WHAT is in the pot? Learning about Bletilla striata together

#Bletillastriata #Chinesegroundorchid #Terrestrialorchids
THIS, IS SUPER INTERESTING! BUT... as it was a gift from Fernanda Nascimento Orchids & Succulents, also a little nerve wracking because I do not want to do wrong by this orchid. In this video, I take you on the road to discovering #Bletillastriata together with me, looking at the roots, assessing it's needs based on what it came in in the nursery can, and using a little intuition regarding how I can make it thrive in my Southern Spanish climate using #akadama . If you are new to this #orchid, like me, then you have clicked on the right video, because... we will find out together! 👍🏼
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My environment:
Mediterranean climate, hot summers / mild winters
45% - 85% humidity, with regular airflow
Summer temperature range: 20ºC-35ºC
Winter temperature range, exterior: 5ºC-20ºC
Winter temperature range, interior: 16ºC-23ºC
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Music: Berlin At Night - Dan Henig
Amazement - Freedom Trail Studio
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Orchid growing supplies:
Pots Outer Mask: Artevasi
Pots Inner Pot: TeraPlast
Media: Siro Leca, Lava Rock 2cm-4cm, Besgrow Sphagnum
Moss, Perlite, Seramis, Akadama
Water: Reverse Osmosis
Fertilizer: MSU, CalMag, Mg, KelpMax, Silicone
General PPM: 300 Summer, or in active growth
150 Winter, RO Water and KelpMax only
General PH: 5.8 / 6.3
Hygrometer: BADLR Wireless with Exterior Sensor
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Camera: DJI Osmo Pocket
Mic: Saramonic SR-XM1
Phone Holder: PGYTECH, DJI Osmo Pocket
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Editing Software: iMovie

[@NinjaOrchids]

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[@Ian-pf2pw]

Unusual orchid very interesting

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Ian! 🤗💐 very interesting, indeed, and I have never grown this one before.... I like it's growth habit, though and the structure of the leaves... like a mini phaius, which I have trouble with in my hot dry climate, to keep happy! These leaves are a little smaller and I hope that I can keep it happy 🤞🏼 thank you so very very much for watching... we shall discover this orchid together 😃 have a great Sunday 🌸

[@ShriRathod]

Beautiful ❤️👍👍👍

[@NinjaOrchids]

Shri!! 😃💐 helloooo!! A warm warm welcome to you, here on my comments' section! Thank you so much for being here, I really appreciate it and the same goes for having taken the time to watch the video, thank you!! I hope that you are doing well, and that I see you here often! 🌸

[@ancyg15]

I am so happy with the varieties that I get to see on your channel. Along with tips and updates. Thank you for sharing

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi lovely lady! 🥰💐 I am so happy to see you here... you are so kind and generous with your time, thank you so much 🙏🏼 Have a wonderful Sunday evening 🌸

[@sharonrichardson6563]

Look forward to seeing this bloom and grow. Cute doggie too.

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Sharon! 😃💐 it may take until next spring to think about what has been done to it 😅 but I am anxious to see the blooms as well and smell the fragrance. The pomeranian is Baloo and the Harlquine Wiener is King. Thank you for taking the time to watch, I really appreciate it. So good to see you again in the comments 🌸

[@darcylyon1870]

😎🌴❣

[@NinjaOrchids]

😅🥰🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️🙌🏼💐 thank you so much Darcy!! Have a beautiful day 🌸

[@Frank-iv6wd]

Thanks for showing the update within the same video. I really enjoy your videos.

[@NinjaOrchids]

HI Frank! 🤗💐 long time no see! So good to see you again, thank you for taking the time to write a comment 🙌🏼 and for your kind and positive feedback, I appreciate it a lot, thank you! Have a wonderful Sunday, Frank 🌸

[@reyreysgarden5724]

I received a single bulb of this and I can't wait to get it to bloom! Good luck mama! 💖

[@NinjaOrchids]

Rey Rey!! Chica! ¡Hola guapa!! 😍💐 this is exciting! We need to add you to the list for updates on this orchid for future CareCollabs, if you are interested? 🙏🏼 let me know! Thank you so much for watching, guapa 🌸

[@natureloverjyoti]

Nice vedio 😊🌺

[@NinjaOrchids]

