Orchid Blooms, Spikes and Updates | Orchid Tour, Rhynchostylis Spikes, Grow Room Updates!

[@BasiePlants]

So many beautiful orchids in bloom

[@TDMoorethanjustORCHIDS]

great Rhynchostylis..all is spike...lucky you. Nice Maxillaria reichenbach...great number of spikes...Everything looks great..and lots coming..thanks for sharing

[@aleksandarhristov6977]

Thank you, needed this. Work is brutal at the moment, and some beautiful orchids are like caffeine for the soul.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Thankyou, I hope you are staying safe and well, I'm sorry to hear work is bad. I hope the new year brings some normality back and you are able to have a rest soon!

[@aleksandarhristov6977]

@@TheOrchidRoom I apreshiate the kind words!

[@PIAMUSA]

Wow! The whole orchid looks just like Phalaenopsis, never seen it before. Beautiful orchids collection you have. Happy holidays sis.

[@liverocks62]

Thank you Annabel for sharing those beautiful and fresh looking plants, I love seeing those plants, they always inspire me to get my plants looking like yours. Wishing you a Merry Christmas, a loving, warm and safe time. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of you next year. ❤️🍀🌿🎄🥂🙏🏼

[@Ian-pf2pw]

My encyclia cordigera has a really tall spike like yours with 8 buds on it and I can’t wait to smell the fragrance again! Keep us posted when yours is in full bloom, the display is going to be out of this world with those 3 spikes. Great video, love these updates.

[@p4ul1010]

I really enjoy so so sooo much this updates, there relaxing and are like watching our own plants develop in some sort of way.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Thankyou, I'm glad you like them too! 🥰 Happy holidays!

[@p4ul1010]

@@TheOrchidRoom happy holidays to you too!! 💕🎉🎁^_^

[@nunguyen7064]

I love your channel. All your orchid they are beautiful . Thanks.

[@suethompson6497]

Ahhhh😌it’s like a visit to orchid heaven. Thank you for the beautiful blooms. 🌼🌸🌺❤️

[@arturof7391]

Hello Annabel, I've followed your channel closely for some time because I grow my plants similarly and we share the same lovely UK weather 😉 And of course, because you show us beautiful plants and lots of information. I don't think I've written to you yet, and think that this is the perfect time to thank you for sharing all the research you do, the products you use and the ups and downs we all experience. I'm sure it takes lots of work producing these beautiful videos and writing the notes for everyone. I'd basically like to acknowledge it all, thank you for friendly videos and wish you all the best in the new year. Keep well!

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Hi Arturo! Thanks for saying Hi! Lovely UK weather indeed 😆 Thankyou, I really appreciate your kind words, hope you are keeping well and having a good Christmas 🙂

[@debbiehouser142]

Lovely just lovely, I could listen to u over n over. Thanks for all the info🥰

[@CheeryOrchids]

Very beautiful!😍

[@bumblebeesorchids3408]

What a wonderful video, I enjoyed every second of it. Beautiful choice of music, too. I'm in awe of your Rhynchostylis, they are so lush and healthy. I love, but struggle with those. Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones! Stay save and healthy! Merry Christmas! :)

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Thankyou lovely 💗 They're a bit more fussy with moisture, your environment tends toward the drier side I think? Maybe that's a factor, maybe not though 🙂 Have a wonderful Christmas and thanks for taking the time to watch my video!

[@stephenorchids4943]

Beautiful orchids Annabel 😘😘

[@KP-gw5zv]

thank you for sharing and love the orchids like you do. I get excited over roots, spikes and new growth as well as the blooms. Looking forward to seeing how your flasking of seeds are doing. Happy Holidays and do take care. Everything that you do to your orchids they are responding to you very well. Have a great day.

