orchid name tags ???

[jimbo0108]

Hello,
I was curious if anyone knew of a good place to have orchid name tags made or a good way to do it yourself.
Thanks in advance

[nutgirl]

Because I'm cheap and like to reuse I cut them out of soda cans (easy to cut and impervious to everything). I use an old ball point pen to indent the info on them.

Obviously this isn't very practical if you have very many.


Maureen

[MNBloom]

I use white plant labels and a fine line sharpie. I also number the bottom of the pot and keep an excel file with those numbers with all the plants information. Plus I keep a photo as the orchids bloom and label it the excel file #.

There are waterproof labels you can run through your printer, if you want to spend that much.

Plant labels are super cheap from any large greenhouse supplier.

here's a sample, but all supply houses have them.

Search Results For: Plant Tags | Greenhouse Megastore

[bellini girl]

If you're frugal like me , .cut empty yogurt container into strips. there's recycling for you The inside is white you can easily write with a sharpie or pencil.

[WhiteRabbit]

You can get tags at many nurseries / garden centers / hardware / hydroponics supply (ebay, too!)...
I use an inexpensive label maker (white tape, black print) and stick that on the tag. Pencil works well. Sharpie ink can fade quickly, tho I have been using a fine point "industrial" Sharpie and that seems to be working well.

[wintergirl]

I have seen them on Ebay as well.

[BriDroid]

I didn't need a ton, and found 25 shipped for $2.00 on ebay.

[Fairorchids]

Do NOT rely on Sharpie markers. They fade, and fairly quickly too.

In art supply stores you can get paint pens. They do not fade.

When I have a bunch of identical labels to be done, I use my Brother label maker (black on either white or clear tape). They last for years (I have some that are 6-7 years old).

[silken]

I too have found that even permanent sharpies for gardening fade in the sun after a year or two. I buy inexpensive plastic tags and use a lead pencil which does not seem to fade or rub off. Some use a label maker to attach stickers to their tags, which seems to work well also.

[Gage]

Pen and markers seem to fade, but pencil works great. All plastic eventually gets brittle, so aluminum it the best option. Nutgirl, I hadn't thought of using a soda can, that's brilliant!