New chids from WOC

[Lorraine]

I could not beleive all the beautiful displays at the WOC. The pictures I took come nowhere close to those taken by everyone else here. Check them out

I worked on Thursday and Saturday (10-2) handing out programs at the door instead of the ticket office and probably saw a few of you. It was just like stepping into a giant candy store with 10 cents and wanted to spend it wizely. I found 5 new chids to add to my other collection
Slc Jeweler's Art Waiomao 'Plum' hcc/aos
c. Schilleriana var. Sanderiana 'Pauwela' Need info please
Den. Spectabile too cool to pass up
C Dowiana var Aurea x self
Blc Chia Lin 'New City' am/aos

Everybody is already repotted/mounted and looking happy. All are about a year away from blooming (plenty of time to get established) but I'll take pics of the new group so I can compare later.

I picked up a couple for a friend of mine who will get them tomorrow. I know he'll be happy.

My husband already knows that I'll be buying more at the Boca Raton show in a couple weeks. He figured that I didn't want to carry home big plants from Miami. Not true! I wanted plants already acclimated to this area since they will live in the heat all year round except for the few cooler weeks we get this time of year.

Also found some great cork and grape vine wood at Jims Orchid Supply. Really nice pieces and I thought reasonable. Bought one bigger cork and will split it up.

Lorraine