I really appreciate that Rob. I do my best to try and share the underlying insights about plant care rather than regurgitate what "care sheets" say, so I'm glad that's resonating with you. Thanks for following along and for the kind feedback.
I am delighted to find a Canadian making such detailed and informed plant videos. Our conditions here are so not like those I see a lot of people talking about. Thanks!
Honestly so glad I watched this, I've just started a jewel orchid terrarium and I layered it with leca/hydro granules, a plastic mesh layer to stop the substrate falling into the drainage layer, then went with a substrate mix of French bark, sphagnum moss, charcoal and perlite. I was worried I didn't set it up too well but watching your video you ticked all the materials I used so I feel very relieved :)
Yes to the whole cutting thing. I feel like there has been a wave of cutting plants to experiment, give away, etc. But it’s insane to see people cut up their plants as soon as they get them or constantly cutting on them. People have been commenting on my plants saying the are huge and lush. It’s because I don’t like to cut my plants lol and if I do it is with intention I.e. not wanting to make taller moss poles lol
I try to take 2 or 3 cutting of my plants to have in a separate small pot just in case something happen to the main plant ,to have a back up of the mother plant , but other than that ,once I guarantee the extra survival plants I leet them be to grow lush. ,otherwise the plant will look bare . Some plant do like to be prune heavily but those are usually outdoors plants . You can also take cuttings from long stems and stick them back to in the same soil to make the planter fuller I do that with tropical cactus ,suculents it depends of the look you are looking for.
I keep rewatching this vid over and over to reinforce the lessons around attributes of the potting mix constituents. Thank you sooooo much for all the info, you’re about the only person on social media offering solid advice.
Demonstrating this lush plant is the best way to make me trust your knowledge. In many channels people tend to show those barely clinging to life plants and then proceed to talk how to take care of them. That never persuades me.
Finally some actual info from a person who grows plants well and not just guesswork, rare on youtube. That means I have some confidence in what you're saying. Thanks for going into detail, the length matters less when I'm gaining so much knowledge. And thanks for breaking the video into parts, big thumbs up from me
I just wanted to thank you for your invaluable information on growing jewel orchids. I followed your advice when I got two jewels and here 1 1/2 months later, they are putting out new leaves and appear to be very happy. Other people I talk with are unable to grow them. LOL! I got lucky when I found your channel. Thank you!!
Hey! That’s fantastic to hear. They can sometimes be a challenge to get going, and I certainly have had my ups and downs with jewels as well, but I’m thrilled you found the magic touch and things are going well with your plants. Thanks for the kind message 😊
i think the big thing with rocks at the bottom is they were suggested as an alternative to a drainage/air hole/filtration. Adding rocks or other non-porous material WITH drainage wouldn't contribute to the bacterial build up, etc. i really enjoy how thorough your discussions are and how non dogmatic your approach is. This is the style of "teaching" i prefer where I can gain info from your experience and make the best decision for myself based on my needs and conditions
Great channel! Just discovered it! Thank you for all the info that you provide. As a fellow Canadian, I believe that potting media is the most important thing to keep plants doing well, and not so much our climates. My poor little ludisia discolor is struggling, but doing better after a little vacation on my deck in the shade of other plants.
Thank you so much for this video, my conditions are nearly identical to yours, as I live in Northern Europe. Stellar! I know now I will succeed with macodes
Honestly, one of the few and best youtube channel/website i've come across that shows evidence based approaches- practical and helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and wisdom! a rare gem indeed
You just spent 6 or 7 secs telling us you are trying not to be lengthy... lol! Don't worry about that! You really are kinda lengthy, but you sound so natural and enthusiastic about your subject. It is part of the whole style! I tend to overscript, just the opposite problem! Keep up the good work!
@@HerebutNot I´m working on a video series about assymbiotic orchid seed culture, in Portuguese Br, my native language. I´m doing it in episodes, 3 of which already published here on YT. In those I explain some of the theory myself, but I also reference other people's videos and YT pages. The next one that I´m putting together is about how to build the glovebox with the cheapest possible materials! Then I will make yet another one about actually sowing the seeds. I´m going to reference your channel and videos in these episodes, since it is the best and more thorough material on the subject I have found so far. But don't cheer just yet... My channel is really small, It won't be causing much of an impact in your viewing... lol! Soon as I finish the whole series (about 7 or 8 episodes), I´m making English voice-over versions for my English language channel too!
actsnfacts - very cool. Can’t wait to see your vids and take on all of that. There have been a few new flasking videos and I’m loving that people are getting into that and sharing their experiences. I hope the longer term affect is more orchids in the hobby and maybe some neato hybrids or rare species as ppl become more able to propagate them. I’ll give you a follow and keep an eye out for that video 👌🏻
@@HerebutNot You should see the Adriano Isao channel, even though it is in Portuguese. He has developed a very interesting and surprisingly effective Symbiotic method for sowing orchid seeds. I know lots of people doing it and beeing very successful too. I´m giving that a try and it will become a video series too, after doing the In Vitro Assymbiotic series! I don't quite know if it is possible to adapt Northern hemisphere materials to the process since we need appropriate micorrizal fungi for it to work. You might want to give it a try!
