Come on admit it...what have you bought recently... come share!

[tropterrarium]

Originally Posted by awest

Lucky for for me the plants I'm after don't show up so often, but when I saw a Lycaste macrophylla on ebay (at a great price) I gave in. Then a Maxillaria schunkeana, Maxillaria uncata, and I would have had a Koellensteinia graminea. I was racing my computer battery and it died at 4:17 left in the auction.

I had never heard of Koellensteinia before, but now I will hunt that plant for the rest of my days.

I'm with you on this one. Specialize on something obscure is a good way to control spending (unless there is this ridiculously priced, must-have species; oh yes, been-there-done-that). But if you specialize, you have to have multiples of each species; I usually get five of any I can find.

Koellensteinia are fun little plants. I had three, killed two. I found some at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate and one of the Hawaiian species vendors. Not replacing those, though, as they are not my specialty.

[kindrag23]

Okay I was just surfing online and found this Cymbidium Orchid Mighty Remus Enos on ebay.....I could not resist it was calling to me......soooo I ordered it....

[TOMMYMIAMI]

LOVE YOUR COMMENT - "ridiculously priced, must-have species". Must say, I had no STOP power in the past 2 months, spending really like crazy, and getting everything I found interesting, cool, new, either by reading this forum, or magazines, or internet. Till last week, when someone posted video in my Florida Orchid Growing group on FB - Dimorphorchis lowii in bloom. Yet again, I FALL IN LOVE, like immediately, and I decided it is MUST HAVE. Than, I searched and read, and I think it was truly the first time in months there were 2 things stopping me - price and growing process. The blooming size I found was between $500 to $1200, near bloom size was $120. This baby takes between 10-15 years to bloom for the first time. After that discovery, I gladly passed on this one:-)

[kindrag23]

@TOMMYMIAMI!! Holy moly I am with you 500 is a lot of money for one plant let alone. 1200! Yep I love orchids but man I dont have that kind of cash flow.

[Leafmite]

I ran out of space...helps quite a bit. I must find homes for a few of my other orchids to make room for the new ones.

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by kindrag23

@TOMMYMIAMI!! Holy moly I am with you 500 is a lot of money for one plant let alone. 1200! Yep I love orchids but man I dont have that kind of cash flow.

It truly is, we did talk about this somewhere already with other members, I did nit spend more than $100 for any of my orchids, and someone said, WAIT till later. I did reply no way I would pay hundreds or thousands and here we go, few weeks later I do find this gorgeous plant. I am still considering myself as beginner, so till the time I will master my plants, I will pass on this one, however there may be one day I will go for that near blooming size one, and will try to be patient and bring it to bloom one day:-)

[kindrag23]

@LEAFMITE I am sure there are several of us on here that would be willing to help you with that

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@TOMMYMIAMI actually after posting that I remembered this thread, I even remember someone asking about various prices on it. haha.

[brn_thmbs]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I ran out of space...helps quite a bit. I must find homes for a few of my other orchids to make room for the new ones.

Didn't you see the thread on suction cup hangers?

[kindrag23]

I did not but I must look into this I have several fabulous windows that I could use something like that for.

[hcastil3]

Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

It truly is, we did talk about this somewhere already with other members, I did nit spend more than $100 for any of my orchids, and someone said, WAIT till later. I did reply no way I would pay hundreds or thousands and here we go, few weeks later I do find this gorgeous plant. I am still considering myself as beginner, so till the time I will master my plants, I will pass on this one, however there may be one day I will go for that near blooming size one, and will try to be patient and bring it to bloom one day:-)

hahahahahah see I told you!!!!!