Tag failures

[Dave xb]

Anybody have these? I've found the third one Love Fantasy 'Sweet Dreams'

[Roberta]

First one, not a clue... it is the last part of name, maybe cross, at most one parent)

Second one - likely Lc (C) Mildred Rives 'Orchidglade' x "sometihng" Walker... might be C. Angelwalker

Third one - maybe Lc. Love Fantasy ... the "Sweet" part could either be a cultivar or part of another parent that it was crossed with.

Fourth one, not enough to figure it out... first line might be "Fantasy" but the rest, dunno. Maybe you can look at it in slanting light and make out the faded part.

A thought... when you acquire a plant, make a new taq (written in #2 pencil, or India ink, everything else fades) Keep the original tag but when it disintegrates, you'll have a backup.

[Keysguy]

Another option I'll add to Roberta's suggestions is I use a Brother P-Touch labelmaker and stick that on a plastic label. 5 years into it and zero fading or degradation of any kind and they are outside 24/365.

[Maryanne]

Hello!
My suggestions:
Use double tags - bury one tag deep in the pot so it is unlikely to fall out or be UV ray damaged. I suggest also, writing directly on the pot, basket or mount if at all possible. Clay pot - use a plain old graphite pencil, and/or heavy duty magic marker. When you change pots, and want to use the pot on another plant, clean/sterilize, then use an abrasive scouring powder to erase the old name. It works!
On a basket use a heavy duty "laundry" type marker on the wood where ever you can squeeze it in, same for a mount if it's wood. (Won't work on a cork or tree fern mount, though.)
You could invest in those thin sheet metal tags they use on outdoor garden plants if you want to get fancy. (I have not done that, though.)

Happy growing,
Maryanne

[Roberta]

The buried-tag trick can also be a lifesaver if you have small children or grandchildren or other young visitors... I haven't had the problem, got into orchids when the kids were grown, and grandkids live at a distance, not visiting often and now big enough to be reasoned with. But I have had friends greeted by proud little ones with a hand full of tags... little kids like to "collect" things. A buried tag can then rescue the ID.

[rbarata]

But I have had friends greeted by proud little ones with a hand full of tags... little kids like to "collect" things. A buried tag can then rescue the ID.

Unless, in the impossibility to get the tags, they start collecting pots with plants.
Wel, not bad at all...maybe they'll end up being OB members.

[Fairorchids]

I keep a list of plants purchased, including the date, source and price. That allows me to go back and refresh my memory (and match up partial name tags).

[estación seca]

Pack rats steal tags. I have a lot of unbloomed seedlings that are now NOIDs.

[DirtyCoconuts]

sorry i have no help on the IDs

i do have a dymo SS tape label maker that was using for labels but it is old and out of tune and does not advance well and the process is arduous but when it works it is awesome


i have the pcube from brother- it is a great label maker and the UV labels are legit- if they last here they are bombproof

i also recommend buying your tags UV stable- it makes it so the dont fail, at least like this above

[apfire]

I also use a Brother label maker. Wouldn't it be cool if they printed directly in the plant tags?