Epiphyllum || Everything You Need to Know || care, water, fertiliser, pruning, problems, avoid spots
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2021
- In this video I go through my spring epiphyllum routine, showing how to resume watering, fertilise and prune. I also talk about common issues like floppiness, reddening, spots and scraggy growth and how to address them. I also discuss what causes spots and what you can do about them. For sake of completeness, I cover potting, propagation, light, temperature etc.
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This is a BRILLIANT video on Epiphyllum Care Rachel :-D with lots of AMAZING info, this is the BEST Epiphyllum care video I have ever seen, and you have covered everything brilliantly about these amazing plants, thanks so much for sharing, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Wexford for a wonderful afternoon and weekend ahead XXXX
Wow, that is praise indeed from the cactus queen herself. Thank you so much. Take care and have a great weekend xxx
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I have a mature 16 year old epiphyllum, and it somehow hybridized itself. It was throwing beautiful hot pink with light pink and white flowers. Then it branched more one year and those flowers are a very light pink flower!
Sounds like a sport.
What a well made and informational video. I've had a few plants for years but i've learned so much from this video. I didn't know they preferred to be slightly root bound. Will save me from having to buy a much larger pot.
Glad the information was useful!
Great care tips Rachel. I have two ephies that been growing them for three years and just spotted one of them has got two buds , so I’m very excited to see it bloom.? Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
That is wonderful news, Mary. These plants really are spectacular in bloom so I share in your excitement.
Great video Rachel! Thank you
You are very welcome
Rachel, they are lovely, the blooms are so pretty!!!
Can't wait for this year's blooming. Thank you, Wanda.
A great lesson on these beautiful plants...I just planted up many cuttings that have rooted. Thank you 🙂
That's wonderful news. I hope they all hurry up and flower beautifully for you!
I so enjoy your wonderful tutorials
Thank you so much for doing this.Ive had epis over the years .Having absolutely no success.In bringing them to bloom.Im hopeful now.Thank you.
You are so welcome! I am sure if you try again, you will succeed.
Thanks for the tutorial, Rachel! I have a few of these I've grown from cuttings, but I've neglected them,. Your video comes at the perfect time. 🌱
Very glad to hear you enjoyed the video.Epis do tend to thrive on neglect but a little TLC is always good. Hope they bloom magnificently
@@GardeningatDouentza thanks for your well wishes! One day I will post them on my IG account should they choose to flower!🌸
I look forward to it
This is a fantastic video on epi care!
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching and have a brilliant day.
Thank you for this complete information of care for epiphylum plants
You are very welcome.
Wow, I only have one and mine is 30 + years I grow mine in mine living room full sun and it bloomed for me, its pink and white. Love the tutorial care on the Epiphyllum!
Sounds like you have a beautiful giant there. May it bring you many years of blooming pleasure to come.
Fantastic vídeo, very useful information. I knew you had Epis but I did not know you had so many👌
I have a shocking number of epis! Not getting any more now!!! Thanks, Fernanda, and happy growing.
Very useful. Thank you!
Wow thanks, lovely video.. I grow some that are from clippings flown in to the USA from South America back in the 1950's.. Still growing great..
Wow, you have plants with true history. I'm so glad they are still doing brilliantly for you.
They are just beautiful! 😍
Indubitable.
Thank you for this wonderful video! Best wishes ❤🌱😊
Thank you! You too!
super helpful! wow you know a lot!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Rachel. Thanks for the tips. I am looking for advice about a very old plant that I inherited - maybe 50 years old - with 12 to 15 feet woody stems but few ‘leaves’ or buds. I took a few cuttings but what would u suggest I do with the old plant?
excellent video. Thank you so much for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing.happiness in.leaf vlog.
Hi u have explain to the max ":::ur plants are gorgeous thanks vvv much for the info ,"::it is said that we depends on oxygen it keeps us looking younger ":;u also makes God smile to see u appreciate nature .keep the gd work up .
Well I don't have Epis, but I would certainly know how to take care of them after this video. Great information Rachel.
So glad!
I can send you cuttings if you so desire
Amazing how different care is between your climate and a more tropical location. Now, other than my Ric Rac, I've gotten rid of the lot after the landscapers knocked the stand they were on over and the plants got broken to bits. The Ric Rac is going to have to be put in a large basket and hung somewhere, it is rather a beast.
