New arrivals!!

[jkofferdahl]

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.

[cowboy51278]

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

[quiltergal]

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

[bellini girl]

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

Lecent

[jkofferdahl]

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

[Royal]

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

[Bird Song Farm]

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

[jkofferdahl]

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).

[cb977]

Originally Posted by jkofferdahl

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

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

Great, isn't it?

[jkofferdahl]

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.