Another Saturday Project - more pots

[shakkai]

Originally Posted by Grandma M

Shannon, I have turned green.......... and purple,and orange and every color of the rainbow, with envy. I just looking at them. You have such a great collection of Erin pots. I like your taste in pots. Maybe I should say I have not seen any ugly pots on their web site. The only problem I have is while I am trying to decide what I want, some rascal (from this forum), beats me to it.

My order just arrived today. I'll post a picture. I feel like Gwen, nothing compares to Erin pots. Hers were shipped the same day mine were. I am anxious to see hers also.

LOL! In the end, I told Vic to choose some for me, as I couldn't decide... and of course, I, too, was watching the 'SOLD' appear on the photos of the ones I was thinking about! I've got another one or two which I have yet got potted up, so there are more photos to come!

I need to send Vic a nice email and say thanks!!

[gmdiaz]

*evil pot snatching laughter*

Marilyn: Gawd, I love the pots that you and & Shannan pounced on! NICE NICE NICE

And you know, Vic adds more pots every week. . .which is dang lucky for me, or else I'd be one Marilyn-ringing-my-neck-till-I-am-one-dead duck, short-one-last-pot-snatching-cluck!

* a sneaky, muah ha ha ah ha!*

Shannan: I can only imagine how great those little cuthberts are gonna look as they grow and change and just get better and better. I'll probably just pass out when they bloom in their glorious little pots. roflololol

Will post pics as soon as my boxes arrive!

Already making plans for my May Erin Pottery shipment. . .just so, you know who, knows!

[Grandma M]

My Erin Pots. I'm confused. I'm not sure which post to put this in.

Marilyn

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by Grandma M

My Erin Pots. I'm confused. I'm not sure which post to put this in.

Marilyn

Why don't cha start a new thread for Erin Pottery under vedor feedback? And post your pots! Shannan can add hers there. . .and I'll add mine, as soon as I have any.

[shakkai]

Marilyn, Beautiful pots!! and lovely setup with the fan!

I think the pot photos are best posted here - but you should probably stick the photo of your goreous Sedirea in the project thread!

I see you got two of the pots I had my eye on - the square and the rectangle!! Talk about pot snatching!! :LOL:

I'm - we must do a photo gallery!

[shakkai]

As promised, here are some more of the orchids that I repotted over the weekend!!

Den. unicum - which should grow into this pot nicely when it has a few more canes:


Leptotes bicolor:


A young Laelia purpurata (can't get the whole Sophronitis thing!!) which, again, should grow into its pot as it gets older:


And you will remember that I had potted my recurved leaf Neofinetia in a crescent shaped pot... and that I was rethinking this because it hadn't come out like I had wanted. Well, here it is in an Erin Pottery crescent:



So, you will be wondering, what did I do with the other crescent pot?? Well here it is with Den. tetragonum!


Not a pot from Erin Pottery, but a new home for Sophronitis coccinea:

on this last one, the drainage hole is basically the entire bottom of the pot - I put some screen over the hole to keep the bark from dropping out the bottom!

I am SO happy!!!
Happy dance time!!

[Grandma M]

Shannon

They are all fantastic. At first I was a bit hesitant to place my plants in such tiny pots. Seeing yours gave me courage to try it. I need more small plants to put into that size pot. A phrag or large vanda just will not be right.

Vic said that in a couple of weeks he will be making some deeper, what he refered to as orchid pots. My pocket tell me to stay off that site.

Am I right that you can just go there and pick out what you want? That must be 'Pot Heaven'. I marvel at the beautiful selection of pots you have. I am also partial to the cresent shaped pots.

I really like the pot you put the Leptotes bicolor into. It is perfect. I love ANYTHING blue.

Gwen, we haven't hear from you. Our pots were shipped the same day and mine arrived Saturday. You must have yours by now. We are waiting................

Marilyn

[shakkai]

Marilyn, I agree... I think the Leptotes and pot are a good combination. I am just so amazed at the difference in how the plant looks in different pots. I really like the effect of the Den. tetragonum now. I have mostly all miniatures in my collection - so I have a lot of use for the smaller pots. In fact, as you can see, my plants have some growing up to do before they balance out their pots!

Forgot to add - their pottery is in Bristol which is about an hour away from me. I haven't been yet, but I hope to plan a trip up there sometime for a visit. Maybe I can even take Vic a nice easy orchid that he could play with!! All it takes is one to get you hooked, right??

So, Gwen! Show us the pots!!!

[Grandma M]

An hours drive? That would not keep me (or Gwen)away. I'll be driving about one hour to go to Green Acres Orchids Thursday. I live in the country so an hour isn't much.

I sure would like to see their showroom.
Marilyn

[shakkai]

Marilyn, If/When I go, I will be sure to take !! I think I am much more careful about the miles I do in the car now that I moved here. When I lived in the US, we used to have a 1 hour commute to work each day!! But with the cost of petrol being what it is (£1.10 per litre the last time I filled the tank, 4.5 litres to the gallon, $2 to the £1 - works out to $9.90 per gallon) it certainly makes you think! Just think of all of the orchids & pots I could buy for a 150 mile round trip there and back???