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Old 09-15-2008, 08:22 PM
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Sue (sucuz) invited my wife and I to visit her are the Gradens for a close-up tour. What intsigated the visit was the blooming of Peristeria elata aka Holy Ghost orchid that she posted about a few days back. It was a thorough and very educational tour - Sue is a very knowledgeable person in her field(s). I am posting a series of pics below, and am hoping Sue jumps in for a great narration, similar to the one she gave us. I could try to steel her thunder and explain the whole thing, but that wouldn't be fair to her and all the hard work she puts in as a 13 year volunteer at a fantastic facility. Here are the pics:

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(3) (4) (5) (6)

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Your turn Sue. Please explain the pictures as only you can do in your "volunteer smile"

Thanks for the tour.
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Old 09-15-2008, 08:39 PM
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Ross, thanks for posting the pictures of your behind-the-scenes tour! Wonderful!!!

Looking forward to hearing Sue's narration

You must have had a very nice day
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Old 09-15-2008, 09:14 PM
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What a great day is right!

WOW! I would be in heaven in there.

Standing by for narration!

Thanks, for the photos, Ross!
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Old 09-15-2008, 09:26 PM
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So Ross, you could have invited a tag-along guest... I'm only a couple of hours from GR......
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Old 09-15-2008, 09:53 PM
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So Ross, you could have invited a tag-along guest... I'm only a couple of hours from GR......
From what I heard, you've been there and never sought out Sue
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Old 09-16-2008, 11:16 AM
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Had a great day with Ross & his lovely wife last Saturday. Great place to be on a dreary rainy day.

When I first started doing the 'orchid wall' display, it was a plant display. I can do that. Knew very very little about orchids. Discovered an odd thing. If I was out there messing with the plants, guests actually expected me to know something about them. Silly people. Got the crash course in Orchid 101 and now I know a little bit about orchids. If you know virtually nothing about them, I could probably impress you. If you have questions about specific plants, I will have to write them down and look at the tags when I go in on Saturday.

To the tour!

Photo 1: Behind the scenes, Greenhouse #3. Orchid greenhouse. Back benches & flyer bars are about 1/2 of our orchid collection. Rest are out of the photo. Left front is a Coelogyne cristata about 2 1/2' high x 3' to 3 1/2' wide. Front benches are display plants in a growing area. Haven't managed to take over all of Greenhouse #3 yet. We have to share it with other plants.

Photo 2: Greenhouse #3 Cattleya collection. Shaded area in back has phrags, paphs, & phals.

Photo 3: Dendrobium fimbriatu, (I think), don't know the "horsetail", mini dort/phal, Ondotoglossum (? Wildcat?), Oncidium, & Psycopsis papillio

Photo 4: Phragmipedium

Photo 5: Slipper crock with white Paphiopedium & various phrags

Photo 6: Peristeria elata aka Holy Ghost orchid. Can't quite see the little dove inside from this angle

Photo 7: Orchid wall display

Photo 8: Orchid wall display

Photo 9: Vanda. Would have to check tag for ID, sorry.

Photo 10: Slipper display again

Open invitation. If anyone plans to be in our area, contact me. Would love to meet you and give you a personalized tour. If you can't tell, I LOVE this place!
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Old 09-16-2008, 11:21 AM
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Yeah! It went in. Took 3 tries to post this. Every time I tried to submit, it booted me out of the system. Guese I might have been too wordy and timed out. Edited down to shorter version. Can always add comments as we go along.
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Thanks Sue...it looks like a wonderful place...and what better way to spend your time than doing something you so obviously love doing?

Thank you
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Ross, who is filling your head with these untruths!???!!! When I was a kid in 2nd grade, I lived in GR and have visited family there many years ago....didn't even know there was a Garden there!!!!! But next trip.....

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Old 09-16-2008, 12:18 PM
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When I was a kid in 2nd grade, I lived in GR and have visited family there many years ago....didn't even know there was a Garden there!!!!! :
And you would have been right! The Gardens celebrated its 13th birthday last April. When you were in 2nd grade it wasn't even a gleam in the eye of the Michigan Horticulture Society yet.

We're here now...trek on up!
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