Tour BILTMORE'S ORCHID Conservatory — Ep. 372

Summary

В этом видео снимается экскурсия по историческим участкам Билтморского усадьбы, где особое внимание уделяется комнате с орхидеями. Ведущий, Марк Берсетт, специалист по орхидеям, рассказывает о своей работе и философии дизайна пространства для выставки этих цветов. Он упоминает, что в коллекции около тысячи видов орхидей, и рассуждает о разных типах орхидей, таких как терростры, эпифиты и гибриды. Марк также делится сведениями о том, как ухаживать за орхидеями и как они растут в различных условиях. Видео завершается советами по уходу и проведению экскурсий по историческим местам.

Takeaways

• 🏰 Орхидеевая комната Билтмора (Biltmore) была специально выделена для отдельного эпизода из-за её важности и коллекции.
• 🌿 Орхидеевый эксперт Марк Берсетт (Mark Bersett) был нанят специально для ухода за орхидеями и расширения коллекции до 1000 растений.
• 🌼 Орхидеи - это огромная семья растений, состоящая из около 30 000 видов и 150 000 гибридов, позволяющих иметь цветущие растения круглый год.
• 🌱 Семейство орхидеев включает в себя как эпифиты (растения, растущие на других растениях), так и террестральные виды, которые могут расти в почве.
• 🌳 Террестральные орхидеи, такие как Fus Dan Rosenberg, проще выращивать в домашних условиях и могут выглядеть как молодой пальмовый дерево.
• 🌱 Для выращивания орхидеев в домашних условиях важно понимать их естественные условия роста, например, понижение температуры и увлажнение воздуха.
• 🌺 Дендробиумы (Dendrobium) - это гибриды, включающие в себя около 1200 видов, и они являются моноссональными растениями с определенными условиями ухода.
• 🌼 Слипер-орхидеи (Slipper Orchids) или Пепия (Paphiopedilum) считаются удобными для выращивания в домашних условиях и имеют привлекательные листья даже вне сезона цветения.
• 🌿 Орхидеи Кадиуми (Catasetum) и Катас (Cattleya) требуют яркого освещения и должны переносить периоды засухи и холода в зимние месяцы.
• 🌸 Бабльфилы (Bulbophyllum) - это необычные виды орхидеев с необычными цветами и запахами, которые привлекают определенные виды опылей.
• 📈 Для обеспечения круглогодичного разнообразия цветущих орхидеев в общественном саду необходима большая коллекция растений, чтобы покрывать периоды между цветением разных видов.

Q & A

Орхидея, о которой рассказывают в скрипте, принадлежит к какому семейству растений?

Орхидеи принадлежат к очень большому семейству растений, состоящему из около 30 000 видов и около 150 000 гибридов.

Какой тип орхидей можно выращивать в домашних условиях, если у вас недостаточная влажность и движение воздуха?

Террестральные орхидеи (террасные) - это тип орхидей, который может выращиваться в домашних условиях, так как они приспособлены к условиям с меньшим уровнем влажности и требуют меньшего движения воздуха.

Какой орхидный гибрид был упомянут в скрипте как хороший для выращивания дома?

Слиpper Orchid (Петельчатая орхидея) с именем 'Delady' упоминалась в скрипте как хороший для выращивания дома.

Какой фактор является ключевым для успешного выращивания орхидей дома?

Успешное выращивание орхидей дома зависит от знания оптимальных условий для каждого вида, включая уровень влажности, свет и температура.

Как часто нужно удобрять орхидеи, если вы хотите, чтобы они цветели в течение всего года?

Орхидеи нужно удобрять один раз в неделю в течение ростового сезона, обычно с февраля по ноябрь.

Какой тип орхидей предпочитают выращивать в публичных садах для обеспечения цветения круглый год?

Для обеспечения цветения круглый год в публичных садах предпочитают выращивать гибриды орхидей, так как они дают больше цветущих растений в течение года.

Какой орхидный вид был упомянут в скрипте как родственный катиям?

Орхидея Ения уроджера (Enyia cordigera) была упомянута в скрипте как родственная катиям.

Как называется процесс, когда выращенные из семян орхидеи получают уникальное имя?

Процесс называется клонированием (cloning), и каждое из выращенных из семян орхидеи может получить собственное имя.

Какой процент орхидей, упомянутых в скрипте, являются гибридами?

