Don't fall for this! Biggest Orchid Myths of 2023 - Myth or Truth #26

[@MissOrchidGirl]

This video is sponsored by rePotme, check them out here go.missorchidgirl.com/repotme104 They also provided products like pots, clips, some of the stakes and fertiliser I used in this video.

[@marjieestivill]

Dani and Repotme can take most all credit for all of my successes over the past 7-8 years. Members of the local orchid club had recommended Repotme before I discovered the MissOrchidGirl channel, but it seems like 8 years ago.

[@kathrynrobinson5824]

Right before you said “I don’t like my new haircut” I was thinking “Oh I like Dany’s new haircut”. 😂

[@GirLee316]

The ice cube myth! Orchids at Walmart for valentine's day and all of them say "Just add ice!"

[@philcurtis8420]

I really like the garlic myth! I have a couple of worm bins and have always been warned never to put garlic or other alliums into my bins because it will kill the worms. The other day I pulled up a large garlic clove growing in my garden - it had a hole in it caused by some insect or other, and, in the hole, was a very lively and healthy earthworm. Go figure! 😂

[@milanagradinac7709]

Dear Danny, happy NY, and thank you for busting up all myths (within series or not

[@mayastoyanova3020]

I like your sense of humor, don't hold it back every time 🙃Wishing you a happy New year 🥳

[@Zoutsteen]

As a one time grocery shop orchid buyer, I wanted to keep the orchid alive after it bloomed and found this YT channel of yours which helped me quite a bit. Occasionally I return here to watch a vid of yours, and this time your remark on your hair sparked a tiny intent on saying your hair looks great, while all the time, i've been here because your orchids are looking great. Looking at the orchid you have on your table and comparing it to your hair, I have to say, your hair indeed can't ever compete with the orchid. ... All I wanted to say is: you got me on the wrong topic, almost complimenting you on the wrong topic, on an item I agree with you not looking the best, while really, you doing a great job there and the vids you bring out are way more worth of a compliment. and yes, your hair looks fine, really.

[@KaterinaJenkins-m4d]

Hi Danny! Can you make a video of going through all of your cattleyas and talking about each one like you did in the past? Differences between them - similarities and so on. Kind of like checking on each one - I think it would be very informative. Actually you could maybe pick a type of orchid each month and go through that type and not only do well check but talk a little bit about each one and maybe even share a picture of them blooming? Just an idea. January - Cattleya, February - Dendrobium, March - Oncidium and so on....Happy New Year! Love Kat

[@vickitaber4680]

I love your videos and have learned so much! One thing I have seen so much lately is adding banana peels - I can’t imagine that would do anything other than smell and rot. LOL

[@janetswiderski7303]

Love the myths! I also saw a person soak cotton balls in beet juice and place between orchid leaves and miraculously grow orchid spikes. LOL. Thank you for all your videos, I've learned so much. After 30 unsuccessful years of trying, you have taught me how to grow and bloom my orchids.

[@elsapanta9251]

Your logic makes sense, we only need to mimic their wild natural environment as much as possible when we cultivate them in our environment, which sometimes can be challenging 🤗we can only do our best .. I’ve notice they are very strong plants and resilient thats a quality I love about orchids 🥰

[@clintoncavallaro9249]

Girl ! ❤ the haircut ! Happy New Year. Looking forward to another year of valuable info and your bubbly personality. ❤ u lots. ❤❤❤❤❤ Btw. ❤ ur dark humor. Ur best when u r urself.

[@NorthbertR]

My Polish nana was putting scented gardenia in my ears for health ... I was still sick, but it smelled nice lol. Thank you for tons of amazing and informative videos.

[@BrandNewCherrelle]

I think your hair looks beautiful. Reminds me of a retro 70’s bangs look! That’s definitely a compliment and I love it 😀

[@naturalworld7619]

I have learned so much from you but I must say I get very cross when I see so many myths/hearsay on social media. Thank you and I wish you a very happy New Year from Ireland.

[@LizE2654]

Really enjoy this series. Hope it continues next year! Happy new year🎉

[@GreenWitch1]

I’m really enjoying your channel! I think you’re adorable and extremely knowledgeable. I had a large orchid collection when I lived in Miami many years ago & loved them so much. I just haven’t grown them since I moved until very recently. A very nice lady gifted me a phal & it’s part of my aroid collection now. I see a lot of these silly videos promoting rice water, garlic and bananas. Such nonsense! I use a balanced fertilizer from Australia called GT Foliage Focus on all my plants with all but one watering a month (a weak solution) And, their growth is insane. I’m treating the orchid no differently than my other plants. They all require basically the same nutrients. Thanks for your straightforward approach to orchid care.

[@PetraEmmy]

Have a Happy New Year!! Looks like it will be good for you! And your hair is lovely ❤

[@amandasolomon7130]

Happy New Year from Florida!

[@victoriabergesen6775]

I'm so glad to hear these. Especially about garlic which I heard so much about. I didn't my house to reek of stale garlic. What about coffee and Aloe vera? I've seen videos about them, that they create enormous growth spurts.

[@vikkirountoit497]

Happy New Year!

[@saracarby1670]

Thankyou for another year of helpful info. Since watching your videos I now have success with my 40 orchids, and branched out to include cattleyas and paphs! Love that we can see your face now and your hair looks wonderful! HNY from Victoria BC

[@TheBarry1m]

I love your videos, I love seeing you giving advice. Come back.

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Not going anywhere :)

[@JMS77-c9m]

Great series.. some of these myths are pretty funny!

[@arleneroserenders3310]

Happy New year Danny

[@TheOrchidSaGa]

O my, so of these myths right? 😂 funny but also dangerous sometimes. It’s actually sad that there is so much wrong information out there. Always good to do our own research! Thank you for sharing the good info ❤

[@ahjortegaard]

"How about no.." 😂I love your humor and personality, Danny! Happy New Year and thank you for yet another year of great content! 🥰🎆

[@mavensuz]

Thank you! I hope that you continue. Happy New Year 2024!

[@soheyfarmani415]

Very useful series, thanks🙏 And wish you a happy New Year

[@ladylongarm9721]

Happy New Year Danny, I found you this year and watch you all the time. I had one really sick orchid to which you have helped me repot and now has a beautiful root system and strong leaves, no spike but a happy healthy plant. Since, I have bought 2 more and they remain healthy one had two keikis which I have successfully separated and other with a spike! , I just got another one in bloom so I now have 6 happy healthy plants because of you and your time to teach us all how to care for these beautiful plants. I almost didn’t buy it because directions said 2 ice cubes a week. I had to go back and rescue it from that fate. Love the myth busters…..you make so much sense of bad information floating around. Love seeing all your plants too…… went from one really sick orchid (which would be dead by now) to six thriving beautiful plants. My oldest one no spikes yet but root system growing. I found you this year and have followed your advice. To now growing orchids that thrive instead of die.

[@igf_d4189]

Thankyou for a wonderful year of educational and entertaining content Danny❤🎉 May we see alot of you in 2024 as well

[@kerryroyal7489]

I love this series ❤️

[@stevealdershof6744]

Thanks Recently started keeping orchids . Kansas USA

[@Peterrdee]

In Costa Rica it rains all night, orchids love that!

[@suz4keeps]

Great episode thank you. Happy New Year!

[@helent932]

Dear Dany, Happy New Year and best wishes to you and your beloved!!!❤❤❤

[@bettapalfish9057]

Happy New Year. 🎆 🎉

[@carinavalerga3163]

Happy New Year Danny! I love your videos, you are amazing and I have become an orchid lover since the pandemic. Thank God I found your channel! Thanks for such a great job ❤

[@emilychappel744]

Happy New Year Danny. Hope you & family enjoy bringing the new year in. Thankyou for all your videos they help more than you know. Love you new hair cut.

[@melissamorales3635]

Happy New Year Dani thanks for an awesome channel. I always look forward to your videos.