Love ur videos...I watched your aroid video a while back and adjusted my potting media, incorporating most of what you suggested. My aroids have put out some LARGE leaves!!! Of all the videos i watch, yours have been the most valuable to me and my plants. U r the shizzzzz!! Thank U!!!
Thank you for actual info. I've been into plants for a while but I kinda go in and out of my "need" for plants. So when I need more plants i always watch tons of videos and until now have not been able to find actual info. A ton of people just talk generally about a plant but not specific data. Anyway, have a great day and Thanks!
I was wondering why your channel sounded so familiar then I realized I read your blog on ludisia discolor! I just purchased my first ludisia and macodes. Great post and great video. Thanks for the information
All of your videos are awesome please keep putting out more your so good on the eyes and I love your information on many awesome plant and again your so good in front of the camera! Thanks to you am really addicted to plants!
Love your watering technique! I water from the top/bottom too and thought I was the only one! Excited to repot my teeny Macodes Petola with confidence thanks to your info!
I really wish this video was available around three years ago. I had a purple petola and just couldn’t get it right. There wasn’t much about the plant online either. Somehow managed to bring it back from death, just to loose it for good after. Such a beautiful plant and maybe I’ll get another some day! My discolor grow and flower like crazy though! 😬
OMG your Phal mariae O_O!! I'm drooling. I want that orchid so much Just my found a native jewel type orchid native to my state in an area about to be turned into a play ground... Literally a bunch of them in a mound of dirt ready to die and I'm hoping to save them and keep them alive. Will be my first... I saw these plants and was like "omg so pretty, looks like a jewel orchid!". Had no idea for sure if it wasan orchid but it's so similar in growth habit. And come to find out it's a native orchid! So exciting. I know you shouldn't collect those but literally these were just a chance occurance I saved from a pile hoping to put in my moss garden... So excited about this. Thanks as always for your great advice and your in depth logical approach. Really important to do proper research on the actual health and living culture of the plants you have and where they come from. You do the best job at this and it's very appreciated. Probably said it before. But cool as shit Haha -L
wait! who are you? Love the information and how it is presented. I am so sick of the "I got" "I want" etc. I love the information! thank you for a refreshing change!
Sorry, I was just passing through - someone referred you from another Channel. I just wanted to comment on how well-behaved all the package material was on the couch while you did your video, didn't hear a word from them - so impressed! (lol)
I agree. I don’t like to do cuttings of my plants unless the plant is huge and I’m running out of space in my home. If a plant is dying and I’m not sure it will make it.
I like the concept of drying rate. It may also be heretical, but I like using root hormones. This can also be natural like a bit of sea weed. I'm in a really dry environment with 30% or less indoors. I never plant in plain commercial bark mix (I've lost plants to this).
Found your blog Dustin looking for care tips and from there found your channel. Really helpful information you certainly know your stuff and what you say makes so much sense! Love the top tips and am now saving bottle tops - such an easy thing to do! Have subbed . Thanks again for taking the time to put this together.
I see the plants aren’t the only thirsty things in these comments!...😅😂 Getting my first Macodes petola this Friday, so excited ! The video was very informative, thank you! 😊
Great video Dustin! Lots of easy to understand information for those who don’t have experience with repotting. I sure hope my jewels orchids (Anoectochilus and Dossinia) will one day grow as lush as yours. They appear to be struggling a bit 🤷🏻♀️
Have you tried given them some organic fert? And how’s the lighting situation? They don’t line hot intense sun, but if you’ve got good quality LEDs they respond well to the consistent moderate intensity
I found this very helpful. Thank you I live in Pacific northwest so find this so helpful. I have three new orchids, my ludisia is getting ready to bloom.
How are they sooo full!! writing this at the start of watching so you're probably gonna answer in the video but wooowww! mine is one little stem. love it!
