I'm obsessed... you?

[jeremyinsf]

I saved my spreadsheet in Google Drive (like dropbox, or any other online file storage thing) so that I can access it not only from my computer, but also from the iPad and my smartphone. So basically, I always have access to it.

This has come in handy several times when talking to a nursery and need a specific piece of info about pot size, a name I don't remember off hand, or whatever else. I also track what I paid for them... and do my best NOT to look at the sum total!

[KrissieLynn]

Originally Posted by CTB

The numbering helps out because if I can't read the name I can usually make out the number and then cross reference.

I have numbers on my pots, too, and as I repot, I write the number on the new pot, and mark through on the old one. Helps me keep track of exactly how many I have and helps me figure out which new I still need to check on (as in "Ok, where the crap is pot #3? They go 1,2,4,.... So now where's #3?? Oh, there it is..." )

[MrHungx]

You're definitely not the only one!

I started in January and now have 26 plants. I had 39 plants back in June, but I recently did a late spring cleaning and traded in a few of my NOIDs for more exotic orchids.

Here's a list of what I have in order of when I acquired them:

Blc. Ju Shen "Pink Empress"
Pot. Shinfong Beauty "Tzu Wen Rainbow"
Blc. Mem. Anna Balmores
Blc. Shinfong Luohyang "Golden Tree"
Cattleya NOID (green?)
Blc. Hwa Yuan Grace "Cat King"
Lc. Purple Cascade "Fragrant Beauty"
Lc. Hsinying Excell "NN"
Blc. Pamela Finney "Bigger Ox"
Phalaenopsis NOID (red or pink)
Lc. Taida Swan "Taida"
Big white NOID cattleya
White NOID Dendrobium
White NOID Dendrobium
Purple Encyclia
Pink NOID Phalaenopsis
Pink Mini NOID Phalaenopsis
Purple Dendrobium Species
Oncidium Sharry Baby
Miltonidium Bartley Schwarz "Highlander"
Angraecum Veitchii "M"
Oncidium Wildcat(?)
Paphiopedilum Armeniacum
Oncidium Lanceanum

I spent nearly $700 on my orchids alone. I feel embarrassed that I spent so much in just 6 months

---------- Post added at 05:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:03 AM ----------

Originally Posted by jeremyinsf

I saved my spreadsheet in Google Drive (like dropbox, or any other online file storage thing) so that I can access it not only from my computer, but also from the iPad and my smartphone. So basically, I always have access to it.

This has come in handy several times when talking to a nursery and need a specific piece of info about pot size, a name I don't remember off hand, or whatever else. I also track what I paid for them... and do my best NOT to look at the sum total!

I also keep track of all my purchases! I don't have nearly as many orchids as you do, so I don't need to keep track of pot size. I just keep the names of the orchids and the price in the notes app of my iOS device. I'm embarrassed to say that I spent $700 in 6 months on 26 orchids.

[Paul Mc]

Yup, obsessed her as well. So obsessed that its sometimes hard for me to realize why others don't want to talk about them! Lol... Also, it seems that all of my spare time is spent reading and researching them.