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01-21-2018, 04:15 PM
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VA Orchid Society Show haul!!
I got to go to the VA OS show at Strange's Garden Center yesterday, and I, showing great restraint, got three gorgeous plants.
From Chadwick's Orchids I got:
BLC. Orange Treat 'NN' - I had another small orange BLC a couple years ago that just turned brown and died all of a sudden, so I had to get a new one. It does have a slight floral scent to it.
Triple Love #6 - I think this is what the name is, the tag didn't print very well. I am emailing them to ask. This one is a lovely creamy white with a slight blush. It has a ton of buds, I could not tell if the example plant had a scent or not, my nose was a bit stuffy yesterday. EDIT: Yep, Pot. Triple Love is it!
I am not sure which grower I got this one from, I did not see their name on the booth, but they were very friendly:
FDK. After Dark 'Sunset Valley Orchids' - this was the only Catasetum there, it was on their "dented and exotics" table. With my recent successes with this genera, I could not resist the pretty blooms! This is my first After Dark! The camera gets the colors close, but not quite right. It does seem to have a slightly spicy scent.
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01-21-2018, 06:31 PM
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Very nice selections! I'm getting itchy for show season to start around here. One more week to wait.
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01-21-2018, 07:31 PM
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The show is normally in Mid to late February, but apparently the greenhouse was already booked for other events at the normal time. I was rather surprised to get an email and facebook notification from two of the vendors about the date change! But I am happy for it, because they probably would not have brought the same selections!
My husband has started doing some travelling for work, and I was hoping he was going to go down to Florida so I could go visit him around Redlands time, but no luck, he says it is too hot there in May.
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01-21-2018, 08:15 PM
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Beautiful plants, gorgeous flowers! Finally a nice weekend to enjoy being out. Restraint is hard for me at shows.
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01-21-2018, 08:49 PM
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nice reel in.
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01-24-2018, 02:39 PM
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Nice haul.
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01-25-2018, 02:49 AM
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Nice haul! Winter is getting to me, it's been so dark and rainy since November (only 25 hours of sunshine in December!) that I NEED new orchids. Only one show per year in this country, but a nearby grower in Germany has their open house weekend in a month.
Love the Fdk After Dark! I plant on starting with Catasetinae this year, and this is one I had stopped on a grower's website and intend to order once the weather warms up.
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