Nature Nel is live at Ft. Lauderdale Orchid Society Show “ORCHID JUNGLE”

[@alicesanchez7777]

Waooo Nelson ver a smiley 😍🙈 me encanta verla y la pendulun en marzo florece que emoción tengo una 😊. Ver tanta orquídea ❤

[@naturenel]

Yay! La mía tiene dos botones. Estoy súper contento.

[@tlmiam1]

There are so many possible crosses, it’s amazing.😊

[@naturenel]

Millions!

[@m3msilva]

Hi Nelson, Thanks for another video.

[@tlmiam1]

It does seem heavily populated there, same as here on Long Island. I cannot wait to move to the beautiful azores.

[@johannac1124]

Hi Nelson, thank you so much for this wonderful video. You truly have a gift for what you do. Hope to see you in the next upcoming shows ☺️.. big hug Jorge and Johanna, The branch.

[@naturenel]

Thank you Jorge and Johanna. I appreciate your comments and feedback. 🙏🏼 I’ll be set the Wellington International Orchid Show in February at West Palm Beach.

[@tlmiam1]

Nice to meet Lady Vanda, wish I was still in south fla. ❤

[@tlmiam1]

I mean Serena lol.

[@tlmiam1]

I’m moving to Portugal, will have to grow some orchids there. Just so beautiful and so hard to choose one. I can understand why you have billions of orchids lol ❤.

[@hninhninnyunt4541]

Thank you so much for your show. The colour of the show is abit blur but like always amazing and I always like it. Sadly in Australia where I live not much orchids but that's OK I can't have too much. Thank you so very much Nelson.

[@naturenel]

You’re very welcome. Sorry you saw it blurry. Perhaps try playing it again to see if it calibrates. Sometimes live shows calibrate once completely uploaded.

[@newmanmansell760]

I had so much fun watching Nelson and Teresita😄🙏💞It's only natural to want to buy some orchids because they're so exquisite😌💞

[@naturenel]

Glad you enjoyed it buddy. We had such a great day yesterday. I really enjoyed the show very much. 🤗

[@rosanaterra4504]

I really like your videos thanks for sharing😍🌱🌱🌱

[@naturenel]

Thank you Rosana. 😘

[@dulceportillo4061]

Hi Nelson, to bad I live soooo far😢, beautiful blooms.

[@naturenel]

That’s why I bring it to you. 💚

[@StacyJohnstone]

Great live! They have so many beautiful things at their show. It was fun to tag along with you. I found your conversation with Smiley very interesting. Can you point me towards the conversation that you had with her previously where she talks about how she cares for her orchids. I would love more info on what she uses. Thank you!

[@donnahageman6289]

Sorry I missed the live. There were some beautiful orchids. I sent you a tornado so you all knew I was there in spirit...Thanks for bringing us along.😊

[@naturenel]

Weather here has been so crappy. Can’t wait for Spring! Keep the tornadoes. We have enough with hurricanes 🌪️⛈️

[@carolobadal7468]

Love your live broadcast , fun and exciting in the moment 🤩🤩 such breathtaking beauty ❣❤❤

[@naturenel]

Thank you!🙏🏼💚

[@BBQNBLUES]

When you mentioned listening to Classical Music while working with your Orchids I _immediately thought of "Classical Barbara" Have you heard this Album ? it's so Beautiful.

[@naturenel]

Yes! My partner Luíz, would play that Cd everyday. That’s one of her greatest masterpiece. Amazing album. 🤩

[@BBQNBLUES]

@@naturenel I was introduced to it during a Romantic evening (complete with candlelight) as we made Love for the 1st time...... memories.

[@MiguelHerreraromero-en9ug]

Greetings from Colombia

[@naturenel]

Hola 🇨🇴 Columbia!

[@cholotg9177]

🙏so much for the live show. Last week I visited Smiley in Clermont. I had so much fun and she’s such a wonderful lady ❤❤❤❤

[@naturenel]

You’re so lucky! I’m so excited to visit her nurseries some day. She is such a special person💚

[@michaelpeace1201]

Great show

[@jaydee840]

Thanks!

