Hello Matthew. I think I have named my orchid. It came as an orphan, no name. Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge on Australian orchids. I talk about this orchid on my podcast this week on RU-vid Bondi Crafter.
I watched the video, then when out and repotted 4 of mine from tiny pots - but now I have 5 as an offshoot with good roots came off in my hand! I think they already look happier.
This was very useful, thank you! I need to repot my hartmanii that I unfortunately nearly killed 2 years ago. It's getting better and growing new roots so I think it's time for it to go to a slightly bigger pot.
@@helloplantlovers Yes, the pot it's in was Way too small. I wasn't sure what I was doing with it and it had no roots at all, now it doesn't fit, so it's definitely time 😊
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@@helloplantlovers so far there are 2 registered hybrids. Both using with Rhyncostylis. I have 1 of the hybrid and hope to breed with it onto my vanda group. sarcochilus ceciliae looks promising too but I have yet to locate a plant.
The Sarco Marta, the first tag is the registered name, the second is the cross. I've never been successful at growing Sarcos, the roots always fail. Grow them drier, the roots desiccate, grow them wetter and they rot. Can't seem to find the right balance.
Hi Matthew, this was well timed as I have 5 on their way to me but their structure is very different to the other orchids I grow and it was very useful to know things like what do you do with the aerial roots when repotting and should those roots be watered and fed like the buried ones? I have one little one already which doesn't seem to be growing very quickly so perhaps it needs more light or feed ?
Hi Matthew, after watching a number of you videos on Sarcochilus and falling in love with them, I did purchase one on eBay. After about 2 weeks it did start to have leaves turn yellow and some parts wrinkled. It has been sitting on a North East window sill. Anyway, I was getting rather concerned that I was about to kill my first Sarcochilus. What to do I thought? So yesterday, I pulled it out of its tiny pot and found that there are hardly any roots at all. There was a bucket load of slow release fertilzer in the media so I removed all the media and replaced it wither new media. Fingers crossed that it will survive. Any advice you can give would be appreciated, Cheers, Helen from Sydney
Oh no! Well I think you've done the best thing. Hopefully the new medium is a free draining one? And then I would allow it to dry out a bit between waterings to avoid rotting the plant. You could use a diluted seaweed solution - like Seasol - to water it which will help with with root development. (Dilute it more than the recommendation on the bottle - it needs to be fairly week.) l Don't worry, they are tough and easy to bring back from the brink! Good luck!
@@helloplantlovers Yes the potting mix is free draining. I do have Seasol so I will give that a try in a few days. Thanks for your advice. I would love this little plant to survive and then flower in the years to come. P.S. I love your channel. Cheers.
