I've gone and done it.

[ryfrazier]

Decided to stay up late & look around on the internet. As invariably happens, I wound up @ Troy Meyers' site. In the past I've had the personal willpower not to reserve anything. All that fell through tonight.


(Hopefully) I'll be the proud father of about 50 seedlings.

Paphiopedilum callosum
'MC4185' × sib 'MC4116'

Zygopetalum intermedium
'MC4436' × 'MC4437'


Why not, right????? It's not like I have rent or bills or groceries to buy.

-Ry.

[WhiteRabbit]

uh oh
flask fever is spreading

keep us informed on your progress

[camille1585]

Look at it this way; no one ever said that you had to eat every day! I'm glad I'm not in the US, because there are so many tempting flasks on Troy Meyer's website. I drool every time I go check it out!
Any idea when you're supposed to get them?

[LauraN]

Congrats!
I adopted some from Troy recently also...

[peeweelovesbooks]

Troy has direct access to my bank account. I've been toying with the idea of my employer direct depositing some $$ with every paycheck on my behalf. SIGH.

congrats and have fun!!

[orchidbingo]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

My 40 seedlings of Epc. Siam Jade 'AVO' and 35 seedlings of Blc. Dal's Rapture 'Water Colors' ( 2 months out of compots) were getting lonely so...

I adopted the following from Fender's Flora (this time all BS or NBS plants):


1. Blc. Love and Luck (Love Sound `Dogashima`, AM/AOS x Arabesque `Golden Zebra`, AM/AOS)

2. Blc. Against the Wind (Blc. Michael Gaine x Blc. Dream Trader)- this plant is huge!-- shipped bare root and I will have to put it in a 7-8 inch pot- it has 6 new growths

3. Potinara Chia Pet (Blc. Chia Lin `New City`, AM/AOS x Pot. Beaufort Gold `Susan Fender`, AM/AOS)

4. C. Tomonori `Puanani`, AM/AOS x C. Starry, Starry Night

5. Pot. Memoria Mario Lanza (Pot. Carolina Splendor x C. Chocolate Drop)- this plant is even bigger than number 2-- will have to go into an 8 inch pot and/or may have to divide-- 8 new growths

6. Pot. Carolina Splendor x Blc. Goldenzelle `Taida`, HCC/AOS

7. Pot. Good Vibrations (Pot. Little Toshie `Gold Country`, AM/AOS x Blc. Chia Lin `New City`, AM/AOS)- this was a freebie shipped bare root ready for a 4-5 inch pot.

The plants are lovely.

So thank you all for the welcome, the advice, the encouragement, and the enabling!

My son is leaving for college next month-- his room has South and West facing windows- please don't tell him I'm measuring it for plant benches and lighting fixtures

Now I'm working on a list of oncidium intergenerics I can't live without. This would be a totally new venture as I've never grown any before.

I confess that I am officially addicted once again and totally out of control. At least this time I'm limited to space available in our house-- I can't spread them throughout the trees in our back yard like I did in the Philippines.

Please don't any one encourage me but I am thinking about trying my hand at a cross or two once again. It's tempting but I'm not sure I want to get involved in flasks again. Maybe I'll create a cross on paper...

I wish I hadn't found this discussion on flasks-- see the qoute above from my previous posting...

Maybe I should save a tree and instead of doing a cross on paper I should just do it for real

Someone please. please, please talk me out of it.

BTW, thanks to Jerry's article on potting specimen plants, I decied not to divide my Blc. Against the Wind (Blc. Michael Gaine x Blc. Dream Trader) and Pot. Memoria Mario Lanza (Pot. Carolina Splendor x C. Chocolate Drop) described in the quote above. I repotted them using his technique.

Did I mention I'm hooked?


orchidbingo

[orchidbingo]

Originally Posted by ryfrazier

Decided to stay up late & look around on the internet. As invariably happens, I wound up @ Troy Meyers' site. In the past I've had the personal willpower not to reserve anything. All that fell through tonight.


(Hopefully) I'll be the proud father of about 50 seedlings.

Paphiopedilum callosum
'MC4185' × sib 'MC4116'

Zygopetalum intermedium
'MC4436' × 'MC4437'


Why not, right????? It's not like I have rent or bills or groceries to buy.

-Ry.

I'm so envious of your Zygopetalum flask. I saw it on Troy's site last month and having been telling myself no ever since. Congratulations and have fun

orchidbingo

[Jerry Delaney]

Decided to stay up late & look around on the internet. As invariably happens, I wound up @ Troy Meyers' site.

You and the others replying to your post Ry will never know how much better I feel after reading all the posts!!! Troy is such an enabler!!! That and I have no will power!!

[ryfrazier]

Unfortunately the zygo fell through. I'll carry on, somehow.

[OrcOgre]

You know Ry, there are still 11 gongora flasks we haven't resereved yet. Do it man, you know you want them. Its all under your name any way. Wait that means I should ruin my credit too, agian. How bout Schomburgkia moyobambae. Did we get that yet? Theres one uncommited flask ready for immidet shipment. Get it before psyguy does. Get it get it get it. To late. i got it.