Re-potting my Gomesa flexuosa onto a tree fern log with a basket!

[@rubyholland2165]

Loving the bit of history with the ‘crafting’.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@haraldgroner6645]

I like this idea❤

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@Indigobasil]

What a stylish and inspiring solution! You have such a great eye, Matthew! Thank you.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@dawnmarie52]

Kid kid toys may have a ladder small and narrow or bird toys. May have a long ladder. You may have to use two of them to get it long enough. Couple inches apart. And that many work for your plant to climb on outdoors❤😂🎉

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@tikigeorgejones3817]

That was one of my first orchids. Being inexperienced at the time I didn't know what to do with its growth habit. Live and learn.

[@helloplantlovers]

Learning and living - thanks for watching!

[@Muffin21814]

Well done Mathew 😊

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@sandychan7406]

Thankyou Mathew, great idea for those Orchid grow this way. Looks not to hard to diy😊

[@helloplantlovers]

Surprisingly easy and no tools required!

[@wandashaw3551]

Hello Matthew, I love this idea and I think she is going to look beautiful in bloom against that tree fern. Please keep us posted!

[@helloplantlovers]

I will indeed - thanks for watching!

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

that basket is marvelous. Those pressed tree fern slabs are a mess and so difficult to wet through. Hope the Gomesa likes the upgrade!

[@helloplantlovers]

So do i!

[@deedeeblooms7896]

What a great setup! I will try this someday…I have a few seedlings showing climbing growth. How exciting!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@gaylelippiatt3530]

Great idea Matthew. I love your infectious enthusiasm, so look forward to Friday’s viewings.👏🎉👏

[@helloplantlovers]

Thank you very much!

[@bibicheknauf4163]

Great job!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@masondanshortyfaddoul2596]

Nice mattew good luck with the gemosa I don't have much luck with them either

[@helloplantlovers]

Thank you - we'll see!

[@roslynclifford5983]

Very handy tip there. I have an orchid which is trying to grow up and outside the pot. This may be a way to offer it an escape!

[@helloplantlovers]

Yes! Free the orchids! Thanks for watching!

[@christinenorton2510]

That looks good, can't wait to see how it does.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@HolidayGlow]

Oh that's brilliant! I wonder if the wire is easier to push through if you soak it first? I've seen the shorter versions of it already with the basket on but not a tall one. I'll also keep an eye on your channel for updates on this gomesa. I have a gomesa radicans which has the similar scrambling habit which I love but is very easy. I think the old dead roots tend to just be part of it's scrambling habit, it abandons the old ones as the newer ones are climbing after a time.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching - my radicans seems content to scramble across the surface rather climb.

[@katiagassarino8823]

Hi Mathew, you’re lucky to be able to find all that stuff… it would be wonderful if it could be sent to New Caledonia, we’re just neighbors!

[@helloplantlovers]

Ah....but you have a fabulous tropical environment!!!

[@jasmineriley1]

Hello Mathew, I have one of those (my second), it's putting on lots of new growth but it does not climb. Just gave me a second spik after the one it came with finished, AND from the other side of the same pseudo bulb. Beautiful solution, bravo!!!

[@helloplantlovers]

Ah...mine seems to be doing the same - thanks for watching!

[@pixie2488]

Hey thank you for sharing. I like your videos. I would love to see your out door setup. I really need some idea. Can you make a video about your out door protected area please please 🙏🙏🙏

[@helloplantlovers]

Hi there, I have - you can see it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnPap3mce6Zmg8U

[@Waiting19890930]

Matthew, be careful with the weight, maybe a additional hook for it is better.....and I might just cut the lowest oldest pseudobulb, it will eventually rot and not contribute so much at this point, cutting it will also gives the orchid a little more grow space

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@carolesykes7955]

Hi Matthew, that looks like a great solution for the climbers but just one question.. you said when it gets to the top you will just move it down by removing some of the bottom stem but won't all the roots be attached to the slab?

[@helloplantlovers]

Good point! Well we'll have to see what happens!

[@sabikeralasafarabi2103]

❤❤❤❤

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@sabikeralasafarabi2103]

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[@oakesbiddulph29]

I was surprised you added a commercial mychorrizal fungi preparation. I was under the impression that the commonly available spores had no interest in orchid roots. In fact, the mychorrizal fungi that colonize orchids were found to be of different families of fungi from the species that are sold for terrestrial plants. However, I would be glad to learn that the terrestrial mychorrizae will interact with an orchid. Soil microbiologists were wrong about mychorrizal fungi and brassica; the brassica roots will be infected with a mychorrizal fungus when an actinomycete bacterium and a trichoderma fungus are present. My experiences with the addition of bacteria to my fertilizing regime has paid great benefits. I was dubious that bacteria isolated in North America (where I live) could benefit paphs. My observations indicate otherwise. My slipper roots have never been healthier and more numerous. (My tip: paph roots are anatomically a fit for the rhizophagy model; therefore bacteria will be a fertilizer for a lady slipper.) My epiphytes have also shown better growth with the addition of bacteria to their fertilizer, though not by rhizophagy.

[@daisyflower4105]

That introduction is getting boring.

[@helloplantlovers]

Then perhaps skip it.

[@deachen5560]

Great project. Love the way it looks. Here in US I've found all those supplies except that half-basket. But I'd think that with a strong wire cutter it could be accomplished. Matthew makes magic...once again! 🤹‍♂

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!