По утверждению эксперта, около 80% орхидей, упомянутых в скрипте, являются гибридами.

Какой тип растений может быть хорошим спутником для орхидей при выставке?

Папорти и другие мягкотекстурные растения, такие как папорти, могут быть хорошими спутниками для орхидей при выставке.

Как часто нужно увлажнять почву для орхидей в теплице?

Орхидеи в теплице увлажняются каждый день, удобряются один раз в неделю.

Какой процент орхидей в коллекции скрипта являются видами, а какие гибридами?

В коллекции, описанной в скрипте, примерно 80% орхидей являются гибридами, а 20% - видами.

Outlines

00:00

🌸 Орхидеи в Билтморе: специалист по орхидеям Марк рассказывает о своем опыте

В этом отрывке Марк, специалист по орхидеям, делится информацией о своей работе в Билтморе. Он упоминает, что когда начал работу, было около 300 орхидей, но с тех пор коллекция выросла до 1000 растений благодаря друзьям и знакомым в индустрии. Он также объясняет свою философию дизайна пространства для выставки орхидей и подчеркивает важность постоянного обновления коллекции, так как орхидеи - это огромная семья с более чем 30 000 видами и 150 000 гибридами, что позволяет поддерживать цветение круглый год.

05:01

🌿 Разнообразие орхидей: от террариальных до эпифитных

В этом отрывке рассматривается широкий спектр видов орхидей, доступных для выращивания. Марк упоминает террариальные орхидеи, которые легче выращивать в домашних условиях из-за своих привычек к почве и влажности. Он также затрагивает эпифитные виды, которые предпочитают расти на других растениях и требуют более высокой влажности и воздухоплавания. Марк подробно описывает несколько конкретных видов, включая Fus Dan Rosenberg, Dendrobium и Catasetum, и обсуждает их особенности выращивания и цветение.

10:04

🌼 Флоральная морфология орхидей и их привлекательность для пчел

В этом абзаце рассказывается о флоральной морфологии орхидей и том, как они привлекают пылесосные обitaтели для опыления. Упоминаются особенности липка - модифицированного лепестка, который выглядит как ловушка. Марк также обсуждает, какие виды орхидей он получил в подарок и как он управляет своим переполненным зеленым домом, перенося некоторые растения в общественный сад.

15:06

🌱 Уход за орхидеями: отбор подходящих для домашнего выращивания

Марк обсуждает различные виды орхидей, которые подходят для домашнего выращивания, включая слиппер-орхидеи и их гибриды. Он подчеркивает важность понимания условий, необходимых для выращивания определенных видов, и рассказывает о своем личном опыте выращивания различных орхидей. Также упоминается важная информация о том, как определить, когда орхидеи готовы к цветению и как ухаживать за ними для достижения наилучших результатов.

20:07

📚 Орхидеи и их идентификация: сложности и советы

В этом отрывке Марк делится своими советами по уходу и идентификации различных видов орхидей. Он упоминает использование журналов и литературы по орхидеям для изучения и запоминания характеристик разных видов. Также рассказывается о методах размножения орхидей, включая вегетативное размножение через кикки, и обсуждаются особенности ухода за различными видами, такими как ванды, которые предпочитают ежедневную уборку.

Keywords

💡Орхидеи

Орхидеи - это многочисленная семейство растений, состоящее из около 30 000 видов и около 150 000 гибридов. Они являются центральным тематическим элементом видео и представляют собой растения, которые можно выращивать и в домашних условиях, и в тропических условиях. В видео рассказывают о разнообразии видов орхидей, их размещении и уходе.

💡Эпифиты

Эпифиты - это растения, которые растут на других растениях, используя их для поддержки, но не для получения питательных веществ. Орхидеи часто являются эпифитами, что делает их выращивание в домашних условиях сложным из-за специфических условий, которые они предпочитают, таких как высокий влажность и воздухообмен.

💡Террестриальные орхидеи

Террестриальные орхидеи - это виды орхидей, которые растут на земле, а не на других растениях. Они более удобны для выращивания в домашних условиях, так как не требуют специальных условий, как эпифиты. В видео упоминается, что некоторые виды, такие как Fus Dan Rosenberg, могут вырастить в почве и являются более подходящими для домашнего ухода.

💡Гибридизация

Гибридизация - это процесс создания новых видов или растений путем скрещивания двух разных видов с целью получения новых характеристик. В контексте видео, гибриды орхидей имеют важное значение для создания разнообразия цветов, форм и ароматов, которые привлекают любителей орхидей.

