Converting Your Orchid: Semi-Hydroponics 

This is by far the best tutorial I've ever come across for orchids. You teach WHY things happen. Thank you.

Not a big commenter on videos, but, darn, these are so helpful and your are so pleasant and through in your presentation! Well done, and thank you!

I have never received and comprehend this much information in a 15 minute period in my life. Your ability to explain things in a comprehensive way is amazing! Thank you so much!!!

I can't believe, after watching a few of your videos, that the orchid I had, lived as long as it did. I didn't do anything right!

You treat these like they are people patients! So much love is in every little thing you say. Thank you Michael!

I've been growing and watching YT videos on orchids for a little over a year and I'm impressed by your knowledge! You sure make it easy to understand! Thank you!

You inspired me to convert my only orchid into semi-hydro. 🌱

I went on the comments just to see if anyone is so amazed with all the info he provided. Verrrrrrry helpful and I’ve learned something I didn’t learn from other videos.

Oh I'm so happy to have found you! Thank you, Michael!

This is hands down the best and most informational video I have ever come across for orchids. Now I feel confident enough to transition my beloved orchids. Thank you so much!!!

So glad I ran across your tutorials! My orchids just finished blooming so I know it is time to repot. Thank you!

Wow, the part about changing the medium was really helpful for me to understand why the roots suffocate, thank you!

I agree with Jennifer. This is absolutely the best video on orchids, and I have watched many!! It clarifies so many things about orchids. Thank you so much!

3 mins into the video, I had already decided you are my orchid go to! Very good job Micheal. Incredibly informative.

It's great watching and listening to someone who has passion for something. Michael's Orchiids is full of useful insights into the care of Orchids. I wish I had found this earlier. Well done that man!

Very interesting, to the point, no time wasting, very knowledgeable. I like your explanations as they help me to understand the processes. Thank you

I had almost lost all hope for my orchid! ALMOST! I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel. So informative and thorough. Wish me luck on my orchid's rehab!

Glad I found this channel. I live in Florida and have a "Florida room"--the walls are 90% windows that I keep open, so the room stays warm and super humid with bright, indirect light. Orchid heaven! Will be browsing this channel to hopefully find tips on growing orchids with exposed roots and no medium. Orchid flowers are of course the goal, but I love the look of draping roots, too!

This video was an absolute joy to watch. So comprehensive. I love to understand exactly why I’m doing something for my orchid. Definitely makes me a better orchid mumma. Thank you so much ❤

Man! You are very informative and your methods of sterilization are cool and entertaining to watch. The look of having semi-hydroponics as your medium is stylish. Great video.

Personal Therapy via the medium of orchid....Micheal, I’m in England and my orchids are doing super well and I’m super happy about it....I mean to keep them well so I’m watching your master class....you’re a therapist.....it is so evident that you are a gracious human being.... I have learnt to bless the water I give my orchids with a heartfelt blessing,and I swear they love it...they look great.....thought I would randomly share what little I know with you as you have shared your elegant self with us...x

I just found your channel and having watched hundreds of videos, this is the best I have seen! So glad I found you! Will be looking forward to catching more clips and learning from you. Thanks so much for your clear explanations and sharing your extensive knowledge with us. Cheers!

I have never learn so much in my life in such a short and concise way. Thank you so much for this video.

coping with live, shown by the example of caring for your orchids. a wonderful metaphor :') thanks so much for this brilliant job of explaining the delicacies of orchid gardening. explaining why and showing how to remidy something is crucial for properly doing ANYthing. it's a perfect teaching method. you're a wonderful teacher. thanks Michael.

New to your channel. I have been growing my Orchids wrong all these years. Thank you for all the information to grow a healthier orchids.

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you for taking time to be a dispensary of time and experience.

You are a lovely, lovely person and I love your videos. What a considerate co-worker you are. Thanks for helping me shake the guilt. I really want to improve my orchid growing skill. I've subscribed. Thanks!

Omg you are amazing!! For real, best instructor ever. I hope you do this for a living

I absolutely LOVE this video. I am definitely going to reference this one to all my friends who are starting out with or want to start Chid growing. I've seen many many videos and read many articles in order to get the amount of info you have provided in just one 15ish minute video! And so eloquently put too!

this video gives me the courage to keep and help my sick orchids. Thank you for all your help.

Love you Michael. Beutifully organised and super articulate with your own cute style. I'm a new to the hobby and I just rescued 16 severely dehydrated Phals. Fun for the next 2 years. Thanks!

I love analytical teachings. You don’t miss a thing. Learned a lot.

I'm dealing with some of these very things right now. I have part of the problem solved, but what a wealth of information! You've made a subscriber out of me. Thank you for your thorough information!

I understand now!!! Ten years of frustrations, joys, and a few tears makes sense now! Thank you! 🌸. You’ve saved the lives of my future orchids!!!

Michael, I am so glad to have found your channel today and have learned so much! I am excited to try this with my next orchids.

