Shopping spree time
 

Pop Quiz--

You have this list:

http://www.orchidweb.com/plt_spk.asp

And you may purchase 2 plants (excluding the $10,000 besseae). No cold growers or anything overly diffficult/suicidal.

What do you do, what do you do?

(answer quickly, as I'm probably placing my order tomorrow)

I would pick

-phal. venosa red form
-Bulbophyllum carunculatum

seems like an expensive place to buy orchids.

seems like you're not being helpful! :((

they're expensive because they're in spike presently. seriously, don't look at the prices, just pick two. it's not that hard, is it????

wifey's dearests picks are Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream' AM/AOS and Paph. bellatulum ('Dalmation' x 'Dr. Spot')...but we'll see.

I probably have a Bllra Marfitch that I could give you for free... If I don't, somebody does, they are everywhere. Don't pay a premium for something that common. Get something from them that you can't get elsewhere.

well if you're giving plants away I won't complain! what would you recommend from the list that's a little less common, without being overly expensive or difficult to grow?

Lc. Dinard 'Blue Heaven' AM/AOS
(Lc. Saint Gothard x C. Dinah)

Lc. Dinard 'Blue Heaven' AM/AOS
(Lc. Saint Gothard x C. Dinah)

My choices and sticking to it.

I don't know if I have one (I used to have lots and have been giving them away as they bloom), but I'll put your name on one if I find it.

I'd go with the Bulbophyllum carunculatum or any of the dendrobium species. And a paph. They have lots of nice ones.

My choices: Dend. lowii, Laelia anceps alba, phrag klotzscheanum and several of the paph/phrag choices