💡Уход за орхидеями

Уход за орхидеями включает в себя определение их watering schedule, удобрение, освещение и другие условия, необходимые для их роста и цветения. В видео рассказывают о том, как важно знать, как ухаживать за каждым видом орхидеи, чтобы обеспечить ее здоровье и продуктивность.

💡Флора и фауна

Флора и фауна - это растения и животные, которые живут в определенной зоне. В контексте видео, рассказывают о том, как некоторые виды орхидей, такие как булбум, привлекают определенных польщиков с помощью своих цветов и запахов, что является частью их природной стратегии воспроизведения.

💡Культивари

Культивари - это особь или группа особей растения, которая была развивлена человеком с определенными характеристиками, которые отличаются от дикой формы. В видео упоминается, что большинство орхидей в коллекции являются культиварами или гибридами, что позволяет создавать разнообразие в выставочных совокупностях.

💡Сайтирование

Сайтирование - это процесс определения оптимального местоположения для здания или структуры, в данном контексте, для теплицы. В видео подчеркивается важность правильного расположения теплицы для обеспечения естественного освещения, которое не может быть добавлено, если его не хватает.

💡Биотип

Биотип - это обобщенное понятие, описывающее группу растений, которые имеют схожие биологические и экологические характеристики. В видео упоминается, что некоторые виды орхидей, такие как ванда, предпочитают определенные условия вerverения и освещения, которые должны быть учтены при их размещении и уходе.

💡Воспроизводство растений

Воспроизводство растений - это процесс создания новых растений через различные методы, включая посадку семян, размножение по Cutting или по расщеплению. В контексте видео, рассказывают о том, как некоторые виды орхидей могут воспроизводиться через Cutting, что позволяет расширять их коллекцию.

💡Удобрение

Удобрение - это вещество, добавляемое к почве для улучшения плодородия и обеспечения растениям питательных элементов. В видео упоминается, что удобрение является важным аспектом ухода за орхидеями, особенно в теплицах, где растения выращиваются круглый год.

Highlights

The Orchid room at the Biltmore Estate is given a special episode dedicated to its unique collection.

Mark Basset, a horticulturalist and orchid specialist, shares his expertise on orchid care and design.

The orchid collection at Biltmore has grown from 300 to about a thousand plants under Mark's care.

Orchids are a diverse family with around 30,000 species and 150,000 hybrids, allowing for year-round blooming.

Fus Dan Rosenberg, a primary hybrid between Fus tank ofilia and gastrochilus tuberculosa, is highlighted for its unique colors and growth habits.

Terrestrial orchids like Fus Dan Rosenberg can be grown easily in pots, even indoors.

Epiphytic orchids are more challenging for home growers due to their need for high humidity and air movement.

The importance of growing orchids that are suitable for one's local climate is emphasized.

Dendrobium hybrids, such as 'Nester,' are showcased for their fragrance and growth patterns.

Catasetum, a Florida native orchid, has a unique growth cycle that mimics the state's wet and dry seasons.

Paphiopedilum, or slipper orchids, are noted for their ease of growth and attractiveness even when not in bloom.

The process of naming and registering new orchid clones is discussed, with an example of 'Biltmore Zaroni'.

Cattleya orchids and their hybrids are shown, with a focus on their varying flower sizes and fragrances.

The Orchid rematriation program at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is praised for its efforts to reintroduce native species.

Orchid care tips are provided, including the importance of proper watering, fertilization, and temperature control.

Bubble palm, a plant with unusual flowers that mimic dead meat, is featured as an example of the diversity within the orchid family.

The need for a large collection to ensure continuous blooming in a public garden is explained, with the suggestion of around 300 plants.

The video concludes with a reminder of the importance of proper greenhouse siting and the joy of continuous learning in orchid cultivation.

