Edit: Actually some of these Zygos are from Veronica, but I also purchased some discounted ones soon after. Some didn't make it, some I potted together as they were identical.. I just don't remember which is which at this point, but yeah... I kinda get confused and forget stuff myself too at this point.. sorry!! 🤷
I brought home a zygo last year that was about to be thrown in the trash at work. I tried planting it like this with soil and perlite, and it has recovered and grown so well, and just started blooming. This video was a huge help!
Interesting. I planted my cymbidium and oncydium in a potting mix last year. So far they are loving it, they seems to grow better and fatter. Lol. So I am experimenting the same. Awesome.
Danny, I have a Zygo Blue Blazes 'Berrie Ford' that I bought a couple of years ago that came with a couple of blooms. I love the fragrance of this particular Zygo. Nevertheless, upon purchasing it I reported it to lava rock which is what I use to grow orchids based on my environment, but I have notice that although the plant puts out growth and the roots look healthy and vigorous, the plant has not bloomed and the leaves look thin and weak. Like you, I've been thinking that my variety may be a semi-terrestrial one, so I decided to do what you did with yours. Two weeks ago I repotted it into an airy terrestrial mix and what do you know...? I have a flower spike for the first time! And, the new leaves are growing more vigorous. Just thought I let you know it works... :-)
Now don't those orchids look handsome. All potted up and no where to go. :) Thank you for this video and all the information to go with it. Looking forward to seeing them all in bloom and up dates to go with them. Have a real great day.
Very interesting 🤔. This was an excellent video. Your right about the temperature,they seem to like intermediate. Mine is growing ok, but but could do better. Please do keep us posted on their progress. Thanks for sharing your experiment.🤗
They look great and hopefully the newly repotted ones will turn around like the others! I only have one zygo, it has rebloomed for me and is in a mix of bark, leca, and spagnum.
That was really interesting! One of my Zygos was terribly sick but I think I manage to revive him so.... Tomorrow I will get some perlite and soil and let's try to make him more happy ^^ You might proof that soil is not enemy of every orchid :-0)
I keep my zygo in orchid compost (like soil) with leca in. That's all I had. It was a £1 nearly dead from B&Q purchase, and a year on it's grown 2 new growths, and it is trying to take over the sitting room, it's huge!!
@@joshuarichards8065 hehe b&q had a 'we think this is dead, have it for a pound' rack last summer. I got a zygo (the media was literally dust and it was shriveled badly), and 2 brassias in much the same state. They're all growing really well now. In Tesco's ATM, there's only phals and white den nobiles. All my nobiles have gone Keiki crazy. I have 10 ATM! So no more orchid space!
I'm not sure this applies exactly, but after watching and learning about terrestrial and non, I changed the soil mix on my Thanksgiving cactus... It's been growing in potting soil for years, but on it's last repot, I mixed in 50% Orchid bark with its usual soil mix. It seems very happy after 4 months with Lots of new growth.
I repotted my Zygopetalum 2 months ago in fine bark and seramis clay mix after trying my experimental waterculture method to treat it's wrecked root system. Went from nearly zero roots to 2 new psuedobulb shoots growing and roots touching sides of a 6 inch pot.
I grow my paphiopedilums like this, with a little over 50% perlite, and I have great success. I have the same problem as you with my zygos, so I'm going to give soil a try. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for this interesting experiment. The current results of the first two zygos in soil/perlite mix are certainly compelling. Might try this experiment with my noid zygo that has been doing okay but not great for the past 2 years
How often do you need to water the Zygo if planted in this soil mixture? Do you let it become completely dry? Do you soak the pot, or just add a set amount of water? I just received 1 Zygo (and it's my only one) and is currently re-hydrating in water but will be planted in the soil any day and I don't want to stress it with watering incorrectly.
Thank you so much for this video!!! I was so ready to give up on my zygos. Have you tried leca with zygos? I have mine in leca and they don’t look like they are improving. I was going to lawn shop to purchase some soil for my other plants and i will purchase perlite so I can try soil with my zygos. Perfect timing for me that you put this video out. Thanks again.🙏
Thanks for this video. I have a Zyg. that grows but doesn't thrive. I'm going to repot as a terrestrial and see if she grows less spindly and more robustly.
Waaw thats a big difference. I had 1 zygo and it died because i couldn't get rid of the spider mites in ages. I will definitely give it a try when i will get some new zygo in my collection. 🥰
Hi Danny, thank you for the video. Since this video comes from June the 8th and today is August the 13tn. Could you please, tell us if did now you notice an improvement in the last zygo that you repotted in this video? Thank you in advance.
Thank you for this video!! My zygos weren't doing well either. I tried everything. After watching this, I repotted them and they seem to be responding already. What I didn't hear in this video is how often to water? Do you wait until it's dried out or keep it moist? Thanks again!
