Wow! Your dendrobium lawesii looks so neat and pretty like that! I never really wanted a dendrobium but this one and one other makes me want them. Can’t wait to see it in bloom!
I always look forward to new episodes and enjoy them immensely. You have the most unique collection. I appreciate the super closeups of the blooms and mounts...they're all interesting and well grown. Thanks for sharing your corner of the world, Howard!
Thanks Howard, as interesting as ever. BTW I have had thrips this year as well, first time in 30 years of growing. Have resorted to a Hotbox Sulphume device, fingers crossed ! 🤞
Beautiful plants and thank you for the lovely episode! My Schoenorchis scolopendria bloomed for the first time this year and I'm quite pleased :) Greetings from Nepal 🙏 Abu.
Have you ever watched missorchidgirl? On RU-vid of course. I’m sure you know of her but she had horrible issues with thrips and her cattleya collection as well as other orchids. She has an amazing diy insecticide that is mineral oil based and very easy and not harmful at all. Some plants are sensitive but she will tell you about it. If you ever find you wanna try something else. Here’s the link. And she also battled with spider mites for many years. She doesn’t like chemicals and found out this works great. I love your methods of helpful creatures to do the bidding!
Thanks. Yes, I've watched quite a few videos on pest controls over the years. There's no shortage of suggestions. I have used neem oil in the past for red spider which seemed to work quite well but I'm quite attracted to the concept of using natural predators. In the case of orchids snails and any visiting slugs the predator is me with a torch!
I found thrips on my plants a few days ago ans have been using Acetamiprid. It's UK legal and should work fine. I got a sachet of powder to dilute and spray and you can also get a soil drench for it, so that may be something to look into for your thrips. I don't have personal evidence of it as I've only been using it for a few days, though.
So far the predatory mites seem to be doing a great job but thanks for your advice. They seem to be attracted to a few orchids whilst others are completely unaffected. There is always a lot more to learn with orchid growing!
Thanks for the new episode, I so much am looking forward to seeing them! Ijust set up a small mini orchidarium and my Ph. parishii has opened it´s first bloom. So important for me to hear about your conditions you hold them in. Thanks for the advice of predatory mites as well and best wishes from Germany
Really love your videos, your description and attention to detail is so spot on. I am inspired to mount some of my mini phalaenopsis after seeing yours!
Greetings Howard from Kentucky in the US. Thanks for another great video. I love miniature orchids especially mounted ones. I am considering ordering a Phalaenopsis parishii mount after seeing your plant. I actually have better success with mounted orchids than potted ones. I so enjoy watching your videos. Have a great weekend, James
That Podangis is absolutely stunning, the translucent spurs really let you see things in a way you don't normally get to! Is it (night time?) fragrant?
Hello Howard I'm not sure if you'll get this I'm barefoot Mike I live in a fun place alamosa Colorado I'm at an altitude of 7,543 I live in a camper so not a lot of space I have seven orchids so far they're doing really good I really like your channel I think I've seen all the episodes looking at your collection do you have quite a few angraecum I have leoins & didierii just wondering if you would do another video on some of your angraecums
Hopefully you can see in the picture I have a humidity tray that gravel that I keep wet all the time I also run a cool mist humidifier 24/7 and I have plants that want to dry off by night
Hi David, I have both of those. I've had the Ceratochilus for over 7 years. It grows very slowly but surely and flowers at least once a year. I included it in a video - Episode 26 if you want to see it. My Neocogniauxia is several years old but hasn't flowered yet and also grows very slowly so I need to try and work out what I'm doing wrong.
Howard's님 반갑습니다 총채벌래처리에 취미애호가들은 에칠알콜70%를 분무하여 제거하고 있습니다 식물에도 영향이 많지않고 손쉬운 처리방법입니다 소형분무기에 넣어 살포합니다 물론 대량관리체제에선 전문농약을 사용합니다 도움이 되시길 바랍니다 항상 영상올려주셔서 감사합니다
Thanks for the tip. Luckily the predatory mites seem to be doing a good job. I've recently fund just a few adults and I used a paint brush to squash them.
