Phal Sogo Lovely - My newest Phal

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by camille1585

The trick to get around that, now that you have quite a few orchids, is to start buying minis. Order them online, have them delivered at the office and then sneak them home and place they amoungst the others. Since they're small, he won't notice. If he does, just say they've been their the whole time That's how I managed to enlarge my collection right under my mother's eyes, until one day when I was home with the chids she said "There seems to be more orchids than I remembered"

OMG Camille that is hilarious!!!! How on earth do you travel with so many plants?

[RosieC]

... won't work for me... my hubby works at the same place and as he is the one that gets deliveries the most, and also the one who sits next to the intercom, he always picks up the parcles and would notice.

Oh well, I just have to wait a bit and he'll be happy to get some more again

[WhiteRabbit]

Rosie - It's lovely! Nothing wrong with being picky - I think the more orchids we have, the pickier we become - realizing there is only just so much space, may as well wait for the one you really want

[RosieC]

Gorgeous Terri, it does look similar doesn't it, including the texture lines in the petals. Hope mine shares the long flowering trait of yours

[Robe]

Great purchase Rosie!
It is an healthy plant, the flowers are stunning
The X-flower is very very interesting, I had the very same shape of mutant flower on my P. mannii var. mahogani: 4 petals, no lip (photos HERE)
Have the aliens arrived??

Originally Posted by camille1585

The trick to get around that, now that you have quite a few orchids, is to start buying minis. Order them online, have them delivered at the office and then sneak them home and place they amoungst the others. Since they're small, he won't notice. If he does, just say they've been their the whole time That's how I managed to enlarge my collection right under my mother's eyes, until one day when I was home with the chids she said "There seems to be more orchids than I remembered"

Ooooooooh this is a well known story!!!
I did E X A C T L Y the same HAHAHAHA!!!

Originally Posted by camille1585

You know what? I really don't know! I have 60+ orchids, and about a dozen stay in France all year in the care of my mom. The other 50 or so do a roundtrip by train from Netherlands to France once a year. I pack most in boxes that go in my suitcase, and stick whatever clothes I can fit, which isn't much. Then I have a bag in my hand containing about about 10 orchids, mostly phals. Did I mention that I also travel with another bag containing my guinea pig in his travel cage?

And twice a year when I fly home for vacations I bring all my mounted orchids (10) in my carry one luggage since they can't go without water more than 3 days....
I'm hopelessly addicted to my orchids!

Gosh, this is an experience that really encourages me.
Next year I'll probably move to Uppsala (Sweden) to study physics because the current Italian government has completely and intentionally destroyed our public universities.
I was so desperate because I thought I'd had to abandon a great part of my orchid collection (72 sbrindrilles including 33 Phal species ).
Your experience tells me I'm not forced to give up
even if I still think it'll be extremely difficult... I have to hatch out a plan

[RosieC]

Thanks Rob. Your mutant looks really cool, actually that's a really nice Phal you have there.

[Triffid]

After chuckling (for some time) with the mental images of the Orchid Obsessed, carting their babies around with them I must ask.

Rosie, Which Vendor was this one from?

Thinking of investing in a nice Harlequin in the future, and the two pictured on this thread are truly lovely!

[RosieC]

I got this from David Stead Orchids (the stand on the left of the door at Tatton Park).

I have bought from him online before as well and been pleased. He had two different harlequins (lots of each) as I remember but I liked this one best, the other one had bigger flowers than this one, but I preferred the pattening on this. I think the other was more irregular as I remember.

[RosieC]

Looking at his website he has Sogo Lovely on there, but it's the only harlequin, so maybe I mis-remembered about there being another on his stand at Tatton.

[Triffid]

Thanks Rosie
Making notes, and will have to find more space.