Your garden is absolutely beautiful. ❤ I'm envious of your collection and your climate. I look forward to watching. I take my hat off to you, sir. Your dedication is so refreshing. 👏 👏 👏 🇬🇧
Hi Nelson, everytime Nature Nel pops up in the notification window, my heart skips a beat, thats becouse entertainment starts. I am so grateful, you guys, Blanca, Natasha and of course your self, let us have part of the activitys, sales, shows and the showcasing of your owen collection, in Florida. Since the pandemic we have no longer seen any orchidshows in my place ( Switzerland ) close to 5 years now. I do hope you get decently monetized, in order to keep your channel running. Believe me your contents ar being highly apreciated. Wish you the best of luck Andy
Hi Andy! Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. RU-vid pays but it’s really not that much. There are allot of things at play. But it does help some. I always say you have to love this in order to do it. It’s a huge commitment and discipline to produce so many videos a month. You guys really are one of the reasons I want to do better and bring you the best educational content on orchid growing, while entertaining. Hope you guys get your orchid fairs back. 🙏🏼💚🤗
@@naturenelI do have high hopes, these orchid shows will be back one day in this country...eventually. Until then we'll keep on watching your contents and apreciate your commitment and endevours all the more. Meanwhile we'll keep it green Andy
Great video!You’re giving great information on how to take care of our orchids and plants.I appreciate your time and effort.Your grounds are beautiful and your orchid selections are superb.Thank You for all you do!!
Wow Nelson everything is so beautiful!! The Blooms, the farm….so wonderful….Thank you for sharing!! You always inspire me to ‘build’ on and ‘add’ to my very small collection.
Wao sooo much blooms and they all beautiful. Pretty soon you’ll need more space, your orchids are getting huge. Your backyard gorgeous!!!! and your kitties so cute. See you next time,💜
Hey hey Nelson! Another wonderful video! Lovely phals, lovely blooms on those Dendrobiums my goodness! Please share your Encyclias next video, ty! for sharing!😍👍
I'm curious as to when you will divulge your Rhyncholaeliocattleya Krull's Happy Happy project? I believe I heard you mention something about that is a previous RU-vid video. As always you're crushing it with beautiful blooms and so appreciate you taking the time to walk us through your gardens.
You have a lot of orchids in bloom and they are all very gorgeous... the cymbidium that's blooming now and has two more spikes is just breath taking I love it 😊... thanks Nelson
I find it amazing how so Canadians are growing their orchids indoor. As a matter of fact Canadians are my third most watched audience next to Philippines and USA.
For reinvestment! Thank you, Nelson, for producing wonderful contents on your channel. Much appreciated! Hope you get a chance to visit Banjong soon when their new hybrids are released. I would love to see more orchid choices at Banjong 🙏
Thank you so much! I so appreciate it. I truly do use the funds to make this channel grow every year. You guys have made it possible as well. I will be doing a Banjong very soon. I spoke to Ben already about it. I’ll be there mid Spring. That’s when his nursery is exploding on all types of Vanda flowers. 💚🙏🏼🫶🏼
Good morning,☕️ Nelson please stop you ,need to stop ,you are killing me,lol lol . This weekend Palmer orchid has open house, spring show, I will refinance my house and buy everything lol..😂 keep it green.💚
Love all your blooms of all the phals. So pretty. I was wondering if maybe you could do a quick video one day of your aroids? I saw your Anthurium Veitchii in your tent and it look amazing.
gorgeous orchids as usual, and give yourself a lot of credit nelson. yes the quality of the plant is important, but it takes the hand of a detailed caring person who pays attention to detail to grow them at the quality level that you grow them. and that lychee tree solidifies that, lychees are not easy to grow just know that and that tree is fantastic! she is going to reward you for it and i also believe lychees produce fruit every other year, (i know the regular version does) so if you want fruit yearly you might want to grab another lychee tree or propagate that one so you can have fruit yearly. but with different cultivations now days it might be a yearly producer for you. i bet they will taste amazing, just look how beautiful it is.