I remember your sad tale of epi carnage 😓 I'm glad for the beast though. Yes, different climates, different care!
A thorough presentation. Thnx
Glad it was helpful!
Great video!
Thank you 😊
Thanks v v much for the advice God bless you
Always welcome
Thanks so much for this video I like a lot this plants I have like 6.
A very collectable plant group. Happy growing
Thanks for the info God bless you I'm from south Africa
Welcome. Greetings from Ireland to South Africa.
Thanks for the info God bless you fantastic idea bye
You are so welcome
Epiphyllum blooming is very beautiful wow superb 😍👍
Thank you 😊
Hello Rachel, Thank you for this most interesting and informative video of epiphyllums. I have a few and they are very rewarding. My ric rac is getting buds and it's Christmas Day! It always blooms in fall as it did this year so this unusual for me to see a 2nd bloom in winter. I did add a humidifier and grow lights to thar space
That's wonderful news about the second flowering of your ric rac epi. I hope it added lots to your Christmas enjoyment.
Thank you Rachel , Happy Holidays. Really love your channel.
I inherited one of these plants 2 years ago. I'm embarrassed that have not been caring for it as I should, mostly because I had no informationon how to do it. It has grown these LONG 4 foot stems that hung down, so I put them on a trellis and the leggy stems grew wide "leaves" on the ends, the plant is large and unwieldy. To be honest this is the most ridiculous looking plant I have, but I love it, the thick wide stems are so unique, lol. I was told it flowered but it never has, likely due to my uninformed care. I really needed this information. Hopefully I can get it to bloom now. Fantastic video on Epiphyllum, very helpful what, what a gem you are for sharing your wonderful knowledge.. Thank you, thank you so much!
I am glad you love your ungainly epiphyllum. The flowers really are special and I hope, with your new knowledge, yours will flower for you soon. Thanks for taking the time to share and have a great day.
Great video! Thanks for all the detailed info. Mine just bloomed (white flower). Should I prune the bloom or allow it to fall off on its own? And if I am to prune the bloom, do I cut it where it meets the stem?
Hi there and congratulations on your blooms. If you leave the flower it should produce a fruit over time. Personally I don't like to allow the plant to produce fruit as maturing seed detracts from the plant's reserves. I wait until the fruit forms a little bit, making it easy to just twist slightly so that it comes away cleanly. Hope this helps.
3:14 and 12:25 - - Interesting material to cover the greenhouse: bubble wrap plastic.
Designed for shock absorption and mechanical protection; as collateral property, it is indeed a very good thermal insulator.
Great for a residential green house, indeed. The only unknown is long term coping with UV rays of the sun. Most plastics are degraded by sun over years.
Bubblewrap is commonly used as a cheap and effective greenhouse insolation.
@@GardeningatDouentza - - Thank you. If it is able to cope with the ultraviolet rays of the sun for 4...5 years, that time is enough to worth the investment.
Please tell me what the heck to do with the branches that grow vertical to the ceiling! Thank you
Would love to see them in bloom... I have yellow, pink, red.. And they are in bloom at the moment... Enjoy seeing them every morning... Love the video... Stay safe...
Aren't they amazing. I have lots of buds coming. Any day now...
The scent of the blooms is intoxicating, as well.
Had an absolute panic with the wilting....and duh! It is the time for it to wilt ...l actually forgot that! Thank you for the reminder!
welcome
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Best video ever! Think ours is a different kind without thorns? They are huge but have never bloomed because its always warm in our home. Time to put it into greenhouse all year. Thank you!
Best of luck!
Thank you for all information. My rarest cactus is Disocactus Jenkinsonii. It has been in the family since 70´s. It is very tall, ca 1,5 meters. It used to have flowers but not during 10 years. It tolerate also shadow. I have also some really old so called Christmas cactus. They are old and different than these modern Christmas cactus sold during these days. I got cuttings from Estonia and even from Russia. Their leaves are different. Greetings from Finland.
How wonderful to have such heirloom plants! Great that you got some unusual cuttings. I managed to get some Russian peonies a few years back but it is hard to source that stuff. I wonder what has happened with your epi that it doesn't flower any more (too little light, old age?). Thanks for watching and have a great day.