Jyoti, hi! 🤗💐 thank you very much!! For taking the time to watch and leave a comment, thank you 🌸 I hope that you are enjoying your delicious potatoes 🙌🏼

[@shirleyholt898]

I do have Bletilla striata. They are planted in the ground outside western exposure. They do die back every winter then regrow in spring when the weather starts to warm up. I do have to protect them in case of late frost which happens every year. You gave me a great idea of maybe putting some in a pot then I could bring them in my screened in patio if the weather gets awful. I don’t do videos. I did send you a picture of one of my Phalaenopsis, but I don’t think you got it. I’m not very good with my I pad. 🥺. Thanks for sharing your video.🤗🥀

[@NinjaOrchids]

HI Shirley 🤗💐 you sent a picture? I have to admit that I did not see it / get it 🤷🏼‍♀️ but you know what? I sent emails in the past, and people have not received them either, so.... I am clueless as to why sometimes emails do not go through, but I check my junk mail every day, several times before deleting the folder... I understand the frustration, so, my apologies for whatever happened there. But thank you so very much for trying and when you get a chance, try again 😬 I am looking forward to seeing more of this Bletilla and what it does next, IF it even will like the akadama long term. Discovering as I go 😬 thank you so much for taking time out of your day to watch, and I will be on the look out for another email from you. There is only one way to get over this cyber thing, and that is to keep trying! 🥰🌸

[@goldisgallery2912]

Great video 👍🏼👍🏼

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Goldi! 🤗💐 thank you, same back to you... loved the swallow video... well captured! Thank you for coming over to watch my video, I really appreciate it 🥰 have a wonderful Sunday 🌸

[@justinsorchidsandmore4398]

I used to have one of those orchids way back in the day when I first started growing orchids. They have very pretty flowers. Nice repot Ninja.

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Justin! 🤗💐 appreciate you stopping by on your weekend, thank you! This is clearly my first, but, .... if there are 9 in total, and this one does well, living outdoors etc, I have to consider getting the other 8 😅 plenty of room outdoors 😬 have a great Sunday, Justin 👍🏼🌸

[@tetianaskrypka1744]

Thank you.

[@NinjaOrchids]

HI Tetiana 😍💐 welcome!! I have not seen you here before, so... a warm warm welcome and a jbig thank you for being here! I really appreciate it 🤗 and thank YOU so much for watching and commenting 🙌🏼🌸

[@jensams1493]

I gust bought seven of these for my bird room can't wait to try them

[@NinjaOrchids]

Jen, hi 🤩💐 welcome! I have not seen you here before, so, a warm warm welcome and thank you so much for being here, I really appreciate it 🤗 your bird room sounds wonderful!! I would love to have a bird room for my cockatoo, but for 3 hrs/day, the living room and his jungle gym transform into the bird room when he comes out of his cage. I do not have any plants in those spaces because he is super interested in anything resembling green 😬 My bletillas are now slowly starting to progress on their growing points, which surprised me when I repotted them into a community pot late 2022. If you are interested to see how they progressed since this video and how the akadama performed over the past years, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqqknHWXf8yIja8 here is the link. I hope you had a wonderful day, thank you so much for watching and once again, welcome 🤗🌸

[@sjusovare]

