Mick Fournier wrote:

Do you all remember when mexipedium xerophyticum was the hot new super
"rare" orchid species we all just had to have?... it was the new must-have
fad after Paph sanderianum which came after some other must-have Paph called
something or other... I forgot the name of it.



I think Phrag. besseae was the hot thing before Paph. sanderianum.
Next hot slipper is Phrag peruvianum (or whatever they decided the name
was). Sanderianum got the honor of being a fad twice, separated by
about a hundred years. Name another orchid that gets that honor... Ok,
besides Paph. rothschildianum. For some reason I'm always on the
'getting screwed' end of the fad.... Just once I want the fad to be
something I have a boatload of. Just once...

Ahhhh... the memories of being an orchid junkie once.


I've been an orchid junkie several times.

FWIW, I never had much luck with Mexipedium xerophyticum. Just kind
of hung out in my collection for a couple of years, not growing or
dying. I think I finally killed it somehow, but maybe it is still there
lurking behind a leaf.

Rob

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1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit