My orchid pond.

[Vanda lover]

The mature flowers on some cyms do that.
That is a beautiful cym. My neighbour has given meone that looks like that but I'll have to wait until next year for it to bloom. Yours looks cheerful and sunny.
I think I need to paint my kitchen that colour.

[Stray59]

Pond and plants look great - !
Did I read you right - you have goldfish that cost $800 each? I know that well-bred show-quality fish can go for much more, but I really hadn't thought of them as pond fish either! Don't blame you for not leaving them outside - here we have herons and raccoons that will "fish" at night - it would be my luck that they would get the best ones first!
Congrats on the pond set up - I have had a couple of ponds and while they were not much to look at (one was livestock trough) they worked just fine - there is something about having open water that just naturally calms a person isn't there? I would relax after work just watching the fish and to hear the water splashing - just seemed to drain the stress away.
Thanks for showing off - do it anytime!
Steve

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Stray59

Pond and plants look great - !
Did I read you right - you have goldfish that cost $800 each? I know that well-bred show-quality fish can go for much more, but I really hadn't thought of them as pond fish either! Don't blame you for not leaving them outside - here we have herons and raccoons that will "fish" at night - it would be my luck that they would get the best ones first!
Congrats on the pond set up - I have had a couple of ponds and while they were not much to look at (one was livestock trough) they worked just fine - there is something about having open water that just naturally calms a person isn't there? I would relax after work just watching the fish and to hear the water splashing - just seemed to drain the stress away.
Thanks for showing off - do it anytime!
Steve

I went back to read the part about the $800 gold fish. I haven't heard of those breeds. I didn't know they could be that expensive! I have seen koi that were.

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Originally Posted by Ordphien

That's a shame.... we get red all the time.. and lots of orange.
Does Santa Barbara Orchid Estate ship to Canada?
I hope you get to see them get real big too! I'd love to see a picture of your pond.

They probably would but I think I'll wait and see if I come across one someday. Shipping and papers can cost a fortune, and I will have to give up one of my others to make room. The white one can go.

[Stray59]

Vandalover:
(sorry everyone - this is off subject, but only a little!) I know that I read an article in National Geographic years ago about Oranda goldfish being highly prized in Japan and China. They even do surgery on some of the most prized one.
I also had not heard of the variety that Ordphien mentioned, and after re-reading the post, she may have been saying that was what she paid for multiple fish. Anyway, they are obviously not the goldfish that I flushed as a child!
Steve

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Stray59

Vandalover:
(sorry everyone - this is off subject, but only a little!) I know that I read an article in National Geographic years ago about Oranda goldfish being highly prized in Japan and China. They even do surgery on some of the most prized one.
I also had not heard of the variety that Ordphien mentioned, and after re-reading the post, she may have been saying that was what she paid for multiple fish. Anyway, they are obviously not the goldfish that I flushed as a child!
Steve

Yes, I thought about that afterwards. He didn't say how many fish he bought.
I do know that the oriental peoples love their shows. Koi, succulents- all sorts of things.