Hello Nina, I'm really interrested to see the evolution of that project because I never succeeded in growing Bletillas properly in inorganic medias (no matter the method, SH, self watering, just regular culture with inorganic media...), at best I managed them to survive, but not thrive (while they grew like weed in the ground of my previous garden, where they sustained -15C in winter without damage...) There are several issues I face : 1) The winter rest, if they don't get cold enough temperatures, exactly like cypripediums, they fail to grow properly, either grow weakly out of season, either refuse to grow at all 2) They like to be burried (the new growth are always deeper than the previous ones), but the shoots, which form in autumn before dormancy, have a tendancy to rot if too wet during their rest (but keeping them dry in winter doesnt work either) 3) The roots, which they grow only once a year, don't like air at all, if they feel air pockets, they dry out and die, if they're drowned while emerging, they rot, at the opposite once established and in active growth they demand loads of water, but then in autumn it has to be drastically reduced as well else it's the new shoots which rot, and pinpointing the exact time to do so is not an easy task (and they're not really forgiving, one week of too much or too few and they sulk for years to come) 4) And then, there's the pH, every sources say they are really tolerant, not in my experience, they want a pH of 6 to 6.5, more they grow weakly, less they show signs of calcium/magnesium deficiency. The best success I had was in fine grade kanuma in self watering, but still where they double in size each year in soil, the increase is much slower in inorganic media, if there is increase at all (only one repacement shoot per direction of growth instead of the usual 2 is not uncommon). So in the end, I'd be really curious to find which parameters are critical, perhaps soil has a natural buffering tendancy regarding wetness, pH, nutrient availability, temperature, maybe the fulvic and humic acids, or any other organic compound play a role in their growth regulation? Bletillas are a bit of an UFO in the orchid world, right from the start of their life, they're not really selective regarding which fungus they associate with to germinate (even on simple potting soil, they still germinate well, it has been stipulated that even in natural conditions they might not need a fungus to germinate), they seem to do best when left alone in the garden without much care, they are hungry but seem to do poorly with mineral fertilizers (but give them manure and they thrive), when they're happy they grow like weed and can even get invasive, but are prone to sulk forever when something is not in their taste, even once the issue is corrected. Also, I am really starting to question the quality of the current stock supply, 20 years ago Bletilla striata was sold as a dormant corm in a pocket of peat alongside spring bulbs and those grew well, nowadays they are sold potted, and they don't do as well as the previous stock, even if planted in a border in the garden (without even considering the fact that the plants supplied by at least one specialist nursery located in Belgium often test positive to several families of virus, just like their pleiones, and are often mislabeled, again, just like their...) Anyway, I hope you will have more luck than I did in your experiment, and I'm really interrested if you find a mix of conditions which works well. Best of luck ;) On a side note, I 'm currently sowing some Bletilla formosana, which I find much easier to grow in pot, from a few seedpods I had last year; so, providing they germinate, if you want a flask or seedlings, I could send some next winter :)

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Julien! 🤗💐 forgive me for answering your comment last... this one, is incredible and I have read it as I reply.... thank you so very much for taking the time to give me all this intel on this orchid! Wow!! I have no words, except, thank you and... how very much I appreciate this 🙌🏼👍🏼🙏🏼 Very interesting to read your experience with inorganic media and this orchid, 1.) do you think the roots NEED the mycorrhiza that soil would provide, to thrive?? Could that be why inorganic doesn't make them thrive? 2.) my temps don't drop below 5ºC, well, this past Jan I did get 4ºC, but that is super rare... would that be low enough for them to grow / perform? 3.) I am so going to watch the moisture ... after reading your comment, regarding winter conditions in the pot! As I was filming, I was discovering this orchid for the first time, and saw how delicate the structures are on the new growths, so, in my head, the rot thing jumped up real quick, you confirmed that... so... I will watch the dry / moist layer carefully.... possibly monitor it with a bamboo skewer 4.) I can do the pH you mention... that is my margin for most of my orchids, sometimes I go to 5.8 for those that do not absorb their reservoir as quickly as others, but, thank you for the heads up on the pH!! 👍🏼 I am even more curious now to see how this orchid progresses in this set up! Only next season will determine if it is a success or not, and if not, then only in 2023 will I be making any necessary adjustments. I would love to take you up on your offer for the formosana, yes!! Wow! Despite not know if my set up with do striata justice, by that time, i will have learned a lot more and change what I can conclude for the new little ones. 🙏🏼 oh my goodness, how kind! Thank you so much!! Once again... this comment of your's is gold, and I really appreciate the time you took to give all this information, so very generous of you! Thank you, Julien!! I hope that you are having a great Sunday so far 🌸

[@sjusovare]

@@NinjaOrchids 1) I don't think the roots need the mycorrhiza, especially since the seeds germinate easily on pretty much any type of media and the plants have an impressive growth in vitro. That being said, the fact that the plant is not really selective regarding the fungi it recruits might precisely leave its roots vulnerable to more agressive fungi, which could explain the tendancy it has toward root tip burn/dieback when starting growth in wet environments (the balance plant/fungus being strongly tipped toward the fungus in such conditions) 2) My temperature problems were basically that I had no place to store them for winter which was frost free but still went below 10 (they are absolutely hardy, the problem is that in a pot they remain liable to freeze from below and no matter how hardy a plant is, it's not likely to survive being turned into an ice cube), I should have tried sticking the pot in the fridge ;). As long as nights go below 10 it should be fine, above that, they tend to skip dormancy and grow out of season. In the end, I find a lot easier to just put them outside at my window in a big container with regular potting soil and forget them there :D The formosana is much more tolerant regarding winter temperatures, and it does well here in a kanuma/pumice mix in self watering setup (I sent you some pictures of the flower on insta)

