Epic home visit  

This was so much fun to do! This was quite the experience. Thank you for covering my collection in your perspective. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Milissa going in for a second smell 😂❤ And goes yohooowow!! Smells like gassy poo poo 😅

I love this guy very nice heart goid mindset .Sir i love you more shows

greenhouse veart beautiful plant home

my tip about winter feeding, you can feed monthly like Nelson says, if you feed the right amount you can feed all year long. Most of my catts are growing lots atm, my phals are spiking, my angreacums and cymbidiums are flowering so yeah I keep the feed steady all year. Now my zygopetalums for example they are drinking so little at the moment because of this they are absorbing less fertilizer as a result. Everyone has different approaches. You can get away with not feeding them for 2 years straight. If you water less and feed less you are just feeding exponentially less than just reducing the water + the feed. I basically have two buckets at all time: one is full strength (1/2tsp/gallon MSU equivalent) and the other is half that strength. I use the half strength for any that are not actively growing roots, seedlings and any that are not growing. I use full strength for the rest. All year long. But this is just a bit of a personal preference and won't make much difference how you do it, a little rest is best in winter if you want to let the plant use up residual salts in the pot. One thing you might come across is a conspiracy theory to make orchid growers not do as well. Ie that bloom boosters are detrimental to use with orchids. If you are ever unsure about an orchid "fact" just check the advice on any other non orchid plant. When it comes to fertilizer no matter what some self proclaimed experts claim what works for one plant will work for another plant (there are literally just a handful of exceptions that should be ignored not taken as the rule of thumb) I mean yes blueberries need far more acidic soil that other limestone rock growing plants and there are differences but what we know about other plants is highly beneficial to growing orchids too. That knowledge should not be dismissed and often vegetable growers know far more about fertilizing properly than orchid growers do. Ah but orchids are low feeders. Nope, not even. They are in fact moderate feeders. For reference a low feed is half a high feed and a medium feed is between. So a medium feed is only 25% weaker than a strong feed. Or another way to look at it is that 100ppm N is strong feed, fast growers, 75ppm is orchids, 50ppm is seedlings. Most feed orchids far too conservatively which works but it is a conservative amount. But you should always start with a conservative amount. It's just something for you to be aware of in future. Like Nelson said you have to be willing to experiment to eventually find what works best. If you don't try, you will never improve. So back to my point, bloom boosters are hugely beneficial just don't ever overdo it. Bloom boosters come in all different strengths and if used incorrectly will just burn the roots as with any fertilizer. But if used correctly to never be more concentrated than your regular feed then a bloom booster helps to keep fusarium away, it gives orchids a resistance to colder nights in winter so they rot less easily, and as the name suggest if used correctly can boost blooms. What bloom boosters will not do which many hope they will and thus conclude they do not work is that they will not cause a plant to flower just by using it. It doesn't work that way. But anyway that is a long rabbit hole for you to explore. Just be awre some growers will advise things that might not even be helpful. So be wary of growers that tell you how not to do things, that is one thing I have learnt. The newbies pretending to be experts will tell you "never use hydrogen peroxide" "never cut this" "never do this" "they cannot be grown this way" - yeah avoid those growers advice. Listen to the growers that say "this is how it is done" this is what has worked for me". Great visit. Glad you finally got to see Nelsons and taking us with you. Really enjoyed the visit. Thanks.

Sharing your story about your Mom, Grandmother, and Stepfather has given a deeper and more loving meaning to your closing "Keep it Green"!

I’m happy that you have a chance to show off your hard work Nelson… thank you Melissa 🎉🎉🎉❤. Beautiful garden ❤.

He is so sweet and kind.

I had to come back and say that I am laughing so much at your bloopers. You guys are so funny. Fully watched and really entertained. 💯💯🤣🤣🤣

Thank you for the great visit, it was almost like I was there with you.

Nelson, as a relativity new subscriber of yours it was so nice to hear a little of your personal history. Thanks for sharing! And thank you, Melissa.

