What orchids are in bloom this winter??

[@patsfreund9164]

It's always nice to see your beautiful orchids in flower. Thanks!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thank you!

[@EileenWstCstGrl]

So many beautiful orchids in bloom! I think I need to move to your side of world!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@Garnetspagrud]

Mathew- I love the Miltonia Iguana potted in that shallow bowl. Stunning choice.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@Garnetspagrud]

Always a pleasure to watch your amateur ramblings😂😂😂❤️

[@newmanmansell760]

You have plenty of gorgeous orchids to look at Mathew😁🙏💖I have a gift someone gave me Laelianthe Wrigleyi 'Blue Heaven'. It's so tough Mathew that even the summer won't set back this orchids growing, and it's a very old hybrid too.

[@helloplantlovers]

I just googled it - fabulous!

[@donnaread4109]

Bravo 🎉

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@lynn-annpapacostas1216]

we are freezing here as well in SA, but have had some beautiful cattleyas in blooms and a few phals.. waiting for dendrochilum to open..thks for all your informative videos..

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@MilanOfCreagan]

Love Dendrobium v-r, it is my favourite non fragrant Den. Mine also blooms most of the year but the best flush it gets after the winter rest in May-June (UK). Regarding the weather it really depends where in the Northern hemisphere one lives lol. Your winter sounds like summer here in the Scottish Highlands. Rain almost every day and temps between 6C-20C. Happy growing

[@helloplantlovers]

Ha! Living the summer DREAM!

[@MilanOfCreagan]

@@helloplantlovers no complaints here, can't stand the heat unless on hols by the beach with cold drink in my hand

[@wandashaw3551]

And here, same thing 100 degrees and 65% humidity. Matthew, those beautiful blooms make the winter so much warmer and brighter!!

[@helloplantlovers]

They do! Thanks for watching!

[@wildflowers477]

Hope this makes u feel better about the cold, it's going to be 100° here with high humidity. Love your vids

[@helloplantlovers]

Thank you! NOT a lover of humidity!

[@aratipanigrahi9399]

Sir Matthew please enhance your sound system the voice is not clear. Your videos are so informative I got lot of information and plants you are choosing are also very rare you have a fantastic collection.

[@helloplantlovers]

Oh dear.....I'll see what happened!

[@loribadgero1035]

It’s hard for me to grow orchids of any kind. We are indoors bound due to heat, hence constant AC running from May thru September here. (Northern Texas, USA). I can provide some humidity with dishes under plants, but my hygrometer is still mostly reading 50%. I have a west facing window with the best light in my house, and through winters which are, surprisingly pretty cold, our heat runs constantly which also decreases humidity in the house. I am looking into a humidifier of some sort, option #2 is to ‘terrarium style’ grow them in an effort to keep blowing AC or heat off the plants. Sigh. Wish me luck. I currently am reattempting a few new orchids, but will not do more until I have conquered my challenges. I plan on using a grow light in winter and moving the orchids where it is warmer to an inside room. You seem to have it figured out!! ❤

[@helloplantlovers]

Oh wow - that sounds like a challenge - but all the Australian Dendorbiums might do well for you outside with a bit of afternoon shade, & Sarcochilus with even more shade - do you get freezing winters though? Also Epidendrums can take direct fierce direct light, dry conditions, and cope with cold - non freezing - winter temps. Good luck!

[@loribadgero1035]

@@helloplantlovers Yes, our winters freeze, and we get ice storms for a day or two, yearly. Well, my current recently acquired plants seem to be doing well, for now. I have topped the pots with moist spag moss, so they receive a little more humidity. I’ve had them three days, they seem to be ok, in spite of a rocky start, and my anxiety levels are dropping, slightly. Time to do what I know to do, to get them growing. Thank you for the suggestions! We get extreme outdoor heat in the summer, >110f, with too many bugs for me to consider putting anything outdoors. It is a challenge. Happy growing! 🪴👍🤗🥰🪴

[@helloplantlovers]

@@loribadgero1035 Wow - it is a challenge!! Good luck with them all!

[@loribadgero1035]

@@helloplantlovers thank you. Nice to hear from you!

[@besottedorchids3605]

I would be hard pressed to choose a favorite! These are beautiful. Enjoy your cool weather, I was sweating away in my Ohio US garden today.