[@antoinettegregory7311]

Thank you for all your hard work. Happy New Year

[@Fabdanc]

Hey Danny (i have a myth too)! It's anthocyanin except when the plant is in caryophyllales and then it is betalain pigments. So when a cacti turns red or purple, its a from betalains. A myth I have been hearing A LOT: plants from tissue culture have altered genetics from the parent plant and are inferior plants that will just die or die on purpose. I believe a vast number of orchids are produced through TC. Seems like people who have houseplants that were rare before entering the TC market are getting a bit upset that the plant they paid hundreds for just one node are now $20 in the shops... so they have to have a "purity" argument on their plants genetics 😂

[@curious9801]

Hi there, yes I agree, hair looks fine. Thanks for your channel. It also amazes me that people are using everything in the kitchen cupboard for a sick orchid!! Garlic, onion, cinnamon etc,etc. why nor microwave one and hope it survives! Beggars belief!!!

[@jphillips4509]

Thank you.

[@eduardtrandafir312]

Happy new year!🎉

[@debbiewolcottbigbearreales7202]

Where do you get the pots that you have, where you use the soldering iron?

[@alicenataliamariailarda9046]

Then i have a special orchid 😅 I have a complete white phal but i noticed pigments along the leaves and the stem, alsk the back of the flowers have some discoloration of pink/purpely pigment 😊

[@joegennaro8265]

Hi I live in England I have an orchid that has not grown any spikes since I bought it it had two when I got it in the stems went brown and I cut them off how do I make the spikes grow again

[@tanyamaxfield1261]

Love these!

[@marlosaluna788]

Hey Danny, have you considered purchasing the first genetically modified blue phalaenopsis from japan? Phalaenopsis wedding promenade blue gene. The flowers are in wonderful indigo blue color. Please post a video when you do the purchase...Happy New Year!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hi, yes that would be neat but I have no access to it for now. So whenever the markets decide to bring it around here, if ever, I’ll be sure to check it out :)

[@wandashaw3551]

Hi Danny and Happy New Year!! I have to comment on Myth #3, me personally I would not, could purposefully stress my beautiful orchids or my other blooming house plants for a flower, I hear the same thing about stressing Hoya to get them to bloom, OMG, give it time and more than likely your blooming plants will BLOOM for you and still maintain their good health which we as the collector should be doing to the best of our ability! Ok, sorry, rant over! I totally enjoy this series and hope you can bring it back in 2024, if not, I can always go back and watch these again. Happy New Year to all of your subscribers and viewers! 🥂🍾🎉

[@TammyWorley-p8x]

Happy New Year, Danni🎉😊🎉 I think your new haircut is very attractive💇😊

[@ClaudiuLupascu]

La multi ani! Sa ai un an nou fericit!

[@bullobca]

Myth #13 - Danny's hair doesn't always look LOVELY.😂 Happy New Year,, thanks for all your work and information in 2023. Cheers from Canada.

[@nenggrace8995]

Thanks for clarifying especially myth #1 😊. I was actually doing that, watering it first before fertilizing it 😂 Ive even seen a video on how to do it 😅

[@Orquideascristy]

Your hair is beautiful. Have a Healthy,happy New Year. ❤

[@jomo9454]

There can be a reason to hang orchids upside-down: when you try to mount a top-heavy orchid hanging it upside-down can allow you to take advantage of gravity to help hold it securely against the mount instead of fighting gravity with tighter zip-ties, fishing line, elastic, whatever. The new growth will orient back into the natural position and hopefully the root system will be developed enough to win against gravity by the time the plant points upward again.

[@edieroe1520]

I just started watching your videos a couple of months ago and have to tell you how much I enjoy them. The information is great for a beginner like me and your sense of humour is awesome. Happy New Year Danni and I look forward to watching many more of your videos. Thank you. ❤🎉 🇨🇦

[@mwmranch]

"Garlic and bread"...reminds me of a funny story. I was pregnant with my first kid back in 1981 and absolutely craved garlic sandwiches with homemade mayonnaise. My S/O was horrified.

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Oh wow! 😬

[@idpiano]

Danny hi, I have a question about cattleyas which if you ever get a chance please answer. You know how you always say that when you repot cattleyas, the current roots sometimes will die because they don't like being disturbed, after you repot? Well I am seeing that with my cattleya, and wondering if I should unpot again to remove the (now dead, I'm sure) previously alive roots from when I potted it before. But then, won't the ones that aren't now dead, die because i unpotted/ repotted again?

