my orchid tragedy last night

[quiltingwacko]

Sorry about your disaster Vickie. It must have been hard to believe your eyes when you found it. Now maybe you will have a nice safe place for them to be with your new orchid room coming along. Don't let yourself get discouraged. Orchids are tough.

[VickiC]

Oh my goodness....what terrible tragedys you have experienced with your orchids over the years, Ray. Gee, these make my accident seem like practically nothing compared to your misfortunes. I guess I'm just starting on the road to one problem after the other. I have to say, though, this fact doesn't excite me at all. lol (sorta) Oh the excitement...how I wonder what my next mishap will be!
Vicki

Originally Posted by Ray

Vicki,

Having had a greenhouse blown away in a tornado, another crushed by falling limbs from trees, and a complete, 20-year collection lost to a heater failure on a 7° night, all I can tell you is to keep your chin up and understand that you are rapidly becoming an "orchid veteran".

[quiltingwacko]

Wow! I think Ray wins the orchid disaster contest! Let us know how the recovery is coming along Vicky. You get a greenhouse! How cool is that?!

[nature]

Good luck, and enjoy your whole orchid room, when you get it! I hope your husband doesn't mind being uprooted (No pun intended)- I am sure all of your orchid's roots will be fine. You sound like you know how to love and care for them.

[priz_m]

Vicky I hope all your chids bounce back from the storm, OMG to all of you guys who have had such terrible things happen to your collections!!!

We live and learn I guess.

Best of luck!

[Junebug]

Hi Vicki,

I'm sorry to hear about the damage Fay inflicted on your chids, but don't despair. I grow my chids outdoors and a few years ago a hurricane blew through while I was on vacation. When I returned I found my babies all over the yard and a few under the car. They had all been dumped, tossed around, and very well watered by the storm. I managed to find and repot all of the chids minus their I.D. tags which were lost forever. To make a long story short, they all made an amazing recovery and some of my non-bloomers produced their very first blooms within the following few months.

Hang in there. Many times there is a rainbow after the storm.