[@NinjaOrchids]

thank you for the insta contact option! I will get to it later... I have to do better on instagram... I need my device for so many other things 😁

[@MattbyNature]

I'm so curious to see how this is going to develop under your care. I love that there are orchids of any imaginable kind out there. What a great progress as well! I really like that you included that. I also love the little dogs in the background all the time haha.

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Matt 🤗💐 thank you very much for your kind comment and appreciating that the dogs are part of the video bomb session every once in a while 😅 we are going to discover this orchid together... I have never grown this one before. Seeing as it is supposed to be 'easy' to grow, and could do well in our climate, I have to question my garden centre that they do not have any of these in their selection... my garden centre is 😒🥱 I may have to bring it to their attention, because if this one does well, I want all the colors 🤩 I have lots of space outside 😬 Thank you for watching Matt! Have yourself a wonderful day 🌸

[@MattbyNature]

@@NinjaOrchids Haha! Yes, even a cold-hearted German cat person can appreciate those little munchkins haha. Honestly, this is the same way I feel about all the phalaenopsis and Dendrobiums in my garden centre... At least they have Miltoniopsis sometimes as well! Thanks, you too! 🐽

[@NinjaOrchids]

oh mine has Miltoniopsis, but what for? They are not happy in our climate... so maybe they sell them because people have to buy more once they've killed them. I do not have those simply because I do not want to fight with an orchid 80% of the year. Hence.... no more large vandas for me either! I did great for the first 2 years, and then they got so big, I could not take care of them anymore. Which is a shame, but I cannot justify the cost of new RO filters to fill the vanda tub every week, and my tap water is so bad that even after 24 hrs of letting it sit before pH etc, the big vandas hated it. So.... Aufwiedersehen! 😒

[@MattbyNature]

@@NinjaOrchids Yeah, big Vandas scare me... And I think you made the right decision there - who wants to struggle all the time to make a plant survive? Even if it makes it, it will never be as good as a plant whose needs align with your climate.

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

🦒🌸🌞🤸!!!! I am so happy that it is so well advanced. When I repotted mine I did not take a look at the corms, they were getting into dormancy so I decided not to mess about. So how interesting to see how those rounded corms actually look like. They will fill up your pot in no time and I would not be surprised if they bloomed for you this year unless they resented the repotting. They are very fussy about it apparently. Mealys? Gosh, mine didn't so far, but I better keep an eye on them 😳 I loved that you filmed the whole process, quite interesting and it adds good knowledge to this episode. Have a very nice SUNday, it seems to be getting warmer, Woohoo!!!!! Mingi hugggssss and much love 💖💝💐🤗🤗

[@NinjaOrchids]

FFF 🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️🙌🏼🥰💐🤞🏼 looking good so far 😬 you have a lot of confidence in me, sending me this orchid! Do you know how hard it was for me to leave it alone, until I saw what it would do next? 😅 The winter, at least I was not focussing on it that much, but... yeah, I have been itching to deal with it, and get into the pot to see what the roots are like! So glad that it is so vigorous... a massive help! Now the pressure is on to make it thrive... I would hate to mess this up, but, I think I can work with the akadama in this configuration. 😬🤞🏼it is indeed getting warmer 🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️ still a little bite to the breeze, but the night temps 🙌🏼🙌🏼 3 degrees difference within the same week, maybe a little dip end of next week, but, even that may change ... was so busy yesterday cleaning the patio, and preparing all the areas for the rest of the orchids, today I feel like a train ran over me... why I woke up, I do not know, so... I am going to just do my YT housekeeping and then nothing for the rest of the day. It is a waste of a day for filming, but I think my voice would sound the same as when I did a video right after cleaning leca ... flat! I shall watch some golf and probably fall asleep again. Yesterday I was watching this video, once uploaded on YT and saw a glitch in the footage... the screen went green in a section 😳 I have had this case before, but the video at that time was 5 days ahead of schedule, so I could take care of it with plenty of time,.... so, last night, I had to upload everything again, and am glad that I made it on time. It was just a second of green where the image was covered in green, and I could have left it, but it would have bothered me if I hadn't tried to correct it. It worked... but, have you ever had that happen to your footage? In the editing software it can be seen, and there are no filters on my videos, so... just wondering if you sometimes get a glitch in your videos when you upload them to your editor. I wonder what that could be, because, I caught it twice in time, and maybe one day, I won't see it and would rather know how to avoid it happening 'out of the blue' (green in this case 😅) Thank you for taking the time to do this video... I know that you are super busy... so, I really appreciate this CareCollab so very much. Your kind feedback is also very helpful as I learn about this beautiful gift from you 😍 there are 8 more colors out there 😒mmmhhh!!! 🤣🤣 no!! Don't go there!! But if this one does well, I will ask my garden centre if they would not look into finding more. They should do well here, so why do they not have them on offer? Another side note, the Spanish news is saying that our cooties cases are rising again 😒 its a roller coaster 😒 have a wonderful Sunday, meine liebe Freundin!!! Much love to you and your's ❤️🌸

