Thanks for mentioning The Wallace Line. It is far more important than you suggest. The old adage in the Science Community is 'Bali is where the tiger stops.' Meaning; Asian fauna moving over the Indonesian Archipelago out of the Asian mainland made it only as far as Bali. Tracing the Asian fauna down through the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and into Bali where it spread no further and was stopped by the deep water channel between Bali and Lombok.... about 100 miles between. To the west side pf the Wallace Line you will find Elephants, Rhinoceros, and Tigers. To the east side the fauna will be of Australian decent. Marsupials, monotremes and lots beautiful Birds of Paradise .
Hello Matthew, It is so refreshing to watch your engaging presentation! I really enjoy learning about the geographical background of the orchids you are growing in Melbourne. While my Brisbane climate is not always compatible with some of the lovely orchids you present in your videos, I always take away useful information. Lovely Autumn weather up here too at the moment. Thankfully, some respite from the heat we have been having.
Indonesian here. The d in there is the older Indonesian spelling based off the Dutch spelling, so the hard J is spelled “dj” and the U is spelled “oe”, and the sound Y as “j”. We’ve had a spelling reform since, so that is my best guess!
The spelling information reminded me of my nemesis: the spelling of plants named after Warszewicz. I am polish so the many different spellings got me confused at first because the "sz" and "szcz" and "cz" are entirely different sounds in my language. Warczewiczella spells different then warszewiczella or warszczewiczella. Wraszewiczii =/= warszczewiczii =/= warczewiczii. Then someone on another platform (not a Pole) decided to make a video on correct spelling and it sounded even more different then any of the above, but most of all- wrong. I was blocked for politely correcting them😅😂. It's really great to hear an explanatiom behind the name. I love how you always provide us with correct information on everyhting about plants presented in your videos. ❤
Thanks for watching! Depends on your winter minimums and sun light? We can get down to 1 - 2oC occasionally in winter at night, but generally no lower than 5oC. But we do still have plenty of sunlight and longish days in winter - as you would have the same I imagine? So if you're no colder than me I'd say it could stay out under cover all year. And I don't stop watering mine in winter. I ease off a lot in winter but I still water it. It comes from moist forests with no particular dry season, lots of mountain mist! Good luck!
Matthew, I'm so grateful for your videos! I'm in Canada and I bought a variegated "dendrobium kingianum" and I was able to get it to flower, thanks in large part to what I learned from your videos. Looking closer at the flowers, though, I wonder if I've actually been sold a Berry Oda. Do you have experience with Berry Oda? Any tips for how to tell the difference between the species and the hybrid? Based on the Miss Orchid Girl video, I think I've got a Berry Oda but when I posted to the orchid reddit the few responses I got said it was a kingianum. Thanks again for sharing all your experience!
Hi there - I don't have Berry Oda so couldn't help I'm afraid. I can't tell the difference between many of the Kingianum & Speciosum hybrids! But Berry Oda has two very different orchids in it's parentage, Dendrobium canaliculatum and Dendrobium bigibbum so I'd expect the flower shape and colour and the vigour of the plant to be quite different to Kingianum. I guess it only really matters if you want to collect species orchids exclusively? Thanks for watching though!
Beautiful! I'm so jealous! I wish I could grow outside, but I live in Austin, Texas, and it gets too cold in winter and over 100° way too often in summer. I really wish I could work out how to get it done, but my collection has gotten too large to move around frequently. 😢
Thank you for a great video. Please make a video about Dendrobium Berry Oda. I learn a lot from your videos. Unfortunately I killed my Berry Oda. I can grow very well Dendrobium orchids, but I do something wrong with my Berry Oda orchid.
Actually, it is caldera: A caldera is a depression created after a volcano releases the majority of the contents of its magma chamber in an explosive eruption. - wiki....
This was a super video, learned much. Since you like the appearance of the canes on your featured Dendrobium you may be interested in Dendrobium findlayanum. Mine is probably too young to bloom but has the "knuckle" effect on canes. Also growing victoria-regina which I'd love to be like yours.
Es que ud sabe de Dendrobium,en especial las de victoria reginae,por eso le preguntaba,por que razones se mueren,lo cultivaba cerca a la ventana,me la vendieron en musgo y era muy pequeño
