Orchid and Plant Fair in Florida! Join me on an explosion of exotic flowers. Plus vendor interviews

[@mariestrella.orquideasartecamp]

Hola gracias por mostrar tus videos de orquideas tan hermosos saludos a todos y abrazo

[@naturenel]

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[@joananderson7446]

Thank you for your wonderful video. You cover all the vendors and still take time for your avid followers! Keep it going and above all else KEEP IT GREEN!

[@naturenel]

Thank you Joan💚🙏🏼💚

[@donnaharris4504]

Great show. On my bucket list. Hi to my orchid sister, Orchid Doc. One love🇯🇲

[@naturenel]

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[@jodeming5088]

Great video. Excited to see what else you get. The dendrobium is beautiful. So much fun to see all the different orchids at each show.

[@naturenel]

I did more damage at this fair. This one was so good. So many amazing choices. I’ll be posting the haul very soon. 🤗

[@detodoconiris5999]

Me encanto el video hace días no veía algo tuyo y ya lo estaba esperando 😊👍🤗

[@larstristanthor]

Thx for showing mini cat Love Castle 🙏😍🥰

[@naturenel]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼You’re very welcome.

[@TheOrchidDen]

Thanks for always highlighting everyone!! ❤

[@naturenel]

My pleasure 🙏🏼

[@philippecats9539]

Great video, such a beautiful flowers !!

[@naturenel]

Thanks Philip 🤗

[@tuyetvo4353]

Thanks Nel , I want to buy them all. Merry X.Mas. Happy Holidays. 🌺 🌸 💐 💐

[@naturenel]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@jodeming5088]

Absolutely loving these video’s. You have been very busy. Happy Holidays. Make sure to take time and enjoy.

[@naturenel]

Hi Jode. I will be taking a small break soon. I have a few more uploads and then I’ll take that break. I’ve been ver busy as you said. And next year I feel there is gonna be allot too. Many new opportunities opening up. 🤗

[@naylanchieng981]

Thanks for sharing and ❤️ love the shirt! 😊

[@naturenel]

Thank you! 💚

[@patsfreund9164]

Nice video.....thanks for sharing.

[@naturenel]

Thanks Pat! 💚

[@TheOrchidSaGa]

Beautiful orchids! I wish I was there to shop! 😅❤

[@naturenel]

💚♥️💚♥️

[@orchidsinparadise2438]

Aloha Nelson! Mahalo for another great video! I need to visit Florida one day to attend these amazing orchid shows. I seen so many orchids that I would love to have 😍😍😍

[@naturenel]

If you visit Florida I’m make sure to take you to all the places I know filled with orchids. You would be in awe!🤗

[@orchidsinparadise2438]

@@naturenel i would be like a kid in a candy store 😍

[@Orchids365]

It was a great show with awesome fellow vendors. It’s always a good time and I really enjoy hanging out with you. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 ❤ Looking forward to your next video with the Orchid Doc😊.

[@naturenel]

Super fun times!🤗

[@juanitahamilton9523]

Thank you

[@teresagonzalez2022]

Thank you like always highlighting the beautiful orchids n letting us know the good n bad of each one specially in Florida not all orchids take the heat thank you again ❤

[@naturenel]

Glad I can help out though my videos. 🙏🏼

[@zagreancristinuta2086]

Merry Christmas to You to.Thank You for this show.I always enjoy your videos

[@naturenel]

Merry Christmas 🎄 thanks for watching💚

[@allyk7476]

Hey Nelson, I just love your videos, especially the long ones. Love how you showcase all the vendors. Thank you OFE for starting your beautiful orchid fairs in Homestead, Fl. over two years ago. Best thing ever!

[@naturenel]

Thank you Ally! I couldn’t agree with you more. The OFE fairs are amazing! It just keep getting better anda bigger.

[@PC-zg3eo]

Awesome show! So many blooms and great video.

[@naturenel]

Thank you PC! 💚This one had allot of beauties and great talks.

[@desicaingagiola6008]

I love your shirt Nelson. Thank you for taking us along with you. Beautiful plants and orchids!

[@naturenel]

Thank you! I love that shirt very much. It’s perfect for a Florida Christmas.

[@tinasachs8688]

Had to watch this over the course of 2 days but yay, what a beautiful video! Merry Christmas to you, Luiz, and also Laz!