Michael, very informative. Thank you very much for the overview and details and links to explore what you use. As Jennifer said, your 'why/explanations' are awesome.

Michael, I just found you today. Orchids are so wonderful and so are you in bringing so much useful knowledge to like minds. Thanks for sharing.

WONDERFUL video!!! Thank you! I took all my orchids out and put them on a tree limb. I saw that they lived that way in the wild.. They look beautiful!!

Oh thank you! I'm watching all of your semi hydro videos!(to be honest all the semi hydro videos I can find on youtube.heh) I have an oncidium twinkle with horrible roots that split into 2 sections and now both sections are just starting to push out the first signs of new growth. One with 2 bulbs and the other with numerous roots. I'm currently using a little cheap pipette to manually water them every day or two. Yes. I love my plants. Lol Ive heard twinkles love semi hydro because they want to be watered so frequently. New baby root nubs seem like the perfect time to convert! I'm really growing to appreciate your channel! You have such a pleasant and comfortable presence in front of the camera. Youve made so much wonderful content!

Great video on caring for Kristen's orchid. I'd love to see how it did . Thank you for all the great info!

Oh my gosh thank you! You were so clear and showed the method and reasoning behind everything. I feel so confident now that I can do this

love this! While I somehow lucked into getting my little store-bought phaleonopsis to re-bloom, I'm hoping to make it into a thriving, luscious plant - thanks to you. I'll keep watching your informative, interesting, and kind videos - you are wonderful. Thanks again!

Beyond grateful that you not only explain how, but why. This is how i retain information hahaha

Excellent. A wealth of knowledge imparted to your community equipping us with the proper way to care for our orchids whilst understanding them. First time viewer and new sub.

This video may be older, but I just found it today. Very informative and well done. Thank you so much for this. I’m a first time orchid owner who has found myself needing some help to keep her beautiful....

Kudos to you for doing this. You are a fantastic teacher!

This was fantastic ! I just enjoyed even tho I have never ever owned an orchid ! I certainly learned A LOT ! Definitely passing link onto friends & family who MIGHT want to grow an orchid !

wow! what wonderfully clear and well-explained instructions! You've convinced me to switch my few struggling orchids to semi hydro! And you convinced me to subscribe! 💖🌺

I just found your channel today, and I love it, your are clear and concise in your videos and I absolutely love your personality. New subscriber and I am looking forward to viewing all your videos!!

💡 !!!!!!! After months and months of obsessively watching RU-vid videos, potting, repotting and repotting my orchids in a desperate attempt to not kill them, your videos have finally brought me to a new level of understanding. Major light bulbs here. Thank you so much for this video! 🎉🌸

this is the second video of yours I have watched...OMG I want to hug you!!!! Thank you so much for this! I tried to do the bark to hydro swap on my own and I failed so miserably. THIS ...this is AWESOME !

This video was brilliant. After my first phalae failure last year, someone bought me a new one as a gift. I am now repotting it and realise where I went wrong with the old one. I also understand now why the bottom leaves died and feel off the old one and that this is just part of the process! Thankyou! Subscribed!

This has been SO USEFUL I am going to go save all my hubby's mini-phaels. Thanks!!!

Thank you Michael! You're a stellar teacher.

Who would dislike this video? So amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

This is the first video I'm watching of you and I'm already in love with your type of explanation!

This is such a well organized and helpful video Michael! It's so so important for new orchid owners to be aware of that sphagnum plug. I noticed my new giant Phal was not doing too well a few months back and decided to repot. I discovered a big sphag plug that was deteriorating her middle roots. So glad I repotted sooner rather than later! And it's so important to know that it's ok to cut flower spikes. I've had people say I'm crazy for doing that, but then my plant starts growing a new leaf so ha! Lol. I did not know about the reason for cutting above the node so that was neat 🙂 Thanks for a really informative video on orchid maintenance. Well done! 🌺

Thank you for this video! You Are SO easy to understand!!! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you!!!

I started a new job a couple of months ago & was given an orchid (that I now was is a Phal) as a welcome-to-the-office gift. My heart sank I've long been afraid of orchids, believing they were beyond my [limited] ability. Its flowers bloomed and now it has two bald flower stalks. It did grow a new leaf, but then appeared to go into sleep mode. I've been fretting over what to do next. Today I stumbled across a vid of yours in which you rescued Kiki's orchid; I then watched this vid. I have [used] leca and see that you have a vid on properly cleaning growing media! Michael, you've given me courage & confidence! I'll view your vids--I'm sure with my new found knowledge my orchid & I are poised for a beautiful relationship. Thank you so much!

This gives me hope for my sad phals that I've gotten recently. I've had a few orchids before that have all met their end due to either over watering, dehydration or root rot as I didn't know much about orchids at all. The way you present the info in this video is SO helpful. I've been searching and searching online for the best medium and this seems like it will work for my climate. I'll definitely give this a try on my poor dehydrated babies ;u;

Wow! Your tutorial is so succinct and informative. Amazing. Great job👏👏

Extremely through and well presented!! Thanks! Vicki

Truly excellent! So concise and easy to understands! Thanks so much!!!

