Joe,

I've been growing for over 35 years, and the "philosophy" behind my
collection has varied all over the map.

My advice is to thoroughly analyze your easy-to-provide conditions and focus
on anything that will fit that. As your collection grows, you may find
plants you just generally prefer, so you can specialize a bit.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"jtill" wrote in message
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Having googled up Oct-Dec 2005 of the list the question is, how does
anyone select an orchid? There are folk on these forums that have
several hundred plants. I don't see how they make/made an informed
choice. There are just to many. There are no "All American" lists. No
one reviewer can cover the available plants. Search for a fragrant
orchid spins off into hundreds of classifications, opinions, and
questions like "What is fragrance?". It is like finding the prettiest
grain of sand on a beach, a large beach. How to build a collection?
Beats me.
Joe T
Confused in Baytown