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@sommerfuglen01]

Wow Matthew! What an amazing set of blooms. It’s summer here and blooms more scarce this time of year for us. My sphacelatum also has massive spikes, 3 ft long, like yours. Your sound was good. I’m not sure what others experienced. Keep these videos coming!

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@newmanmansell760]

Beautiful orchids Mathew😌🙏💞I do love Coelogyne. I have two species. They are offsets that were gifted to me. Your cymbidium has gorgeous flowers! And that Oncidium🥰

[@helloplantlovers]

Thank you - a little brightness helps in mid winter!!

[@katiagassarino8823]

Hi Matthew, just like yours, my oncidium sphacelatum makes very long spikes. I keep mine outside on the edge of a pond; the spikes are 1 meter long!

[@helloplantlovers]

Ha! Good to know mine isn't going too crazy!

[@carminechiarelli2045]

Paphiopedilum Pinocchio, is a Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum x Paphiopedilum primulinum

[@helloplantlovers]

Oh thank you! It looks fabulous.....have to see if it turns up anywhere in Australia!

[@neil9274]

Mathew my Cymbidium is in full flower spikes l have about 19 spikes the colour is like mushroom shades lam on the Mornington peninsula

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching - sounds fabulous!

[@neil9274]

Mathew l was watching one other vid you had done you were in Geelong and there was an orchid growing on a palm tree, this helped me identify my orchid, Epidendrum ie crucifix orchid mine is a red in color and growing crazy in full flower nearly all year round.

[@helloplantlovers]

They are as tough as nails in our climate!

[@rogamildien-fn3tf]

Lovely

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanhodgkin6546]

I also have some flowering at the moment,a cymbidium tracyanum has perfume,white masdevallia that has been flowering since early winter,and a dedrobium called sailor smile Daniel,green outer petals with a purple throat,if it was warmer it would have perfume.❤😊

[@helloplantlovers]

A Dendrobium out now! Well done! Thanks for watching!

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Beautiful blooms especially love your cymbidium! Is it fragrant? Though the colours are gorgeous! Your ceologeny is amazing too! Thanks for sharing and happy growing 😊

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching - no - this particular Cymbidium isn't fragrant.

[@deachen6023]

You're surrounded by beauty...well done. Here in USA most states are crazy hot and I'd love to trade places but so it goes. Off to enjoy a gin and tonic! 🤗

[@helloplantlovers]

Enjoy! Thanks for watching!

[@EFA512]

❤ it's 81F or 27C here and humid..aka hat weather lol.. The only thing i have in bloom at the moment is my Brassavola nodosa, but i have a few in spike. (I'm not so patiently stalking them, lol)

[@helloplantlovers]

Thanks for watching!

[@patriziasavarese]

😍👏👏👏🌿

[@flameangel202]

Great vid Matthew. Here in Geelong, sharing the same cold miserable weather as you :) two of my Cymbidiums ( Carolina cracker ) have already flowered & faded some time ago, now I have five in bloom or with flower buds, they are red/ pink ones. An Orchid grower advised me that often the yellows bloom early, followed by reds/ pinks and the other colours later. Not sure how true this is but the Carolina Cracker were yellow/ orange. So maybe they have a colour sequence when they bloom ?

[@helloplantlovers]

Interesting? I don't have a yellow one - I'll have to be more observant of the sequence!

[@sabikeralasafarabi2103]

സൂപ്പർ സൂപ്പർ ❤️❤️❤️

[@sannekemartha7737]

You mentioned that you grow several of your orchids indoors. But what is the day and night temperature, and the humidity in the house? I am always busy with a heater, fans, and humidifier. Btw here in The Netherlands is about mid summer and it is cold, windy, rainy. Just miserable. Kind regards.

[@helloplantlovers]

Hi there - I don't measure either I'm afraid. I honestly don't consider those factors - the house is what it is - warm enough for me - a bit chilly in winter - a bit too hot in high summer! As I choose not to use other equipment the plants I grow either thrive or don't in my conditions. Most commonly grown hybrid orchids will love the same conditions as you! Good luck with yours!

[@sannekemartha7737]

@@helloplantlovers Thank you so much for your answer. !

[@keirenle]

Hi mat , with the coelogyne how often does it bloom? I always love coelogyne

[@helloplantlovers]

Well this particular one had two flushes this season, one in Autumn and one in Winter, both with a new growth. But usually just once a year with new growth.