If you were a plant tag...

[PaphLover]

where would you be?



Where's the strangest place you've found a lost plant tag?

[Optimist]

in the potting media bag. In the trash can. on the floor somewhere near where you had the orchid last. In the cashe pot. between pots. in another plant.

[estación seca]

In the refrigerator. I found my phone there once, too.

[PaphLover]

Originally Posted by estación seca

In the refrigerator. I found my phone there once, too.

…but you know I'm going to look there now.

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Originally Posted by Optimist

in the potting media bag. In the trash can. on the floor somewhere near where you had the orchid last. In the cashe pot. between pots. in another plant.

Yes, I've found one in the trash can before. Well, the compost bin after I removed the old media.

Thanks for the hints.

[SFLguy]

On the bottom of the pot that the plant was in

[PhoenixNakia]

Since I'm really new at keeping these beauties that keep us happily doting on them, I don't have any awesomely strange places I've found tags~~yet.

Mine are usually, ~OK truth time~ nearly always still laying on the table I just potted my plants on & I am frantically scurrying around each repot to try & match them up.

With my newest (til my shipment comes in next Wed.) kids it is not too hard to get the right tag into the proper pot, my Dendrobiums & Intergenerics. A Google search of the name for a photo ID has been sufficient. But~~those darn Phalaenopsis that manage to come with a tag are not so ready to give up the game of~~'Guess Who'!

Oh yeah, and under the shelf area where I'm not paying attention to knocking them out of the pots as I'm piddling about with them. Quite a common spot I'm sure for ya'll pros.

[PaphLover]

Yes, that's the only good thing about this tag loss; I know what the plant name is, so worst case scenario--I write a new tag. Still, losing the tag makes me feel a little brain-scrambled. Like when you're looking for your sunglasses that are perched on your head.

[PaphMadMan]

Back when I had cats, the missing tags could be found wherever the orange tabby took them, usually one of his favorite sleeping places, and usually chewed up, so pieces could also be found in the cat box.

Do I win?

[gngrhill]

I picked up one in the back yard the other day. No idea how it got there. No orchids outside this time of year.