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

@@NinjaOrchids 🦒🌷🌷🌷!!! I was so lucky I could find these little orchids, I had never heard of them before. I got there just in time😃. Greenscreen... No, I never did. I have an option in my editor for green screen and I googled to find out what it was, having something to do with animation!? I never used it to do anything, however my call to action to subscribe, which I uploaded from the web had a greenscreen background but clicking on it, it turned transparent. I am still a bit confused about it but as I never used it I even forgot much of what I read about it on Google 🙄. I am using a blue screen on my video tonight but that is my doing🤣and it is only a background.♥️

[@NinjaOrchids]

@@FernandaNascimentoOrchids my glitch is not the greenscreen that erases backgrounds and makes things transparent, its different. Because when I activate greenscreen on purpose, it behaves totally different. The original footage is fine, so.... something happens when I import clips into the timeline. I may need to work slower 😬 Btw, I really appreciated Julien S comment under this video, if and when you have time ❤

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

@@NinjaOrchids Ohhh, that is a very interesting comment, great food for thought. They may grow best in dirt. Brian commented on my video and said his are growing well in dirt with mulch, on top of the dirt wih the shallow roots growing in the mulch... The maximum winter temperature, according to my search is 5 C. Oh, and I also read an article of a portuguese grower living in Lisbon/Sintra area stating how good his are doing and blooming every spring so our temperatures are alright 💝

[@orchidsbythelake]

Oh my! I don’t think I got the releasing date for this! I would have make a video on my day off otherwise! 😭 I will se if I could quickly make one tomorrow before I go to work!

[@NinjaOrchids]

Yoshi San! 😃💐 hi! If the email did not get to you, then I profoundly apologize! But do not stress yourself and rush to do a video, if you do not have time. Whenever you have time, and have the chance to do it your way, without any stress, then go ahead and hakuna matata! Weird things can happen in the cyber world, so... please do not worry, I feel bad that it may not have gotten to you, but there is nothing we can do under these circumstances. so, please.... no stress, in your own time, when you have a gap in your busy schedule! thank you for even considering taking the time to do these videos, apart from the ones you want to do for your channel, seeing as you are really really busy!! So very much appreciated 🌸

[@orchidsbythelake]

@@NinjaOrchids ok! Will do. I leave to work before sunrise most of the time so lighting would be an issue. I can wait then. Lol. Funny, I was just weeding out the area to see how they were doing just a few evening ago and wondering about the care collab video! 🤣🤣🤣

[@morenamerten4449]

Hello Nina, I saw this orchid a few days ago here in the garden centre and thought I'll have a try with this type. Do you think it would grow in Seramis too? How is your Bletilla doing? Have a good afternoon! 🌞

[@NinjaOrchids]

