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Originally Posted by estación seca
I've noticed in Arizona and California that Trader Joe's always has a better assortment of orchids than the local supermarkets, most of which have only Phals. Many are NOIDs, but if you look at all the individuals on the stand of the same plant, often one will have a name tag.
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Maybe I'll have to find the closest TJ's and check out what they've got. I'd love to find some nobile type Dendrobiums, but I would wait until December or January to look for those. In my limited experience with nobiles, I get a lot more blooms out of the ones that bloom early from the current year's canes. I can keep them outside until November, and by then the buds have started and they bloom like crazy in December and January. The ones I've tried that bloom in the spring from last year's canes just don't bloom much for me. I think it's because I have to keep them inside where it is too warm during the time when they would be forming buds for spring blooms. That's just based on anecdotal evidence, but it has held true for me so far. December bloomers put on a great show for me and are just covered. April bloomers give me like three blooms lol. But I don't need to be buying any more orchids at the moment. I have orders from like three different nurseries I'm expecting this week (Marlows, Hausermann, SVO, and then I also ordered a Toshie Aoki 'Encore' from a nursery I've never tried before, and I don't now recall the name of that one). So I'm done buying new plants for the summer. Or at least until my birthday in September lololol
(and I looked at my driving app just now, and it looks like the closest TJ's is in Fort Worth, about 28 minutes away, so that's not bad. I would drive that far for orchids lol)
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