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

Lovely update !!! Beautiful blooms, spikes, roots... Those are the things that keep us happy 😃. Your Rinchostylis are doing wonderfully and love the varieties you have. Amazingly mine are both in spike as well which I am thrilled about because one of them is a first bloomer and the other one skipped blooming last year. They were growing outside during the summer but now they are in my lounge where temps are 16C this time of the year on most days ( I only warm in the evenings with fireplace). I also wish a very pleasant Christmas to you and your loved ones and a better 2021😍❤️🌟💐🎄

[@andredumas9547]

Hello Annabel, this is a great video, lovely healthy looking plants. I am a beginner at growing orchids, started 5 months ago, I would like to learn more about the way you grow your orchids, I am sure that I could learn a lot from you. Can you direct me to some of your videos on the basics of growing orchids. Thanks for taking the time to share these videos with us.

[@NinjaOrchids]

Wishing you and all your fur babies, feathered friends a wonderful, peaceful Happy Christmas, beautiful lady 🧜🏻‍♀️ i am so glad to have met you and am able to call you amiga ❤😍

[@irinagorlovitski-orchidsho1561]

Such Beauty!!! Best wishes for this holiday season!!!

[@smallshebear]

Lovely update Annabel 🤩 I hope you'll have a wonderful Christmas 🤗

[@normantorok5919]

lovely to see all the Rhynchostylis...so jelly I don't do well with them yet...likely i need much more experience...so i'll just watch yours grow...! Happy Holidays :)

[@KarinsOrchids]

Your berry oda is really stunning, I newer saw one of those in such a good condition! I always get keikis...and cordigera spikes that tall?! Interesting! Have a nice holiday! 🎅

[@Marco37102]

Amazing orchids! Congrats and happy holidays Annabel! 🙏🥂😘😘

[@orchidgarden3124]

What a lovely video. Have a Happy Holiday Season!!

[@Viridoviperas]

I would love to hear something more about your masdevellia, they are magnificent! Thanks for the awesome videos :-)

[@jokennedy2943]

You have green fingers & thumbs! Happy Christmas to you & yours 🎅🏻

[@MelissaWalker82]

Beautiful blooms! Happy holidays, Annabel! ❤️❤️ wishing you all the best in the new year.

[@sandiesorchids9387]

Beautiful 💖🌺

[@dianeandorchidsatvictorharbor]

Merry Christmas Annabel to you and your family. Hope everyone has a better 2021. Love watching your videos.

[@wandashaw3551]

Everything looks so pretty! Hope you have a Happy Christmas🎄!

[@svetlanajustniceorchids6442]

Hello, Annabel! Wow, congrats with so many spikes of rhynho-s. They are so beautiful! Hope mine will show me the same blooms next year). Thanks for the update! Happy growing! Happy Christmas and a happy New Year!

[@karensicard7304]

I love your plants and your grow room. Merry Christmas Anabelle.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Thanks Karen 🥰 Have a good holiday period !

[@jamescostablanca3716]

May I wish you a very happy Christmas and healthy new year.. It´s almost 18 months since I started using Rain mix, liquid seaweed together with water from the Zero water filter ( this really solved my problem of living in a flat and not being allowed to install an osmosis system ) which you showed in a " fertilizer video 24/06/ 2019 ". The results of which have been amazing, new roots everywhere and of course a great show of flowers. I´m in awe as to the progress you have made since your first videos and whatever type of orchid you add to your collection, they all do so well. Keep safe

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Hi James! What a difference a year makes, I remember chatting to you last Christmas too, I'm so glad things have continued to go well! Let's hope the next year is a better one! Have a great holiday season and stay well 🙂

[@SuperMariela78]

I'm in love with that last Phal ever since you showed it for the first time. It's not in any of the three garden centers I usually visit here...Haven't seen anything like it on online nurseries either...Sigh..It'll be enough to look at it from a distance in your videos I guess...:). Merry christmas to you too. :). That last Masdevallia looks yummy and super cute as well.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

I'm sorry I can't help with the ID! There a few that look kinda similar, I got them from a supermarket, but most of those similar ones seem to be closer to bellina heritage and have a fragrance, where mine dont. Maybe check out the phalaenopsis scentsation line for a kind of similar type? I also really like Nobbys pumpkin! It was on my wishlist. 🙂 Sorry I can't help more.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Some similar ones I looked at: secretgarden.ro/orhidee-la-ghiveci/9041-11615-phalaenopsis-nobby-s-pumpkin-parfumata.html secretgarden.ro/orhidee-la-ghiveci/8138-8768-orhidee-phalaenopsis-miki-golden-sand-1363-parfumata.html#/582-stadiu_-fara_flori_diametru_ghiveci_25_inch_9_cm www.orchideen-wichmann.de/en/phalaenopsis-scentsation.html

