Orchids I bring inside for winter...and those I leave out! 

Really liked seeing your growing environments. Thank you!!

I love indoor plants ☘️😍

I grow orchids in Brisbane Queensland,in a temperature climate. We had a lecture at Orchid Club about orchids in Winter. I now cover my shade house roof with a clear tarpaulin to stop cold rain on the plants. I also bring the hardcane dendrobiums, vandas & seedlings inside to min 13degC at night then take them all back outside each morning. Our winter daytime temps have been min. 20deg C. These orchids continue to flower & grow without missing a beat!

Thanks, Matthew, great to hear your reasoning!

Hi Matthew, I've now caught up with all your videos and have enjoyed them all. It's so nice to see a fellow Australian showing their orchids and their way of growing them. I've been growing, perhaps I should say trying to grow, orchids in Victor Harbor in South Australia for about 5 years I guess, I have about 120 now. In this video I was very happy to see I keep the same types of orchids outside during winter in a similar situation as you, mine are under a west facing verandah. I used to feel guilty not having a better situation for them during the winter. I do have quite a few smaller seedlings now, Cattleya (trying some of the new SVO minis) and my latest passion, Nobile Dens and this year I brought all those in along with anything else I thought could benefit and set them up in the lounge in front of the window. I'm afraid I went full 'Nanny mode' and set up a couple of lights just to try and keep them moving through the winter. The couple of Den Phals and some Cattleya that seem to be struggling are on a pebble tray with a heat mat under. The air temp around the heat mat/pebble tray is about 17C to 20C Like you I don't water too much over winter, probably 3 weeks for those outside depending on what the weather as been like, inside plants are done as needed as they are tiny, but its only ever just a trickle, and only for those that really need it. We have a local Orchid Club with a great turn out every month. Do you go to any orchid clubs?

Amazing!!!

I’m in the San Francisco Bay Area which I think is similar to your climate. Oakland, where I live, doesn’t seem to get as hot as Melbourne. I always fret about that to bring in and what to leave outside, but things tend to work out. I honestly can’t believe that you can get orchid seedlings at the hardware store. Here it’s sad phals, and nothing else.

Enjoyed your rambling!! 😊

Hi Roslyn, I live in Brisbane too. I admire your dedication! Small seedlings and sarcs currently come inside at night only, due to space issues. Would you mind sharing the advice you received at your club regarding watering the hard cane dens in our particular Brisbane climate during our currently mild "winter" please? I can't find information specific to our neck of the woods. Thank very much.

Stunning Cymbidium ❤💗 Greetings from Poland 👋🏻

Hi Matthew. Don't give on Mr Rene Marquise 😅 , i also brought a seedling as well and it finally gave me 2 blooms last year!!!You wouldn't believe how stoked I was!! after 4years of just waiting and waiting....nothing... It was sooooo beautiful 😍 ❤️ It is so hard to find this Orchid, i haven't been able to find another plant. So if you decide to pass it on, i would be happy to give you some $$$ for it or maybe an orchid swap???

I'm in Geelong, my Cymbidiums are outside under cover all year round, late bloomers, four are blooming and four others are in flower spike. My sarc's and Dendrobiums are also outside. Inside are my Phals, three of which are budding, my Miltoniopsis, Cats and Miltonia and one Masda. Looking at your huge collection, you will need a huge truck to load them all when you move house😂

The garden looks great!💯

I didn’t see your phaiocalanthe kryptonite ‘parkside’. I do hope it is going well. I only aquired mine a few days ago and have been doing research into their needs. I live in Sydney and I’ve decided in a mix of 50% Peat Moss and 50% mix of fine bark, perlite and charcoal. Fingers crossed.

When you move will you have more room for your orchids? I saw a cissus discolor in your home, I think those are hard to grow also. Everything looks pretty good to me but I know nothing about orchids which is why I watch you, you seem to be doing pretty well with yours.

Matthew, you describe the sring and fall transitions as gradual where you live, for example moving a cold sensitive orchid outside when temps stop going below such-and-such. But where I live it seems like spring is a time when temps wildly fluctuate between winter and summer temps rather than changing gradually. I don't have any outdoor orchids yet, but wonder if you or anyone else has any suggested species for this weird climate where I live.

Interesting video. How do you avoid bringing bugs into the house?

Mathew should my Cymbidium roots be above my medium 😢Help they are at the moment