Lowes selling "exotic" orchids

[Orchidreamer]

I still like buying orchids from Lowe's! Not from the clearance rack though, because my local Lowe's puts leafless phals that are unfortunate victims of crown rot on the clearance rock for a fantastic price of $5. Thanks, but no thanks. However, the baggie babies are nice, if you're lucky. Sometimes, they put species in bags with pictures of hybrids on them. There was one bag that had a picture of Blc Waianae Leopard or something like that, but inside was actually a C. amethystoglossa!

[FSUOrchids]

Originally Posted by Orchidreamer

There was one bag that had a picture of Blc Waianae Leopard or something like that, but inside was actually a C. amethystoglossa!

Yeah the same thing happened to me, there was one of those with the Waianae Leopard picture but it was also amethystoglossa. I bought it anyway though, as it was in amazing shape for one of those bag babies.

[Joseia]

I love the Lowe's bag babies! I've gotten about 7 so far I think. Two were in really bad shape with rot and if I'd have known about the one year guarantee, I probably would not have bothered with them. But they are all n really good shape now and a B Nodosa Little Stars bloomed for me about 4 months after getting it.

I wonder if they sometimes get the tags inside the mesh bag mixed up? I have what the tag says is a BLC Windward Flare, but after seeing some recent pics of those plants, the one I bought from Lowe's is definitely NOT a BLC Windward Flare. Even my newb eyes can tell lol.