[@naturenel]

💚♥️💚♥️💚♥️

[@gracearbuckle3007]

Thank you Nelson Merry Christmas 🎁 and Happy New Years

[@naturenel]

Merry Christmas to you as well, and a Happy New Year 🎊

[@Muffin21814]

Nice!!!! If you want a red phal. You have to get krull Smith red dragon. I have one and it's my favorite. Definitely red.😊👍

[@dsiegel22]

Nelson, what a fabulous KZbin production of local and mid-Florida vendors at OFE Orchid & Supplies. Health and happiness to you, your partner and the viewers of Nature Nel Channel. Best wishes for a wonderful New Year. Regards

[@erintrent1523]

I could definitely relate to your "pageant dad" comment when showing your Green Flash. It's a pretty proud moment to enter one of your leafy friends into a show and win a ribbon. I use neem as a preventative, but it does make the plant a little more light sensitive. I love your interactions with the vendors, it's pretty entertaining.

[@naturenel]

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[@magdalopez5200]

Hi Nelson , it was a great video from OFE as usual. Don't worry about videos been too long, it takes time to show all the beautiful blooms and feature all the great vendors. Great job!

[@naturenel]

Thanks Magda!💚✨🤗

[@vivimougoyannis6277]

Beautiful show. I love the orchids. 😍😍😍

[@naturenel]

Thank you! 🤗

[@jacquelin3edelapaz795]

Loved this video! I just started with orchids and I’m learning. Wish me luck 🍀

[@naturenel]

I wish you the best in your new growing endeavors with orchids. It’s very exciting when we start on orchid collector.

[@jacquelin3edelapaz795]

@@naturenel I’ve heard you on lives that you do hair?

[@michaeldornan7737]

Angraecum sesquipedale also known as Darwin's Orchid. Love it and waiting for mine to flower, but it's doing good ... love the visit!

[@naturenel]

My very first. I’m super excited about it. I saw it in a National Geographic documentary a long time ago. I never imagined I would own one some day. 💚

[@yolantalachance2779]

OMG I can’t get over your Santa shirt I hope I can find for my husband. Lol Thanks for the great video.😊

[@naturenel]

Thank you! Got it a year ago for my Christmas party🎅

[@Danyastephanie]

Loved the video Nelson! Thank you so much! Watching them makes me feel like I’m on holidays in Florida not dying in the North Queensland (Australia) heat! ❤❤

[@naturenel]

Glad my videos take you on a vacation to the tropics. We are actually experiencing some pretty cold weather for Miami now. It went down about 40 dregrees from our normal temperatures for almost 3 days. It’s starting to warm up a bit again.

[@my360degreeview]

Love the shirt!!! Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing this!

[@naturenel]

Thank you! Have a wonderful Christmas🎄

[@katiaguillaume5083]

I’m new to your channel and I enjoyed your video so much!

[@naturenel]

Welcome aboard and thank you for joining. 💚🤗💚

[@lyndamodeste7902]

Another one 🤩😋

[@naturenel]

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[@suemcdowell9723]

Loved your video. OFE gets great venders. If you want a little red phalenopsis EFG in Deland has them.

[@naturenel]

Thank you! I’ll check it out. 🤗

[@nicolewildman8976]

Always love your videos Nelson 😊💕Merry Christmas, may the season bring you peace and lots of happiness. Felices fiestas del sur del Caribe 🤗😎🌴☀️💕

[@naturenel]

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Have a great New Year. 🥂

[@venehamilton7010]

Love your shirt and the video too. I will be visiting Ofe's when my son visits at the end of the month. As I mentioned before I am a transplant from the Redlands and looking forward to the field trip visiting Ofie, Santony etc and also get some Cinnamon rolls too. Wish I could visit during one of the shows but will see what happens next year.

[@naturenel]

Sounds like you are embarking on some great fun! Let’s see what’s happening when you’re here. There usually something being held. Now it’s a bit quiet. Spring and summer is when there is allot happening in Redlands.

[@MelianLimGachaVideos]

Hi Sir Nelson! I would like to stress a point that Vandas are of three types: terete, semi-terete, and strap leaf. The one shown earlier in your video beside the mokara ( the one with white flower with a hint of light yellow at the bottom)is a vanda , too.. one that can be grown in full sun. The ones you and Blanca fondly call a “vanda” in your videos are strap leaf… In my country, we refer to it as vanda strap.

