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12-18-2007, 01:33 PM
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Why do I keep buying Phals?
... because they are just so darn beautiful!! These two hitched a ride home with me from the supermarket today. At this rate, I'm going to have to get something set up to make the Phals happy!
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12-18-2007, 01:52 PM
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Oooh….!!! I like that first one...  |
12-18-2007, 02:22 PM
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That first one is so different! Very nice. I can't resist these same type hitch hikers either, that stick out their tongues instead of their thumbs. Nice haul! kiki-do
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12-18-2007, 03:26 PM
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I get enough of them that I win at Orchid Society
or ones that my wife buys at our raffle. I have moved on to other things, although I have to admit, I found a very nice deep magenta colored one at the Chicago Botanical Gardens this past year.  |
12-18-2007, 04:18 PM
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That first one is just stunning like a sculpture carved out of wax and butter.
and you found that at Tesco? 
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12-18-2007, 04:37 PM
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Thanks for looking everyone! I'll have to get a better photo of the second one... the photo above doesn't do it justice.
I really never intend to buy Phals... I went two years with only Pleuros, then one nursery sent a free Phal with an order of Masdies. Then I started noticing some really pretty ones... Thing is my growing environment is much more suited to the Pleuros and other cool growers - which is why I never intentionally get Phals. The only ones I've actually ordered are a couple of miniature species, and my Mini Tony.
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and you found that at Tesco?
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Sainsbury's actually! My local shop seems to get in some really nice ones quite regularly... and I know that with the way they are potted (tightly packed in sphag with only 1 little drainage hole in the bottom of the plastic pot) they aren't likely to be alive for very long unless I take them home and re-pot them... and so the number of Phals in my house grows! |
12-18-2007, 05:06 PM
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Ok, here are two more photos of the second plant... its a Mini:
and here's the flower spike:
AND! On the first one, there is a second spike on the way....
Last edited by shakkai; 12-18-2007 at 05:15 PM..
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12-18-2007, 06:19 PM
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That first one looks like cake. Im hungry now. mmm, cold orchid for dessert!!
I must have been a goat in my past life, then again, I am a Capricorn.
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12-18-2007, 06:41 PM
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I've only 'ordered' one Phal in my life. The others just follow me home from the market, a friends house, or who knows where. They do that, don't they?
Kim
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12-18-2007, 06:57 PM
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Hey, if you want some pickled orchid ice cream
Tindo, head for Japan.  |
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