Hi Nelson collection is very beautiful thanks for sharing 😍🌱🌱🌱

Melissa, I loved your awesome home visit at Nelson's. It was so much fun and so informative. I especially loved your comment that smelling orchids can put you in a good mood and it's great for mental health. That is so true and observant of you. I think if more people smelled orchids the world would be a better place. You are truly passionate about orchids and it reflects in your lovely personality.

Thank you for sharing. Love Nelson, he is my orchid guru's.

I love it Melissa and Nelson.... Beautiful episode

By the way your placed and plants are beautiful

Great video I really love seeing how other people grow. Thank you Nelson for being variable and sharing the ranch story I know your family would be proud of what you have done with it🤗. Melissa look forward to see what ideas you get from the visit.

Hi Nelson and Melissa

Great video, guys!!!.

Its so weird watching Nelson give someone else a tour of his orchid collection... I am so used to Nelson touring us around his own garden but this is different and I love it!!!! we get to hear you speak about them more ... I just love your channel... great plants as usual

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Nelson’s garden is one of a kind! He’s a person who has such a great heart! Thank you Melissa for made this tour happened!

Really beautiful orchids😊, congratulations.

Yooowhoo!!! This is so much funnn!!!!❤❤❤🎉

Lovely video thanks for sharing.

I am in Jamaica now but as soon as I get back I want to order some things,

Here in Brisbane Qld. we can have days of heavy rain around this time of year so I cover my shade house & do water therapy. The orchids thrive when I control the watering. Less rot problems & the young plants need water more often. Fabulous orchid collection Nelson!

So much fun to watch you two.. Nelson’s collection is out of this world. Thanks for taking us along with you.💚

I live in southern AZ with the opposite problem. I need to put the orchids in pots so they retain enough moisture even with a humidifier running. I have 2 mounted phals but they are in a lot of sphagnum moss. I have a vanda seedling in small/ medium bark and one that's a few years from blooming size that sits in a terracotta orchid pot on a layer of sphagnum moss to try and increase the humidity around the roots. My pots have a lot of aeration, so they dry out within a few days. The only similarity between our climates is "winter," it's been in the 60s and 70s which is a welcome relief from the summer that didn't leave until the end of October.

Nice job, your oasis is amazing.Great job

Nelson is very organized.

Hi Malissa. I love your visit to Nelson’s ranch. It was a great video. I have been a fan of his channel for a few years now and I now have orchids because of him. I have learned so much from him and Josh. So many beautiful orchids and so fun to watch and learn. Thank you for sharing and say hello to Nelson for me. I just subscribed to your channel. Have a great week. Thank you for sharing.

Nice collection Nelson, always a treat when you show what's in bloom. No Id is Bc. Mary Dodson (B. nodosa x C. shilleriana)

What a beautiful home visit ❤Nelson are a wonderful person love you both ❤❤❤❤

It was awesome thank you

I’m enjoying your video thanks to melissa

Fantastic video!!!laughed so much withe the bloopers 😂

Thank you, this was absolutely beautiful

I enjoyed this episode😊🤲🌟

Wiw paradise im a filipina.im happy whst your doing you have a very nice plant .Sir my phal orchids the died almost 10 collections pls advice

That was fun! :)

Lynn from NC I hope I could get a visit with you, when I get to Florida 😊when ?

orchid flowers#vanda "femme fatal"

I am trying to find Monte Elegant.

@naturenel the brassavola that you do not know the name for, is Bc. Mary Dodson ( C. schilleriana x B. nodosa)

Los videos son preciosos,podría hacer algún video en español

Do you get a lot of snakes passing through? I want to create seatings around my garden but I get scared with snakes.

Melissa buenisimo video felicitaciones, me permito hacer un comentario sobre tu edicion y pido disculpa d antemano, es sobre la musicalisacion please no la pomgas sobre tu voz xq no se entiende bien lo q vas narrando, suerte y saludos desde Ecuador!!!

What k!ND of posted do you use

wind flowers orchid hybrids hobby