Miltoniopsis Summer 2019 Update! Still thriving in the warmer weather?

[@deannknox9499]

Wonderful root growth on your established one :) Your collection looks really happy and healthy thank you for the video :)

[@MattbyNature]

I love Miltoniopsis. I have only one though. I got it on sale in January and it has beautiful red flowers with a strong fragrance of roses and honey. They did also have a white one and I regret not getting that - it smelled like lilies. Now, it's sprouting four new growths, one of which is growing in the middle of all the other pseudobulbs - so not sure what's going to happen there. They're all at different stages so I'm super excited. Last time the flowers lasted for two months. So now I'm expecting sequential maturation and hopefully blooming which would give me months of an amazing show - fingers crossed!

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Should be a wonderful show that lasts for a long time, your house is going to smell incredible! 😀💗

[@MattbyNature]

@@TheOrchidRoom How long does it take for growths to mature in your experience. I just found your channel and I'm binging your videos right now haha

[@TheOrchidRoom]

It depends alot on how established the plants are, 1-2 months usually, can be longer for less established plants or different varieties of the miltoniopsis, I have one that seems to take 3 or 4 months even though it's got a pot full of roots 😅🤷‍♀️ Thanks, I hope you find something useful! 🙂

[@MattbyNature]

@@TheOrchidRoom thanks for your insight! I'll keep checking

[@OrchidNerd]

They look lovely! Clearly what you're doing works for them. Also, I already subcribed ages ago!

[@TheOrchidRoom]

😂😂😂 Noooooo, you noticed my typo 😅 I was hoping you'd be too distracted by the pretty miltonia 😉

[@nenavienneau5872]

Yes I know I have also check maybe someday we will have them so much pretty in white 🥰

[@nenavienneau5872]

Can you tell me where you find your white metal shelf I looking for one but only find the aluminum color one

[@TheOrchidRoom]

It's a website called Hartleys direct in the UK, very reasonable prices, there's a link in the description to the exact shelving 😀

[@pixmahler5859]

You are doing FABULOUSLY! Congratulations! I am hoping to get mine through the heat of the summer. Since mine were recent purchases I have kept them in the air conditioned area of our house. The Phals are in the non-ac portion. Both areas have humidity of 75% at least. Since the “Tonis” are in the cooler room, my watering requirements are far less frequent than with the Phals. I am so excited for you with your success with the Miltoniopsis it gives me courage to keep on keeping on. I am especially encouraged with the temps they seem to tolerate. When and what might you be feeding and what TDS, etc?

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Thanks! 😀 So I basically feed these exactly as in my fertilizing video but monitor according to their growth as they have the most sensitive roots. One difference from that video is that I pH to about 6.5 at the moment for my moss mixes (roger commented he also does this) as the moss is naturally slightly acidic so once in the pot the pH drops to around 6. For my orchids in inorganic media this is a bit different. There was a comment from a lady on Miltoniopsis in that fertilising video yesterday with a very similar question 😄 So when they are in active growth like at the moment it's about 300ppm combined (rain mix, silicone and seaweed). This is constantly available to them as they are in self watering pots in sphagnum so always moist. When in less active growth lower nutrient solution as they aren't absorbing so much so want to make sure no nutrients build up in the pot and burn roots. So I usually stick to 200ppm combination of all in those cases and increase flushing but it's often slightly changing depending on what the orchid is doing 😀

[@nenavienneau5872]

WoW you have beautiful orchids

[@jokennedy2943]

Wish my miltoniopsis looked like that !!

[@sunsundks3891]

What's the ID for the orchid with green/yellow and white flowers in the back at 1:08

[@TheOrchidRoom]

I think you may mean the Oncidium Pupukea sunset alba, if so it's also in my what's in bloom video for July here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/np_CgqqLh7Oaa68 At around 9:50 Hope that helps! 😄

[@edsterjune5607]

Wow that's a good job 😍

[@victoriabrownfrank4328]

Rogers of Rogers Orchid purchased 2 Miltoniopsis from Burnham's they basically come from the same place yours did both of them had a virus. He made a video when he was repotting and then his treatment for them. I wish you luck and hope yours does not have it.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Hi there, his had fusarium which is a fungal infection and basically blocks up the water and nutrient supply of the plant when it starts to take over. I treated mine with a systemic antifungal when I got them just in case but during repotting I checked and they do not have fusarium. You can tell by the classic purple ring in the rhizome which was completely absent in mine fortunately 😄

[@victoriabrownfrank4328]

@@TheOrchidRoom couldn't get my text to speak to work right. But he has the same plants and they have it. So check your plant and not share water.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Hi there. Thankyou for checking but mine do not have it 😄 Roger has plants from the same supplier yes but there were hundreds of these bought by Burnham from the Eric Young foundation. A portion of these may have contracted it (Rogers obviously did somewhere along the lines, probably at the Eric Young foundation itself... ) but it obviously didnt pass to all of them because mine do not have it which was a massive relief. I can assure you I have checked mine especially following rogers video and preventatively treated beforehand anyway when I first got them in March. It is something you can check for and mine do not have it. I never share water anyway.... 😀

[@nenavienneau5872]

Ok i live in Canada I don’t think they ship to Canada Thank you I will check to see if they ship

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Probably not 😯 that's a shame! I will have a look around and see if I can find any available worldwide!

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Had a quick look and like you say they only seem to have the chrome ones easily available in the US and Canada! Sorry! 🙁