Treasures found at Lowes

[shadytrake]

My first AOS award was on a Better Gro Baggie orchid rescued from Lowes. I also picked up a huge lindleyi and a Catt cross in sheath. The BG baggies just arrived so I picked through them. $12 for a species Den in a 4" pot overgrown is a steal.

[SJF]

Hi,
I went to Lowes today to pick up a few plants for my garden outside. I had gift cards and decided to look through the indoor garden center, surprise, surprise that I would do that

Well, I wish I had been there when the orchids fisrt arrived because I am sure some other really nice ones were sold. There were still some nice ones left (some of them too similar to what I already have in my collection), some were suffering from lack of proper care.

The Better Gro baggies had a few nice ones or at least I thought so when I looked. I tried to pick the best ones. The pseudobulbs look really plump and healthy to me.

They had small Sogo Vivien, which I really love and recently bought one of at Parkside. I got one for myself and one for a teacher. I got one other miniature too. The roots look good (picture will be added). They were $8.98 a piece.

I got two blooming ones. The blooms are pretty and the pale one seems to have a scent . That one is almost out of bloom and I asked if they would discount it, usually don't ask, but figured why not. She said no, only if it is dead or almost dead . I had to laugh to myself, on the inside, because no matter how cheap it was I wouldn't buy a "dead" plant. I decided to buy it anyway since I thought it was really pretty and hope to get it bloom again.

I know health wise the big box stores are a risk, but I decided to take it and keep them away from my favorites. I was happy to see so many with ID tags.

[SJF]

Originally Posted by SJF

Hi,
I went to Lowes today to pick up a few plants for my garden outside. I had gift cards and decided to look through the indoor garden center, surprise, surprise that I would do that

Well, I wish I had been there when the orchids fisrt arrived because I am sure some other really nice ones were sold. There were still some nice ones left (some of them too similar to what I already have in my collection), some were suffering from lack of proper care.

The Better Gro baggies had a few nice ones or at least I thought so when I looked. I tried to pick the best ones. The pseudbulbs look really plump and healthy to me.

They had small Sogo Vivien, which I really love and recently bought one of at Parkside. I got one for myself and one for a teacher. I got one other miniature too. The roots look good (picture will be added). They were $8.98 a piece.

I got two blooming ones. The blooms are pretty and the pale one seems to have a scent . That one is almost out of bloom and I asked if they would discount it, usually don't ask, but figured why not. She said no, only if it is dead or almost dead . I had to laugh to myself, on the inside, because no matter how cheap it was I wouldn't buy a "dead" plant. I decided to buy it anyway since I thought it was really pretty and hope to get it bloom again.

I know health wise the big box stores are a risk, but I decided to take it and keep them away from my favorites. I was happy to see so many with ID tags.

Here are some more pictures

[SJF]

Originally Posted by SJF

Here are some more pictures

Here are the last of them. The nodosa bloomed in the bag. There were a couple of others for sale that had bloomed in the bag too.

[kevin1217]

Looks great! I have also picked up some great orchids at Lowes!

[cbuchman]

Nice Haul. I've gotta check out Lowes more often

[orchidbuds]

Nice! Lucky you! I have only seen phals on discount at lowes in my area. I have yet to find the bagged BG ones on sale.

[SJF]

Originally Posted by kevin1217

Looks great! I have also picked up some great orchids at Lowes!

Thank you, I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't think I would find anything much there.

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Originally Posted by cbuchman

Nice Haul. I've gotta check out Lowes more often

Carrie,
I thought the same thing. That might be a dangerous habit.
~SJF

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Originally Posted by orchidbuds

Nice! Lucky you! I have only seen phals on discount at lowes in my area. I have yet to find the bagged BG ones on sale.

I didn't get any of the ones on discount. They were in really horrible shape. The baggies were $12.98 each. that is the regular price. I thought these were worth that price. I have some potting to do this weekend

[The Orchid Boy]

You're lucky to find such nice ones! Lowes around here haven't had the bag babies for quite a while. *sigh*

[SJF]

Originally Posted by The Orchid Boy

You're lucky to find such nice ones! Lowes around here haven't had the bag babies for quite a while. *sigh*

I agree, I was very pleasantly surprised. They didn't have them at mine for awhile either. Although, I hadn't been there in a couple of months. I may have missed other nice ones. I hope this means that they are stepping up the quality they carry. They need to educate their staff how to properly care for them though. There are only a few that I have met that seem to care or have the knowledge about taking proper care of the orchids.