I repotted my really old orchids using the potting soil you recommended., You were right. The soil they had come in was soggy and bad. Especially after that many years., I now have one left. They all died. That potting soil didn’t seem to work . Immediately they died. Only change was that soil. Any thoughts? Sorry I don’t have the name of it. Looked like bark with white twisted stuff..
I agree, the specific Compo soil you used is quite good. I have used it on my big Schefflera for years and it results in very good growth if I pot plants in it. So I'm wondering whether it's simply well pre-fertilized. Unfortunately their peat-free version is worse
Very interesting! I have not tried this yet. I wonder if it would work on the Tsubotaara orchids. My Zygos, and Tsubos did great at first, then slowly degraded in my inorganic mix. I may give this a try. Thanks! 😊
Interesting! I’ve always thought that nothing is “set in stone” (or bark!!) when it comes to orchids. I wonder if this may apply to other terrestrials like paphs? Perhaps another experiment is in order!! (LOL)😄
Wow anouther good info video. Good to know that soil perlite mix can work. I have had sucess and rebloomed my zygo, only have one. Its curenly in a moss small bark and perlite mix, im struggling with algee thow,so good to know of the soil mix. Thanks, and congrats on the zygo sucess yoir having!😁
Hi Danni, This may be a dumb question, but, after you have your Zygos in this "potting soil", do you wait for the soil to be dry before watering, or when? I just am worried because it's a different media.. Please let me know, I'm gettin' older now..
Today is 11/10/22. Can you please let us now how these Zygos are doing today ? I see a lot of folks asking but I don't see any updates .. Have to tried any other orchids in this soil mix ? Thanks for all your video's ..
I was really interested to see this because I have an oncidium type that's doing much better in a 50/50 soil to bark mix - it looks much bushier in that mix than my others which are just in bark. I made the mix from African violet soil (which already has perlite) and a fine grade bark mix with a little bit of ceramics sprinkled in and it looks amazing with that soil mix.
I love your videos! Have you considered just using plain soil for the very top layer, instead of bark? It will retain a bit less moisture than the bark, and still look nice.
Thanks. I have 3.They are new. They are in very broken down bark and moss as far as I can see and are done blooming now. Is the present medium a good substitute for soil?
I have 2 orchids that were just sitting in my patio for over a year and now one of them looks dead, no leaves, no remaining roots (maybe just 1 root & that one is almost dead) and the stem is turning brown but has a spike that looks healthy! Can I do anything to rescue it?
DO Orchids like to be in the shower? 10 mins? lukewarm warm water? also my Phallocentrism orchid is sideways like it grow on trees some the water does not rot the leaves?
You can also use 2:1 soil and bark mix to paphiopedilumand phragmipedium, since they are torrestrial. I use this for paph and they grow healthy and fast
I keep my Zygonisia Murasaki Komachi in a 5L bucket with full moss, it has one bloom on a new growth right now, hoping that I'll get flowers on the four other new growths. My Zygolum is in moss over a LECA reservoir, it was struggling but it's getting established. My Murasaki Komachi didn't skip a beat when transitioning to moss, but I also didn't remove any of the old medium because it was so rootbound that I could not even see the medium lol *interestingly enough, my Murasaki Komachi from Trader Joe's came with what looked like potting medium, it looked like the medium that Milts sometimes come in.
Very interesting, I'm going to try this out with my orchids. I have two very confused orchids. One was flowing and seemed to be easing off flowering. Another has got a baby at it got shocked because I forgot to water it. It did flower a bit this winter. It also was on my window still. In England we've had some really hot weather and now some shocking cold weather. I moved them off the window still into the room. Now the flowering one has thrown me flowers out. The one that has the baby has also thrown out a big flower stem. Can you repot whilst they are flowering?
Hi, there is some peat, here's what they say about it www.compo.com/int/products/soil-compost/universal-potting-soil/compo-sana-universal-potting-soil I cannot say if it would be ok for Paphs from experience, it could be ok, but Paphs seem ok in bark/ moss mixtures. If you'd like to try it always try with one only first!
Great idea. Think I will try this in one of my Zygo’s that is “on the way out “ so if it dies not work in my environment then no loss really as I have a division of it
Hey Danny! Please help with a suggestion about my problem: my orchids have very little flies that go around in every corner of the room, and I often see them buzzing around my orchids pots; what can I do about this? Note: my orchids are fine (roots, leaf, flower spikes, proper bark medium changed a few months ago), are placed in the kitchen because there is a lot of space for them, away from the cooker, the shade is lighter, they are away from my cats :D
I had this infestation of tiny black flies (they even get into the nose, most annoying) so I repotted all my phals in leca and oncidiums in leca and semi hydro with a humidity of 70%. So far they are doing well and no more flies.
Any chance of an update on this? I bought a Zygopetalum about six months ago and it had a bit wrinkly bulbs and I couldn't find out why it didn't want to fill out. It did give me new leaves. I decided to repot them close to these instructions. It's been a couple of weeks, I hope it settles in well.