Transcripts

on our sister Channel flock we toured

the historic grounds of the builtmore

estate and in a previous episode here

walked through belmore's Lush

conservatories but purposely left out

the Orchid room so that we could give it

its own special episode here on plant

one on

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me my name is Mark bersett I am uh

listed as a Horticultural and have you

always done the Orchid House here or

okay yes I'm I was hired to do orchids

great okay cuz you are an orchid

specialist then right orchids is not my

forte but there's a lot of people on the

channel who absolutely adore them so I'm

grateful that you are an expert here and

you could actually take us through

you're changing the orchids constantly

correct tell me a little bit about your

philosophy of Designing the space

showcasing them when I came to work here

there were about 300 plants so and that

was due to attrition so they kept

whatever grew they didn't have an orchid

specialist so I started bring in plants

I have friends who gave me Plants I know

people in the industry so our collection

has grown to about a th plants wow and

being a public garden you need to have

something in bloom all year round so you

can do that with orchids because they're

a very large family of plants there's

about um 30,000 species so you can do

that about 150,000 hybrids so there's

pretty much anything that that you want

and orchids is available yeah so why

don't you take us through I don't and I

don't know if you specialize in certain

orchids but why don't you take us

through some of the ones that are

actually In Bloom now so this plant here

I love plants with stories this this

came from the Atlanta botanic garden I

went down there and did a Walkin tour of

their collection which is about 10,000

plants and the lady gave me this this is

called uh Fus Dan

Rosenberg and this great color caramels

yeah this is a c primary hybrid between

Fus tank ofilia and

gastrochilus

tuberculosa and the yellow and the and

the orangey comes from one p and then

the other color comes from the other and

this a terrestrial so this actually you

grow in potting soil yeah and uh it

grows all year round but the spring is

when it really starts to grow and look

at the leaf like if this wasn't In Bloom

I don't know if you would know that this

was an orchid it could look like a a

young palm tree yeah but it's something

you could grow relatively easy in a pot

even in a house yeah that's interesting

house plant for orchids you know because

a lot of the terrestrial orchids I grow

and I have like a couple catayas and

everything like that as well but like

I'm kind of more in the ludisia

discolor you know range of orchids Jewel

orchids yeah so you know most orchids

are epiphytes right meaning they grow on

other plants so this is one of the

things that makes them difficult to to

grow in your house right um because they

don't really want to be in pots and then

your house is dry and these are plants

that like high humidity air movement

water dry out quickly so it's not always

something you can do in your house but

this is very much a

terrestrial how did you like the Alpine

Orchid collection at Atlanta Botanical

Garden I didn't see that you see I would

like to see that good so you're talking

about terrestrials yeah well no some of

them are epiphytic but they're more

Alpine part oh so you're talking cool

growing or as Dev vales Draculas and all

that yeah I I try to stay with stuff

that I know I can grow in my space cuz

it wouldn't wouldn't work here but you

know their collection was pretty so in

in the tropics you have valleys that are

really warm and as that air heats up it

flows up and it cools off and as it

cools off it rains or turns into fog but

you have a lot cooler temperatures and

so that's I grow more intermediate which

is 60 to 80 degrees and you know and

then different light levels within that

uh temperature range so you got to know

what like when I lived in Florida people

wanted to grow stuff that was cool grown

because they grow hot grown stuff right

is it grow it grows in your area so you

can grow it well yeah and I think that's

the same for both like well in Florida

like they're a lot of times they're

growing their orchids outside but um but

yeah it's the same thing for house plant

enthusiasts like you know what I mean

you want the things that you usually

can't grow you know that that are unique

to to your place right let's continue on

so this is a dendrobium hybrid called

Nester um dendrobium comprise about 1200

species in mostly in the tropics uh from

very tiny plants to very large plants um

this is a monsoonal grower so you see

the greens it's starting to grow again

uh and then it'll grow all summer and

then it'll start dropping leaves and you

dry it out in the fall and winter and

then the these are all last year's

growth ones in flour uh and then these

new growths will flour but you have to

dry it out and keep it on the cool side

that's a really good tip it's and it's

uh fairly fragrant uh it's not cool warm

enough in here for it to be fragrant

Frant um I do smell a little bit of a

hint of a very sweet almost a candy I

think it smells like grape juice when

it's nice and warm and that's a really

good point these are you know these are

a little bit L lanky plants but they

make a nice show when you get them

growing right so um so this is another

uh f what's over here oh I like to tell

plant a story so this plant here also

acts like the dendrobium this is a

codium punctum this is actually a

Florida native it almost looks like a

dancing lady kind of it's sort of

related to