[@SuperMariela78]

Thanks for the tips. I'll see what I can find😊

[@SuperMariela78]

@@TheOrchidRoom Thank you! Did not know that romanian nursery. They have some cute phals.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

I've never actually used them but Miracle Orchids used to order from them alot so I believe they are good! I wanted to order from them at some point and never got round to it 😕

[@jackiehill6557]

Happy Christmas to you and your family and hope that 2021 is a better year for everyone. Just love your videos Annabelle they are always so interesting and inspiring.

[@ShyDog827]

Well thank for this beautiful presentation 💐 I’m in quarantine and this was great! You should arrange tours of your grow room because it is amazing . I’m sure you will have hundreds of people oohing and awing at your thriving varieties. I especially liked your Dendrobium, Burrageara, Paphiopedilum, and that exotic Masderallia strobilii. Wow...thank you again (:

[@TheOrchidRoom]

No problem 🥰 The Encyclia spikes really are the highlight for me! Such easy growers in pretty much every medium I've tried! Love them!

[@ShyDog827]

@@TheOrchidRoom I’m glad to hear that! I just purchased an E. Cordigera x E. randii and I was nervous /: I live in Dallas, and orchids are available everywhere year round(:

[@TheOrchidRoom]

I'd imagine you have quite a hot dry environment in dallas? You may find you have to water a bit more frequently or put a bit more moss in the mix, they get very thirsty 🙂 It's all trial and error with your environment though!

[@ShyDog827]

@@TheOrchidRoom it’s hot and humid actually from June - early September and very comfortable the rest of the year. The humidity is here always.

[@dancealiasable]

Love yr tidy and organise grow space, I'm not a fan of messy lol. Can't wait for my dendrobium berry oda to bloom so I can smell the honey fragrance. Right now my cattleya forbesii is in bud so very excited as I read they smell like bubble gum.

[@juliapaust4840]

Merry Christmas! 🎅🎅🎅

[@beckyconnor790]

MERRY CHRISTMAS ANNABELLE 🎁🎄

[@GoldenArrow297]

Stunning show:) It's humble of you to get confused with pronunciation. Wonder what we non-native-english speakers would look at! Merry Christmas to you too and have a great new year.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Thankyou! 🥰 I believe alot of it is Latin or Greek based, so you might well be closer to the proper pronunciation than me 😆😅

[@GoldenArrow297]

Oooo

[@juliapaust4840]

Hi Annabel! Gorgeous flowers, thanks for sharing 💖. I've heard people from orchidweb on their youtube channel pronouncing plants with "ii" at the end - like parishii - as /iaj/. Might be American pronounciation, though.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

There are lots of people pronouncing things in lots of ways. Since botanical names are usually based on Latin, there really should just be one way- however it would be said in Latin. As a British English speaker, I have an English accent compared to other countries or American English speakers, so already we are probably often butchering the way they were meant to be said, compared to people more familiar with Latin or Latin based languages. It takes alot of time to research it, and I've always been of the opinion that, while it would be better to say it right, it doesnt affect how we grow and isn't worth stressing over. After some recent comments, I would really like to get it right, or one of the right ways, since I guess otherwise I'm spreading bad info... I had a discussion with some friends who are from countries with heavily Latin based languages, and they say they would pronounce lobbii as low-be-ee, and lehmannii as man-ee-ee, but that the two long ee sounds kind of blend into one. I don't think its worth arguing over and I don't think it matters, but rather than muddle through all the confusion, I've decided to stick with how Latin based languages would pronounce, where I can. The difficulty is that many are surnames of European explorers, so at that point it should really be looking up how that surname would be pronounced in their country, and going with that. Thats a very time consuming endeavour though!

