These are really excellent tips!! I knew that phals needed that temp change but didn't know that cattleyas do too! Good to know! Great tips for indoor or even outdoor growers! Thanks!
Thank you! Yeah you get it naturally since you grow outside but many indoor growers with central air can struggle with this if the temps are too steady. :)
@NicoleDeanna Hawaiian Ruby paradise! The thorn in my side! I actually have 3 of same bag baby plants. So they are from same flask I'm sure but yes all 3 are over 10 years old and have not bloomed! I have looked up the background and they have so much in them it's hard to say what's stopping it! 🤣
@@hillbillyorchids gosh, from flask they take an eternity! I have my digbyana going on 5 years, I'm waiting for her but she was tiny when I got her. I also have a cattleya from Carmela orchids I got 4 years ago that hasn't bloomed but this has to be the year haha
Hi Nicole, great tips, I have some Dendrobium and Brassocattleya from PR that have not bloomed yet! I have these since 2020, I have placed them this year in brighter light, let’s see. ❤😊 Be blessed.
Great information! I've been growing catts for 5 yrs. They just kept getting bigger and bigger...no bloom! Finally BOOM they're all blooming, budding, or growing sheaths. It's all about extreme light. You're so right. Also i watched your video on division. It worked perfectly! Thanks so much! 🌵🎋🌵 Arizona
Great video! Mine grow under lights and with some end of day sun. I’m very optimistic as many of them are sending out new growths! Keeping my fingers crossed that they give me blooms!
I appreciate this information Nicole! I'm a beginner with Cattleya I have a few along with my Phals..all are doing well. I will send up an updated pic with my terminal spike phal it's blooming so beautifully. ❤❤❤
Thanks great informative. I am definitely use some of these tips. I shall move around my Catts so they can bloom. TV hanks again. Make it a great day.❤🙏
I’m currently trying to find a good spot for my last Catt. I used to have a collection of several catts, zygos, and oncidiums, but due to having to move several times in the last few years I’m now down to one. She flowered nicely at my last place, outside in a carport, but here is tougher….I’m in a flat under a main house and under their balcony. There’s two sources of light……a window out onto the area under the balcony, which is NOT enough light, and the kitchen wall which gets direct sunlight and is made of those thick glass bricks, that are frosted, so quite bright. I’ve moved her out here on top of the fridge……hopefully it’s not too much, but fingers crossed. She’s been growing well…….just not flowering. Leaves have lightened up so fingers crossed for blooms in spring/summer.
Hey! Thanks for the video! How do your orchids grow and not die in a pot without aeration holes (the first pot looked like a regular plastic pot)? Also, if you cannot see the roots, how do you know that the plant needs water? I hate to wait until it starts to shrivel and feeling to pot to see if it’s lighter (due to dry media) doesn’t seem very reliable….
Thanks for watching! That pot has drainage holes, over time I can tell if it's try or not, based on how heavy it is and how it looks from the outside. I think it's easier for beginners to use clear pots but once you've been growing for a while regular pots are just fine and you get a 'feel' for it.
Nice video!!! Ive come to absolutely love cattleyas. I do still love phalaenopsis, but as you mentioned they are actually more high maintenance than these .
It's not my favorite in my environment because it's a little dryer than I'd like, but it works well for many people. It's worth experimenting with though.
Hi Nicole, I’m having great success with my Cattleya orchids as well❣️ They are growing and blooming under my Barrina leds. my question is and I do feel this is true that when they are an active growth and an active budding in blooming that they could use more water. In winter I usually let them go once a week to water but now that I find it summer and it’s warmer and they’re reactive growth and butt and bloom that they need to be water twice a week. How do you feel about that also, the MSU fertilizer where can I find that, thank you so much please respond. I love your videos. Thanks❣️ Paula
I agree with you Paula, in the summer the cattleyas need more water. For me it's because of the temperature change. I have the MSU fertilizer I use linked in the description :)
Depends on how big the pot is, the temps, and the material it's in but big cattleya pots about 1x per week and smaller pots 2x per week. In the summer twice that amount.
Yes, and that begins in July 🥹 Everything has to deal with the 90-95 degree temps then, no central ac here and I just never put a window unit in for this room. It's worked out on everything but the intermediate growers lol.i just have to water almost daily though.
