What an exciting day!
 

First, I woke up with NO pain in my knee, thanks to the cortisone injection I got yesterday! Yippee!!! :dance13:

Now, on to orchid stuff...

yesterday, my hubby and I drove past a house a few blocks away from my house with a large sign on the front lawn...all I caught as we went by was the word ORCHIDARIUM!!!

Needless to say, I was obsessing the rest of the evening and this morning we took a ride back to see the details :coverlaugh:

The sign said ORCHIDARIUM
2' x 4' x 3'h $200.00

$200.00 :yikes: WHAT??? :faint:

Of course, I rang the bell to ask about it and the guy brought us into his garage where this HUGE tank was sitting, surrounded by about 8 light fixtures, a misting system and a bunch of pots and media. He said it was all given to him by his dad who can no longer grow his orchids... :(

All I kept thinking was :hmm "how am I rearranging my house to fit this baby in somewhere"...while my husband had a glazed look in his eyes :coverlaugh:

I told the man I will get back to him. As we drove away and started discussing where it would fit, we realized (and I really knew all along) that we have no room for this monster...but my husband is a really good guy and asked if his large 50 gallon fish tank would make a good orchidarium

:hmm "Well, that would be great, honey" :love:

So, all the fancy-tailed guppies we have will be adopted out and I get a new orchid tank!!!

(/udb)

Life is GOOD!!!!!

LIFE IS GOOD INDEED SUSANNE. I'm really happy for you.

I forgot to put this info in:

It was the Grand Cayman Orchidarium which lists at $2400 on their site!
orchidarium.com

What a steal! I wish I knew somebody local who could take it.

Becca isn't going to be happy with this post! :evil: Betcha she paid the full shot and then some!

Second, is your hubby crazy? I mean like give up his fish for some stupid plants! :rofl: What's the world coming to, I mean first the fish, then the workshop! :hmm Great idea I just had. Better yet, why not the laundry room? :scratchhead: We got water (hot and cold) we got a drain, I can make this work! Nope! :biggrin: :rofl: Like that would go over like a lead balloon full of bricks. Last time I made some comment like "Honey, I really need to get the orchids watered." The response was something like (I am paraphrasing here :biggrin: ) You chose this hobby and you chose to saddle yourself with these duties. :hmm :scratchhead: That wasn't a compliment was it? :scratchhead: There's a bunch of things I could've said but didn't. That's where I got stronger! I have learned to curb my tongue. Especially if I want dinner tonight :rofl:

Too funny, Ross!!! :rofl:

Anytime I'm complaining that I'm tired and hubby asks what I did all day, I try to avoid mentioning the chid care 'cause that just brings on "the look"! :crackup:

Come on Sue! You know you have room for it! It isn't that huge!!!!! $200.00 is definitely a steal! You say 8 lights? I don't think those are the lights that come with the orchidarium....I have three light fixtures, each with two bulbs per fixture, thus making it a 6 bulbs as advertised. And it didn't come with a misting system...so that is one heck of a deal!

You know for the full price of an orchidarium....I could have gotten a greenhouse, but then I would have had to put out more money for things such as a heater...lol....just something for others to keep in mind when looking to purchase the Grand Cayman at full price.....

Sue If I were you I would still buy it! You will regret it if you don't!

Where is she to put it? :scratchhead: I know! In Cadillac Michigan! :biggrin: :bowing

:rofl: Oh Ross you really are a piece of work aren't you? No you silly man, that was NOT a compliment! :rofl:

Dear me. I'm going on vacation for about 10 days, and hubby stepped up to the plate and offered to water. :cheer: What a guy. I typed up a day by day schedule so he'd know who to water when and with what. I was wondering how I was going to pull this off.

Suzanne, at $200 the orchidarium is a steal. You wouldn't have to build anything, plus the whole front of it opens up. I just got rid of a 50 gal fish tank. It was bad enough trying to clean it with fish in it let alone plants. I couldn't quite reach the bottom. I'd get the orchidarium. ;)

You'all might think I am kidding, but I print monthly calendars from my Franklin Planner software and faithfully cross off the days. I have codes for "water everybody" - "water all but the 'big guys' (the Cats, etc.) - and "water only the mounts." When I have my "second" doing the watering, he gets toothpicks in the second category (I call it blue dot) and red flags in the first category (which I call "water everybody"). It helps me remember when, and if, I've watered. Gotta do stuff like like as you get older (more senile). :biggrin: My "second" really looks forward to the "water only the mounts" days, cause that takes like, a couple minutes or so.

Suzanne, buy the darned thing. You'll wish you had later

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