Christmas means new orchids? Noid or not to Noid?
I had promised myself a cheap noid from Columbia Road flower market this weekend.
But I couldn't resist going into my local garden centre... they have a range of gorgeous unlabelled paths, oncs and phals (gorgeous small red flowered one of the latter...I've resisted those for months!). Today they also have some labelled plants: labelled Brassia 'Toscane'. I believe that should be Bratonia but never mind! Easy Orchids stock the same plant cheaper... but I'd have to wait months, and the plants are beauties: lots of fat unwrinkled pulbs in each pot, some with new growths, flower spikes just opening with one or none flowers open on each spike.
I have a feeling I may end up with a Columbia Road noid AND something from the garden centre...
PS: Anyone know if 'Toscane' will qualify as a none-noid? I've found a few references to it, but it doesn't seem to be RHS registered?
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