Some of my saddest Orchids 😭 | Orchid Updates

Today I update you on some of my not so great looking Orchids!
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00:00 - Intro
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01:29 - Zygopetalum Orchids
Potting Zygopetalums in soil mix • Zygopetalum Orchids in...
04:38 - Rhyncholaelia Orchids
07:46 - Phalaenopsis Brother Glory LF
11:53 - Phalaenopsis bellina
My first spotlight on it • Phalaenopsis bellina -...
Orchid fleck • Orchid fleck virus - s...
Polychilos Phalaenopsis • This Phalaenopsis Orch...
My first polychilos Phals (cringe) • Ordering Orchids from ...
17:15 - Prosthechea (Encyclia) vitellina
19:45 - Rhyncattleanthe Burana Beauty
Big pot repot • The biggest Orchid Pot...
Keeping orchids small • How I keep a BIG Orchi...
22:46 - Paraphalaenopsis labukensis
One of the videos with it • Potting Orchid upside ...
25:02 - Outro
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[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hey guys! Reminder you can visit rePotme for all your Orchid & Houseplant needs via my affiliate link! go.missorchidgirl.com/repotme

[@rickmarr8784]

I just bought some fertilizer from them a few days ago, you don't have like a discount code do you?

[@juliesoane7399]

Tried to buy fertiliser from them this week, it got refused at US customs and rePotme advised not to re-order. I’m very disappointed.

[@alessioloiudice3789]

Hi Dany, i have to questions. 1- have you ever planted a common hybrid of the zygopetalum ( the purple and green variety) in soil mix? 2- why you don't cut the flower spikes of the phalaenopsis species?( For example the phalaenopsis bellina have always his flower spikes on)

[@jenniferlaine3817]

I've always loved orchids, and I have a "green thumb" but always heard how hard it is to care for them. I finally decided to give it a shot, and I looked up how to care for an orchid, and your channel popped up in my feed. A year later my orchid is thriving. It hasn't grown any flowers, but it grew a new leaf. Thank you for all your videos, and effort to help us have the confidence to own these beautiful plants ☺️

[@sambelony1499]

Keep Growing 🌸🌚🌝 you should be proud 🥲

[@Benspringroll]

So good! Orchids usually grow pretty slow in comparison to other plants for example aroids. I used to be so impatient too! My orchids would do nothing for MONTHS. Until I realized it‘s normal🥲

[@karlanaranjo5114]

I have also developed a hobby for the beautiful plant. I’ve had one on my kitchen counter barely thriving for years. I wanted to learn more about them. Thanks Danny. You’ve helped me developed me turning into a orchid rehab/rescue.

[@jenniferlaine3817]

@@sambelony1499 Thank you 😊

[@jenniferlaine3817]

@@Benspringroll Thank you ❤

[@faeryegrrl777]

When I fuss at my dachshunds or my cat near my orchids, I feel compelled to tell the orchids that it isn't them and I have to sweetly wish them happy growing..lol. So you are not the only one. My gorgeous 'rootless' Cattleya was knocked over by my cat this morning, who normally leaves my orchids alone, and my Cattleya wasn't disturbed much as she was staked, but I found a root over an inch long! I'm so excited. My Rlc. Nakornchaisri Delight is going to be ok!!!!

[@marcoranada8462]

Hello. I am one of your fans here in Philippines. My wife keep on playing and watching your videos as she is potting and repotting all the orchids...😊😊😊

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Yaay have fun repotting! 🧡

[@marjieestivill]

I found this video uplifting because it helped me not feel like a failure for having so many orchid problems.

[@skppg12]

5:00 oh my OMG 😱 you have my national flower Rhyncholaelia digbyana of Honduras 🇭🇳 and also Rhyncholaelia glauca both of them are native to our country Honduras 🇭🇳, love your videos Danny and also I learn a lot of you tutorial and apply them has well since we shared almost or the same climate.

[@TheDkdazo]

I have small flat and I hold 10 orchid and most I had rescued from the dust bin now they look so beautiful no idea on what they are but they all look different. One has really big leafs and flowers thick to. Just wish I had put down where I got them all from and what the names are for them. Even the shop and garden centres only tell you if its phalaenopsis or other no more information on them at all. Best Orchid videos on KZbin keep up the good work.

[@christinenorton2510]

This morning I picked out 5 orchids that looked the worst, 3 had no root's and the others looked like they had been run over by a bus. I sorted the best I could whilst thinking I bet this doesn't happen to mog, made me smile when up pops you're video.thank you for making me feel not alone. Your a great support.