Thank you for this video Michael, it is invaluable. I have been growing orchids for many years (along with other houseplants) but have now decided to transfer everything to semi hydroponics. Your video has been extremely helpful and I have learned a lot (at 70+ this doesn’t happen so often!) so, once again, my grateful thanks, I enjoyed it immensely. (Frances, UK)

Great information, so happy I found this and this will help me so much with future Orchids!! Your tea bag method is currently helping to save three of my Orchids!!❤️🥰🙏🏼

Wow, so glad I found your channel. Bought my first Orchard and now can love & care for it intelligently. Thank you. Also going to get the equipment!

Wow ! Your explanation broke down every step in such great detail, I appreciated this informative video

OMG you saved the Orchid from killing itself!!! You’re my HERO :)

I just found your page and Love it! I have a couple Orchids I rescued from a grocery store clearance tray. I am hoping to save it, so here I am. Thanks so much for doing this video, Perfect timing!!

Wow, I’ve learned so much. Thank you so much for all these instructions. Wish me well!

Thank you, Michael. I am so happy I found your channel. I have inadvertently killed a few Phalaenopsis. I was trying to understand what I was doing wrong. I have three Phalaenopsis in my care at the moment. I am more confident that I will be able to look after them a lot better.

Thank you so much for this video you have given me the confidence and knowledge that I need to start to transition my orchids over.

I love this tutorial and how you explain why things are done which makes so much sense.

Thank you SO much..I just rescued 2 orchids from a friend and now I feel that I have the knowledge needed to save them! 😊

This video blew my mind. On my way to buy a new orchid confident i won’t kill it this time

I watched your videos and recently converted my phalaenopsis orchid to semi hydroponic. It is now thriving. There are 4 new roots and the leaves are not bendy anymore! It looks great. My husband bought me this for our anniversary 3 years ago and it started to die. This method has brought it back. Great videos and I also lve the way it looks with the lyca beads!!!

😘 Thank You So Much, Very Informative for us want to be Orchid Lover’s Whom haven’t quite figured it out. Better then anything I have read, or watched. Ty

Amazing and clear instructions. I have followed someone elses who said 24hrs in water, 24hrs out of the water for many weeks and things are happening but I much prefer this video and treatment. Very clear. Thank you. Xx

Thank you so much for the moral boost in the beginning. You are amazing!

Damn, your tutorials are so on point. This is so helpful and gives you a perfect explanation. Thank you.

Learning oh so much! And I love your style. Thank you Michael!!!

Absolutely wonderful! Well done and thank you so much for the excellent information!

Boy, I loveeeee the way you explain things. I guess you know what you are talking about. 😊 Thank you.

This has been so incredibly helpful! Your videos are so informative! :)

Michael, thank you for this very well done video. I am just starting out with Semi Hydro.

Thank you for this video!!

You'ze a boss. I'm off to the store to get started on treating a bunch of sick orchids

Thanks for this great tutorial. I just bought my first orchid. Greetings from The Netherlands.

I should be doing homework... but the aspiring plant lady in me just wants to keep watching these videos

wow, its great how passionate you are. You are a great teacher. really learning from you.

00:30 and here I am 4 videos deep into your channel. You are a fountain of knowledge! What a guy 😘🥰

This a great info! I don't feel as daunted as a newbie! Thanks so much!!

Nice video and a very honest one. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

I love what a clean freak you are! Me too! Thank you for your help. I bought the clay beads from ikea and didn’t know how to use them. Now I do!

Such a great informative and straightforward video! Thanks for the detailed tutorial and for the explanations. I’ve always wondered about those old spagnum moss plugs....

I find this video very interesting. I never thought about hydroponically growing orchids. Every step was explained thoroughly and very well. I was trained that orchid roots like being "tight" and that it promoted them to essentially stress out and bloom... Id love to see a follow up to how they turned out.

Thank you so much Michael! I invested in a heating mat & my Phal is blooming!! A first for me!

Michael...you rock...you da man....you the straight shooter.....Thank You!

Micheal I so appreciate your knowledge, and delivery. I wanted to share my experience with drilling holes in glass/ mason jars etc. I found after three very pricey drill bits, the light went on and I pulled out my Dremel OMG it is absolutely fail proof (for me ) just wanted to share this. You make it look so easy and I am very knowledgeable with power tools/ bits and all that fun stuff. I wanted to share this because I can see that it would be quite a challenge if you 1 don’t have proper drill power, 2 absolutely essential bit. Back to you and your amazing knowledgeable self. My mom passed in May 2019 she had 3 orchids and I took them home, mind you I am a personal Gardner but I have had not a lot of luck with these exotic beauties so I am very grateful I found you. You rock! Now let’s see if I can make this work. With Respect, Michelle

Thank you so much for the tutorial. You have explained a lot why, how and what to do to care for orchids in leca.