@@GardeningatDouentza Peonies love sun! Old roots are not problem. Do not plant them too deep in soil. They dont´t get flowers. Root must be near the top soil, ca 1 cm. Planting too deep it s typical mistake. You have now chance check situation and rise them up. If they have already pink growing point it must be in sun, not under soil. My peonies have beautiful flowers.
@@barondemonrepos Yes, I know how to plant peonies, thanks
Great video as always Rachel. I've been trying to find some to buy in Ireland recently. Do you know anyone selling them? They did well in my unheated conservatory until I was away over winter one year. A particularly sad loss as they came from the late wonderful Miss Margaret Long. And its time to replace them
I think this is a plant for mail order in Ireland or one that you might get as a cutting from a friend. Sorry I can't be of more assistance. Check out my facebook page for any spare plants I have for sale. There may be an epi cutting in time.
Do you have any good way of supporting Epiphyllum stems? My Epiphyllum oxypetallum grows really big lately, keeping sending new shoots upwards some of which are 3 feet long. I used to bring it outside during the growing season but now I am afraid it is too top heavy to be put outside.
Really mature plants can get enormous. I have seen people use metal rails or pedestals for giant plants but these are custom made I suppose you will have to take comfort it the fact that you are a victim of your own suçcess!
I just bought the Neem cake, scooped it out and into the gallon bottle. Instantly started having a sneezing fit! Beware, lol it might make you sneeze like crazy!!!
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Hello I just been blessed with my first season of beautiful flowers from three little cuttings. I received a summer ago. My question is once the flowers bloom do you deadhead them or just leave them and their stems alone?
Congratulations. That's just wonderful. If you want fruit or seed then leave everything intact on your epi. However, personally I don't want these so I prefer to remove the spent flower and not put that strain on the plant. It's probably best to remove it on your plants too as they are quite young. Hope this helps
Such a wonderful video! Thank you
I have 6 epiphyllums and they are couple of seasons old. No blooms yet, that's understandable, they're babies. But they are getting slightly woody at the base of the stem, its not spreading. We did have a lot of rain but the well draining soil did ok and is quite moist but not very wet.
Should I be worried and take cuttings and repot? Or should I repot the epiphyllums as a whole with new slightly drier (than the current ) soil?
I would be inclined to repot the plants. Moist soil isn't really what you want for epis. Some plants do get woody bases so I wouldn't worry about that. Hope this helps and sorry for the delay in replying.
Mine flower sporadically year round because of the warm Puerto Rico weather. Happy growing!
Edit: mine is due for a repotting. Would like to know what is the best way and when is the best time to do that!
Sounds great! Lucky you!
I have that one too.. I have. that one called queen of the night it has the same bloom I had a bloom last fall and it was 10 inches across I got up at midnight measured it at 10_inches ,,,it only lasted a day but wow that was a big one both types bloomed but queen of the night was huge do they have one with a yellow bloom?
Wow, that sounds so amazing. I brought my whole family out to the greenhouse at night to view my one in bloom. The scent was intoxicating. I don't know about a night-flowering yellow epi but there are plenty of day-flowering ones. 'Cooperi' is currently my favourite but, let me tell you a secret, my 'King Midas' is going to flower this year for the first time. Can't wait for those enormous golden blooms! Thanks for sharing and have a great Friday.
One big pot in the front house open few big purple flowers .
2 small pots (Quỳnh sen) bloom some new pink flowers - this one last for few days to 1 week.
Sounds fabulous.
Hi Rachel, my friend gave me an epiphyllum plant that she made from hers which bloomed pink. The one that she gave me will be 2 years old this summer 2022, but they grow 5 long round stems that looks like antennas that are 5 feet. Is this normal? Should I cut these antennas stems off because the leaves blooms flowers?
The antenna leaf growth you describe is perfectly normal. Don't cut them! Hope this helps.
Muy bueno este video, la felicito. Necesitaba información sobre como cuidarlos en climas fríos. Tenía muchas plantas de Dama de noche cuando vivía en Venezuela y no necesitaban ningún cuidados especiales, ahora vivo en España y he visto balcones llenos de epiphillum rojos de floración diurna , me he enamorado y compré una. Gracias a tu video ahora podré cuidarlo mejor ❤️ saludos desde Alicante
Hola desde Wexford, Irlanda a Alicante. Me alegra que te haya resultado útil mi vídeo. Gracias por ver.
