TAIWAN = HAPPINESS...please dont hate, but i have to brag!!!

[smurphr]

We live and learn - so the Schomburgkia is now a banana orchid. Oh yes, we also have a coconut orchid; the Tiger orchid of South America which is not the same as the Malaysian Tiger Orchid; the Dove orchid of Panama which grows on the ground and the Pigeon Orchid of Malaysia which grows on the trees.........

Thanks Shane for the info. I must admit the pseudobulbs do look like bananas, though a bit shrivelled, unlike our Malaysian bananas.LOL

ya, it seems the nickname of banana orchid is all they know here in taiwan... 'xiang jiao lan' is what i had to go asking for, and if you say that with a bit of a wink wink nudge nudge it can imply something along the line of impotence...luckily i was dealing with professionals...but my non-orchid friends giggled a bit when i said it...my tones arent what they should be ;-)

[catttan]

ya, it seems the nickname of banana orchid is all they know here in taiwan... 'xiang jiao lan' is what i had to go asking for, and if you say that with a bit of a wink wink nudge nudge it can imply something along the line of impotence...luckily i was dealing with professionals...but my non-orchid friends giggled a bit when i said it...my tones arent what they should be ;-)

Haha , Shane, being of Chinese origin I know what you mean.