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Originally Posted by Plodde
How are you liking living in hawaii? As an orchid lover your collection must be amazing. i can just imagine all the possibilities.
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M'Lady and I love it here.
I had spent 30+ years in Alaska.
I loved living there too.
I won't lie, I miss many things about AK.
But, The things I like about being here more than make up for the things I miss about AK.
I'm now in my 70s.
M'Lady's just a cute young thing.
She won't reach her 70s for another couple years yet.
Winters are 6 to 7 months long up there.
We weren't playing outdoors like we did in our 40s, 50s and 60s, partly because of our age, partly due to other conditions.
I find it hard to feel like I'm building an orchid collection.
Most of the ones I bring home are hybrids, I just set them loose in the yard.
If they make it, great.
If not, maybe the next one will.
With that said, I am beginning a small collection of species orchids.
Finding good interesting species orchids is hard to do around here.
The hybrid orchid industry is flourishing everywhere around here.
Hybrids are available everywhere cheaply.
Occasionally, I do run across a species orchid I'm interested in.
Like today, I went to the farmer's market to get some papayas, avocados and bananas for next week.
I always check the vendors for orchids while I'm at it.
Today I found a nice Den. aggregatum [lindleyi] in bloom for $10.
I already had one, but it isn't doing anything yet.
It isn't dead, but still seems to be dormant.
So, I got this one to satisfy my need for instant gratification and maybe the other one will realize that it had better get its act together.
I'll probably end up mounting them together on the same mount.
Hybrid Mode
