How to Repot Your Phalaenopsis Orchids with Steve Hampson 

Bright green/grey are two entirely different colors. This confuses me.

I made that mistake with my first phalaenopsis repot. I used bark chips for orchids but for some reason these were really huge pieces. I unpot it yesterday to check the roots and the roots weren't doing well at all half were like peeling off and dried off. Basically dead. Maybe initial repot shock from its new environment and back and forth it had. It was tortured by my colleagues and they put it into the work garden sand so I was like what the hell and tried to save it guess the damage was already done and probably just made it worse. I repot in a translucent pot, and a finer bark chip medium a better quality one. Haven't seen how the orchids deal with this medium long term though , i removed the keiki from the mother plant. A lot of the time if you don't have the experience with them you choose the wrong kind of pot which can also be detrimental to the orchid. I have no idea if the keiki will survive or the mother plant. The mother plant had a terminal spike on purchase . I also added extra drainage holes to all the pots I repot orchids in as it had the tiniest holes at the bottom and I felt like this was asking for trouble since I repot it in a solid plastic pot and the roots probably didn't get enough airation and also stayed too wet in the medium with a enclosed pot. So after all trauma she put out the keiki to save herself so will see what Happens.

@@SewWhittle it depends on the plant. This is why a transparent pot is important. You will be able to see how the roots start to change colour when the medium is drying. You will notice the weight of the pot, it will be lighter. Good luck 🤞🏻

@@noar6367 I am not expert in growing orchids, but I have had some experiences about growing orchids. I would agree with Noa R about repotting orchid in transparent pot (especially phalaenopsis) with orchid barks with a little moss covering at the top. I like to place the plastic pot inside a ceramic pot to keep the plant for easy to move around the house. The barks are for the orchid roots to hold on inside the pot. The reason for using the plastic pot is that you can see easily the condition of the roots and the medium in the pot before watering the orchid. Don't follow any advice about watering the orchid every week or every other week. It is really depending up the condition of the interior of the pot and the orchid roots or the outside environment of the orchid. You only water the orchid when you see the medium is drying out. Please remember to have holes around the pot and the bottom of the pot for bringing some air circulation into the roots and for draining water purpose. When the orchid needs watering, place the plastic pot in the lightly fertilized water container for 5 to 10 minutes. Make sure water is draining out of the pot after you remove the pot from the water container before placing it back to the ceramic pot. With plastic pot, you need to be careful with the high temperature during summer time. This is another reason, people likes to place the plastic pot inside a ceramic pot for protection the roots, in addition to decoration purpose. As suggested by Noa R, you will become expert by comparing the weight of the pot when the orchid pot is ready for watering or not. Experts can chime in to help out. Happy growing.

@@SewWhittle it confused me why he said that too as bright green indicates hydration. If they’re dry they’ll be silvery grey (I even water when they’re pastel green - very light in colour and mine are thriving) if that makes any sense.

9

Secondly, don't push that spagnum moss in as hard as he does, or use too much, or you're going to create the same problems again in no time, it's simply shouldn't be as tight as in his video, are you get way too much water in your pot, and make it harder for roots to find their way, and reduce room for air!

Awesome, thank you!

Yes - you can . I try to hang some Dendrobium orchids on the orange trees … doing real well. Filter lights. ❤️ In Spring time I will try to hang Phalaenopsis orchids on the trees.

Sorry Steve not Rodger lol

You can do both, but it depends on your conditions and how often you can water them. A mixture could be good because you'll get a little more water retention with the moss. I wouldn't recommend just moss if you tend to be a heavy handed waterer.