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Originally Posted by Lagoon (Post 544944)

Ooooh beautiful colours - love them!! :D

hard to pass, right? :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by greengarden (Post 545101)

I'm jealous too, don't get orchids at all in our grocery stores and the best we get in the nurseries are NOID phals. There is one nursery near me that sometimes gets New Guinea dends and nice catts on consignment but they are pricey.

I have found that three large grocery chains here carry orchids. Two of them carry NOID phals and one other carry a variety, mostly NOIDs but quite a few have tags. Even so, I know what most of them are without the tags.

New Guinea dends and catts are great too! :)
You pay more and probably the quality is much better.

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Originally Posted by JKeys (Post 545102)

The only orchids I can find around me are the NOID phals at home depot (unless I drive like an hour to Brighton for Mahoneys... my mom would NEVER.

I bought about four NOID phals from Home Depot.
I still have one. It is of high quality, grows and blooms reliably, look healthy.
Now the phals they carry look so bad. Flower shapes and conditions are just aweful!!!
It's a shame.

I now buy phals from a flower district or any flower shop where I find what I like.

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Originally Posted by cbuchman (Post 545157)

ohhhh I'm going to have to go check out my TJs and see what they might have now. Great haul!

TJs is the winner as far as bargain orchid shopping! :)
Plant quality is still an issue, especially with intergenerics, but with such low price, can't complain.

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Originally Posted by Orchidreamer (Post 545187)

Great finds! I love the solid red milt and the colorful onc!

I've found masdies, a white complex paph, nobile dens, and milts at my local TJs. Better selection than my local nurseries, and better prices too!

The second plant looks awfully similar to my Burr. Castle Issa 'Hilo Bay'. But unfortunately with a NOID you can never be 100% sure of an ID because different hybrids may have similar flowers.

I have seen my TJs carry both nobile and "hard cane" dends, but haven't seen any paphs. Who knows one of these days I may snatch up a nice white complex paph! :D

Many NOIDs are easy to tell what they are even without tags. You CAN be sure 100%. Many hybrids show quite a bit of variability within the grex, or look very similar to other hybrids making identification very difficult.
Many are quite easy to tell, for example, Oncidium Golden Girl, Wildcat, and many intergenerics.