Phal. Sogo Beach

[priz_m]

guys! well here I am, the attached is a pic of a phal/dtps my boyfriend gave me for valentine's day, I killed it , I did all the wrong things, in the end, I tried s&b and it turned into mush, literally.

Since there's no "Orchid Cementary Forum" you are probably wondering the point of my post...

I want the same phal/dtps. The tag that came with the orchid (which was purchased at Costco) only read "Sogo Beach", I don't have the tag (again I did all the wrong things ) so I was wondering if any of you knew where I can purchase one, or if you know if it goes by a different name, or if the tag was wrong all along and my phal/dtps is another phal/dtps easier to find

Thank you sooo much in advance

[priz_m]

Here's a close up of one of the blooms

[caseydoll]

I found a link that has a picture of Sogo Beach. You will be able to tell more than I if it's the one you had. Just scroll down a ways and you'll see it. It also gives you an idea of other phals that are of a similar color. I will keep my eye out for one like yours though. I'll let you know if I can find it anywhere. It's really pretty! I did the same as you when I killed an orchid my boyfriend got for me. I ordered the exact one online. Somehow it made me feel better for my stupidity! It also met a mushy sphag and bag fate before I knew better. Whoops!
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[priz_m]

Thank you very much for the link Sarah while it does look like my last orchid, I don't think they ship to the US so back to the quest. I truly appreciate you keeping an eye out for one similar.

I really really want to replace it, as you said, to make me feel better, maybe even pretend it never happened jejejeje although is very late for that he knows is a goner....

I think is sooo funny how you also went through practically the same thing, is the orchid circle of life

Thank you again, and will also let you know if I found it locally.

Priz

[caseydoll]

Maybe even Costco will have one again. It seems like sometimes places like that will keep getting the same kinds in again and again.

I agree that when you replace an orchid that was a present from someone you can definately pretend it never happened! Besides the one my boyfriend gave me that I turned to mush in that darn bag I also killed a beautiful burgandy (sp?) phal that he bought for me around the same time. I didn't repot it when I brought it home because it was flowering. By the time the blooms fell off and I repotted it had no roots left. They all rotted in the broken down bark it was in. It was huge too! I tried it in sphag and a bag too. I think it was just way too late because within 2 weeks it just fell apart. I'm still looking for a replacement for that one!

But I suppose we have to go through these horrible losses in order to learn. I now know that I should repot as soon as I get a new orchid regardless of if it's blooming, and to check on my poor orchid once in a while once I place it in sphag and a bag. So I guess it wasn't a complete waste of money... But it still makes me mad at myself!

[priz_m]

Yes, I will have to check, it was really really cool

and yes, we all have to go throuugh with them, I feel such a grown up when I think to myself "if I had known then what I know now" but yes I wa slucky enough to find the OB and I am happy that I don't completely screw things up.

My boyfriend is funny though, instead of giving me orchids in bloom he's found a place that marks them down as low as 25 cents, so he's sort of been giving me a couple of those, 4 total, to "play with" he says

Anywho, kill one, grow hundreds, right

[Lene Th.]

My boyfriend bought me a phal every birthday for several years... and they all suffered the same root rot prosedure...

Finally, after several years, and equal many chids, i figured out how to water enough... not to mutch, not to little.
And now i have 17 chids, both mounted, in S/H and some in regulare bark-mix.

Sadly i think most of the chids-lovers need to go trhu the same experience...

[Dorothy]

I found a Phal Sogo Beach at Crystal Company - they have it on their list but contact them to be sure
Crystal Company

[priz_m]

I know Lene, I've made my peace with the ones I've lost at least they brought me lots of joy while in bloom.

Thank you so very much Dorothy for the link , I emailed them yesterday and I'm waiting for a reply, if they don't by today I'll give them a call

crystal soil? how does THAT work? is it suitable for orchids?

Has anyone tried it???

thank you very much guys

[Dorothy]

I never heard of crystal soil .. if you wish to, create a new thread and ask the general orchid populous here