[@naturenel]

Interesting. Never heard of those terms here in Florida. Thanks for sharing that. 👍🏼

[@daphneyalsopp8902]

Hi Nelson,it was a pleasure chatting with you at OFE. It would be nice if you can come visit the East Everglades Orchid Society meeting. Love your videos. ❤

[@naturenel]

Hi Daphney! It was such a pleasure speaking to you. Your story was so touching to me. I will do my best to visit your orchid society. I’ve been wanting to do so for a while. Orchid societies are so great for the orchid world. I should do my part in support of it. Next year I will maker hat one of my priorities. 🙏🏼 Thank you for inviting me. 🤗💚

[@naturenel]

Pleas DM me on Instagram @naturenel22

[@michaeldornan7737]

I felt like putting my hand into the screen and picking one or two for myself... but virtual reality is poor!😄

[@naturenel]

Don’t we all! May e some day it will be a thing. 💚

[@bibicheknauf4163]

Another great video which made me wanting to be there! I had to laugh when you complimented Josh on his labeling: months ago, after watching one of your videos, I ordered, from him, a new kind of “Maxillaria” you had featured on that video. It’s supposed to bloom more often than the “original” Maxillarias. Well, he sent me a tiny, tiny plant, rootless and NO tag😩. It, now, has roots, is still pretty tiny and I will be able to make a tag since I have the name on the order! (Just need to find the order😱) Merry Christmas Nelson and Luis🎄

[@naturenel]

Awe. It happens sometimes. Tags do get lost allot. I base it on the amount of orchids a grower has with no tags. As far as what I witnessed, Josh is one of the ones that usually has tags in all his orchids at the shows. Perhaps you should run that by him. Remember we are only as good as our improvements. The customer’s input is very valuable in improving one’s business. I’m sure if you reach out to Josh and explain that, he would have most likely corrected the issue.

[@jaxjazz81]

It's Max. Mem. Ben Berliner. Sometimes I tape the tags to the paper that I wrap the plant in. Many people don't see it and throw it out with the paper. As for the size of the plant, it's exactly as described on my website, with photos, so there shouldn't have been any issues there. If you ever have any issues feel free to text or call. I'm pretty reasonable, but I can't help if you never contact me.

[@bibicheknauf4163]

@@jaxjazz81 thanks for letting me know what it is so that I can make a tag. As I told you, it was not an issue since I could, eventually, find what I ordered and, for the size, I was not complaining. The reason for mentioning it was, because of the small size, I didn’t think it could be identified with a photo. But, once again, thank you very much for giving me the name of the orchid. By the way, I LOVE your lily pads and my Bulbophyllums even more!

[@anitabrown2022]

Love your intro music! 🙌 Happy Holidays! How is your Dendrobium Burana Variegated Jade Green doing? Blooming, please share soon!

[@naturenel]

Hello Anita. My jade variegated is doing well. No spikes as of now, but it has given me new growth. I keep her in my Quicktent with most of my potted Dendrobiums.

[@anitabrown2022]

@@naturenel Good deal, Mine just finished its first spike of about 12 blooms, it was beautiful, second spike opened with about 4 blooms, featured it on my IG page, it’s my largest Dendrobium, had to add more stakes😍 strong and beautiful!

[@besottedorchids3605]

Nelson, is the cold snap coming down as far as you? If so what are your plans for the or hids? ❤️ Thanks for a great video

[@naturenel]

I kept mine outside. I did not bring them inside. We were in the high 40’s for about 2 days. It also rained. I have not watered my orchids in 3 days. The weather has been very cold and damp. Watering would just hurt the orchids more in this weather. Everything looks really good as of now. I’ll have to wait and see if there is no slow effect due to the weather. In my Quicktent I did put a heater. I have most of my bulbophyllums there. I’ve heard they are less tolerant of cold weather. So I kept them in the low 70’s in the greenhouse.

[@juanitahamilton9523]

I have an Achnis Orchid how can I get it to bloom? all It's doing is growing tall

[@naturenel]

Make sure it gets plenty of sun. Also feed it every week with 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of 20-20-20. That should help it to spike.

[@juanitahamilton9523]

@@naturenel thank you.

[@BBQNBLUES]

Nelson; "Superthrive" is a _Hormone *NOT* a fertilizer.

[@naturenel]

True. They use kelp as a natural hormone. But I sometimes mix it with my fertilizing so I always think of it as fertilize. That stuff is so potent. I’ve learned that only 8 drops a gallon is plenty.