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Absolutely stunning blooms Gabrielle!! Congratulations!! A striking lip indeed!! Is it scented? That would be a bonus

What a beautiful blooming! Congratulations, enjoy your flowers!

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Hi Gabrielle! Fingers crossed for the cattleya!! I was going to ask the same as Rick about calcium. I recently started giving my plants calcium nitrate and magnesium sulphate fairly frequently and I see a large difference in my plants. First thing I noticed was lots of new roots. Also leaves are firmer on at least some of them. I took the advice that Rick L gives regarding calcium and it seems to make a huge difference. Even if on a couple of plants you could give a small amount of calcium-magnesium daily from say a watering can you would see a difference. I have had many phals with pitted leaves and have lost many that just seemed to dry up . I am giving them calcium now as I don’t think it is a pest problem. I think the pitting is from weak cell structure due to a lack of calcium. I will let you know how that goes. I really think it is well worth a try of really increasing calcium . Enjoyed your video. Looking forward to seeing vanda, cattleya and other blooms! Take care!!

.......I hope you get that cattleya bloom ......you deserve it........I hate to see some of them are struggling......I have to ask, do you use any calcium supplements?

Great update, you need to stay on top of Spider mites cause they will destroy a collection, beautiful buds at the beginning of the video, excited to see your blooms!

Great May update Gabrielle, enjoy your weekend

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Great video Gabrielle

Love that 'Mini Sun'! I've never had a Cattleya, but it makes me want one! Does it have any fragrance?

Hey Gabrielle! Great update! Love the super cute blooms on your new cattleya and the den that you took to the show but never bloomed in time. It’s great you have some nice blooms to come. Things are looking pretty good. I went to the Montreal Orchid show and bought some plants there. I did get a Clowesia Rebecca Northen and I will follow your lead on that. Right now it’s in a small bit of moss as all my soaked leca is wet and I don’t want to rot the roots. Happy Easter 🐣 have a great week!

Hello Gabrielle, I just got a Renanthera monachica from Roehampton Orchids. I am very excited, it is bare rooted and I am hesitant to put it in bark. I would like to be able to see the roots so I can monitor it better yet I don't want to have to water it every other day. So when you say that it took you 6 year to get the blooms did you change something as far as you know that helped the plant to bloom?

great update Gabriella, I like those little orange blooms, excellent video

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Great update Gabrielle! Some lovely blooms and exciting things to come. Loved the fluffy tail at the end lol

Interesting that it is a red form. Have you seen a red form before. Is it supposed to be that color ? Not criticizing just curious about it!

Hi Gabrielle! Saw this one recently at the Montreal orchid show on display. The fragrance was amazing grape candy scent! You are so lucky to have it in bloom! Congratulations!!😊

Amazing flowers! Live the spottiness!

Great video 🌸

Hi gabrielle. You are lucky you managed to find such big sized mini purple and v coerulescens. I remember the day I was trying to get my first cattleya to flower. Now up to 16 that I've flowered but of course there are some, particularly some species I am hoping to flower one day too still. If you ask me you picked some of the trickiest varieties lol. The mini purple is one I have myself and despite getting over a dozen to flower the mini purple is taking its sweet time still. A new channel I have been following calling Ingram's orchids mentioned they can grow every cattleya apart from the mossiae. Not sure about your third one. A bag baby from lowe's will generally flower way before some of these primary species and hybrids you are trying to flower. Ps: the fungal issues are caused by pests if you ask me. I have to deal with them too all the time. Indoors in a living environment you should not be getting fungal problems. What happens if you do is that insects are causing leaf damage which in turn gets a fungal infection. If the leaves don't get damaged then the orchid doesn't pick up a fungal infection. It's the same story with crown rot. It's either caused by overwatering or most of the times insects. It's going to be insects far more than people claiming they mut have left some water sitting in the crown. Just in case you weren't aware. As you know growing orchids is hard enough even when we have the right knowledge. When we get told or believe a problem is not what it is then any remedy we decide to use will not be the right remedy to use. Anyway good luck on the cattleya flowering. I really would recommend a bag baby maybe. Take care.

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Nice update. Your Coryanthes blooms have a pretty color and unique. I'm curious as to what the blooms on the Clowesia Rebecca Northen Mikabi smell like. They're so pretty. 😊

Love your Rebecca Northen! So frilly! Great update. Fingers crossed for your recovering ones!

Great update, Your C. Rebecka North has lovely blooms

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nice one, very cool😀

wow! what an amazing flower, and great it did not take years to see it! Congrats!

Awesome 😊 It’s so beautiful amazing

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So beautiful!

Oh!! Congratulations 😍😍🎉🎉 that is gorgeous ❤

Nice update. The Coryanthes spike is exciting!

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very nice Gabrielle, I absolutely love the blooms on your Vanda Coerulescens and Cucullata even if he is not red! great video

Hi Gabrielle! Happy New Year! I wish I was organized enough to keep stats. So sorry to hear of your losses. We all have them sadly. I think it is great to have goals for the year. Mine is usually the same. To get rid of pests. Enjoyed your video. I hope 2024 is a great year for you!!

Keeping track of plant expenditures is such a great idea! I'll admit, I'm afraid to find out how much I spend yearly. So sorry about your orchid losses.Hopefully this year will be better. 🤞🤞 I also have trouble blooming cattleyas. I kind of gave up and got rid of all the ones I had. Best of luck on your 2024 goals!

Great plans for 2024, maybe I should Keep track of my Spending list, I bet it is a real eye opener

Muy buen video

Does it have a fragrance???

Awww... do you think it will get red with age? anyway it is beautiful! Congratulations on getting it to bloom, I know you have waited a long time and so have I, but it has been worth it!

Great update, I'm looking forward to seeing that B. Cucullata (red form) bloom open, excellent video

Lots to look forward to with the spikes and all the new growths 😊

Your Orchids look great, Thanks for the update

I also like tree fern for mounts, it really keeps humidity and orchids love it. Thanks for the update. By the way, last winter I also had fungal issue with one of my Paphiopedilum, I treated it with systemic funcicide. The older leaves are tsill there but it did not spread to the new ones.

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Great Succulent update, you have a wonderful collection

That's so cool that you grew your Mammillaria from seeds. I don't have the best luck with Epiphyllum. I've killed so many, unfortunately. You have several cool ones.

It was nice to see your succulent collection. Your epiphyllums are doing great. Nice growth on them. Mealie bugs can be a pain. Not always easy to get rid of. I use End All for bugs too. Nice looking cacti too!!

Pretty extensive collection !! I love your Astrophytum asterias. Most epiphyllum prefer to be more shaded and humid. Mine only get sun late afternoon but I had to put my Epiphyllum oxypetallum in full sun to make it bloom. As a consequence it also has the washed out leaves. My Christmas cacti cannot stand much light, the leaves very often get red even in the shade...

awesome blooms on you Catasetum, great update, everything is coming along, I hope it is going to be a short winter!