Phal Sogo Lovely - My newest Phal

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Before reading your post I thought that this was an orchid that you had just gotten today, less than a week after splurging at the show!

I would be REALLY in trouble with Hubby then

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I would be REALLY in trouble with Hubby then

Rosie tell your husband to be more supportive of your addiction. After all, it take a VERY strong person not to buy every single orchid you see. He should count his blessings.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Pilot

Rosie tell your husband to be more supportive of your addiction. After all, it take a VERY strong person not to buy every single orchid you see. He should count his blessings.

True... but really he IS very supportive, he didn't flinch a bit shelling out for eight orchids on Saturday

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I would be REALLY in trouble with Hubby then

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"

[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?

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Pilot

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

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!

[quiltergal]

Nice one Rosie! I have one that looks similar though I think yours has a bit more white on the bottoms of the petals. They share a parent. Yours is Phal. Timothy Christopher X Phal. Golden Peoker. Mine is Phal. Golden Peoker X Phal. Snow Leopard, registered name is SIO's Night Leopard. It stays in bloom for a very long time. It started blooming in December and is still going strong. Hopefully that is a trait of Golden Peoker and yours will be a long bloomer too.