Great! So much information. I just received a Macodes Petola in the mail today. Two tiny leaves with a new one on the way. They packed it really well, in moss with a glass top over it. What is the first thing I should do? I've been researching but yours look so good!! Thank you!
I think you are my new favorite plant youtuber. I appreciate your presentation style and competence in the subject. How many types of jewel orchid varieties do you have?
Here...but I just got a Dossinia maramorata last week so that’s good information to know. Jewel Orchids are almost like Pokémon, you gotta catch them all. Lol
Great video and I learned so much. I have a baby Macodes Petola I just purchased and was wondering if you ever consider selling porting media already mixed? I would find it difficult getting together all the “ingredients” you just described so was curious if you can sell an already mixed potting soil?
Hi Dustin, great video, but your articles at herebutnot.com are absolutely unbeatable, the very best I have seen so far, and I have seen a lot of them. So thorough and precise. Also, your growing conditions are the same as mine, I am in Ottawa. The only problem with me here is getting orchids ! Thanks for this very interesting video.
So helpful! Are jewel orchids ok to be potted in orchid pots (the ones with the holes all around)? Would you use the same potting mixture with leca on the bottom as well?
I agree with ya on the bark types but I did want to make a statement I have noticed largely with orchiata brand specifically. Maybe it will be of use to you. Take it or leave it. I've noticed orchiata may not retain much water in the first couple or few months, but neither does the fur bark either actually..but once the fur bark and pine bark of any kind gets more use to water, it does absorb normally after like a month or a handful of good waterings but then.. with orchiata, once it starts taking the water correctly, I find that it begins to start holding a lot more water than fir bark in the initial first 6 months of me using it. And I believe that is what it is treated to do. Is hold on to the water more than pine bark does generally. So something too consider. In general pine bark is less water retentive than fir bark for certain! However... Orchiata holds onto a lot more water than any fir bark I've ever used, unless the fir bark is pretty old, like 6 months to a year Of course the brand and quality is important and relevant in this and subject to change. But yeah.. Just beware orchiata holds onto water a lot more for me. P.S. perlite is volcanic glass (aka obsidian) heated to a very high temp until it kind of explodes into lightweight popped ball thingies... Very professional explanation I know. I'm smart o_-
Would it be possible for you to make a video where you pollinate 2 orchids, wait for the seed to be formed and then flask it and show us how it grows. I really enjoy your videos and would love to see more videos of where you grow the orchids from seed.
Yeah, not a bad idea. I’d really like to get these jewel orchids to grow from seed-haven’t had success with that yet, but maybe once I do that would be a good place to explore that again
@@HerebutNot That's awesome. Thanks for replying. Because of you, I decided to pollinate some of my Phalaenopsis orchids and try to grow my own hybrids. The seed pods should be ready by April next year. I'm also planning to build my own still air box soon. Thanks for the great videos! I really appreciate it.
Dryed banana powder work well as fertiliser. I have a young phalaenopsis wich didn't like my usual fertilizer and didn't grow anything since I own it, about a year. I tryed to make dryed banana and it worked. À mounth later it grew new roots and leafs. Happy 😊😊😊
Hi Justin, another informative video! Your phal marie is amazing! Is it two plant in the pot? I would have loved to see the repotting process when you do it , please?!
Thanks MaryG! There are two plants in that pot - one is Phal mariae, the other is Phal bastianii (a very similar looking related species that blooms in spring rather than summer). I will consider that repot suggestion...I am unsure of how I'm even going to tackle that one - the roots are packed in the pot...so I might just up-pot it to another pot and not fuss with trying to free the old roots
I'm horrible about repotting houseplants. I've got some AV's that have been in the same pot for three years. They're still growing and flowering well, I don't want to rock the boat (plus, since they are trailers, it is easy to snap stems). I know my rose bushes really want a refresh but the last time I did it, well, I looked like I walked through razor wire so I'm not in any hurry. Also, your hair is looking super cute.
Thanks Michael! I totally get what you mean about not rocking the boat. Lol. Repotting always gives me a bit of anxiety (especially when the plant is currently doing well) haha.
Some people suggest using pebbles or leca in a pot as an alternative to a drainage hole. In that scenario the response has been that pebbles or leca at the bottom of the pot isn't the best method of drainage.
