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Old 23-02-2006, 07:37 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
OrchidKitty
 
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Default Is it worth trying to find parentage on box store "rescues"

Ah, and just wait until you start buying plants at orchid shows... If
you like Phals and Paphs, you can grow them under lights and thus
expand your growing space but still, sooner or later, we all run out of
room.

When my collection swelled from 2 plants to 160 plants, space became an
issue, even with artificial light. I'm now culling my collection. In
time, you may find as I did that (1) your taste changes, (2) you've
discovered some wonderful new plants but you don't have room for them
because your bargain plants are taking up space, (3) some of your
plants are very similar, and it doesn't make sense to keep an inferior
near-duplicate plant, and (4) the more plants you've got, the more time
they take, and you'll need to develop different strategies for caring
for them.

Lately, my philosophy has been this: If I don't love it, it's got to
go. If it doesn't thrive, it's got to go. And where do they go? They're
donated or given to friends who now, bless their hearts, are gettting
addicted to orchids and are having a space problem ;-)