PSA: Worth a shot for those with Lowe's in your area

[RJSquirrel]

home depot is 90 days.. lowes is a year.. but it doesnt matter as the plants are interchangeble and the tags dont matter anymore when they dead....

[mimigirl]

I see different varieties in bage at my lowes. I was wondering how long should they take to bloom. Are they usually so young that it will take years?

[Bulbofett]

Yeah so if your Lowes once had bag babies or has never had bag babies then call their corporate office like i did and see if they'll start selling them again. I think their plants are just as good as some of the nurseries I've been to actually.

[CA2FLxplant]

Originally Posted by mimigirl

I see different varieties in bage at my lowes. I was wondering how long should they take to bloom. Are they usually so young that it will take years?

Yes, they mostly are several years from blooming. I have two Catts I bought 3 years ago...one has been blooming for me for 2 years (White Bridal Hawaiian Wedding Song) and the other is just now putting out bud sheaths. I have a third one that's getting really big but no blooms yet. I have a feeling it may do something soon, though - (Gleneyries Green Giant).
It's a great sense of accomplishment, I'll tell ya that!!
Now if I can keep them alive through this Florida cold snap I'll be really happy!

[LovePhals]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

lowes and Home depot are a great place to get orchids starting out and learning bec they come with a 1 year warranty. you kill em just take em back and get another one. until you learn how to stop killing them let them pay for your training..and how I learned on a thin dime to grow orchids and OB of course


(its kind of embarrassin draggin a dead plant back to lowes though so I put them in bags so no one would know.)

I wouldn't do that unless they sold a bad plant that was dying but not showing signs yet and it wasn't your fault. If everyone did that they wouldn't sell them at all b/c they wouldn't make any profit, they sell them for profit after all.

[wintergirl]

My area Lowe's just got in 3 counter's full of really nice Phals on sale for $6 a piece. They just came in and had a sale price, not a marked down sitting around in bad shape one. Maybe other Lowe's are doing the same thing.

[Subrosa]

I've gotten 4 bag babies from Lowes, 2 Encyclias and a B. nodosa, and a rescue Dendrobium aggregatum. I really screwed up the Encyclias, but one is growing. The Dendrobium is doing well, but the star is the B. nodosa which produced two blooms within 6 months.

[wintergirl]

I could not resist those $6.99 Noid Phals, like I really need more phals





They all seem really healthy, nice roots and leaves. My neighbor also bought 2, I think she is bitten by the orchid bug now...