Anyone know of any Orchid of the month clubs?

I was thinking, they have cheese of the month,
fruit of the month, craft of the month clubs,
ad infinitum...why not orchids?

Even if they were just little buggers.
A good way to get newbies like myself getting started.
Choosing the more hardy varieties,i.e. dumbproof.
Or better yet lets make an RGO combined effort
and publish an "Orchids for Dummies".


Daniel

Giving up caffiene in Oregon.

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:04:24 -0800, "Daniel" wrote:

Anyone know of any Orchid of the month clubs?

I was thinking, they have cheese of the month,
fruit of the month, craft of the month clubs,
ad infinitum...why not orchids?

A number of orchid vendors have orchid of the month offers. If you
have the $$$'s, RFOrchids has nice, albeit rather pricey, plants. See
https://ssl2.domainnameservers.net/r...hidamonth.html

deg

Daniel,

Something like Orchids for Dummies already exists. I found the book "Orchid
Growing for Wimps" by Ellen Zachos (ISBN 0-8069-7935-6) to be very useful. I
believe I saw it in my local Barnes & Nobles recently, so they seem to carry
it in stock.

What I like about this book is that it briefly goes into different orchid
types, mentions which ones are more likely to be beginner plants and which
ones are more difficult to grow (though there are differences of opinion on
this matter among growers, I have found by reading rgo and abpo -- so of
course this book shouldn't be read instead of these newsgroups :-). This
book features several tables showing which orchids like which
temperatures/humidity/light conditions, so that a beginner can figure out
which genus is best for their environmnet. It is not a thick book, it is not
meant to be comprehensive or anything like that, but I think it is really
worthwhile for beginners.

Best,
Joanna

"Daniel" wrote in message
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Or better yet lets make an RGO combined effort
and publish an "Orchids for Dummies".

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:04:24 -0800, "Daniel"
wrote:

Anyone know of any Orchid of the month clubs?

I was thinking, they have cheese of the month,
fruit of the month, craft of the month clubs,
ad infinitum...why not orchids?

Even if they were just little buggers.
A good way to get newbies like myself getting started.
Choosing the more hardy varieties,i.e. dumbproof.
Or better yet lets make an RGO combined effort
and publish an "Orchids for Dummies".


Daniel

Giving up caffiene in Oregon.
The Problem with the Orchid of the Month - is it is not YOUR
choice. We have mostly found people fall in LOVE with their
choice plants. New grower or old timer, we each have some we
love and some we hate. Some of us are willing to stand on our
heads and walk backwards to satisfy the needs of some plants,
others could not be bothered.

Look at your favorite vendor. Also look at their introduction
packages.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:04:24 -0800, "Daniel"
wrote:

Anyone know of any Orchid of the month clubs?

I was thinking, they have cheese of the month,
fruit of the month, craft of the month clubs,
ad infinitum...why not orchids?

Even if they were just little buggers.
A good way to get newbies like myself getting started.
Choosing the more hardy varieties,i.e. dumbproof.
Or better yet lets make an RGO combined effort
and publish an "Orchids for Dummies".


Daniel

Giving up caffiene in Oregon.
The Problem with the Orchid of the Month - is it is not YOUR
choice. We have mostly found people fall in LOVE with their
choice plants. New grower or old timer, we each have some we
love and some we hate. Some of us are willing to stand on our
heads and walk backwards to satisfy the needs of some plants,
others could not be bothered.

Look at your favorite vendor. Also look at their introduction
packages.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php