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Hello Joanna!
I bought a flask last month of this cross: Phal. Penang Girl X Phal. bellina The seller told me there were about 25 plants in my flask but I found 42! I`m plannig to keep some of them of course and I will sell the rest for a HIV/AIDS charity event next year . Claude "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:RTXwd.160$_62.22@trnddc01... | Claude, | | The last 42, is that a flask (or a compot)? | | Are you counting keikies? I did not count keikies that live with the mother | plant as separate plants in my 31 plant count -- two of my pants currently | have a keikie, and I am really hoping that the phal equestris will decide to | have one this time (it's close to the end of this blooming season, so I'm | watching it for signs of keikie). | | Are you intending to keep all these plants when they mature, or are you | planning to give them away or exchange or something? I would think that if | they are the same hybrid or same species that 42 of them would be rather | much once they mature ... of course that assumes that they all will mature, | what's the life-expectancy of phals in flask or in compot? I once read an | article somewhere that only a certain % of such plants are likely to survive | and mature, but I don't know how current and how reliable that article was. | I hope it was not right, since I would think that for someone who treats | each plant as an individual, watching the number dwindle would be | depressing. If that's what having a flask is like, I don't think I want one | any time soon. Or do I have a misconception here based on that article? | Don't know who wrote it, and where I saw it, it's been a while, but this | much has staid with me. | | Joanna | | "Phalguy" wrote in message | ... | Hello Joanna! | | My collection consist of: | | 37 Phals | 2 Oncidium | 2 Paph | and 42 phals babies | | Claude | | "J Fortuna" wrote in message | news:43Xwd.308$1U6.157@trnddc09... | | This post was inspired by Dave Gillingham's moving story in the Who We | Are | | thread (which by the way I continue to enjoy immensely, and am very glad | to | | read each new post there). | | | | Dave's story makes me wonder what the cutoff point is for when a | collection | | becomes to large to rejoice over every individual plant's new leaf, new | | root, and new spike. My collection currently consists of 31 orchids, and | I | | still watch every one carefully and rejoice over each activity of each | | plant. | | | | I know that Claude also does that, and I have the impression that | Claude's | | collection is somewhat larger than mine, though I'm not sure about that. | I | | checked Claude's post in Who We Are as well as Claude's Web site, but I | did | | not see the total number of plants in your collection, Claude? | | | | Anyway, it appears that somewhere between 31 plants (my current number) | and | | about 200 (Dave's current number) one can no longer keep track of each | as | an | | individual and rejoice in each one. I wonder what the cutoff number is? | Of | | course, I know that this cutoff will vary somewhat based on the | individual's | | determination and the amount of time available to spend with plants and | | maybe some other variables, but: What is the largest number of orchids | in | a | | collection that a single human being can report keeping track of in an | | individualized way, rejoicing over each one's activity? | | | | This is not just a rhetorical question. I really want to know. And then | I | | will try not to exceed that number if at all possible. Well, probably it | | will not be possible since I am an orchid addict and I feel the craving | for | | new orchids at most a month after the last orchid was bought. But I | might | | try to postpone the inevitable if I know that exceeding x amount will | lead | | to a dire consequence such as the de-indivualization of individual | orchids. | | | | Joanna | | | | | | | | |
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