Episode 1 Scented orchids in March 2021. Greenhouse tour.

A look at some of the scented orchid species I have in flower at the moment and how I look after them.
Coelogyne albolutea
Dendrochilum cornutum
Brassavola flagellaris
Rhyncholaelia glauca
Polystachya pubescens
Polystachya bella

[evergreen]

Starting to watch from scratch. I do believe that you need a TV show!! I am so impressed with your videos!

[sameeradhikari]

I am repeating again from the 1 episode. This is my favorite show ❤

[MilanOfCreagan]

A new subscriber here. great growing space and collection Howard. I also focus on nicely scented orchids. Happy growing

[rapbaniaishahlyngkhoi]

Thanks for sharing your interesting video.... very helpful for me 👍👍

[tps]

Thank you for sharing your orchids. 1st time watching and I love it and subscribed to it. Love your species and your green house.

[CraigsOverijse]

Howard your care and devotion is evident no wonder you have such beautiful plants. I wish I could smell them in the video I think scented orchids are so under valued I always smell them if I can find them on sale because I enjoy finding out how they differ.

[hangvu]

I just discovered your channel. Really enjoyed your collection

[chubjoe]

Very interesting. I will be more interested in the set-up and maintenance of the greenhouse and particularly to the mounted style ones. The climate of New Zealand is probably in the similarity to yours as mostly in the temperate zone. I am much focus on those able to adapt to the local environment in the cooler or cold. To this first episode, I found the mounting with a tree fern log with a hollow centre. I would wonder how you keep it in a much more humid condition because the material is not so well to keep the moist.

[swedishrainbow_garden]

Yes!!!! Show us more about the shed and the garden around it. It would be nice with some wooden steps in the front too.

[meethiaasali]

Interested in having my own orchid collection. This series of orchids will really play a great role in my journey.. Thank u Howard.

[taniapotapova]

Thank you very much, Howard! So interesting and useful video! I'm really happy to find your channel on YouTube because I'm interested in scented orchids also. My collection is not so impressive as yours (some orchids from the Oncidium alliance, a Lycaste aromatica, Zygopetalums, and some scented Phalaenopsises). I want to widen this list, so your experience is priceless for me.

[clani]

Really nice video! I'm looking forward to your future videos and beautiful orchid collection :))

[jayafreedman]

Thank you for sharing your orchids with us. Truly enjoy watching your videos.

[motogpchampion]

You have a very nice collection! Could you please letl us know where you by your Orquids? Thank you.

[LauraStansfield-twxb]

Have you ever heard or know anything about Pteroceras Longicalcarcum?
I just received this orchid and it’s very very hard to find much out about it, even pictures but from what I’ve seen, I’m very excited about it.
However, I would love to know from someone who personally grows it.

Please and thankyou, it would help me a lot.

I love this video and the glauca is a wonderful orchid.

I can’t believe this is your first video. Because it’s very very helpful and genuine.

Best regards
-L

[helenurquhart]

Thank you so much Howard! I am loving your videos and watching them all having started with prosthechea radiata, as I have just acquired one from Burnham Nurseries. I love scented orchids too and am learning so much from you.

[DitaVillas]

So many beautiful bloom! Thank you for sharing. What is most important to get them flowering: light, humidity or temperature?

[zsdfr]

It is clear that you have many year's experience in mounting your orchids, with great care, and displaying them well. But I am also astonished at how successful your greenhouse is, bearing in mind where you live, and how you manage to grow a range of specimens from various countries around the world in a place one might not have expected to be so successful. I thoroughly enjoy your talks, and have decided to start from the beginning and work my way through them all! Congratulations on your wonderful collection!

[helenurquhart]

Howard, I am considering the best way to shade my porch grow room this Spring/Summer. It is my first 'hot' season since I started collecting. I was impressed with your tailor made screen and wondered what it is made of and whether you made it yourself or if they can be made to order? Many thanks, Helen

[LauraStansfield-twxb]

Have you ever considered supplementing with unnatural lights just for like part of the green house in the winter?? I thought I’d never like that but having the advantages of setting a timer and having so many attractive grow lights these days and of any color variety or warmth of your choosing is really impossible for me to say no to these days. Especially for seedlings or problem plants in recovery. Or just ones that are very finicky in certain seasons.


I love the way you grow your orchids and I don’t think you need to change anything. But I’ve heard you mention the winter sulking before, even in reference to some of your favorites(from what I remember)
I think the best thing for us growersin this hobby is when we are able to make our plants the most happy.
And I find that supplemental light bars or low profile panels. Even the tape lights (in a nice kelvin temperature of course because no one likes that awful purple toned grow light.)
Or whatever you prefer..
I find that it really has helped me out a lot.. and even enhances the growth of a lot of my orchids, as well as the color of many of their leaves.
Probably simply because I can regulate the light much more than trying to regulate things around the sun, haha.
Just something to think about.

-L