okay totally broke my promise to myself.....

[kindrag23]

The blue ones and the st. Patrick s day green day ones are dyed. They are actually pink or white when re bloom.

Also try carter and holmes I ordered one that had a green hue.

[mooburr]

I did the same thing this summer with a noid phal from Home Depot. It had gorgeous, buttercream yellow blooms with a deep reddish-pink lip. I passed it up twice during my shopping, then I had to go back and get it the next day haha.

[kindrag23]

Pffft I have blown myself out of the water. I have ordered about 6 more orchids. Dif. from a phal of course. I got my Carter and holmes one in yesterday, HOLY CRAP it was HUGE so much for a mini! It had roots that were 3.5 feet long! I was not really sure how on earth to plant that thing.

[RandomGemini]

You've just convinced me that I'm gonna go to the grocery store and get that mint green mini phal today. LOL!

It was a very pale pastel green. It was hard to tell if it was green or yellow and it had a pink center. Very cute. The color was something like this:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4119/4...8bc291bc_z.jpg

You know, this is ridiculous. I've owned orchids for like a month. I'm not even sure that I'm going to do a good job taking care of them. I hope so.

My husband seems excited though. He's been trying to talk me into some sort of indoor plant for years. I just never found anything that did well in our house because we get a lot of light, but it's indirect, which appears to be perfect for the phals I have.

Where are you ordering orchids from? I think I'd like to try a different sort besides a phal, for different foliage. My hubby's office gets more light and I was considering hanging one in there.

[kindrag23]

Carter and holmes-website
Kawamotto orchids-ebay store
Big leaf Orchids-texas based
I just ordered from exotic orchids through ebay I will let you know how those look
As well as jewell orchids through ebay

[RandomGemini]

I'm not really comfortable with using ebay as I've had my credit card data get compromised after making purchases on ebay in the past. Since I stopped using ebay, no issues.

What were your experiences with the two places that weren't ebay stores? Happy with your orders?

[kindrag23]

I like big leaf an I LOVE CARTER AND HOLMES. They also have care sheets.

Firstrays is a good one also. Ray is a member here as well