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Forum: Vendor Feedback 08-20-2013, 10:49 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 7,120
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Funny that you should post this, I was just at my...

Funny that you should post this, I was just at my Lowe's today for actual hardware (building shelves for the backyard garden!), and I looked at the baggies and thought of this post. Today's choices...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 07-10-2013, 06:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 888
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
You sound like you've already got the addiction,...

You sound like you've already got the addiction, so I'm sure you'll fit right in! Very friendly (smart) group here too.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 06-24-2013, 11:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,023
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
... I know the feeling!

I decided to repot a dendrobium I got at Trader Joe's recently. Under the sphag there was a tag, deeply buried. I could barely see the top of it. I tugged it out with my fingertips and showed it to...
Forum: Identification Forum 06-24-2013, 08:31 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
I'll put my daughter on the sniffing task. She's...

I'll put my daughter on the sniffing task. She's the olfactory queen around here. :coverlaugh: She keeps wanting me to get some vanilla scented orchids.
Forum: Identification Forum 06-21-2013, 07:14 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Colmanara Wildcat

Hi Island Girl - Thanks for your continued interest! Yes, it's certainly a Colmanara Wildcat as the wisdom of OB had decreed. :bowing I'd been waiting for her to finish opening for a photoshoot,...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 06-16-2013, 11:08 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,995
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Ack! I have been trying to match them so they fit...

Ack! I have been trying to match them so they fit as snug as possible. Thanks for the advice... I'd honestly never considered it.

(Sorry to hijack your post DweamGoiL!) :biggrin:
Forum: Beginner Discussion 06-16-2013, 10:57 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,995
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Agreed, very pretty color! James - I always...

Agreed, very pretty color!

James - I always drop my pots into more decorative pots... is that stifling my airflow??
:shock:
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 06-16-2013, 10:52 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,063
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Hi Roy. I'm looking forward to seeing what you...

Hi Roy. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with those orchids given Australia's climate! I'm guessing you keep them outside? I've got one of each and am just trying to learn everything...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 06-16-2013, 10:44 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,640
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
I'm new to orchids but that story makes me wanna...

I'm new to orchids but that story makes me wanna cry! Seriously. :sorry:

Welcome!
Forum: Beginner Discussion 06-10-2013, 06:54 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,713
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Hi Clifflirt! Welcome. I ran into the same...

Hi Clifflirt! Welcome.

I ran into the same problem with the images when I first got here. I think if you follow this link's instructions you'll be able to post pictures.

Tips for posting...
Forum: Potting & Repotting 06-07-2013, 06:47 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,331
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
NYCorchidman - I've never had to deal with such a...

NYCorchidman - I've never had to deal with such a repot, but I happened to be reading The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids (Pridgeon) on potting and wondered if this might add to the conversation:
Forum: Identification Forum 06-07-2013, 11:28 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Rex - Good observation on the spike placement and...

Rex - Good observation on the spike placement and coloring. I never realized that each genus does indeed have such different characteristics.

And, funny you should mention it - I just took a...
Forum: Potting & Repotting 06-05-2013, 09:03 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,331
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Good wisdom in this post. Thanks David & Sonya. ...

Good wisdom in this post. Thanks David & Sonya.

Vicki, I'm guessing yours lives outside (cause of the ants) - do you let it have full Alabama sun? Does it weather the winter outside also?
Forum: Vendor Feedback 06-04-2013, 11:54 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 7,120
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Okay, I'm going tomorrow; can't resist! And...

Okay, I'm going tomorrow; can't resist!

And thanks everyone for not being too hard on me for posting my own thread. :bowing
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 06-03-2013, 10:47 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,294
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Adriana - I'd love to see how the heart turns...

Adriana - I'd love to see how the heart turns out!

:shock: Are there other patterns out there? Never thought of it before now...
Forum: Vendor Feedback 06-03-2013, 05:44 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 7,120
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Thanks! I did a search for "Lowes" but maybe...

Thanks! I did a search for "Lowes" but maybe didn't dig deep enough. :blushing:
Forum: Vendor Feedback 06-03-2013, 05:27 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 7,120
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Lowes selling "exotic" orchids

I was surprised to notice at Lowes this weekend that there was an assortment of new orchid plants in addition to their standard Phals that they always sell.

Cattleyas, no flowers or spikes mind...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 06-03-2013, 05:09 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,294
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Woah, a heart shape! (It took me a while to see...

Woah, a heart shape! (It took me a while to see it.) That's awesome.

I'm glad to hear other people have color 'favorites'. I'm inexplicably drawn to greens, but my wife always gives me a funny...
Forum: Identification Forum 05-30-2013, 10:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
I must say, it looks a lot like the pictures of...

I must say, it looks a lot like the pictures of the "Colmanara Wildcat" Oncidium.

SJF - I got it at a backyard garden sale, it was just sitting there being happy. The tag said "orchid". :D

My...
Forum: Identification Forum 05-29-2013, 04:38 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Hail King Philip! I never would have guessed. ...

Hail King Philip! I never would have guessed. It's a new genus to me (okay, they almost all are), but it seems that the flowers will be the smoking gun. Many thanks. I'll post a picture of the...
Forum: Identification Forum 05-29-2013, 12:46 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Thanks for the quick responses! Great questions....

Thanks for the quick responses! Great questions.

82599

That's a picture of the bulbs. The two in the center are stacked on top of each other. The flower spike is coming out to the top left....
Forum: Identification Forum 05-29-2013, 10:43 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,049
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Spherical Pseudobulb NoID

Hey OB.

I scored a cute NoID this last weekend that amazed me at how round the pseudobulbs were. Spherical isn't exactly right, because it's thin... I guess like a big fat button.

It has a...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 05-24-2013, 11:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,155
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
OK to move flowering Phal?

I've got a Phal half way in bloom right now and it's pointing directly at the window... which my wife doesn't like... she wants to see the flowers. Now.

... but it seems, in my newbie opinion,...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 05-20-2013, 09:45 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 972
Posted By BeachDadAtHome
Hi OB, from the Beach!

Hi there. :waving

I've inherited the orchids in my house from my wife (who kind of ignored them until I offered), and have since become a big fan. I've read all the book the library has to offer...
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