Mine are blooming now, w/over 50 flowers! It will be fifty years old on my Anniversary this year, what a beautiful surprise for us! Started with a thumb size piece!
Thanks for the tip on propagating epis! Question: can I use orchid food to fertilze my epis?
Yes you can. Orchid fertiliser is unlikely to have too much nitrogen.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thanks again!
What should. The soil mix be for cactus rose and do they need special special care growing in trees.
Potting and the mix is dealt with at 14:35 in the video. No need to pot if you are lucky enough to grow in a warm enough climate to grow epiphytically.
So glad I came across this video. My epi's were starting to look so bedraggled and I didn't know what was wrong especially the white one on the stop. It is about 40 to 50 years old and had gotten very woody, now I am lucky it still got about 3 stems on it with a very woody. I inherited it from my late mom and even she didn't know how to care for them. So thank u a thousand times. When I get up later as it still very early here in South Africa 4.45 🙄😊😉 I know a few stems are broken so will cut that and leave it before I replant. I also want to put it on itz own and not with other cacti. I think I might have watered too much so will let it dry out now. I am now quite excited about finding this video. So my red one is blooming so I will leave it but the white is battling along and want to put it into terrocotta pots now at the moment the red one is in a plastic pot and when I tried to move it the plastic all broke 😕 so it reporting time for the white one. Thank u once again, for this very informative video 👌😉😊❤️
Greetings from Ireland to South Africa and I am very happy to learn you got a lot from my video. Your mature plants sound like heirlooms so, as you suggest, it's probably a good idea to propagate them by leaf cuttings to make sure that something so precious will be always with you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to reply, albeit very early in your morning. Have a great week. Best wishes, Rachel
@@GardeningatDouentza thank u Rachel took some cuttings yesterday, now waiting for them to dry. My second flower on my red one has flowered and there still another bud waiting 😉😊 enjoy the rest of your evening. I am ready for bed, a bit early but it dark now and in a months time will be full summer and only get dark about 8.30, but only here in Cape Town😉😊😍
@@dunzxoxo Sleep well
I keep my plant in water for years and has bloomed every year.
I am very surprised at that but glad it is working out for you
My plant has grown pretty good during the summer. It was on the patio. The leaves look pretty but they are limp. I only water it once per month. Should I start to water it every 2 weeks?
Once a month is too little unless you are overwintering in a cold greenhouse. Here's a recap of the watering info in the video :
When in active growth, epis should be watered with copious amounts of water whenever they dry out completely.
In a greenhouse epis will tolerate a winter minimum of 5°C (41F) providing they are kept dry. Keeping them bone dry, from November to March enables them to tolerate the winter lows.
If you are growing your epis indoors, then you don't need to worry about keeping them bone dry in winter. You should continue watering throughout winter whenever the plants dry out, giving them a little water each time rather than soaking them.
Increase watering gradually in spring.
My epis have a lot of scale what is a good product to kill it? I've tried rubbing alcohol but I'd like to find a better product. Thank you
Scale is difficult to eradicate. I would suggest that persistence over a period of time is more effective than changing product.
Rachel my plant I got from my momma when she passed away is growing so great and so healthy. it is indoors But it is growing these long long talons all over it. It is in a East window. I know these plants do this to attach to trees just want to make sure it is ok if I cut these off
By talons do you mean aerial roots? If the plant is quite unruly I would just cut them off.
It's wonderful that you have such an old and special plant, full of memories .
Leave the Arial roots
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Could I use a cutting like what you pruned off at 11:30 to propagate?
Yes, the thicker end of the stem anyway, providing it's 15-22cm.
@@GardeningatDouentza thank you very much! 👍❤️ Thank you also for such a wonderful tutorial on this beautiful plant! 👏👏👏
My godmother have hers growing in the ground in her garden. It has not bloomed yet. The stems are all green and spring here in the United States have passed.
Lucky you to have a climate where epiphyllums can be grown in the ground!
Ho visto il video e mi è piaciuto molto in quanto è una pianta bellissima con un fiore da 1 premio 🏵 perché quando si apre è una cosa stupenda e superiore a tutti gli altri fiori
Sono completamente d'accordo . Questi fiori sono davvero spettacolari! Grazie e buona giornata!