[@marjieestivill]

I was berating myself the last couple days for not solving some orchid problems, so this video was likewise well-timed. One can get behind with repotting or treating pests…or less-than-ideal watering habits…and facing them can be hard.

[@davchow8124]

Love the detective work on figuring out what’s wrong with the orchid. Love your show.👍 Bought many orchids in the past because of their flowers. But keep killing them off and I couldn’t figure out why? Now I know. Thank you for sharing your knowledgeable insights. Now I am considered “The Orchids Man” at the senior center. I just referred them to your channel. (I guess you can still teach an old dog a new trick.). Love what you are doing. 🙏

[@wandashaw3551]

Thanks for this update and it's nice to see the more challenging side of orchid growing! You've done a great job with them and actually do remember them from some of your earlier videos!!

[@debbiehouser142]

Oh wow, love the Paraphalenopis blooms. Thanks for all the updates, feel like I'm branching out on my Colection because I have learned so much from your videos.💕

[@Mars_Monkey]

Thanks for the update!

[@Wendy-zl8kv]

Thank you Danny 🙏

[@PlantObsessed]

Sweet... love the short update ideas

[@martiphilpot1022]

I always learn something from your videos!

[@jamieschriver4813]

I love seeing updates.. and the naughty bird is so hilarious 😂

[@shellb3301]

Loved these updates! Thanks. Always inspiring me to try new plants. Growing my wishlist but waiting until I master my tolumnias. They are still touch and go for me. I need to get it right with them 1st before I get any new babies 😅

[@sambelony1499]

I LOOOVVE the idea Love 💕 I’m headed there right after this video -period

[@Mars_Monkey]

At the time when you purchased some mini orchids, I also purchased some myself and placed them on some driftwood with sphagnum that were rising above my aquascape. For some period I was having some algae problems, due to my high light hanging about 5ft above my aquarium. At that time my orchids were flourishing. After turning off my high light and moving my orchids to minipots, my algae issues disappeared. Yet, once my orchid roots weren't submerged in the water they started struggling and never came back. Needless to say, they are all gone now, but that was a learning experience for orchid root health and has changed the way I focus on medium for each orchid.

[@trishsmith2811]

I’m so glad you are doing updates! I planted my zygo NOID in a soil/bark mix as you suggested BUT I repotted it back in bark cuz I thought I watched a video where it didn’t work out for you and you had to pot them back in bark! I’m going to leave it cuz it’s got a tiny new growth but this fall I’ll see how it’s doing.. It isn’t very hot here. 70-80’s so I’m hoping the fine bark mix will be ok. I’ve been wondering about your unusual orchid that took so long to bloom! Wow! I have an orchid I hug and love too! It’s about 15 years old, just a plain store Phal. But it was the first orchid my husband gave me. It has bloomed and bloomed through my ignorance and only fertilizing once year instead of once every 3 watering. I also have an orchid I named. It’s a NOID TLC dendrobium . When I received it the leaves fell off until it was naked and looking like an ugly duckling. But it is now growing a beautiful new cane! So I named it Ducky because I just know it’s going to turn into a beautiful swan one day!

[@Lucia0303]

Hi Dani, I have been following you since I got my first orchid and that was two years ago. That orchid from two years ago nearly died with only two small leaves and no roots, so I almost threw it away. But seeing her leaves still strong, I decided to give her another chance, or better said.. I asked her not to give up on me. It grew very little since then and I kept checking for roots, I thought I had seen something green somewhere in there so I was proud of her and let her be. A few days ago I wanted to see how many roots were growing, and to my surprise, there is only ONE fat root and 4 keikis!!!!! 4!!! What do I do?? Right before the orchid started dieing on me, it had given me two keikis which are doing very well and are actually bigger than what is left of their mom. I wish I could send you pictures.

[@Peterrdee]

My phals are just about to bloom I’m so excited

[@mihai.ceausescu]

I have been waiting to see the flowers on P labukensis for so long. They are gorgeous. I bought one for myself, but considering how much you had to wait for it to bloom... I might die of old age...

[@raulgutierrezconstante8119]

I have both Ryncholaelias, 5 glaucas and 2 digbyana, with the exception of one glauca the rest are mounted, grown outside and hanging on the branches of an orange tree where they get several hours of full sun, all of those bloom profusely, as for the one in pot that one is placed on the windowsill of the kitchen where it also gets full sun but that one has never bloomed, so I'm pretty sure they need full sun at least for a couple of hours. One of the things you will notice when grown in full sun is that the leaves and pseudobulbs turn purple.

