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  1. January 20th, 2010, 01:29 PM #1
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    Default Honest, The Wife Made Me

    Recently I've mentioned my desire to "branch out"..... want to get into some species Phals and smaller plants.... Had to go to ta Big Box Store to purchase a replacement GU24-CFL and just as you approach the bulbs, they had this end-cap with chids... Well, no sooner did my wife see this plant, that light bulb retrieval was a lost cause!!!!! I knew better than to have her tag along. The rest is history, as they say!!!!:rofl: Oh, and yes, I had to go back for the light bulb!!!!!





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  2. January 20th, 2010, 01:49 PM #2
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    It is all her fault Howard. I have been there myself. Believe me You can't help it, plus it is a beauty with such lovely colors! Enjoy it!
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    absolutely stunning color combo and shape, congrats howard!
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    Nice one, Howard! If you're interested in finding out its name, your best option is to find out from whom they get their plants from. If you contact their source, you just might luck out.


    Btw, should I mention that the MSU show is next month?
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  5. January 20th, 2010, 06:22 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavel View Post
    Nice one, Howard! If you're interested in finding out its name, your best option is to find out from whom they get their plants from. If you contact their source, you just might luck out.


    Btw, should I mention that the MSU show is next month?
    The problem with that and this specific plant is that it may have come from a secondary vendor. It has one of those "Water with an Ice Cube" tags. So I question that they would have any clue as to the grower/wholesaler, but one lead could follow to another...

    And, yes, I have the date marked!
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  6. January 20th, 2010, 09:12 PM #6
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    Cool flowers. How nice that your wife can appreciate your passion for orchids.
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    been there done that.... i cant count how many times my wife bought an orchid without
    me knowing, but of course who am i to complain? this one is very pretty, i like it. I bet
    my wife would like it....
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  8. January 21st, 2010, 02:45 AM #8
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    Wooow, it`s beautiful!!! Well, you see how great it is to have a wife!
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    I quite like that. What's a 'water with an ice-cube' tag?
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    [QUOTE=Raphael;173072]I quite like that. What's a 'water with an ice-cube' tag?[/QU


    This is a somewhat new gimmick for non-orchid people to make it easier to water the plant. The idea is you place an ice cube on top of the media and as it melts it waters the orchid. Most orchids don't much like water at 32F
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