BizzyLizzyLeaves Plant care basics - yeah, definitely not a good idea to use pots without holes-if you do, everything you put into the pot stays in the soil. Including minerals from your tap water 👎🏻👎🏻
I have found a better way to deal with the perlite's dust: punch some drainage holes at the bottom, open a small hole at the top and fill the bag with water. Make sure the water goes through all the grains by tilting the bag at different angles. When you are confident it is wet enough, you can simply open the top and pour water more thoroughly. Then, it becomes safer to scoop the perlite because you have no dust. You should then put it in a sieve and wash it, because the dust is still inside. This will avoid future issues with dust when you repot your plants and remove the old potting mix.
Hi Dustin, I am watching this video for the I don't know 5th or 6th times, and have a question, when you are adding organic fertiliser, then you don't add another additive to your water? what type of water do you use for watering. I guess you might have talked about it in one of your videos but don't remember which one.
Managed to get a pecoda and ludisia they are my first plants I ever bought so I’m trying to do this right…any recommendations or tips on how long to keep them in this small pot? I’ve been reading online so hopefully I do everything right with humidity and water when keeping them in my room. They both came in sphagnum moss. Is there a certain type of water to use when watering? Also since im new and want them to grow will miracle grow orchid plant food mix be a good things to use? I don’t believe it’s organic so I probably won’t buy it
Love your videos! Your Monstera Esqueleto is in large semi-clear plastic pot. Looks like 8"-10". Where did you get it? Can you please provide the seller's name or a link? I can't find plastic pot of this quality more than 6 inch anywhere. Thanks a lot :)
I get these pots at a local garden centre called Greengate. I think there’s another online Canadian seller, North Shore Tropicals that has clear pots too-unsure if they stock this larger size though
@@HerebutNot Thank you for quick reply. I have quite a few anthurium and philodendrons and noticed the roots develop better in clear or semi clear plastic pots. I will continue looking. Thank you again.
Jewels root very well in water. Or at least from what I've heard reputable people say. And I can say specifically one of mine did in just a few weeks, had about 3 half inch roots. And had none before. Just a cutting.
Thank you so much for this video! Do you have a video on how to do a cutting of these? Any tips would be great! Can’t wait til my macodes is big enough to propagate!! :)
Enjoyed your video! I do the same thing, adding used bottle caps to lift up the pot.. For other media, I also use those mesh those asian fruits are wrapped in to augment media... Question, do you use epsom salts on your orchids and how? Thanks!
Soooo much!!💚 fantastic video..I did want to comment on the aspect you mentioned of the wild plants vs indoor plants in repotting. I feel a huge part of the success in the wild is the good bacteria in the soil, natural breakdown of surounding plants and soil medium like shredded tree bark/animal feces and the nutrition found in rainwater..repotting is necessary for houseplants because we have to provide these things and place literal barriers(pots) for our houseplants ☺💚 Also really appreciate your breakdown on the bark(I did not think to look that detail up and your the only one to mention it)💚👍
Hi! I got one of these gorgeous little plants about a month ago. It is growing new leaves but they keep curling! I do not have it covered, I am assuming the light and water is correct since it is growing, but why the curling???? They are so pretty!
Ok I just got two starter plugs of Macodes Petola even though a little disappointed on the size and what I payed. But my question is what do I do next, they were shipped in moss. Do I plant them in clay or plastic? Please help
I just got myself a anoectochilus setaceus yesterday and I thought to get more from the nursery. would this plant care similar like fittonia? Of coz i have an advantage at place where I live, i live in a tropical country malaysia but even so, I also have had difficulty in caring the house plants, aglaonema is doing okay but calathea... urghh just diva... yet love them so much! And now, i'm in deep interest in jewel orchid! would you recommend to mist it on daily morning basis?
Blessed are the plant gods. Macodes is the least studied plant I feel at the moment, can't find anything on them. I owned one for 1.5 years now, nothing but spagnum moss and bottled water. Never fertilized and it's double the size. Strange (maybe it's the san francisco humidity/ocean air). Im about to report it since it's trailing now but... still worried. I have perlite, spag moss, activated charcoal, and pieces of bark. Maybe thatll be better than just spagnum moss
Seconding the need for more info on Macodes petola! I received one that I'm pretty sure is sick, but I have no idea with what, if there's treatment, or anything.
Hi, very informative. How do you think it would work to just have empty space at the bottom (by installing a screen that lifts the soil)? have you tried thsi before?
Would probably work. I think for me the role of pebbles is that water is forced to drain and then airflow happens at the bottom and top of the pot keeping oxygen levels higher in the media. I haven’t tried a screen, but it might work. Might be more work than it’s worth and I’d be concerned about the roots getting jammed in the screen and/or getting constricted-they might grow into it thin and then choke as they thicken up. But 🤷🏼♂️ unsure