I have my Zygo in rough bark. Otherwise I get root rotting. Living in northern Germany with a north facing window. This way I get healthy green roots. I let them dry out before a little bit until next watering.
I just received a Dendrobium Kingianum, that was lost in the mail for almost a week longer than expected. He really looks great and has some nodes trying to grow flowers. So my question is, should I wait for him to get adjusted to my climate, etc before repotting him? He is in very losely laid moss now but I do have dendrobium mix from repotme... Whatcha think?
Well I personally never wait, most of the orchids I receive barely gave any medium left, or the medium is too bad, so I repot them as soon as I can film. If there is a shock most likely it will be because of the transport, so repotting won't make much of a difference if the orchid decides to nit bloom anyway. So do what you feel is heathier for the orchid ☺️
by the way leaf tip dye back in cymbidiums is due more to ph of water , if you are going with the premise that zygo's are similar to cymbidiums and are terrestrial.
This video couldn't of came at a better time. I'm preparing to go on vacation so I'm soaking all my orchids and I found centipedes in my Zygopetalum. I just so happened to forget the orchid soaking and they all came out. I hate centipedes! I never though I'd ever see them in a orchid pot. It is getting repotted today. I have potting mix but I don't have perlite. Can I use medium size orchiata bark instead to aerate the soil or my reportme jewel orchid mix? I haven't repoted this orchid because I didn't know what media would be best.
I was gifted a blue angel zygo for my birthday just past. I’m unsure if it like the transit or not as it was in full bloom when arrives and now 2 out of the 4 flower spikes are dying. This is my 1st zygo so I’m unsure how long it blooms for and if this is normal. I’m in scotland and I keep them in my room and the bay window which doesn’t get direct sunlight but enough day light. My mini phal is doing great keeps growing more flowers. And my seedling witchcraft is starting to come back in to growth. Any pointers welcome on the zygo
I can't remember which orchid is which, so now I have tried to buy decorative pots along with the orchid which match the lip color or the dominant color. These orchids are huge so I had to sometimes put rocks in the bottom of the pots.
Oooh! I may try this for my mini zygo. So far he seems to be doing okay, I just do a bark a moss mixture, but if he starts to struggle ill swap to this and see what happens
My question is the watering & fertilizing process I water in sink full of water, fertilizer and let it drink from drainage hole then set out for run off. run light setting with fan for the day
The drainage hole is an extra labor step and one where there may be loss of the pot (former potter here). Must be done at the leather hard stage. Drilling the hole may be more costly due to the vibration causing cracks, breakage. Might be worth the price. I wouldn't drill them, myself.
Hi Danni, cute! You've got ideas! I'm looking fwd to seeing how these guys are doing in a while. I've already thought about Dendrophals - maybe they'd appriciate some soil too? 🤔🤔🤔 What'd you say? My tries in leca has not been that successful, although in my climate I don't have problems with leca being too dry on the surface, it's not. 🤷♀️
Hi, I would not use soils for epiphytes, the only reason for trying it with Zygos is because I think these hybrids have a lot of 'terrestrial' genetics. I think soil would suffocate epiphyte roots, be careful!
@@MissOrchidGirl thank you, Danni, I'm still thinking, not yet doing anything, them still sitting in leca. They're getting yellow leaves, although they seemed so fresh and green. I had to get rid of their initial substrat because of the thripse invasion and there were other insects, too. Maybe they'll adapt at the end. It's my 2nd try after I lost the first one. 🤷♀️
Interesting...🤔 my zygo's that I rescued/purchased from Albertson's Grocery Store in the US were potted in a mixture of coco peat soil & perlite and I always thought that was contrary to how I've heard they should be potted! They grow well in soil and I plan on re-potting them in the same mix I got them, when they are ready! Thank u fir sharing this experiment with us all Dani!! I feel more confident about my zygo's girls!
@@MissOrchidGirl Thank you very much - most instructions seem to show Cymbidiums potted primarily in bark but since they are terrestrial, it seems reasonable to have some potting soil in the mixture too.
Well, my Zygo has no choice, really. There are two or three types of potting mixes available where I live, so practically all sorts of my orchids are potted in the same media 😂 a mix of pine bark, coconut fibers, perlit, and sphag moss. So, there you are - adapt or die. Luckily they all adapted
What an amazing looking zygo you have! Have you ever or has anybody here ever tried to cross a zygo and and oncidium. I have a nice-looking Sherry baby that I want to try to cross. And also if you were successful which was the mother and which was the father and what traits ended up being dominant. Thanks. I love your videos
The "white" is perlite....not to be confused with vermiculite which helps to retain moisture. Perlite helps to keep the soil from compacting as much....which allows air to circulate around the roots, the roots to grow more easily not having to struggle against the soil, and it helps to keep from overwatering as water tends to flow through more easily. Of course, you still need drainage holes so water does not pool in the bottom of your pot.