My queen of the night is very green and growing fast but too leggy. What could I do to make it stronger and not that leggy?
Make sure your epi has enough light and you're not overfeeding it. Insufficient light or overfeeding can give rise to legginess. Some epis, however, are just leggy by their nature and there's nothing you can do about that.
I have two. The first is the big white and pink one and the other is one with spidery flowers. The problem is that they both bloom at night and the flowers close up in the morning. Am I doing something wrong?
That is what they are supposed to do. Buy a variety that flowers in the day!
The only reason I ask is because you DID say the flowers last a couple of days. The answer you gave is common sense
@@j5nephews558 The night flowering ones last one day. The day flowering last a couple of days.
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What do I do with the very long stolon? Can this be cut without hurting the entire plant?
Are you talking about pruning back a very long leaf/growth?
Hi I love your❤ video can you please tell me how often I should water my Queen of the night plant???? I live in South Florida someone said water it every 2 weeks???? Some people say every week????? The person I bought it from said no water from November to March but I've been watering every 2 weeks the coldest it gets down here is 45 degrees on my patio that's only for 2 weeks but normally it's 60°at night so what do you do when it's 60° at night and now it's 70° at night and 80 during the day and it's hot and sunny on patio so should I give it more water now the weather here is now like summertime in Ireland' 69 at night 79 during day in a couple of months it will be 90°outside how much water do I give it then??? What's the best way to find information reliable information on these plants because I get different information from different sources I never know what to trust please help me in on what to do with these plants I also have a big orange tree growing on my back porch and the leaves are turning brown am I giving it too much water I was watering once a week it's 6 the tall it's too big I should plant it outside but my association doesn't want oranges with oranges falling down on people so I have it growing in a large container any information on these plants be appreciated they also have two gardenia plants how often do I water them???
If your lowest temperature is 45F (and only for 2 weeks) then water your epi according to the instructions in this video for epis kept in the house.
As for watering fruit trees, water them whenever they dry out and give them lots of water. Yes, sounds like your orange needs to go in the ground.
What is the reason for wrinkled, limp leaves and browning on the ends (only) 😢
I would check the root system. Sounds like a problem there.
I really like this video it is really helpful... I'm still learning.. I have a Epiphylum orchid cactus Red... I assume it is because it looks like it... a co worker gave me cuttings 15 years ago and it has flowered many times it has had some fungus in the past with those spots that you've shown... I just pruned 3 pieces and dried them for 5 days about 12 inches long then potted them... It's been about a month all of a sudden 2 of them started growing roots on the top of the stem and now 1 is starting to turn white and thin on the lower part of the stem.. I've never seen that before... Is that a fungus or disease when it turns white... and why is the stems growing roots in the top of the stem... Can you please please give me any advice... Thank you , Much appreciated
Is there a chance you planted the cuttings upside down?
No.. there is not.. I've cut pieces many times before in the past.. I have it standing up the way it grows.. the sides of the stem go upward .. just like the ones in the video.. could it be my weather?@@GardeningatDouentza
@@ruthlee2849Well,some varieties can grow roots every which way but I assume this is a variety you propagated before. I don't know what's going on really. I would have been inclined to unpot and put the roots below the soil but if the green is going white that won't help. Sorry to not be able to help more.
Thank you so much for your help.. I will continue to figure it out and see what happens and I will give you feed back@@GardeningatDouentza
Hi just wanted to give you some feed back.. they are aerial roots but I think it may had gotten a fungus or something because it started shriveling and it was also dying.. I also had a small terracotta pot with three small cuttings that I bought through Etsy and they were fine.. but all of sudden those started turning white and thin and started dying.. I had to throw away both pots.. something was spreading.. thank you for hearing me out.. I'm still learning and all your information teaches me new things that I didn't know.. :)
My plant is very very dry. 😢😢😢
Epiphyllum roots are often very dry.vwhen the plant starts to droop then you have a problem!
Are you living in America?
My first sentence in the video!
Is not here such a plant that looks like angle wings and has roots that bears all year long.
Pardon ?
nothing about the soil mix...!
15:17 in the video
@@GardeningatDouentza YOU CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC WITH THE SOIL;
My Queen of the Night Epiphyllum has Fungal Gnats, what would be the best way to take care of this without harming the plant and keeping them away.
You can try a spray of soap and water.