idium but again that you know Florida

has a wet and dry season and this acts

the same way so the new growth that is

coming and the FL it comes when it

flowers when the new growth comes but

also in Florida uh they were poached out

of the wild and

Fairchild decided to do a repopulating

so they got some seeds and grew about a

million seeds and and into plants and

they're trying to reintroduce them yeah

Fairchild has an excellent Orchid

rematriation repatriation program and

actually we've highlighted it here on

plant one on me so I'll link to that as

well because they're doing an excellent

job with that even with the schools as

well inv to do and like I said this is a

a Florida native so it's interesting so

this is a

pepia pedum a slipper orchid this one's

called delady ey and I personally like

slippers I think they're easy to grow

and they also is one that you could

probably grow in your house without much

trouble yeah and and as I always share

with folks these are the ones that have

really excellent leaves so even when

they're not in flower it's a very pretty

plant there about 60 species in this

family and there's a bunch of bunch of

hybrids they've been made for years this

is interesting this was discovered in

the late 1800s and a bunch of them were

introduced to Europe and North America

America and then because they didn't

tell where they came from that

information got lost and for 80 years

nobody ever rediscovered them and then

80 years later they rediscovered them

but this a really easy species to grow

some of the paths are not that easy if

they're species but this one is

sometimes it's hard to find the species

there's so many

cultivars many crosses what you need to

find is a path specialist and they're

going to always have some species um

this one I'll bring this one out cuz

it's a little bit so this one came from

a grower in bravard as we bought a bunch

about 10 years ago um this is called

pelum pisar raisin and uh the the guy is

in Bard at Looking Glass orchids but

anyway I think this is a really quality

plant so I took it to the American

orchan society judging Center had it

judged and it was awarded yes so I could

name the Clon so you know when you have

seedlings each one of those has a name

you can name each one of those clones oh

f so this got named builtmore zaroni

because raisin is on either side uh and

there's a wine made from grapes that are

almost raisins and that's called amaroni

so it's builtmore amaron oh what a

excellent Name yeah so I didn't realize

that you could name the Clones with a

like Prim Primo species like or primo uh

you know plant yeah you can you don't it

don't have to be that great you can put

a name on them but to really put them in

the history books you need to get them

awarded and then they're kept on a

database um forever oh God basically

yeah but that's a really nice uh slipper

it grows really well I've actually

divided it and so forth this one's a

cute one so this related to catas this

is an

enyia uh

cordigera um comes from the South

America it uh really high light you want

me to pull it down mhm sure so it comes

from a really it grows really high light

like high in the trees um so it's

important that it gets light to flower

when I was taking a look at some of the

kattia species some of them had like a

much smaller flower like this but then

when you see some of those catti a

hybrids they're like corsages now well

they're multiple generations of

hybridizing so this has a little bit of

a fragrance so um you want yeah I

try I can't really pick it up with my

nose but this is you know you can take a

standard catly and cross that with that

they're within that same family so um

let's see what else we got here so lot

of these These are fragum MH so they

look very similar to pphop pedms or

slipper orchids these are South American

Natives and most of these were gifts

from friends are they very close on the

philogenetic tree of so if you look at

slipper orchids they sort of occur in

this belt around the globe um southeast

Asia North America Europe uh and South

America they um all have the same FL

it's called floral morphology so the lip

that's a modified petal shaped like a

that's called the labellum it's a trap

so the whatever pollinates this will

come and walk around then fall inside it

and there's a certain exit it has to go

out right in order does it get hit with

the penia on the so what happens is um I

mean this is not going to be so on the

backside here there's a little window

right and there's a little warty looking

thing and it sticks next to that window

and when the insect comes out that

pollen is sticky it goes onto the insect

um but like I said these are all gifts

from people that uh I don't have the

room in my own Greenhouse so they came

here hey that's great you just like you

have the Overflow Greenhouse right and

this is a nice now that one's going over

so but it's another um it's funky it

looks like Dracula or something yeah so

this is a catasetum this is a plant that

comes from South America the whole

family is interesting in that they grow

all summer grow leaves and then they

drop their leaves in the fall and then

they'll FL flower from fall through

early spring right this is a hybrid from

a grower in Florida it's called Crown um

Crown Fox voodoo magic you highlight

these as well so on cidi onium this is

kind of what I was mentioning that that

flower looks very similar so this

labellum is very large on most on cium

and you can craw uh I think they're not

hard to grow but they're not really an

indoor plant they have fine Roots so

overwatering is an issue they also uh

