How to grow Phalaenopsis Orchids for Beginners | Top 10 Tips for success

Hi Everyone, it’s Annabel, welcome back to my channel! Today we are going to be starting off a new series, taking a comprehensive look how to grow Phalaenopsis orchids for beginners! Today is a beginner friendly video, where we will be covering everything you need to know to grow your Phalaenopsis successfully in most home environments.

I’ve broken this up into 10 topics- Flowering, Growth, Species Background, Roots, Potting Mixes + Repotting, Watering, Fertilising, Temperatures, Humidity and Light
I hope you enjoy the video!

Phalaenopsis repot video:

Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Flowering
03:20 Growth Cycles
05:50 Care Requirements and Species Backround
07:50 Potting Medium
08:15 Humidity
09:00 Repotting
10:15 What water to use?
12:45 Fertilising
15:15 Light and Growth
16:15 Watering

I really hope you enjoy the video!
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All the Amazon items that I use regularly
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Summary Videos- Me as a Grower
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💧 My Watering and fertilising routine:

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❀ My Orchid Room ❀
UK Conservatory
Temps- 18-35C
Humidity 30-90% (high if it's raining outside, low if warm)
Natural light in summer, LEDs in winter
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✩ Plant Products I Use & Love ✩
Quick Disclaimer - These are products I genuinely love, buy and use- I wouldn't list something I didn't use regularly and purchase myself. I've provided links to try and make them easier to find, some of these are Amazon affiliate links. If you choose to purchase any of these products through the Amazon links below, I may get a small percentage towards future purchases, which really helps!

❀ Inorganic Media ❀
RHS Alpine Horticultural grit or washed gravel-l pebble top layer
This seller in Germany has free shipping, also on eBay.
Perlite

❃ Organic media ❃
Sphagnum moss by Besgrow
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💧Water & Nutrients🌱
Rain Mix:
Magnesium

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💡 Lighting 💡
Lower Light Orchids

High Light Orchids
Mars Hydro TS600

❃ Shelving ❃

✩ Pots ✩
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#Phalaenopsis #Orchids #OrchidCare

[mariaestrada]

Great video lots of information and very helpful. Thanks 😊

[KP-gwzv]

Thank you for sharing all the info on this new series. Looking forward to hearing the info on all the orchids in your collection. By this I will be able to see which ones will work in my set up and not get the orchids just cause and find out that some will work while others do not. I know that I have heard bits and pieces of this info but one does tend to forget so little reminders seem to work for me as it triggers a memory of that information. All your phals look so green and lush and that is what I am try to achieve in my collection. So far 2021 seem to a positive start for you and it will only get better. Have a wonderful day.

[lorenagutierrez]

Amazing flowering...good information thanks to sharing...

[yolyV-hguc]

This was a great how to. Thank you for all the helpful info! Sub’d

[michelleandrade]

What an absolutely brilliant video Annabel. So informative and helpful. Huge thanks 😊

[vickystojmenov]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing all the info, and your orchids are gorgeous! Keep up the good work!👍🏻👍🏻

[sleepgas]

Good information!! Thanks and happy New Year!!

[BasiePlants]

Excellent video on Phals! I can't wait for all of mine to open the buds! Very easy to get to bloom and now seeing your orchid wall again, I am getting more and more ideas too 😂 I think I simply need a separate plant room like you. Also, this video is making me go to a flower store and look at some phals. 😫 I will blame you if I buy something. Blame the plantfluencer, never yourself. 😂

[michelleslifeonrepeat]

You did an awesome job. I saved it in two of my playlists.

[MelissaWalker]

Very informative! Well organized too :) thanks for the time you spend putting things like this together :)

[Ian-pfpw]

Great video editing, I am sure a lot of time goes into this, thanks for the tips 🌱

[FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

A very well structured vídeo with practical information. I liked it.

[NinjaOrchids]

I had to give this a like, but would have preferred to give a love! Oh well, like it is ❤🧜🏻‍♀️

[suethompson]

Hi Annabel, Happy new year, hope you had. Good Christmas. What a great video, jammed packed full of lots of usable info growing beautiful Phals. Love the house building analogy, made it easier for me to understand the why behind the doing. I will watch it a few times to embed it to memory. Do you feed your Phals only Rain mix, or do you use seaweed extracts, Cal mag, Epsom salts etc in conjunction?🌸 Ps Is your Vandanopsis in spike yet?😀

[mariakarathanasi]

Good afternoon, great video cant wait for the other families, im having a hard time with my brassavola ones they wont bloom. but i think it a light issue. Thanks again for sharing, have a great day.

[clawtooth]

Just got my TDS meter today - seems that Scotland's reputation for good tap water is well founded, got something like 136-140ppm which seems pretty good to me from reading around!

[liverocks]

This is a nice video, good vibrant attractive colors. Very informative for new orchid growers. Do you have a name for the pink Phal at the beginning?

[marygorchidsmore]

Great and informative video! What was the phal featured in your video, where did you get it? It's got so many roots ans flowers, really a great orchid.

[QM]

This appears as I notice that my n-th phalaenopsis died! It's two this week only hahahahah oh well, I'll keep trying (also I have three more phalaenopsis that seem to be doing fine - although they never bloomed for me - and a 4th one that is deciding if it wants to give up or keep trying)

Happy New Year Annabel :-)

[ThienTran-zcnj]

Thanks for the beautiful and informative video. Great job! Your orchid blooms are magnificent, and the leaves are quite healthy and impressive. What is the name of your orchid shown at the video intro? Thanks.