Unpopular Orchid Opinions

[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by Jeff214

I watched your video Stephen, and I must say I'm also baffled by people wearing gloves to repot plants. Then again, I work in a lab and I'm baffled by some people not wearing gloves when handling toxic materials...

My possibly unpopular opinion...

- I don't particularly understand what constitutes as a "good" cattleya. I prefer the floppy floofy curly blooms of many species... The round, overlapping blooms (of hybrids and line bred species) just look unnatural and odd to me. I saw the modern, round purpuratas from Brazil and I was a bit taken a back! While it's matter of preference, I hate to see the loss of more "traditional" look in collections, especially among species that are or near extinct.

A species which is extinct is beyond worrying about.