Rehabilitating Dehydrated Orchids: Semi-Hydroponics 

Hi, I'm Italian, can you help me? How long should the roots stay in the black tea? In semi-hydroponics, water should be added only to the bottom or also to the top?

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Hi, I'm Italian, can you write me how long the roots must stay in the black tea? Thank you

Can you share to me your method of watering how many days after last and what fertilizer ty

​@@rizasantri6546 I have the plants sitting in a medium that was originally intended for an aquaponics setup that ended up being a failed experiment. (ha ha! I have lot of those around my house.) Basically, if I get a new plant that is potted in moss, the first thing I do is get rid of the moss. Orchids are basically air plants that originated in tropical climates and many times they cling to the bark of a tree so reproducing that as closely as possible is the best way to go. I used to get special orchid potting mix from the big box stores, but since I started using the growing medium meant for aquaponics (I had about 40 lbs of the stuff and I recycle everything), I potted up the old orchids in the new medium after getting rid of the dead roots. This is usually done after they have finished flowering. Then I sit them on a saucer that contains the same aquaponic grow medium, which is basically marble-sized balls of clay. As far as watering, I have many other edible tropical plants and trees (like Avocado, lime, orange, olive, fig and a pepper vine that will eventually give me the kind of pepper you put on food) in my living room whose windows face south. When I check them to see if they need water, about once a week, I also take a good look at the orchids to see if they need watering or just misting. Now that it's getting warm, and they've started flowering, I tend to mist them frequently (usually when I remember, but since they're all sitting in my living room, they're not hard to miss). Occasionally, when I think of it, I'll add some very diluted liquid fertilizer to the spray bottle. As you can tell, I'm not prone to doing things on a tight schedule. Winter is trickier because the house gets warm and all the plants (and people too!_ need water in the atmosphere. I have started putting some containers of water under the tables that hold the plants so it evaporates into the atmosphere and I find that has helped considerably. Anyhow... try phalaenopis (moth) orchids. They're the easiest to grow. Good luck! :)

@@kalinystazvoruna8702 thanks for your time replying very informative I’ll keep in mind your advice

Eternally grateful I found you and your valueable videos! I have a phalaenopsis Ive had for 3 years. I'm a total orchid novice and haven't killed her yet. Thought I'd give this procedure a try. I removed the original flower stalks that each had 3-5 leaves and tossed them in the trash. More about that in a bit. My poor orchid had a HUGE plug beneath her and only about 3 viable roots. No idea how she was still alive! I sure hope she can make some more roots. If she does it's all due to you😊 So I was hooked on watching orchid videos and kept thinking about the stalks sitting in the trashcan. After some Googling I discovered I had thrown out 2 keikis!!!!! Those weird green off shoots were aerial roots!!! At about 1 am I fished them out, apologized, and trimmed the ends and put them in some distilled H2O. Later today I will try potting them up. They have been growing on the end of the flower stalks for over a year so hopefully they will survive! Whew! I went from one orchid to three in one swoop!

@@pamelacolander5612 I'm not sure without seeing what you tossed, but those 3-5 leaves on the flower stalks may have been baby orchids tying to establish themselves as plants.

@@marensutton5846hi Maren, thanks for your reply. After watching more videos the day I posted my comment here I watched another video and realized I had tossed 2 keikis!!! I rescued them and they are so far happily growing in their individual pots. I tell ya, these videos are priceless!

@@marensutton5846 How do you help the baby orchids on the stalks? I have one.

@@marensutton5846 yes they're keikis, that is what baby orchids are called

I cut the stems off to the soil . I didn’t know about how to take care of it since it was a gift. It’s nice and green but should I just throw it away since it has no stem to flower?

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Any kind of tea will be use

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Can you use any tea bags?

Not in bloom = replant it in really good soil and water it weekly !

Ph MWU in our case what is the definition of good?

Julie Giometti do you have to use distilled water?

No, "lying" in a jacuzzi.

Robin did you put your orchid back into bark or did you do the hydroponics mentioned in the video?

What exit?

hello can you tell me how to do it? I'm Italian I couldn't understand everything, the radixi are immersed in tea and then?????

is any black tea okay?

You didn’t show the planting of the plant and with that

Agreed! The egg glass method once a week almost made me kill mine as well. Now I sink the pot in water twice a week and let that dry well before I put the pot back. Not sure that is too much, but my orchids look really healthy from this.

Hello Bren

@@Thomasfrohwitter hello!

@@BrenHaas it's nice to hear from you, how do you spend your spare time?

I thought the same thing..It was like RU-vid knew I had some sad orchids that needed help

Hi 😊 have you googled anything about your orchids? This may explain why this video was on your feed.

Oh yes, orchids will live years and years if well cared for. I buy them from grocery stores and places like that when they stop blooming for $1 and then rehab them and give them out as gifts. I have about 20 right now and I absolutely love them! It's not all that hard to get them to bloom again either.

That's uncanny - samesies here! I noticed today that one of my orchids has "weird" leaves, now I know it is dried out and what to do about it!

I wondered the same thing, been having a sad orchid in my room for a couple of years, not knowing what to do with it

Pam Ela; "Rescue" orchid. I love that term! I have 3 that need rescuing and feeling guilty for neglecting them; for after all, they're living things. Do you know what he used for the repotting phase? Thank you.