like a decent amount of light so if you

cannot give that to them they're gonna

not they may grow but they're not going

to flower for right that those are all

like really wonderful tips because

people who get into orchids a lot of

times they're trying to modify their

house and their lighting situation in

order to be able to grow them because

once you become an orchid lover it's a

deep deep hole it's a it's a life of

hoarding um but you could grow these

under lights relatively easy you know um

and they cross with BR brassas and uh

melon opsis so there's a lot of

variation in what they look like but

generally they'll have a big labellum

these colors are just like phenomenal

kind of like that brick yeah the brick

color yeah this is called uh

katante um oidium

katante yeah this is a really good

grower this came out of Hawaii years ago

I've had about 10 years um so what else

we have here so you got a lot of these

like terrestrial esque like orchids you

know so this is one of the parents of

that over there it looks really rough

but it's going over it'll come out today

but uh it has brown SE these uh Brown

and that's purple when it's fresh but

they're not they're fun to grow and they

don't you don't really see them for sale

I don't understand why I have not seen

them and I think it's like a really

interesting one for people who are like

venturing into like that Orchid and they

don't want to quite do an epey yet this

is kind of a unque easy you just

fertilize them really well and water

them during the summer really well and

in the winter you want to cut back on

the watering right um but you can have

200 flowers on that without any problem

that was divided last spring so that's

still recovering so um this is not an

orchid but this is I like weird stuff

this was one of the ones I saw 10 years

ago here and I was like what is that

it's so funky it looks like some kind of

like rattlesnake you know end so this is

a uh bubble philm there are about 12400

species in that family and they are have

really weird flowers this is a perple

racus um so the attractant is actually

this r

dark red color and the flower is

actually that yeah a lot of the bulm

have that kind of meaty like dead meat

raw meat kind of look so instead of

being pretty and right instead of being

pretty and smelling nice they decided to

go the other route we'll go to the dark

side and be stinky exactly but it works

for them because they're a big family

and they you know I've never seen this

pollinated so we must not have the

pollinator here a could be a tiny little

fungus fly could be anything yeah I was

thinking like fly or like you know one

of those like beetles that eats like you

know domestic kind of stuff you know but

it's interesting I have there's another

one called Bubba FM um phenopsis that

has big phenopsis like leaves but four

or 5T long and it will smell like a dead

cat in your Greenhouse wi it's in flower

but it's I think it's really interesting

yeah they and we've seen those leaves

they almost like like look like long

time oh you have seen themely absolutely

but I saw this 20 years ago in England

and I tried to grow it several times as

little seedlings I couldn't and I find a

decent Clump here about 10 years ago

well and it's nice that you mentioned

that one because you have a lot of

phenopsis here and you can actually see

what some of the phenopsis leaves look

like because those are the the leaves

that he had mentioned with the bulum

phenopsis I actually like them I have a

decent collection at home of different

ones so melonia is actually related to

idium yes and you could do a you could

make a hybrid with that Melton and an

idium over there so but melon is are a

little cooler growers in Florida people

actually grow this inside their house

cuz it's cooler um and this is a small

flower Sor this a small flower they they

range in color from Peaks to purples to

to yellows to White solid white I got to

I just got to like you know that's okay

nobody else pays attention to it

either it's right in front of my face

you walk in here people are doing this

right next to there's another pisga

raisin so it's related to the one I just

showed you there so you see the

difference of it mhm so and then what

about this one right here so this is uh

called

Memorial off the top of my head I can't

remember Bren Nicholson Memorial Brien

Nicholson okay uh this came from the

same grower he actually did the cross um

so this is what would be called a m ey

type um so paths also come in multi

florals long stems with six seven

flowers that all open at once right I

was going to say some that are

synchronous and some that are like

sequential like frags right they bloom

one bloom at a time for a couple weeks

and then so you can get six eight weeks

of flowers out of yeah now you have to

also you know kind of fill in with other

plants here to kind of give this a nice

display what are some of those like nice

co plants that work well I think ferns

look work really well with orchids cuz a

lot of orchids have coarse textured

leaves and stuff um and I like bads cuz

they actually grow alongside orchids in

make nature they're

epes right but anything that sort of

like I like soft textured plants do you

have any kind of like no display

preferences so Todd does all this in cuz

I I'm I like the grow plants I'm not

really into the display part of it yeah

in my house they go in my kitchen window

sill so I get to look at them a lot I

don't try to but he comes in here and

moves stuff around Hees them yeah Hees

them up I'm okay with that yeah that's

great so you could just swap them out

you could say this is what's bloom today

