Mystery Project? - Page 3 - Orchid Board

gmdiaz · #21 04-11-2008, 02:40 PM

Sue,

I'll be happy to help keeping lists and such, contacting vendors etc. Just tell me how I can help.

kavanaru · #22 04-11-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shakkai

I think by about August, we'll be getting itchy for another project purchase... this is a great idea for it!

By August!!!???

I am already playing around and surfing the webpages of my favorite "dealers"...

this is getting worst than heroin

I think I had waited too long to re-start with orchids in europe, and now am a bit possesed

camille1585 · #23 04-11-2008, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

Camille, are you any where close to Apeldoorn, The Netherlands?
Al

Right now no, I'm on the northern border of the lake, in Enkhuizen. Of course, distance is relative in a country this small, and americans would laugh that I consider 140km to be far to go!! But as of September I'll be at Wageningen University, which is about 50km from there. Why do you ask?

kavanaru · #24 04-11-2008, 03:21 PM

Camille, if you are at the Wageningen University (nice little tiny town by the way

) youmust find the time and go to Arnheim to visit the huge rain forest green house there... really nice!!! bring binoculars with you if you wnat to see the birds flying in it and some of the epiphitic plants

Ross · #25 04-11-2008, 03:30 PM

Let's see.... August.... What will I be doing in August besides going to Myrtle Beach

Buying another orchid that I have no clue what it is and how it needs to be grown! Fantastic idea!

A couple questions though. Can we agree on size? Temperature? Light? I can just see Shannon trying to grow an unknown Vanda

Or me a Cymbidium

quiltergal · #26 04-11-2008, 03:32 PM

This sounds like a fun project. I've made mystery quilts before, why not a mystery orchid. Brilliant Kiki! Maybe whoever we get them from could enclose the tags in a sealed envelope and we'd all have to pinky swear not to cheat and sneak a peek until we either guessed or it bloomed.

Ross · #27 04-11-2008, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiltergal

This sounds like a fun project. I've made mystery quilts before, why not a mystery orchid. Brilliant Kiki! Maybe whoever we get them from could enclose the tags in a sealed envelope and we'd all have to pinky swear not to cheat and sneak a peek until we either guessed or it bloomed.

Maybe the vendor(s) could send enough tags to the project coordinator who will send them out to participants after the plant is correctly identified? If so, we should be ready to provide postage to the coordinator.

quiltergal · #28 04-11-2008, 03:47 PM

Great idea Ross! We could all send a SASE to the keeper of the tags so all they'd have to do is drop a tag in and put it in the mail.

camille1585 · #29 04-11-2008, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cb977

I'm also thinking that maybe this one would need to have a limit as to how many could participate, like a first-come, first-serve deal...expecting a vendor to supply such a request to more than say 20 people in the US would be a tall order.

I agree with this, and was thinking about it. It would be a shame to turn down people if more than 20(or whatever number) are interested. Maybe, if there are many people, it could be split into 2 groups with 2 differents plants. Possibly a cool grower group and a warm grower group or something like that. Just an idea.

Ross · #30 04-11-2008, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camille1585

I agree with this, and was thinking about it. It would be a shame to turn down people if more than 20(or whatever number) are interested. Maybe, if there are many people, it could be split into 2 groups with 2 differents plants. Possibly a cool grower group and a warm grower group or something like that. Just an idea.

How about - we agree on the culture we all can provide (yeah, right!) and coordinator contact vendor for choices. Vendor(s) would submit choices to coordinator who would then announce the ordering proceedure once the choice was made. I see no reason why Europe couldn't have a different unknown than North America. Or even split NA into different choices as well. Why not the same "mystique" but different plants in each major area? So maybe one vendor in Canada, one in Europe, one in US, one in S.A., etc? Each with their own mystery plant. More record keeping, but more fun. Maybe a different coordinator in each major area? If we let vendors select, then maybe we don't need to control how many participate? Just a few thoughts.