On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:50:48 GMT in IGcYe.6184$9a2.2578@trnddc04 J Fortuna wrote:

You are right, it does indeed seem like pop-culture is as yet not
acknowledging the mass-market availability of orchids. Curious that.

I too at times get the reaction of oh you grow orchids, what an exotic,
difficult and expensive hobby. Weird.

Here's an experiment for you. Grab a friend or acquaintance that gives
you the "exotic, difficult, and expensive hobby" line.
Go to a grocery store or department store that sells orchids with that person.
Point in the direction of the orchids and ask "What do you see?"
I predict that you will be told "Plants," or "Flowers."

I wonder how much longer it will take for popular consciousness to get a
clue about orchid mass-availability and relative ease of culture.

I fear this will go the way of pop culture and computers.
The genuses that they do see on a regular basis (Phals, Dends, Oncids)
will be the only ones they will accept as orchids. Everything else
will be "Plants."
Any predictions on which genus will become the Microsoft Windows of
orchids?

--
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil