Hey, it's not a waste of time, it's a phal! I'm crazy about them haha,
and I'm only 22.....if orchids is as addictive as people say, I'd hate
to see what I'll be like when I'm retired or something....

Anyway, still looking forward to the picture. Sometimes an orchid is so
distinctive that you can still get a name out of it, but never a full
name with a cultivar, just the grex.

Cheers,
Xi

da wrote:

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:47:45 GMT, Xi Wang
wrote:


Hi,


P. Golden Peoker BL (well the BL is a bit fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure
you're right)

Well, like I said, it probably does have some Golden Peoker in it just
by the way you described the spots near the column of the
flower....sounds like a bigger version of P. Nobby's Shadowy. It's
definitely not a BL, and I remember when you first posted, that was the
problem, and you couldn't tell if it was BL, or EL or whatever.


Next there's a symbol that looks sort of like the outline of a sun
drawn with brackets. The kind with the points sticking outward like
the rays of the sun. Inside the "sun" there are some blurry numbers.
1? 8 3? 0?

I have no idea what these numbers mean, but P. Golden Peoker was
registered with the RHS in 1983?? And the rest, yeah, no idea. Maybe
you should contact the company....did you say everspring? Ha, it's
funny because that's where I get my phals from, and they're like the
only nursery where I live. They should still have records if you can
give them a time frame.

Cheers,
Xi


Xi,

The plant came from cough, cough Home Depot. The picture in Bob's
database was from an old Everspring catalogue.

I'm guessing the date on the label had something to do with when it
was it was (re)potted or when it was designated to be shipped to the
hardware chain. I'm just more and more convinced that the plant was
mislabelled or a customer switched the tags. Both have been known to
happen in big chain retailers.

I really doubt I'll ever know exactly what kind of phal it is. I had
pretty much given up trying to figure it out when Bob posted his link.
I thought I'd just try looking up the reference one more time. I
almost regret doing it because I hate to see you and Bob waste your
time with my silly little quest. I promise I will get pictures up
here one of these days.
--Vic