautista9262]

Im so happy that i learned more how to handle orchid thank u so much

[@fernandavd2104]

thank you so much

[@christinedekoning9436]

Frankie you are awesome.

[@pratibhareebye5919]

thanks

[@FrankNicholasDale]

Clear information no padding, useful! How ever the bottle of wine, um your drinking the wrong wine😅

[@jimbobakabrutus1230]

Great video!

[@novelist99]

Every so often, my MIL gives me an orchid plant. I usually end up killing them as I don't know how to care for them. Your video taught me so much about caring for them. Perhaps the latest one I received on Mother's Day will survive thanks to your tips. I even ordered that fertilizer you suggested.

[@adanabuyounis678]

very helpful, thank you!

[@susansnofur3049]

Thank you❤

[@KathDpl]

Love this video! Really helped! I just rescued orchids! ❤

[@jude1515]

Helpful, thanks.

[@LezBob]

Great info, really helpful. I am new to orchids. Just wanted to say that wine and orchids are wonderful together! Especially as a presant.

[@lyndalyle6775]

Thank you for your great tips. I love orchids. I've been cutting above a node to get them to rebook and it has worked for two years now. One of them keeps dying below the cut. The leaves look very healthy and actually getting new leaves. I guess it's time to trim the entire stalk. I didn't know that was an option.

[@DaughterofGaia1979]

I've never been able to keep Orchids alive. I did that ice cube BS and 💀 the one I have now is still alive, I've had her for bout a year now. I think she's not sending up a spike is cuz I've Never fed her, I can't even remember what color her blooms were 😅 I'm gonna order that Orchid food spray you showed and see what happens😊❤

[@thanhnguyen-nx5eg]

Thank you so much it really help

[@marianamunoz6075]

Hmm… I’ve always been afraid of getting an orchid but I recently was gifted one for Mother’s Day. I thought I killed it when I saw all the flowers falling off and felt so guilty but now, after seeing this video, I will inspect it, prune it and move it to a better spot. Not sure if I should repot it though. Thank you so very much for sharing this video!

[@mtillman7998]

Do you water at the time of feeding?

[@FeonaBuchanan]

Thank you so much for this great knowledge in caring for my orchids.l ❤ my orchids.please talk about other breeds of orchid

[@chrismahfouz7709]

New subscriber here! 🙌🏼 I have had the best luck with my orchids having them on a windowsill. Luck for me means that it’s re-bloomed and grown for at least several years. I’m petrified to replant! I hate to rock the boat but my 2 orchids that I’ve been most successful with are in the same pot like they came from a dumpster where my daughter works. They were obviously grown in separate pots and merely pulled from their grow pots and stuck in a decorative ceramic pot with a little decorative moss around their tops to make it look good. (The said store keeps orchids while they are blooming and once that initial bloom is over they throw them away which I think is criminal). (They discourage employees from taking them out of the dumpster so they don’t even give them to their employees.) They could at least give them away. 😤

[@laust1750]

I can't shallow orchids 😂.. I love them

[@quintonhewitt4819]

Fabulous instructions thank you l prefer the orchid AND wine 😂

[@Angebaby1237]

Very helpful Thank you!!!!! ❤ On the orchids I got from my mother’s funeral……both tags on the pots indicated to use ice cubes…...? Why would they do that?

[@maureen8930]

Please advise me where to get orchid pots to replace my pant

[@jenniferbeasley9966]

I had an orchid for 23 years didn't know you were supposed to cut the stem after blooming ,but It never failed to bloom bummer it died I think I watered it to much in the last month I had it .???😢 thanks for sharing love orchids got me two new ones

[@Kiq_Ash]

And amazing video! I love plants and gardening but it’s always really been perennial or annual for longevity 😂 now I’m trying to grow them and build an oasis 😂

[@ZetaCast13]

Funny because I bought my lovely girlfriend and Orchid and some wine for her birthday and that's why I'm here😂😂

[@brianYYZ]

Lost about half the audience when you mentioned they are better than wine 😂😂😂

[@cynthiagilbreth1352]

They are!

[@jenniferredding8100]

Nah. I love orchids, not so much on the wine. 😊

[@anavictoriabraun1901]

I’ll take the orchids over ANY wine

[@sheilaasal]

Hi , thanks for the all information. What should I do with those yellow leaves. Should I cut them off?

[@coremistir146]

All my orchids are in potting soil and are thriving miraculously 😊

[@anniiie3420]

This video was very helpful! Thank you so much for all of the tips. I have some questions though. If the roots are showing signs of being overwatered or too little water, should I trim them? Or should I just continue to water the plant accordingly. Also, what if one leaf is sticking upwards but the rest are drooping? Is that a sign of something?

[@ericphelps1796]

❤

[@Toy-x4y]

👍

[@YnseSchaap]

I have 150 different species (or there about) and Phaleanopsis is the species I can't grow, some people have rooms full but for some reason they just don't want to grow for me 😁

[@jakezgab8576]

The orchids too.

[@ItsMeCheryl1231]

I recently bought a phal at a big box store. I haven't repotted her yet, but want to, as it is in straight sphagnum moss. The roots look pretty good, and she is in bloom right now. My question is should I wait until the blooms are gone, or would it be OK to get her into some decent orchid medium and pot right away? (We also have a humidifier set at 45%.)

[@KoseChris]

yeah nice, i was giving my plants to much water... thanks :)

[@aminahsayeed4730]

What do you do with wilted flowers and buds

[@FrankNicholasDale]

Interesting article, however , there are very few, on growing and caring orchids outside in the tropical ,or subtropical.

[@mrscurtis0801]

The quarantine joke 😂

[@brookeoliver6562]

So would you water 1-2 times a week AND mist occasionally? Also I followed all the direction and got them reportted, what do I do with the buds that aren’t going to bloom? Trim? Leave?

[@farwiza9943]

Thank you for this helpful guidance - I got orchid bouquet as xmas present, and within 3 weeks all the flowers have shed. I am afraid the whole plant will die.

[@mindimartian9821]

When I brought each of my two new orchids home from the grocery store, they lost their flowers within weeks. I think it is because of them changing their environment. They will bloom again if you water them sparingly. I water on the same day every week 1/4 cup of water each. I am about to repot them and I expect they'll go into shock for a bit and then burst with new flowers as they are ready. (They've never been repotted). The first orchid bloomed prolifically (on it's second go round) from August through February.

[@cheerfulgreetings5535]

Is it common for leaves to start growing up the spike?

[@starfiresilky]

I've seen ppl put it vase with just water...no bark. Instructions was to take all the bark soil out, cut off dead roots, cut off spent stems and change water once a week. Is this ok to do?

[@SelmaTunc-pr8ns]

Is the dunking method where the orkid gets dunked in water and letting it soak the water for 15 minutes also okay as in watering?

[@carmelabarone9688]

That's what I do