Morena hi! 🤩💐 good to see you again! Since this video aired, I had an update kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ61dp-Mpr6Dm9k and at that time it was doing great! I really challenged it during the summer, and burned the leaves... now I know it's limits, and this time it will stay in bright shade. This season it is looking amazing, I have 10 new growths coming from the little you saw being potted up here. If I had had the funds back in the day, I would have used seramis. My using akadama has everything to do with me wanting to find an alternative to seramis, locally... mixing in the grit was to keep it airy, seeing as seramis is much more airy! So, go ahead ... use seramis! I would have done that if I had had some back then 👍🏼👍🏼 I don't know if I will get any blooms this year, but, I am pleased with the 10 growths. It lived outside during the winter, went dormant, and woke up early February 😃 thank you so much for watching this video, Morena! I hope that you are having a great day 🙌🏼🌸

[@morenamerten4449]

Muchas gracias, Nina!😁

[@Muffin21814]

Hi Nina, May I ask why you decided to go semi hydro with your orchids instead of bark and such?? I have ordered some ground orchids, but still waiting on them to come in.. I can't wait to see the blooms.😊👍

[@NinjaOrchids]

Hi Valarie 🤗💐 absolutely... ask away 👍🏼 I used to grow in bark, only out of necessity, because Spain did not have leca locally (the stuff we have here, for many years, floats! 😅) back in the 80s I grew all my houseplants in SH or self watering, depending on how the pot sizes were available. When the trend of leca and self watering pots started out in Germany, I immediately transitioned all my houseplants because it was a cleaner system, especially for indoors. So, then when I had my 2nd orchid collection, I wanted to do the same for them, but by then I had moved to Spain and proper leca for hydroponics was not available, and I had no choice but to go with bark, which is crappy quality here, ... meaning it needs a bit of work and tweaking to make it fit for purpose. However ... life happens, and when I got the chance to build this 3rd collection, I was able to source leca locally and went to town. That is the history, I left soil growing many many decades ago.... the second biggest reason is resources! I can recycle it, reuse it, and don't have to make a decision on which orchid needs a repot more urgently than another... last year, I had to repot 50 orchids... I would not have been able to afford that if I were to be growing in bark! I was so relieved that I had this media, and in some cases, lava rock, to reuse over and over again. To answer your question in a nutshell (maybe a little late at this stage 🤣) I am used to SH and Self Watering and cost. I hope that you are successful in growing your's! I am on the road of discovery with this one and it can be an absolute success with akadama or, a flop. However, when I hear terrestrial, then, based on my houseplant experience back in the day, I am already quite confident that this will work... as long as I can keep the new growths from rotting. Thank you so much for watching, Valarie! Enjoy a fabulous Sunday 🌸

[@sunithasimplerangoli]

Nice video sharing Pls bk

[@NinjaOrchids]

HI Sunitha! 🤗💐 a warm warm welcome to my comments' section... I have not see you here before, so welcome!! I just went to your channel and connected there with you (new sub) 👍🏼 I cannot tell if you have subscribed to my channel, but, I want you to know that I really appreciate you for watching my video and taking time to leave a comment! I hope I see you here a lot 😃 have a wonderful day 🌸

[@sheiselwilliams1]

Nina, I looked these up. The purple and the white are really beautiful. They should be hardy outdoors in my climate. I will have to think seriously about ordering some for my garden.😊 Sherrii San🥷 BTW, I ordered Lady Chatterley today.😀

[@NinjaOrchids]

🌸🥷🏼 Sherrii 😍🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🥰💐 hi!! They really are and yes, they would be hardy in your climate, absolutely! Mine bloomed for the first time this year, which was a nice thing to see. However, the pollinators are starved at the time of their blooming, so my blooms collapsed quickly. I have since potted these up in a big bowl and have a variegated variety in that bowl as well. Not sure if you want to see 'what I did there' here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqqknHWXf8yIja8 if this were my property, I would have them in the ground as well. I used to collect Irises and had a big patch of many varieties, and the funky rhizomes, while not the same, the potting up and creeping habit is very much the same. YOU ORDERED A LADY CHATTERLEY??!!! 🥳🎉🎊🪩🪩😆 yay!! I am so happy you found her and woohoo!! She's on the way! So exciting 🙌🏼🤸🏼‍♀️🙌🏼 wonderful news!! Thank you so much for watching 🌸🥷🏼🫶🏼 I wish you a beautiful Sunday ❤️🌸

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@@NinjaOrchids Thanks for the link to the repot.👍 If I get any Bletilla I will definitely be planting it outside where I have a lot more space.👩‍🌾 Sherrii San🥷🪷

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LOVE the lotus detail 😍😍