Miss Orchid Girl

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by SouthPark

I live in North East Queensland. I haven't got any prickly or spiky cactus plants. I think I might give prickly pear or one of those round ball cactus a try!!! I'll do my best anyway haha.

No prickly pears! You know what they did to your country!

Your climate is very similar to the parts of Brazil with Pilosocereus, Coleocephalocereus and Discocactus (not Disocactus, which are Central American epiphytes.) The first two genera grow on exposed black rock domes, in full sun all day, in tiny pockets of gravel and organic matter. I asked locals about summer weather; they told me it is often 130 F / 55C in the shade during the day. It rains every day in summer, and is dry the rest of the year. Discocactus grow in deep quartzite sand. Most are shaded by grass in the wet summer, but exposed to sun in the dry winter.

But you should be able to grow most other cacti outside, except perhaps high-altitude Andean cacti.

The various epiphytic cacti that tolerate warmer temperatures would also do well for you, but I would worry about birds spreading the seeds and the plants becoming invasive. They don't experience a long dry spell in habitat like you get, so seedlings might not be able to establish.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by estación seca

No prickly pears! You know what they did to your country!

Totally agree with you ES. I'll skip the prickly pear to avoid those issues associated with prickly pear getting out of control.

I think I'll go for one of those discocactus ones. Thanks for mentioning that issue with prickly pear again! I better not go for that one hahaha.

[Leo H.]

I used to watch many of her videos because I find them entertaining and like to see other people's approaches on problems. I also found some useful tips on growing in low-humidity environments. BUT I always keep in mind that her climate is very different from what I am used to. Especially in winter, my air is much drier and the temperature is much lower than at her place so the balance between watering and temperature is completely different. Since most of her viewers come from the US and many of the residents there live in regions with humid and warm to hot summers, doing 1:1 what she does is most likely not going to work for them (to be fair, she says this herself all the time)
Now, I have discovered the smaller orchid channels for myself which imo are more personel, so I watch her videos less frequently (mostly updates on projects)

What I love to watch are her Orchids in bloom videos. I like the idea of letting the viewers chose their favourite orchids and making it a contest. Also, who doesn't like to see videos full of orchid blooms