THANK YOU!!! Very kind words. I appreciate you seeing all my hard work in my garden. There is so much behind the scenes. My neighbor has an acre of lychee trees. I’m sure cross pollination is already happening.🐝There are several lychee farms in my area so it helps allot. I feed it bone meal and also the leftover ashes from our wood oven. Natural is the way to grow your food.
The orchids sure do love your care and it shows bc they are all spectacular. I can’t even pick a favorite one. Keeping it green includes your thumb. Couldn’t believe how big Jackson got, so cute. Thank you for showing us your talents on orchid growing.💚💚💚
I'm glad that I found your channel. I was struggling to grow orchids because I was doing a few things that wouldn't go well in Florida. Your videos are very informative. Now one of my orchids is pushing 2 flower spikes for the first time. Thank you!
What a Super video !!!!....i am new to your channel, and your Garden,Orchids,and Video,s are Awesome jealous of your Garden living in Europe but i still enjoy my Orchids !....have a lovely Weekend and i look forward to your next Video ...😊😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you! We have allot in common. lol! I’m loving on the Phals as well. They are so showy. As far as my hair I’m basically letting it grow out a la natural. It’s a nice change from the bleaching and fading. And the monstera you are referring to are the ones crawling up the trees?
@@naturenel I can see you have common, even orchids amount is near a thousand right?😂 I think the monsteras I mention are near the phals on palm tree! They are so huge and green!💚
Nelson you always do such a wonderful job videotaping and showing us your beautiful blooms. Thank you so very much for always sharing. I truly enjoy my morning, drinking my coffee and watching your videos. 🌸🤗🌸 From
Beautiful blooms.. i have to admit that i fast forward to the Phal greenhouse. I can relate to those . Those summer bloomers do like to hide their blooms under the leaves. Your Schillariana looks amazing so far. ❤
It was nice to see the bromeliads at the end of the video! I only have about two years of orchid care experience so far and I live in Connecticut so it's been a little challenging figuring out what works.
If it makes it feel any better, it took my years just to learn how to bloom my first orchid. That’s what makes them special. Once you learn how to grow them, that’s when the collections usually take off. Happy growing and never give up. Make the journey part of the experience of your orchid passion.
@@naturenel Hardest thing for me so far is repotting with the right mix for home growing conditions in Connecticut. I think I killed alot of orchids last year with hydrogen peroxide on the roots. I already got two NoIDs to rebloom but it takes forever with colder temperatures.
I have begun following you again (time was not on my side) only to find you're worse on me now. My teeny tiny orchid garden is just beginning to flourish, in that I got a lot of blooms from Oct/Nov and is only now petering out. My dendrobiums came out full blast, and the phals are as overzealous as ever. I now need a huge favour from you - can you send me one of every orchid you own? (Yeah right!!). Keep on keeping it green!!
It sounds like you an amazing terrible incredible thing to happen to your orchids. lol!!!!! I’m happy to hear your orchids are bouncing back. To your last question…..NOPE! 😂
wow that cymbidium. I have a similar looking one flowering at mine, all the same parents, just yours has Cym. madidum added too. But yeah I was impressed with my 35 flowers and then you show your beast here putting mine in the shadows. Very impressive. Mine is still a lot smaller than yours so there is hope but that is still something mine will never manage to beat in my gloomy uk bathroom window I don't think.
Thanks Tom. You know ever since I repoted in New Zealand Spag Moss with packaging bits at the bottom in a cattleya pot, my Cymbidiums have taken off. They can be pretty finicky with watering as I’m sure you know. But this year my Gino’s Gem is showing off. Can’t wait for the other 3 spikes to bloom. I’m hoping the other flowers hold until the rest have opened. I also fed it last year allot. That may have helped push out more spikes.
@@naturenel I have noticed you have been fertilizing well - at least I suspected as much seeing the vigor in your plants and me having decided to try experimenting more too and getting similar results. It shows .I've already mentioned you have helped me more with that showing what other growers you know do aswell. Keep it up. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you help others grow orchids too.