[@darcylyon1870]

Wow. Your orchids are so beautiful! I have a question. I have a cattleya that grows but it doesn't open its' leaves. I have been told not to cut it and it will open but it doesn't. If it does open from the pressure inside the plant there are wounds on the edges of the leaf it turns brown but it heals and doesn't get infected it isn't nice looking. Could this be genetic or is it nutrient related? None of my other cattleyas do this. Should I cut the leaf to help it open before it tears itself or just leave it alone and hope it grows out of it?? Thank you and Merry Christmas

[@NicoleDeanna]

Gorgeous blooms! When your Catasetum leaves fall off and they are spiking, generally do you keep water reservoir empty to let it go dormant? I'm always conflicted when I see a spike and want to keep watering even though I know it'll go into dormancy soon.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

The plant should tell you what to do without forcing a dormancy 🙃 If it loses its leaves (triggers are seasonal- day length and temperature drops) it can no longer lose much water (water loss occurs from stomata in leaves) it also is less metabolically active as little photosynthesis so not using much water. So leaf loss- reduce watering, never let shrivel. Leaves still on, keep giving some water. You never want the plant to be shrivelled away as that indicates it is using more water than is available, so can risk death. This is why some people lose catasetum during dormancy. That, or watering when there are no leaves, the plant doesn't need much water and rot can set in, especially in cooler temperatures. In tropical climates many catasetinae do not go dormant. In my old grow room they didn't. If its spiking, it wants some water- making a spike uses alot of water and energy, and not giving enough can cause bud blast. Doesnt need to be the same level of water as during the growing season, but it needs some. The plants will tell you what they need 🙃

[@NicoleDeanna]

@@TheOrchidRoom thank you very helpful :)) I have one that I thought was going dormant and is now pushing out a new growth 😂😂 I'm going to avoid watering till the roots are a little longer, but I swear, these suckers have a mind of their own. Happy Holidays!!

[@jq1996]

Hi Annabelle, I love love your rhynchostylis, I recently bought one but its still young don't think it ready to bloom anytime soon. I did have a question, I planning to pot in semi hydro as it came in bark and I have so far let it acclimate to my environment for 6 months, my question do they require the fine rock layer on top? do you have any Phaiocalanthas, if so do they do well with semi hydro setup?

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Depends on your environment- if you struggle with dry layers dessicating root tips then a washed smooth rock layer can help. Anything can do well in semi-hydro in the correct environment, it's all to do with how your environment interacts with the potting medium 🙃

[@naylanchieng981]

Hi! How long does it take for the spike of a rhyncostylis gigantea to grow and produce buds? Thanks!

[@Lily-Gardens28]

I have Rhynchostylis gigantea red too. I had it for 1 years already. Mine won't blooms until another years later..yours so beautiful and healthy. How old it's your plants??

[@TheOrchidRoom]

You can never really tell how old an orchid is accurately. I got the peach variety this time last year, my most recent acquisition. They will bloom when they are established, healthy and ready 🥰

[@Mikohde7]

Do you have a systematic way for determining where to drill your drainage holes for semi-hydro? Ray Barker suggests about 1-inch or more up, but I'm wondering how much reservoir you like to give for your Phals vs Vandas vs Cattleyas vs the rest? Is there a such thing as too much reservoir? Would a seedling be happier with a higher reservoir?

[@TheOrchidRoom]

No such thing as too high a reservoir. For thirsty plants I go halfway up, for self watering obviously no flushing holes. 1 inch from the bottom would create alot of dry layer issues for me, on average I do about 1/3rd of the pot- always proportionate to pot size. If you want to keep it lower in winter you can just not fill as high or tip some out after a flush. Ray Barkalow has his method for his environment, which I believe is more tailored to greenhouse growing now. No such thing as strict rules, guidelines can be modified and tailored to your needs. For more detailed info I have a playlist on semi-hydro conversion and maintenance kzbin.info/aero/PL76ceLYvhJstRwMU7kdVqrjsD2t575EOK . Hope that helps!

