Fabulous Brassia verrucosa score!

[greengarden]

I was at a meeting last week for the emergency service i'm a member of and was chatting and the topic of orchids came up and one of the blokes turned and told me he had 'a scrappy looking orchid in the back corner of his yard that he would be happy to pass on and did I want it'. He told me he thought it was called a spider orchid so I suspected Brassia but by his description I thought it would be in very poor condition. Well imagine my delight when he rocked on up with this stunning verrucosa tonight! Four lovely flower spikes, 11 leaved psuedobulbs, 6 backbulbs and four new leads. It looks marginally dry but nothing that a good potting mixture won't fix.

[Paul Mc]

Oh wow! That's awesome!!!!

[NatalieS]

Score! You must be thrilled. I hope you played it down when you saw it and pretended like you were doing him a huge favour by taking it off of his hands.

[bellini girl]

Lucky you. Nothing to see however as I cannot access your photos. Don't think they were uploaded

[ElenaMarie]

Isn't it the most wonderful feeling to come across a terrific score like that??? Congrats!

[cbuchman]

Wow! You are one lucky guy!

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! Awesome!

[orchidsarefun]

wow...
....its not clear - was this growing in a pot in his backyard or in the soil ?...or on a tree ?

[greengarden]

It used to be in a pot but the pot tipped over and orchid fell out so it was just in the leaf litter under a big gum tree.

[BettyE]

Originally Posted by bellini girl

Lucky you. Nothing to see however as I cannot access your photos. Don't think they were uploaded

Should be fragrant, also! Wish someone would give me one.....BettyE