Hey your "Kingianum" is a hybrid. It's called Dendrobium Jonathan's 'dark joy' its a complex hybrid perfect for florida while some of its parents like kingianum are great for the cooler coast of america. Kingianum does need to go doen in temperatures to spike while 'dark joy' lives like your other dendrobiums as it is a very strong and nice mix.
That’s awesome. I believe it came from Maria. I have no idea. I did find a tag the said Den. kingianum. So I figured it may have come from that one. Thanks for the identification.
@@naturenel I would love to share another tip with you about tolumnia. They thrive on just pure water and humidity. Feed them lightly and seldomly. Imagine growing on small twigs and thin branches which are semi new. The orchid doc has a great video of Tolumnia in the wild in Jamaica you know her. They are small plants and they don't need much. Since your collection is small there is an ebay sellar Named: Imported Orchids aka Angelstradesunlimited They are selling tolumnia 4 a piece and if you buy 8-12 you will get different ones and they happen to sometimes send extra seedlings of other kinds of orchids. If my collection ever dies or needed to be restarted I would order 16-20+ from them. You will get all forms of jairak tolumnia.
Nelson, I have followed your previous feeding schedule and I want to try this new one that you recommend, but I must be sure how to do it... do we only give them that monthly food and the rest of the necessary times that we must hydrate them, only water? Thanks 🤗
Yes. I’m only watering every other day and sometimes every 3 to 4 days if it’s wet outside. In summer I do water daily. It’s too hot. As far as feeding I start with a very low feeding at half the recommended dosage 1/2 tsp to gal of water. After a month of that initial feeding, I feed monthly at 1 tsp. To a gallon. That’s mainly for 20-20-20 and cal mag, and Super Thrive. For epson salt I do 2 tsp per gall.
Oh I noticed your Schilleriana has huge skies and bulbs ready to open. Mine has three spikes with bulbs and some blooms but the plant looks terrible. Maybe exhausted from all that happening?
Believe it or not I use the same method as my Phalaeonopsis. I do use a terracotta pot with slits on the sides to give more drainage. I add packing bits to the bottom of the pot, then I presoak New Zealand moss in water and use that as the main medium. Water loosely. I let it dry out in between watering a. I never water if the moss is wet. Same for a Phals. Also feed in Spring and Summer. That will help it with next years blooms. The food is only to make the plant stronger in order to produce more blooms at its blooming season. It’s not going to bloom out of season if you feed it more. I made the rocky mistake in the beginning. I would feed for blooms and was always disappointed. If you can use rain water in your fertilizer or well water that would be extra bonus.
I switch everything to New Zealand Spag Moss. Plus I have been adding styrofoam packaging bits at the bottom of the pots for more drainage. That helps allot. Plus remember to feed throughout Spring and Summer.
Nope. It’s called no time to repot. lol! I normally like to repot in terracotta with Spag Moss from New Zealand. I also place some styrofoam packing bits at bottom of pot for extra drainage. If you like to water often, try using a cattleya terracotta pots with the slits on the side for more drainage.
Sorry. Most phals don’t have tags. They get their phals from Thailand where they are constantly creating all sorts of crosses. But since there are so many, they don’t register a name for each Phal. It’s very time consuming and expensive for large growing. The great part about that is sometimes you come across something so unique and out of this world beautiful with if all the crosses. Chances are you may not see it again once the entire stock of seedlings are sold. It takes 4 to 5 years to grow from seed to blooming size. If the grower decides to bring back a specific cross, it may take years before you see it again. Many times thy don’t repeat the cross. Only the ones that are the most popular because they sell fast at big box stores. That’s why it’s so exciting for me to collect specialty cross standard phals.
Welcome to the most wonderful world of beautiful blooms. Orchid keeping is an instant falling in love hobby. I hope my channel helps you as a newbie in the platform. 🤗🙏🏼💚
