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schloaty

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Well, it looks like I will be in the orchid forum some now, too. I was at my father's house today and I saw the man had terribly neglected his orchids!
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Most of them were completely dead!
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WELL! I asked my father what gives, and you know what he said? He couldn't be bothered with them once the flowers fell off!
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So that turned out to be my good fortune! I was able to rescue to phals and one I can't id (I'll post pic so the pro's can id for me on Monday, if I remember). Anyhow, despite having no flowers, two are in remarkable good shap (at least it looks like it at a glance), and the other is rather wilted, but still green. I have hopes that I can save it.

So now I'm up to four orchids with the one I bought my wife....

Oh, boy....off the deep end.
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Ya can't beat free!
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Watch out though, you might catch Orchid Fever
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Its gonna be hard to ID them without the flowers
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Orchid ID can be difficult even with the flowers. There are thousands and thousands of hybrids with more being made everyday. The differences between them can be subtle. That's why I prefer to buy an IDed plant as the likelihood of getting a correct ID after the fact is slim.

But YAY for you Schloaty! I get 'em free like that too...people in the office who can't be bothered to re-flower them. Mostly I end up with phals as they seem to be the most popular for giving away as gifts. But heck, even un-IDed, a free orchid is a great orchid.
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Glad you're coming on over to the orchid side. Hehe
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Be prepared...it can get as bad as CP addiction. Tonite I need to go home and water about 50 orchids...

Suzanne
 
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