Ctt. Final Blue

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Originally Posted by kvet

Do I want to know what a bag baby is?

Orchids marketed by companies such as Better-Gro sell small plants petted (usually) in bark/perlite mix wrapped in either stretch netting or cellophane bags or both. We fondly call these "bag babies".

[RJSquirrel]

Packaged Orchids - Better-Gro

mostly found at "Lowes". Not at a Home Depot.

Usually have some interesting plants and sometimes you find them with spikes and buds.

[Toadwally]

Up till say 10 yrs ago bag orchids and n9n-Phal. orchids were common in in Liwrs and Home Depot in my area of Pennsylvania, USA. Even big catts. One year, giant Cymbidiums. Got my first Vanda from Lowes. Then, suddenly, phals only. To this day.

[Leafmite]

What a great find!
We get them very rarely at one of the local Lowes...very rarely. It is usually one tray and not much variety, unfortunately. There is no care given to them once they arrive there and I usually discover them too late. I have a nice Brassavola nodosa I was lucky enough to find once.

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Update. Purchased as seedling 12-5-22. First bloom opened
6-15-24.

[greyblackfish]

I finally saw some of the mythical bag babies at the Lowe’s by my house in San Antonio. That was maybe 3 years ago and there weren’t many left. Apparently they fly off the shelves. I’ll be sure to grab one in the future. They’re called babies but the ones I’ve seen have bigger growths than my seedlings do.

[Waterdog111]

My Lowes is 70+ miles in Victoria,Tx. I went there three days ago and found and bought my first Vanda, first one Ive seen in a store.pic in my albums
Also my new avatar

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Originally Posted by Waterdog111

My Lowes is 70+ miles in Victoria,Tx. I went there three days ago and found and bought my first Vanda, first one Ive seen in a store.pic in my albums
Also my new avatar

On a recent visit to the local Lowe's I found them unboxing some new vandas. I passed due to the size of the plants, but that would have been a great time to snag one. Before the garden department had a chance to neglect them to death!

[Waterdog111]

I went back today and bought another one(not too pleased with the blooms,butplant is healthy and hanging with the other one in my front yard) i also bought a catt. No blooms but it is suppose to be a yellow with a red lip, pic looks nice.
Found it😎

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Originally Posted by Waterdog111

I went back today and bought another one(not too pleased with the blooms,butplant is healthy and hanging with the other one in my front yard) i also bought a catt. No blooms but it is suppose to be a yellow with a red lip, pic looks nice.

What was on the tag?