Yeah, baby!
S can officially kill me; I bought seven plants instead of my original self-imposed limit of five.
Here’s my take:
Two Stanhopeas — oculata and panamense, from Oak Hill Gardens. I got to chat with Greg for a few minutes. Liese wasn’t there, but he promised to say “hi” to her from me. Some people think Greg’s a bit prickly, but some people think I am, too, so . . . so what? The yellow lab they used to have died last July, but they got a new one. Cool.
One Neofinetia falcata from Cal-Orchid. Classic white, not a light pink clone.
One hybrid Zygopetalum (Shenandoah Bluebird), from someplace I’d never heard of before, but their zygos were stellar!
Three pleurothalidinae from J&L. Cordelia wasn’t there, but the woman she sent to do bench duty was very nice. I snagged Zootrophion atropurpurea, Pleurothallis restrepiodes, and Pleurothallis crocodiliceps.
All of these will grow just fine around here. Four of the seven are miniatures, so I could probably hide them in the fish tank with my other minis, but three of them are way too big to not notice.
I got in and out of there within an hour and spent less than $150, so it was well worth the drive.
On the way home, I zipped past a snoozing cop, while doing 75 in a 55 zone. Oops. He didn’t even wake up to follow me.
Sent you an email, Rus.
S can officially kill me; I bought seven plants instead of my original self-imposed limit of five.
I grow roses myself, not orchids, but I know precisely how that goes 🙂
I grow roses too, and absolutely love them. The previous owner of this house left half a dozen miniatures and hybrid teas among the foundation plantings.
I added nine others after I moved in, but only two of them are hybrid tea roses. It’s a little far north here for those to grow and bloom reliably, but OGRs and shrub roses love it here. Gruss an Aachen, Reine des Violettes, and the Sombreuils seem to think they’ve found Valhalla.
The niftiest thing about the climbers is that they don’t need much in the way of pruning in the Spring. Snip off any dead or weak branches, and they’re good to go. Hybrid teas can be rather picky. The Brownell ones the previous owner left seem really susceptible to black spot, and she planted them way too close to the house — 6″ away from the foundation for a plant that gets 4′ tall is too damn close. I’ll have to transplant those, but this isn’t the time of year to do it.