Another lovely day at June's :) - Orchid Board

cb977 · #1 03-23-2010, 08:42 PM

Today our Tampa Orchid Club meeting was a field trip including lunch on the veranda at June's Orchid Estate.

Laura, Linda and I all had a wonderful time...it was Linda's first trip there so it was lots of fun to see the excitement on her face

I love going there and just roaming around the place

but it's even more special spending the time there with good friends

I got a number of new orchid items like coasters and bookmarks...and a really cool pot that I fell in love with. Of course, that's just about when the insanity kicked in and I went in search of the perfect Paph to put in the new pot...makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

Some

cb977 · #2 03-23-2010, 08:45 PM

...and a few more

The plants are:

Paph Tristar Mabo

Zgz Orchidom Dancing Elf

Tolu Orchidom Sunburn

Alxra Tara Venn 'Mauna Kea'

kiki-do · #3 03-24-2010, 07:19 PM

Wow, that is heaven, isn't it????? When you said you were searching for the perfect paph, I had visions of you crawling all along the top of that tree. Then I remembered (silly me) that paphs are never up in the trees!!!! Phew!!!! What's the name of the paph you bought? It's that single one you took a pic of right? It's so cute!

cb977 · #4 03-24-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kiki-do

Wow, that is heaven, isn't it????? When you said you were searching for the perfect paph, I had visions of you crawling all along the top of that tree. Then I remembered (silly me) that paphs are never up in the trees!!!! Phew!!!! What's the name of the paph you bought? It's that single one you took a pic of right? It's so cute!

The Paph I got on this trip is Paph Tristar Mabo

Angurek · #5 03-26-2010, 09:11 AM

Found your cloud nine, Sue?

It looks neat. I can't wait until they expand their inventory, as they said on their website.

cb977 · #6 03-26-2010, 09:19 AM

Hi Carl,

I think the schedule got pushed back a bit due to some circumstances way back at the beginning of the project...that being said, June and her staff have accomplished something so very special already, I look forward to seeing them succeed.

If you ever have the chance to meet June, Laurie, Glen and the other fine folks making this place work you'll walk away smiling...they really are some of the nicest folks around

and I am proud to call them my friends

The plants are fantastic and I always come home with more than one...but I'm having a really hard time leaving there without a box full of pretty stuff for my house from the lounge at June's

RosieC · #7 03-26-2010, 09:25 AM

It looks like a great place. I would love to see that tree in person.

BikerDoc5968 · #8 03-26-2010, 09:48 AM

So Susie Q, where is this place? I know you have said something about it in the recent past but you know how compromised I am!!!!!!

cb977 · #9 03-26-2010, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RosieC

It looks like a great place. I would love to see that tree in person.

Rosie...that tree has 400 SPECIES orchids on it!
Can you imagine what it's going to look like in a year or two?

I usually leave there with a little crick on the neck from looking up so much

cb977 · #10 03-26-2010, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BikerDoc5968

So Susie Q, where is this place? I know you have said something about it in the recent past but you know how compromised I am!!!!!!

It's in Thonotasassa which is basically Tampa

On one of your trips here, we MUST make plans for some OBers to meet there...it would be lovely to stroll around and have lunch on the veranda in back.

It's gorgeous and we'd all have a wonderful day, for sure