[@naturenel]

Awe! Thank you so so much. This means so much. 🫶🏼💚🙏🏼

[@jaydee840]

Your welcome , you do a great job 👍

[@alejandronoa2024]

Very fun live!👏🏻

[@arleneroserenders3310]

Thank you Nelson

[@naturenel]

You’re very welcome.

[@lisaolkeriil9968]

Beautiful Orchids. Do you know if any of the vendors ship to Guam?

[@naturenel]

I wouldn’t know. Best is to reach out to them. What I hear allot is international shipping of orchids is very expensive so many nurseries only ship nationally. But there are some out there that may ship to you. It’s all in the expense of the shipping.

[@particularp3317]

Waw que lindo

[@sreedevivn3010]

Terry where will you put it all ?!!!😂

[@naturenel]

I know!!! She had as all laughing so hard with all her excuses before buying an orchid. It’s priceless.

[@tomfurmby88]

I couldn't grow the way smiley does. I agree with her in theory 100%. The problem is the plants we get have so many problems when we buy them. It literally is crazy. You hear about antibacterial resistance all the time and how bugs are becoming superbugs, virusses are getting stronger than 200 years ago etc. I tried smiley's approach and I completely lost the joy of growing. IT was only once I got the nearly radioactive stuff in that the joy of growing came back. When your plants have problems and you check on them and every month an orchid has died its just no fun. If on the other hand every time you check an orchid is flowering instead it makes far more fun. So yeah 400 years ago I'd be growing like smiley. These days I found it impossible to do that. At least for my standards.

[@naturenel]

I agree with you 100% on your comment. With that said, it best to first incorporate natural care with chemicals. You want to transition into it as you learn more and more on clean growing. Also, if you keep them outdoors as I do, it’s near to impossible to go 100% chemical free. Smiley dedication to her plants is amazing, but we need to also consider that she grows indoors inside a controlled environment. This makes it way easier. For example, I live a couple miles off Big Cypress Everglades National Park. I get the stranges insects and pests from the wild. So I’m always checking my orchids. If you have a collection big or small, you have check your orchids weekly. I do mine almost daily. That’s why keeping orchids is not for everyone. It’s a very exquisite hobby with high maintenance. We are basically trying to grow something that’s far from its natural environment, and then on top of that most people try to pot all their orchids. We all know orchids mainly grow sideways off tree canopies. Keep using what works for you responsibly. I know in a perfect world natural growing is best, but we are not there yet. I still use all my chemicals, only this time I’m learning to only use them in the effected area and try not to spray all over to avoid any overspray in the greenhouses.

[@tomfurmby88]

@@naturenel Thanks Nelson. I'm impressed you wrote me such a great answer. There is also the idea that stronger orchids build up more of a resistance to pests which we should be taking advantage of. The problem for me was when I first started growing orchids the number one advice was feed weakly and be very careful of fertilizer salts. As a result the first few years my orchids were weak, spindly and more susceptible. Every year I carefully increased the amount. Once I reached the level I wa'0s feeding my houseplants I realized cymbidiums can handle even more than my houseplants! Weak feeders? Like said weak plants attract pests. strong plants are more resilient. How do I get stronger plants? I am up to feeding 5 times more than the first year I was growing orchids. I gave my phals a cool down in autumn as you are told. All my phals died the first year. I stopped the cool down nonsense and grew them like they were growing in florida and they did much better. Now that I am feeding them as much as my houseplants they are growing greener too. IT's just I was literally brainwashed to be scared of fertilizing too strongly. And that is what my orchids needed. But at the same time my roots were developing brown burn markings and people were telling me I was overfertilizing when I was already underfertiling by 500%. It was all very confusing. I then discovered the brown markings were unrelated to my fertilizing!! Some of the advice I got online... Yeah it was costing me orchids. I had to throw the grow advice online out the window. Had to teach myself from scrap. Now feed my orchids mediumly, not weekly, They are slowly getting stronger. Following you has helped a lot too.

[@behau_99]

Vanda in USA so much

[@CindyCenteno-x8w]

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