so I could put you in here right or I

come in here and okay several I've seen

I've been going a week I'll pull them

and if we have anything back there come

up here we redo the because the whole

point of a public garden is a display

365 right yeah and so you have to have

your collection big enough to have one

Orchid and flower every day of the year

takes about 300 plants I learned that

years ago well that's really interesting

to know yeah for so if you want one

plant in flower you're going to have to

have like 300 behind it yeah which is

why now you have like a thousand

different plants now are you you you had

some species here but are are the

majority of them cultivars or crosses uh

we're probably 80 20 hybrids hybrids

with species you know as someone has a

historical Garden it would have been

100% species but that's not going to

give you the display you need year round

right cuz they flower a certain time of

year and they don't do anything else

some of the paths and some of the of

course fails you I get multiple

flowering in the year cuz if you do a

cross and you got a parent who flowers

in May one who flowers in say September

you may get two those two flowering

periods out of your plant so so knowing

what you've got will let you know when

they're going to bloom yeah and then you

have a then a greenhouse that's not

attached to this where you're like

constantly having and and that's like

also with an intermediate kind of

temperature that you're keeping so we

have two green houses out back I got

half of one uh and then the tropical

plant people or Conservatory people have

the other okay and it I run it between

60 and 80 in the summer I have a big

cooling pad you know what a cooling pad

so I have a big cooling pad keeps it

about 82 84° and then we have 50% shade

on half of it and about 60% on the other

half during the summer months it get

pretty well even during the winter

because I have a great Greenhouse that's

got great exposure to sunlight so this

is the thing if you have a greenhouse

you can always make more shade but you

can't make more light that's true right

so it's important if you're going to get

a greenhouse to site it correctly that's

a really good tip there's a couple other

here that that we hadn't seen so I want

to make sure that we give them their

time before we okay before we end wow

this is kind of cool it's almost like a

window well this one's going over it's

going over but like still it kind of

looks really neat so this was a path

that they had here when I went to work

here 11 years ago and they didn't have a

tag on it but it's Rosy Dawn so it's a

old HD made in the 80s yeah and I love

the it's a really good grower it flowers

multiple this is it had five on it now

we're down to these last so beautiful

how do you I mean you must take it to

all your orchid friends and be like hey

which one is this because some of the I

some of the bars are so challenging to

key out how do you do it so I've been

getting magazines for about 30 years and

so you run across stuff right you

remember it and go back and find it and

do research on it yeah but yeah no I uh

I've been orchids is a learning curve

it's really steep initially and then

it's something if you're really into

them you have to keep up right there's

always information on it so this is

actually a melonia hybrid as well um I'm

not sure what one of the parents is but

you can see the similarity in that

melonis yeah and then how about this one

over here I feel like I just saw this

one so this is another dendrobium it's

going out of flower it's going to flower

again for me y so it's a noil dendrobium

this is a hybrid called Red Emperor this

is another plant you want to get sort of

on the dry cool side in the winter you

can if you do a really good job you can

have solid uh PAB Boba flowers and I

think it's a really easy plant to grow

it Kikis you know what Kikis are see

there were some on here where you get a

new growth off oh here it is off to the

side so yeah here's one so these you can

take off and it's veget propagation and

put them I grow in Moss and you just put

a water of moss around them and put them

in a pot and grow them for several years

right um a lot of orchids will do this

but then there's a lot that don't so you

have to know your plan and here is like

these are vandas right right so you have

this one growing completely epithetic

right here right so this plant does for

me they don't you can grow them in pots

but it doesn't work for me I tend to

overwater them so this way they actually

like it they get watered every day

fertilized once a week throughout the

year and they they'll file for me three

times a year so that's great yeah and we

missed you you were watering them but

you are hand watering yes these and

seeing which ones need it yeah well

today's fertilizing day so everybody

gets um so I start fertilizing about

late February and I'll fertilize through

November once a week um because that's

your growing season I already had stuff

growing in February so it was early

season this year yeah it's about a month

early for plants for yeah and and like

some people think like oh it's probably

only outdoor plants but it's also the

ones that you're growing I'm not sure

what it was I cuz I take pictures every

year and I can go back and I can see

that flowered in a month later than it

did this year what a great log you know

keeping that on file well thank you so

much this is just really lovely I think

you do such a great job like you said

you have to get some more in in order to

have all these booms so thank you so

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