I received a nice phalaenopsis from my family today for my birthday.
The attached tag (from KB aka Klassic Beauties aka Kerry's Bromeliad
Nursery) contained accurate culture information, and it even referenced
the AOS website "for advanced growing information."

But the back of the tag disturbed me. It featured a tombstone icon
marked with an orchid flower and the letters "RIP", followed by this
caption:

"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

Imagine the outcry if a pet store sold their product with similar labeling:

"Cats can be discarded when no longer
kittens. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

I'm indignant!

John (opposed to orchid euthanasia)

Time to write to Kerries...

--

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

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"John DeGood" wrote in message ...
I received a nice phalaenopsis from my family today for my birthday.
The attached tag (from KB aka Klassic Beauties aka Kerry's Bromeliad
Nursery) contained accurate culture information, and it even referenced
the AOS website "for advanced growing information."

But the back of the tag disturbed me. It featured a tombstone icon
marked with an orchid flower and the letters "RIP", followed by this
caption:

"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

Imagine the outcry if a pet store sold their product with similar labeling:

"Cats can be discarded when no longer
kittens. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

I'm indignant!

John (opposed to orchid euthanasia)

"John DeGood"
"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

Nooooooooooooo! Send them to ME! I love
rejects.

I have a bunch of plants which I literally fished out
of the trash. They're all coming along just fine. They
just need what they need and they need and time to
figure out that they can live.

I actually have a Trash Rescue Mystery Orchid
(TRMO) in bloom now. Would love to get RGOs
opinions on it but my server won't let me post a
jpg to the binary ng. :-\

Ruth CM

"John DeGood"
"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

Nooooooooooooo! Send them to ME! I love
rejects.

I have a bunch of plants which I literally fished out
of the trash. They're all coming along just fine. They
just need what they need and they need and time to
figure out that they can live.

I actually have a Trash Rescue Mystery Orchid
(TRMO) in bloom now. Would love to get RGOs
opinions on it but my server won't let me post a
jpg to the binary ng. :-\

Ruth CM

John penned the following:

". It featured a tombstone icon
marked with an orchid flower and the letters "RIP", followed by this
caption:

"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"
I'm indignant!

Sparty penned this reply:

Me Too, aren't 'Depends' good enough for them???

Spartacus

John penned the following:

". It featured a tombstone icon
marked with an orchid flower and the letters "RIP", followed by this
caption:

"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"
I'm indignant!

Sparty penned this reply:

Me Too, aren't 'Depends' good enough for them???

Spartacus

Ruth,
Do you have access to a Web site where you could post the jpg of your
mystery orchid,
and then send rgo a link to this Web page?
Joanna

"RPM1" wrote in message
...
I actually have a Trash Rescue Mystery Orchid
(TRMO) in bloom now. Would love to get RGOs
opinions on it but my server won't let me post a
jpg to the binary ng. :-\

Ruth CM

Ruth,
Do you have access to a Web site where you could post the jpg of your
mystery orchid,
and then send rgo a link to this Web page?
Joanna

"RPM1" wrote in message
...
I actually have a Trash Rescue Mystery Orchid
(TRMO) in bloom now. Would love to get RGOs
opinions on it but my server won't let me post a
jpg to the binary ng. :-\

Ruth CM

"J Fortuna"
Ruth,
Do you have access to a Web site where you could post the jpg of your
mystery orchid,
and then send rgo a link to this Web page?
Joanna

Ideally that's what I'd like to do but my server says
no way. I could try it when I go to work Thursday.

Ruth CM

"J Fortuna"
Ruth,
Do you have access to a Web site where you could post the jpg of your
mystery orchid,
and then send rgo a link to this Web page?
Joanna

Ideally that's what I'd like to do but my server says
no way. I could try it when I go to work Thursday.

Ruth CM

From my point of view, most of the orchids that are mass produced and
supplied to HD, Lowes and other similar type outlets including many
standard orchid outlets, are meant to be "throw away" plants. My
experience with this type of orchid plant is that generally they have
been pushed so hard to make them flower so "prettily" that they're
exhausted. It can take 2 or more years to bring them back into
reasonable health to get them to bloom again. Healthy seedlings would
be a better buy.
S V




John DeGood wrote in message ...
I received a nice phalaenopsis from my family today for my birthday.
The attached tag (from KB aka Klassic Beauties aka Kerry's Bromeliad
Nursery) contained accurate culture information, and it even referenced
the AOS website "for advanced growing information."

But the back of the tag disturbed me. It featured a tombstone icon
marked with an orchid flower and the letters "RIP", followed by this
caption:

"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

Imagine the outcry if a pet store sold their product with similar labeling:

"Cats can be discarded when no longer
kittens. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

I'm indignant!

John (opposed to orchid euthanasia)

From my point of view, most of the orchids that are mass produced and
supplied to HD, Lowes and other similar type outlets including many
standard orchid outlets, are meant to be "throw away" plants. My
experience with this type of orchid plant is that generally they have
been pushed so hard to make them flower so "prettily" that they're
exhausted. It can take 2 or more years to bring them back into
reasonable health to get them to bloom again. Healthy seedlings would
be a better buy.
S V




John DeGood wrote in message ...
I received a nice phalaenopsis from my family today for my birthday.
The attached tag (from KB aka Klassic Beauties aka Kerry's Bromeliad
Nursery) contained accurate culture information, and it even referenced
the AOS website "for advanced growing information."

But the back of the tag disturbed me. It featured a tombstone icon
marked with an orchid flower and the letters "RIP", followed by this
caption:

"Plants can be discarded when no longer
flowering. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

Imagine the outcry if a pet store sold their product with similar labeling:

"Cats can be discarded when no longer
kittens. It's okay. We'll grow more!"

I'm indignant!

John (opposed to orchid euthanasia)

"RPM1" wrote in message
...
I have a bunch of plants which I literally fished out
of the trash. They're all coming along just fine. They
just need what they need and they need and time to
figure out that they can live.

I used to buy cheap plants coming off bloom from large stores (HD, Lowes,
etc). However, one turned out to be a critter factory and my collection got
decimated...

--Matt

"RPM1" wrote in message
...
I have a bunch of plants which I literally fished out
of the trash. They're all coming along just fine. They
just need what they need and they need and time to
figure out that they can live.

I used to buy cheap plants coming off bloom from large stores (HD, Lowes,
etc). However, one turned out to be a critter factory and my collection got
decimated...

--Matt

"Matthew Donadio"
I used to buy cheap plants coming off bloom from large stores (HD, Lowes,
etc). However, one turned out to be a critter factory and my collection
got
decimated...

OMG I never even thought about critters!

Just yesterday my husband asked if I was going to
put the orchids outside for the summer. I told him
I wouldn't want my plants to come into contact with
bugs and icky things. Funny, I thought of that but not
about bringing bugs home from the reject bin. So far
so good but I bet my number is going to come up soon.

Maybe I should stop while I'm ahead. :-\

Ruth CM