"Bag babies", when, where, and what?

[Orchid Whisperer]

Hi Joseia

What I have found is those bag baby plants arrive to the store in good shape. But, they decline after being on the shelves a while. After a month without watering, they can look pretty sad (though a few years ago I even bought one of the sad ones and they do recover).

The ones I bought yesterday were in great shape; they have been in that store no more than a week, and maybe much less.

All of the ones I've bought over the years have had tags; no NOIDs.

My suspicion (which I am sort of trying to confirm through this thread) is that bag baby season starts when we begin to see temperatures start to creep up. Our first days in the 60s F were last weekend, and while Lowes and Better Gro may not (or may?) be watching the temperature regionally, they sure know when to expect the warming trend to start.

Start checking your local HD, Lowes, etc. weekly from here forward; our Lowes got a huge shipment of blooming Phals just a week or 2 before the bag babies arrived. FWIW, I see some species plants in with every shipment, sometimes more, sometimes less.