[@MrsJoAnneCook]

Love the updates. Wondering how your stanhopea is doing the basket setup you had it in.

[@txpepper]

Zygos are the bane of my orchid existence. I can get every other orchid I have to grow and rebloom. But the zygos.....nooooo! But! I don't plan to give up. 😆

[@francisd8071]

I still have my two zygopetalums in barky mix and they're doing fine in Sydney weather

[@5877user]

I don’t have time to worry about bugs and other diseases on my flowers. If they can’t survive w the care I am able to give when my husband is not ill, then they don’t belong in my garden. I have roses, amarillis bulbs, iris, cherry blossom trees, Japanese maples, camellias, lavender, cymbidiums and cattleyas, and lots of things in pots so the plants don’t get out of control too much 😊😊

[@antoinettegregory7311]

Great Update. Can I maybe request an update on the Phalaenopsis Gigantea ... or some care tips please :)

[@Mars_Monkey]

Maybe the one with small roots, you can attach to some cork and position in a humidity tray just above the waterline... It may help?!

[@alaxander]

Orichids so bueautiful happy family friend🐧🕸🌷🌻🌻

[@bassethoundmarco]

Hi Dani, I been following your videos and I find them very informative and well made. I wanted to ask you, will you eventually move your Cymbidium orchid outside? I see it in the background. I live in Italy and keep mine outside all year round, we get just a few frosts per winter where I live but never below -3 C. Is there a reason for which you are keeping yours inside ?

[@anishshah8260]

Hi - MissOrchidGirl - I killed several with ice cubes before seeing your videos. Loved your videos on watering orchids. I have an orchid that seems to be in bad state. The stem is ok but leaves are completely limp and wrinkled. What can I do to bring life back to them. I can send a picture to you if its more useful.

[@skppg12]

Regarding blooming them I know for sure the Rhyncholaelia digbyana bloom's in March to June and the glauca is currently in bloom in my country and can Bloom 2 times a year

[@andiiryan]

Can you do a video about removing a Keiki from a vanda???

[@terro59ify]

Actually, my mom says that orchids love being told how beautiful they are. If you must say something other than a compliment, preface it with an apology or keep it to yourself😉

[@GoldnShadow]

I've taken an interest to growing an orchid but I don't know the first thing about plants. I'm more of a technical guy who works on cars or my computer, but I would like to grow an orchid. Is there a particular video you have for someone who doesn't know the first thing about orchids let alone plants?

[@mayastoyanova3020]

With phal. Princess Kaulani I'm experiencing the same thing as you are with phal. Brother Glory. She arrived in 2018 with a wet top leaf which fell after 4-5 days. Luckally she grew a keiki. But this keiki grew 2 leaves and 4-5 roots and haven't done anything since 2018! She's not dying but she's not developing either. Just stoped growing. Same as you I privide her with fertilizer, water, light, warmth, new pottig mix. Nothing. I call it "the curious case of princess Kaulani". I don't have an explanation why she's not progressing...

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

Nice❣️

[@debracancelliere4081]

Thanks for the video. What artificial lights are you using to bloom your catts and vandas? I feel like I’m blasting my one mature cattleya under lots of light but no blooms to date.

[@MissisSheDevil]

I have a question I both an orchid last December with sudobulbs I do not know the name but it has slim stem like bulbs with multiple leaves every few centimeters of around 15 to 20 cm long and flower stems come from the crown of the bulbs when I both it it had white flowers for a week or so then in January it bloomed again still white flowers for a few weeks but just a small spike with 3 flowers now it made a big flower spike with 10 flower buds and the first one opened but now the flowers are green with a little pink in the center is this normal? Also a dark purple version of the same orchid has not bloomed at all since I both it in december which makes me a little nervous if it’s doing oké some of the bulbs look a bit dehydrated even though I water it the same as the first one

[@raygv1]

Was your Belina in the cabinet when it got exposed to the glass cleaner? If so it might be nitrogen burn from the ammonia in the glass cleaner. I know African violets grow tight deformed center crowns when overfeerilized

[@MsLouisVee]

Yes I feel bad bad mouthing my plants in front of them so I don’t do it and then they thank me by blooming and sending me out flowers later. I know they are talking to me in their flower language.

