New arrivals!!
 

In the few posts I've made since joining today I've mentioned that I've pretty much been away from orchids for about a decade, though I've had a few nice Phal. hybrids in the house to keep me from going completely mad. But this week the fever was pitched, and I ordered several new plants through eBay (I've shopped on eBay for years and years and never, before this week, did I think of buying orchids there). Some of my additions arrived today, safe and sound and getting me very excited. Here's what came:

Phal. cornu-cervi (back when I first started, cornu-cervi was the first Phal. species I purchased, and remains a favorite)

Phal. mannii

Phal. manni (I'm not repeating myself - I got two because the price was just too good. This second one is in bloom)

Doritis (aka Phalaenopsis) pulcherimma

Phal. stuartiana (this one is a baby, but exceedingly healthy)

In the next few days I will also receive:

Phal. lobbii

Phal. amboinensis

Phal. viridis

Phal. pallens

and, just to make things interesting, Neofinetia falcata

Maybe you can tell I'm into species.

I've also posted a desire to find Paraphalaenopsis denevei, and I think I've located this plant, to sit beside the Paraphal. serpentilingua I bought last week.

Something ells me that my wife is going to have me locked up in a straight jacket this evening. :shock:

No, but Im sure she's gonna take away your credit and debit cards! :rofl:

I see password protect on your computer and bank accounts frozen in your future. :rofl:

:lol: Nice haul..whadya have planned for next week. And to we're only into day 8 of May:rofl:

Lecent

I still have the card, and Juli says the plants are "cute". She hasn't seen the charges for these yet. :)

I'm excited for you. You really are jumping back in with both feet! Have fun,

Man, that fever hit hard and fast! So glad to see it is of the Phal. variety! Love your choices and I have some of them and want the others!
Are you going to mount them?
AL

Hey, AL. One of the P. mannii is mounted. However, I am a window grower and have found that I can get much better root growth when I pot the plants.

I think I've caught a case of OAD (Orchid Acquisition Disorder).

:coverlaugh: Yup...you're showing all the symptoms!

Great, isn't it? :dance13:

Susanne, i\I've suffered it before, especially in the 1980s. I though I'd found a cure, but apparently it's something that just goes dormant for a while and then rears its ugly head again! I kind of like having it back.

What a fantastic haul - keep going until you run out of room. There's NO point in wasted space ... right?! :evil:
Enjoy this wonderful hobby :D

Weird isnt' it? My species phals love being mounted and hanging in a window. My hybrid phals love being potted and on window sills or stands. Everyone finds his/her "grove" and yes, you do have OAD! Welcome!
[Edit] You'll find some of my mounts in one of my albums.
AL

Yep, you've got it and you've got it bad. . .and I ought to know. I was diagnosed about a year ago, from a previous bout. It just gets worse and more fun! Happy to have you join us here!

I love your choices! I have a few of them & have the rest of them on my wish list.

I just recently got the Phal. mannii. . .it's a tiny seedling! But I just love it.

Be sure to take a look at Bird Song Farm's mounted orchids. . .his technique with sewing the moss onto the mount is beeeeufiful!