[@Mikohde7]

@@TheOrchidRoom Thank you for the advice! Your insight on the interaction between dry layer, the growing environment and how your orchids react is super helpful and is something orchid KZbin has been missing. Love your content. Please make a Vanda sanderiana thrive, it’s my favorite orchid but they seem to hate me

[@TheOrchidRoom]

No problem 😘 Sorry but Sanderiana isn't easy to get in Europe, I've really wanted one for ages, but with the UK leaving the EU it's not going to be possible to order from European nurseries with the current deal, so I may never get a Sanderiana 😥

[@MattbyNature]

merry Christmas! Those plants look delicious haha

[@alexprovost6118]

careful with holcostylis ms sunlight, mine bloomed for the first time this year and the blooms seem prone to botrytis

[@TheOrchidRoom]

I've had it for 3 years. Botrytis is cosmetic only, just affecting blooms, which are the least important thing to me honestly..... Not something I'm worried about. If they don't get water on them, it doesnt happen 🤷‍♀️ If pests are present and they need spraying, then blooms are the least of my worries!

[@helenhawkins4054]

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[@akopane]

Hi I love your videos and excellent work. We are orchid growers based in Thailand and India. Can we use some parts of your beautiful videos in your channel on our website and youtube channel to show our customers the flower blooms of catasetum orchids and other species. Let us know if you are ok with it. Thanks for your consideration.

[@kanjonasson4626]

Hello my Okies is dry out in the bloom I don’t know why I am really sad

[@nikkitopacio]

How long would it take for the spike to grow?

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Which spike? 🙃

[@nikkitopacio]

@@TheOrchidRoom the rynchostylis

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

Your Rhy gigantea leaves are fatty fat. So, pronunciation of names like lehmanii is controversial. By rule, it should be pronounced ee-ee (as with filii in latin being fee-lee-ee), so lehmannii would be lay-mon-ee-ee. But, we're adding that i onto a name, which is why it is controversial; as in, is the second i actually pronounced? or ignored and it is lay-mon-ee? For example, Fredclarkeara, if pronounced by rule would be fred-clark-eh-are-uh. But, Clarke is the last name with a silent e, so we then have to pronounce it as fred-clark-are-uh (same applies with Stanhopea). In fish, a number are named after Dr. Axelrod. By rule, axelrodi should be axel-road-ee. But again, a name so we must pronounce it axel-rod-ee. So, because Lehmani already ends with the ee, and we don't follow conventional pronunciation with names, do we double pronounce the ee in lehmanii or not? I am of the "no" group, but the second i should be acknowledged, thus lay-mon-ee-aye. There are things I am adamant about in pronouncing binomial nomenclature but this isn't one of them, both sides have a fair argument.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

I've decided to go with ee sounds and stick to that because I just can't with all the name and pronounciation controversy. I had someone telling me off / mocking me for using an English spelling of a totally non orchid related word recently. ise instead of ize at the end of something. I'm English therefore my spelling is the English form not the American form 🤦‍♀️ I just can't 😂 I'll just grow the plants and mumble the names quickly 😂

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

@@TheOrchidRoom definitely don’t say lieutenant in a video then!😉😂

[@TheOrchidRoom]

Or Soldering apparently 😂 I don't know if you ever played or knew pokemon, but there was a gym boss called Lt Surge. So I called him Lt surge forever. Like... L. T. 😂 and whenever I saw that I would say LT. It took me a long time to realise it was short for lieutenant (or is it Left Tenant? 😉)

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

@@TheOrchidRoom never played Pokemon, I think I was a bit old by the time that came out. Well, 1997, so, yeah, I was busy clubbing four nights a week and working full time days back then. But now I'm curious about soldering. I've heard Roger say soldering (sod-der-ing) iron, which is the same as we say it here.

[@TheOrchidRoom]

We say Soldering (sol-der-ing) Roger must be an anomaly 😉 My boyfriend is in construction/ engineering teaching and they all say soldering also. I only noticed it while talking to Melissa on a Zoom call, she said sodering and I'd never heard it before 😂 Tomato, Tomato 🍅 🙂