[@chemenginecat3940]

Maya is so cute! And I love your enthusiasm for the paraphalenopsis! I get the same way looking at two new fans on my first paph. Shorts channel is awesome! Stanhopea update would be nice to see. Happy to see “poor” updates since I’ve almost killed my second oldest orchid (6 years old) by repotting shock while in bloom. I’ll see if it survives…

[@staceyp1785]

Tip: you can sprinkle diatomaceous earth on your plants to get rid of mealy bugs!

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Holy moly, sweet baby orchids, holy cow I would not stay 1 second in the same room with that stuff potentially inhaling it, having those sharp silicates slowly cutting away at my lungs.. noooo I like my lungs 👍 seriously now, stop using that garbage loosly in your home, I find it very bad! do a google search on silica content in it and what silica does to your lungs. Kill that thing with fire! 😬

[@Laundrification]

Are those mini Zygos, or just Zygos that are currently small? I ordered the "compact growing" Zygo. "Jumpin' Jack," and turns out, they meant a normal sized Zygo with closely clustered pseudobulbs haha.

[@ontariocanada4594]

How about putting the Prosthechea (Encyclia) Vitallina in moss? Will that help the short thin roots to “burrow” deeper into the media? I know you have algae issues but maybe this Orchid can benefit from this setup.🤔

[@kendravoracek3636]

🌿💚

[@pamelalanders2055]

Does the soil mixture encourage more pests?

[@ionescuionut5041]

Pffff felicitări!!! Cu labukensis!!! Apropo unde e dendrochilum magnum ?

[@sojolee2.0]

I am a beginner a bottom leaf closer to roots fell of today ?? is first day of spring here loads off flowered what am I doing wrong

[@sheiselwilliams1]

Is your orchid a Paphiopedilum? If yes and it's the bottom leaf, most likely there is nothing wrong. Paphiopedilum orchids will shed their oldest leaf or even a couple leaves periodically. I suggest that you watch all of Danny's "Orchid Care for Beginners" videos. They are exactly what you need. Good luck!

[@emidowdarrow]

So, you’re thinking that roots and/or flower spikes in the past have damaged the crown of your belina, causing this leaf deformation?

[@ajura8926]

Hi, I have a question, is Spanish moss poisonous for orchids? I put some on my media 3 days ago. And now my once dark green orchid has turned light green and the two big leaves broke off.

[@vivimannequin]

Spanish moss does not retain water and isn't actually moss but is an air plant that will compete for water leaving your orchid with less

[@ba8ygir1]

Please help…. I've been following you on KZbin for about a year now and finally made my way over to following you on Instagram. Right now I have 10 orchids nine of which are healthy happy and thriving in leca. However my Vanda who seemed happy even sprouted a new leaf is starting to lose her bottom leaves and I've found little spots of mold on her roots. She is potted in a tall vase, bare rooted, I was watering her once every day with a 35 minute soak in a kelp max, orchid plus 20-14-13 distilled water mixture but after a while of watering every day she started to sprout a leaf but lost a bottom one. So then I cut back to watering every four days because it was the winter months. Now that we are entering spring, I figured I should start watering her everyday again, but I don't want to do more damage than good. She gets about an hour and a half of sunset light on her foliage and her basket.. but not her roots. I live in Kentucky and I've had her since November.

[@chemenginecat3940]

Hi fellow Kentuckian!! Wish I could help with the vanda, but I don’t have any. I’m having problems with my house being too cold for my phals. 72F doesn’t seem cold to me! Try checking the temperature that vandas like!

[@Alizardlovesyou]

Your dove 🕊 ♥️🪴

[@randihardy6642]

lol, hi maya!!

[@Peterrdee]

I also heard if you bad talk your plants it encourages them to do better

[@christineabedini3765]

I get gnats

[@carpediem.9]

How's your mimi palmer doing Danny :) ? Hope it's still alive :)

[@Mars_Monkey]

Ahahahaha... maya!

[@anamariafurnea7730]

Bună Dani, Te salut din România,foarte interesant ca de fiecare data😊. Dacă o înmulțește burana ma înscriu si eu la o plantă. O urmăresc de câțiva ani și nu reusesc sa o am. Succes și reușită!

[@vallovesorchids5205]

early! :)

[@MissOrchidGirl]

😲

[@privatesuzie4071]

Are you saying “cakie” ? What is that?

[@mayastoyanova3020]

"Keiki" is a baby that an orchid grew

[@vivimannequin]

Keikis are orchid plantlets (pups if you're more familiar with bromeliads)