Orchid Buying Guideline for 2017

[plantluvver]

I am pleased that I have decided on a guideline that I think I can follow without feeling so restricted I totally rebel. I know it is very modest, but I am currently sleeping on a folding couch in someone else's rental.

I will not look at Trader Joe's orchid's within two weeks of buying one. I may buy at most one orchid per calendar month.

I am calling these guidelines because I anticipate occasions when I choose to not follow them.

I am a windowsill grower, and my collection of about 15 orchids was given away this past June, due to a decision to sell and downsize my home.

These guidelines should keep me in bloom while not denying me the thrill of orchid hunting. I currently have 3 Phals that I have taken over from my room mates, Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy', an unlabeled Zygopetalum, and my newest, a Paph. Hsinying Alien (blooming).