Thank you so much Anne ....have a very good coming year. Ed

I hope it grows and lives that long Lucy. Ed.

Thank you very much, Ed.

My pleasure Irina.....pleased you found it enjoyable Ed.

@@EdsOrchids 😉😊

So pleased I could be of help Amy......thank you and take care, Ed.

My pleasure to show you Plantsfaire thank you and take care, Ed.

As I said in a previous comment I didn't explain things very well. The new growth will not be starved of water or warmth and will not be kept in cold conditions until the end of February.. I am always of the opinion that repotting should be done after flowering. Ed.

Many thanks for taking a look Denise and thank you for your comment, Ed

Thank you Cheryl. I hope the coming year will bring to you all that you would wish. Ed.

Hopefully will see you there Cath. Ed

Just as you prune plants you can prune the roots Ron.........makes life much easier !! Ed.

That's a nice gift willem and I hope it will do very well for you. It should be putting out new growths shortly. Thank you and take care, Ed.

Good morning Lee and thank you for your comment. There is no significent reason why the dead flower stems are removed it's just that it makes the plant look more presentable. Hope that your collectionis coping well with the winter conditions. I've had to bring my collection indoors, due to the energy bills, and I know it will not do them any good being moved into a different environement.......or being moveed back into the greenhouse when the weather warms up, Thank you for your kind words about my channel and once again thank you for taking a look at my channel......take care, Ed. Pleased to give you a subscription.

Good evening Pat. My conditions for growing are a totally different from yours so I have to adapt my conditions to try and suit the plants. How cold is your cold spell? Seedling bark is the smallest of the Orchiata series and measures on 2 or 3 mm. Ed.

@@EdsOrchids Cold spell for us is in the 50's F at night. We're back up to 77 F for a high today (Tues.)

Many thanks Maxine and congrats on your successes. It's like a lot of things .....some do it this way some do it that and they both get the same results so there is no exact science in growing orchids. Will you be showing us a pic of your plant when in flower? Ed

@@EdsOrchidsThank you 😊. There most definitely is no exact science with orchids and I'm learning that very quickly lol. I could be just very lucky and next year it will decide not to bloom... They can be very stubborn as I'm realising fast lol. I'm too shy to do a video but will post a pic on Roger's Facebook page if you're able to see that?

@@EdsOrchids I'm not sure how else to show you a photo other than Facebook unless pics can be put into KZfaq comments??

@@maxineevans9179 Thanks Maxine I'll try and get a look at it. Ed

My hybrid nobile types have reflowered for me, like Maxine, without a deliberate reduction in watering, only reducing the frequency to make sure they dried out first. They saw high temperatures in the summer and are only seeing minima of around 15-16C overnight.

Hi Kathy. Just remove the stalk as near to the crown as possible. Thanks for the verywelcome comment re the video. Ed.

!80ppm is just a number Hamim and not to be taken as a definite amount ......anywhere between 160 and 200ppm will be OK. Ed.

Eds Orchids OK that I understood. But you did not understand my Question. There are few more Wuestion not attended. Would you mind to read again ?

Sorry Hamim. RO water for you at 190 is good. Ed

I haven't got it now. I was cutting down on certain things and I only had one dendrobium so I passed it onto another member of our society. With having no shows I'm unable to tell you if it's flowered or not.....sorry. Happy New Year. Ed.

@@EdsOrchids Happy new year mate, thanks for replying. Mine flowers are starting to droop. I wondered if mine (bought a month ago) was forced for Christmas blooming for sale by heating and cooling, as i understand they should bloom a little later ( Jan - March ). I'm new to all this.

Hi Jay. Roger does things his own way.... but there are more ways than one to 'skin-a-cat' I do agree about the cooling down period as I said in the video. Ed,

I'm only watering when the medium becomes bone dry and only going to give it cold temperatures in February and March. I do have a bad habit of not explaining myself very well at times. Sorry. Ed.

@@EdsOrchids no problem. You're not alone!

Hello Dale Lad Daz. Not from any of the four places which you mention although I did work in " monkey town " for a few years. I was born in Ewood Blackburn but spent all my time in Darwen. How about you??

@@EdsOrchids ahhh i spelled darwen wrong but with your 'ar' words i picked up a bit of that lancashire twang lol... im rochdale, but my sister lives more towards rawtenstall and has friends from sabden and has worked in darwen... im currently in newcastle but i've just started keeping houseplants and came across this video and your accent made me realise how much i miss my old stomping grounds. I know newcastle is in the north, but i think of the north west as the 'proper' north lol and it was great to hear your accent... i shall be watching more of your vids anyway as my girlfriend bought me a dendrobium nobile for my birthday and i picked up a phal the other day... hopefully i won't kill them off lol

Thank you very much..........actions speak louder than words so I hope that language takes a back seat in this case.....thank you once again and take care, Ed.

When these are starting to put out new growths they should be heavily fed and watered......I'm sure the plant will survive they are quite a hardy specie. Take care, Ed.

Yes Barbara ........it was on my channel a couple of weeks ago as two seperate plants, Ed.

I'm fiddling with the same problems Jo.........it'snot easy to get the right balance. Ed.

same here.

I'll keep an eye open for any deterioration Martin. Thankyou. Ed

I agree with Martin, Ed. The wild plants get a severely reduced rainfall but they don't see a drought in the cold season. I water mine when the compost has completely dried out, which is every 2-3 weeks with mine depending on the pot size. Where they are in active growth I fertilise, too. Keith

@@Rockdoc2174 I know I didn't explain things very well Keith but I do realise that I need to protect the new growths from deterioration by water and warmth. The plant will not be subjected to a cold spell until late February. My apologise for the confusion. Ed.

I hesitated to criticise someone as experienced as yourself but it did sound as if you might risk stunting or aborting those growths. Glad to see it was a misunderstanding.

Thank you....take care, Ed,

Fat ?? Ed.