Orchid Talk: Saving Cattleyas with no roots 

i totally agree , that repotting is a trauma for orchids i'm so glad you addressed this in this video. i know a lot of youtubers do repotting videos but really i think they should never be repotted . i'll only up pot orchids in the future im thinking.

I had a rootless Rhyncolaelia Aristocrat (digbyana x glauca), which stayed on a bed of moss above a leca reservoir for the whole winter (November-January); just used RO drinking water. I was about to throw it out because it looked just about dead, but I found that it had rooted into the moss when I went to pick it up lol it seems like they need that "oh I'm about to die" moment before they starting putting out roots.

Interesting info indeed! Thanks! 😀🙏

It would be nice to see a demo on this thank you

Thanks! Good job!

Danny uses 3% H2O2 against snails and seems to work rly well

Unfortunately, I only ever managed to save two rootless cattleyas ... schilleriana and maxima ... the latter is going to bloom 🤞🏼 .. 3 buds are showing on latest growth & 2 on the growth from the previous years... both sheaths had dried out... but I think that’s it’s habit.

Thanks for the information. So my question is if my Cat has over grown its 5inch pot, should I repot or should I simply pot the entire plant - 5 inch pot and all, into something like a 8 inch pot. All without un-potting it, to avoid stressing my plant out?

Are the snails zonitoides arboreus? if they are we have them in australia they are an introduced pest the only way i got rid of them was unpot all my orchids put their media in boiling hot water i got rid of them all

I have one with three 💡💡💡 one green shriveled,two half brown shriveled ,no roots,one leaf but yellow\brown and soft.Ill try to save it😭

Snails do not like coffee. By spraying both roots and leaves with diluted coffee solution the orchid will absorb it and the taste will not be appealling to snails anymore.