3rd orchid, am i crazy or just obsessed? - Orchid Board

jenmcd03 · #1 02-09-2008, 07:25 PM

was at the nursery (on nice days I like to go and walk there. And there it was my new baby - tag says P. Sea Jewel' PPAF.

it has 3 stems, 1 with 4 blooms and one one bud about to bloom and 2 stems with small buds.

just had to share my news!

my phal. wedding promenade has 2 blooms about to drop and one about to open.

the moth orchid, has one bloom open since and none dropping.

my new baby:

CodiMN · #2 02-09-2008, 07:47 PM

Looks like your phals are happy! It's nice when they give us more than one spike! Enjoy!

snow · #3 02-10-2008, 12:11 AM

you are not crazy but just a normal'' orchid collector in the making.
watch out though once caughtthe orchid hobby will become an adiction which is unstoppable

kiki-do · #4 02-10-2008, 12:25 AM

Yup Yup, this is why we are all into orchids. She's a beauty! Welcome! kiki

jenmcd03 · #5 02-10-2008, 06:45 AM

i, or at least my husband thinks i have orchididist, is that a word?

but it makes me feel good to have beautiful things around and it relaxes me. so there is my argument.

camille1585 · #6 02-10-2008, 06:50 AM

Around here, the 'disease' is known as "Orchid Aquisition Disorder". Totally incurable, and it only gets worse. I can't remember who came up with that one, but it's a perfect name for our illness!

I really like your phal! Lucky you to have so many spikes on it. It will be quite a show!

ipv6ready · #7 02-10-2008, 07:15 AM

I agree with Camille totally except I call it a sickness bordering on addiction, but thoroughly enjoyable.

I started with one cym, because the orchid was in the pot that I wanted to buy. So I planned to take out the cym and discard it. How little I knew. Actually had I known maybe I would have.

Now in the last 10 months my collection have grown to 80+ chids (actually a lot more as I have not included the plants I have divided)

Just a hint give yourself a budget and stick to it

with that

kiki-do · #8 02-10-2008, 09:24 AM

Budget?????? Not familiar with that word. Actually it sounds like a swear word, and I don't allow that in my house.

My theory is to buy an orchid periodically, and you are bound to find the one that totally disgusts you into not wanting orchids anymore.

I think I am almost there. I had 80, and yesterday that number turned to 81 (husband let me pick out an orchid for Valentine's Day!)

but #81 isn't the one that disgusts me yet. Maybe #82. I call that delusional bliss.

Oh, the orchid I picked out is an white hybrid beauty. She is a bit tramatized from her long ride home, but I will post a pic as soon as she feels better and catches her breath.

kiki