Let's talk about the Redlands experience...

[natasha]

awesome haul everyone!!! and i'm so jealous of you all! i am itching to get more orchids, but have been advised by my orchid uncle (the seller obviouly) to built a shadehouse... but my neighbour going back to her hometown and offer to buy me some orchids (cheap source) so i'm torn... help!!! i'm salivating over all wonderful pics here!!!

[natasha]

Originally Posted by susiep

I also got..

V tessellata
Aerides lawrenciae var fortichii
Nepenthes ventricosa
Enc boothiana var erythroniodes (Fla native)
Gloriosa vine

I love my new chids!

i thought i saw you wrote in another thread "i'm going to put my money in 1 or 2 specimen sized plants"???

[billc]

You Florida people are OUT OF CONTROL!

Bill

[cb977]

Originally Posted by billc

You Florida people are OUT OF CONTROL!

Bill

I think it's the sun!

[LauraN]

Great picks Sue, all of those should do really well for you!
Great story Maria!

[LauraN]

I love the aclandiae Susie! and tessellata is one of my favorites! Good choices...

[shadytrake]

WOW! Looks like y'all had a lot of fun.

Don't worry about the red Den Sue...one of the vendors here at the Memphis Orchid Show brought TWO! I bought one and I might buy the other one today.

I'm sorry that I missed Redlands, but the HCC/AOS award that I got this weekend (my FIRST) totally made up for it.

Y'all have fun on your last day. Our show goes today 11-4 and I have a little money left. Tee Hee.

[susiep]

Originally Posted by natasha

i thought i saw you wrote in another thread "i'm going to put my money in 1 or 2 specimen sized plants"???

You are so right! I did say that, didn't I? Well, I started off right. My first purchase was the big specimen Den chyrsotoxom. The rest... I have no excuse for!

[got ants]

Sue, I cannot believe it. I had that exact Enc Boothiana in my hand.

But alas, I bought it's sibling.

My purchases, on a limited budget..

Enc Boothiana
Tolumnia Urophylla X2
Tolumnia Pulchella X2
Tolumina Variegata

[got ants]

My buddy Lance bought a few orchids and one we are going to split, once it's done blooming... a specimen size Enc Tampensis var Alba.

I can't remember the vendor's name, but I have an issue with the Tol Variegata I bought. It looked to have a nice root system, but turns out to have it tucked under the tree fern and was not part of the plant that was flowering. This was the same guy that was supposed to have a specimen size plant for me, but he broke everything up into individual plants. So if someone recognizes who it was that had all the tolumnias, species and hybrids, please inform me.

I guess there's always one bad chid in the lot.