[@solarwinds-]

I know what you mean Danny. I saw a video that claimed a Phalaenopsis Orchid could produce a flower spike from each leaf by adding a thin slice of a red onion to the soil. I commented on her vid that this is not typically how Phals grow and it is not usually how a Phal takes in nutrients. Now, I didn't accuse her of being wrong, I just said it wasn't typical. She challenged me saying "explain this video then...". I didn't bother. I also didn't bother telling her that Phals do not grow in soil.

[@pranjalisuryawanshi5134]

Hi dani, I wanted to ask you how much maximum temperature can phalaenopsis schilliriana tolerate.. where I live the temp goes to 40ish °c.. would you recommend for me to get one??

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hi, if it’s in the shade it might work out! Be sure to water in time as well :)

[@dianal3827]

I think the put-garlic-in-your-ear myth related to ear infections, not fever, but it's still (obviously) not recommended. Love the series! I think you're doing amazing in this fight against misinformation. Funnily enough, YT recommended me one of those clickbait videos of orchids (Phals) propagating from leaves right underneath this one 😂

[@FeatheredFarmyardFun]

My favorite old wives tale is 'puppy dogs pee in your ear for earache'.

[@carloquass6674]

Hi. Please help! In one of your videos you said you grow paths under normal kitchen LED tubes. Did I understand correctly? Do you have any w or Lux suggestions? I am in South Africa and led grow lights are unaffordably expensive!

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hi, I used to use them many years ago, not sure about specs but here they are kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJWmh3unn6t5psksi=XRQc5F0VYBYF3oUb

[@Dr.Piedra666]

there are some orchids that do need stress to bloom like Stanhopeas or Gongoras which bloom in the dry season. But this doesnt apply to all orchids.

[@Amoradamian]

Doesn't seem as stressing but again, emulating the climate conditions of their natural environment

[@Dr.Piedra666]

@@Amoradamian that is still beeing stress, it is called hidric stress (sorry for the shitty english).

[@Dr.Piedra666]

@@Amoradamian the problem with this myth is that people think that it is a survivign instinct, but it is just their biological clock, some orchids bloom when they feel hidric stress, but not as a surviving mechanism it is just their biological clock. (again sorry for the shitty english)

[@anniketaljaard2280]

The phaleanopsis noid at 4.54, could that be a cultivar of Chian Xen? Chian Xen pearl and Chian Xen Magpie look a lot alike. I saw one on orchid roots i think.

[@anniketaljaard2280]

Well i guess the lip is different

[@imogenecalderon2207]

Dani you are beautiful new hair cut or not❤ hope your holidays are great!

[@chrisdimenna648]

Danny ... I think your hair looks cute 👍

[@marjieestivill]

Wisteria is a flowering shrub that can be induced to bloom by beating the shrub branches with a shovel; next season willbloom like crazy…

[@JerBear1990]

I wish I could come to the wedding…. Test out those hair dues…. Dani!

[@JerBear1990]

Danny meant she’s triggering the orchid to go into the blooming state annually

[@melissamorales3635]

I never let my phals get dry they live in a very warm room that gets hit all day with sunlight. If I let the roots get silvery I’d have some very unhappy phals on my hands.

[@GregSpradlin]

6:01 is MissOrchidGirl a fan of Thor? (that bit reminds me of Thor: Ragnarok)

[@MissOrchidGirl]

🤔 well I’m not a fan of Thor (Marvel stuff) but I am a fan of the legend and the Norwegian series on Netflix called Ragnarok 🤭

[@lisascenic]

Garlic in the ears😂

[@markoe1652]

I wouldn't even know you had a haircut if you hadn't mentioned it. Now I notice something is different, but I don't know what. 😂

[@epenesajennings4725]

I SOAK MY ORCHIDS ONCE A MONTH IN FERTILIZED WATER.

[@Morgs914]

Don’t sweat the haircut… with eyes as pretty as yours, I didn’t even notice you had hair 😅😊😂

[@anndwandner3664]

Have you moved yet?

[@elel3797]

You failed to include the nonsense about ice-cubes!

[@alec4611]

Welllll, actually I use garlic because this stingily old vampire keeping climbing in my window at night to suck the water out of my orchids so I give garlic 10/10🥸