Cattleya x mesquitae

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Baloney

Lovely plant, Mauro! I like this and all the other lovely pictures that you post of your cattleyas.

Just a question though, how large is your collection anyways? I'm really curious!

I grow around 2,000 orchids, Baloney.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Thank you all for the nice words!!

[gmdiaz]

What a deep beautiful hue! And the form is really lovely to my eyes too!

How do you take care of so many? It takes me quite a while to water and look after just 100! A couple of hours twice a week.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by gmdiaz

What a deep beautiful hue! And the form is really lovely to my eyes too!

How do you take care of so many? It takes me quite a while to water and look after just 100! A couple of hours twice a week.

Well, I think they take me around 20 hours per week more or less!

[Don Perusse]

Don't forget he is retired and with over 25 years of experience he has learned "tricks of the trade" so as to speak. I am sure he has learned techniques to make the job easier as time went on. More importantly I just know it's a labor of love as he really enjoys growing orchids and his collection. I should be so lucky to have that many - blooms 24/7 WOW!!!

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Don Perusse

Don't forget he is retired and with over 25 years of experience he has learned "tricks of the trade" so as to speak. I am sure he has learned techniques to make the job easier as time went on. More importantly I just know it's a labor of love as he really enjoys growing orchids and his collection. I should be so lucky to have that many - blooms 24/7 WOW!!!

Don, I am not sure if you talking about me... but if this is the case I'd like to say that I am not retired. I am only 51 (well, this can be a lot for many people !!!) and have much work to do before retiring !

[Baloney]

2000!



You are my idol! Now I have something to aspire to keep posting these lovely pictures of your blooms!