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keith ;-) wrote:
................................................. ......................... ...............................fully been bitten buy the BUG............. .................................................. ........ Does that qualify as a Freudian slip? |
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On Sun, 01 May 2005 11:31:43 -0400, Steve wrote:
keith ;-) wrote: ................................................ .......................... ...............................fully been bitten buy the BUG............. .................................................. ........ Does that qualify as a Freudian slip? I hope he is buy ing Orchids not Bug's however... Dave |
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V_coerulea wrote: Maybe you could just buy a flask or 2, or a compot. Then you could watch them grow bigger and get to repot them larger. The compots don't take too much room, so you might deceive yourself that you still have plenty of room and buy too many. Of course, as they grow, you can then trade with others for some different ones you want. That is if you can bear to part with any of the "babies". That, of course, leads down the path of total absorbtion. Because now you have to have a greenhouse to house all the new acquisitions along with the "babies". That first greenhouse will be much too small in no time at all, even though you swore it was huge when you bought it. It now owns you: mind, body and soul. The only way to keep up with Rob's Rules is to buy a larger greenhouse. Of course, I really can't think of a better addiction that gives so much pleasure over such a long period of time. Cheaper ones, but not better. Gary That is very similar to the way I started my "collection". Members of the orchid society would have seedlings to sell for $1 to $2 in dixie cups and divisions for $5 or a little more, or I would buy assortments of seedling size plants from various venders for $3 to $7 in 2 1/2" pots. You can put a lot of dixie cups on a 2 X 4' table. Now however, it has expanded to 3 tables, 6 wire racks that fit between, and about 6 boxes of the plastic shelves, and the floor space... Plants have grown, been divided, or sent up keikis. But when a vanda, that I purchased for $5 in 1999 (bare root, 3 leaves) bloomed for the first time in 2004, I still got more excited than if a previously bloomed plant reblooms. Go figure. I prefer plants from seed to meristems. I don't want cookie cutter blooms. In a new phase of insanity, I have considered ordering a bare root assortment from a catalog. 22 new plants, ready to pot into 4", and they won't bloom for 3 more years. But I get excited about not knowing exactly what I will get in the collection. Yep, more pots and more tables. BTW, the catalog had 5 plant assortments of paphs. Grab bag here I come. Nancy G |
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U is next to Y so with big hands mistakes do sometimes happen.
-- Thanks Keith,Nottingham,England,UK. "Dave Fouchey" wrote in message ... On Sun, 01 May 2005 11:31:43 -0400, Steve wrote: keith ;-) wrote: ................................................ .......................... ...............................fully been bitten buy the BUG............. .................................................. ........ Does that qualify as a Freudian slip? I hope he is buy ing Orchids not Bug's however... Dave |
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On Sun, 01 May 2005 21:20:50 GMT, "keith ;-\)"
wrote: U is next to Y so with big hands mistakes do sometimes happen. LOL well Keith, you are "talking" to the typo king here... Dave of the Frequent "Fat Fingering" |
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Joanna, I'm sure you knew you were totally hooked when your collection
first passed the 10 point, & you were having difficulty passing nurseries & their websites. Look on the bright side. We've all heard that old saying: All the things I like are either illegal, immoral or fattening. Well, here's one that is thoroughly delightful, yet is none of the above. Enjoy! On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:03:43 GMT, "J Fortuna" wrote: I am an orchid addict, trying to postpone the inevitable: another orchid purchase. I last bought 3 orchids on April 16th (bringing up my total to 38), since then I have been -- visiting orchid vendor's websites every day, often more than once a day (just Web browsing, looking very innocent) -- thinking about the imbalance in my collection, with 29 out of the 38 orchids being Phals, and only 9 Paphs, surely I must buy 22 more Paphs soon. -- stopped by the local plant nursery on the way from work, telling myself that if they happen to have a small Paph, those don't take up almost any extra space and one more Paph won't be any more trouble to water, etc. The only thing that stopped me from buying an orchid then and there was the fact that not only did they not have any paphs right now, but they are now selling orchids potted together with leafy non-orchids, and those weeds are likely to take away nutrients from the orchids, right? Anyway they did not have anything special, so I just bought a new decorative orchid pot, and a replacement lightbulb. -- thinking with regret about that one orchid that I admired at one of the orchid vendor's at the New York show, but which I did not buy, since I had not looked around yet, and when I circled back, it was gone already. -- thinking that I wish I could hold out with more orchid purchases till June, since in June through August fewer of my Phals will be in bloom, and so I will need to replenish the collection anyway, and I don't have unlimited amounts of space in the one-and-a-half bedroom apartment that we live in. And surely having 17 orchids currently in bloom and 5 more in spike should satisfy me for the time being. But what are the odds that I will stop myself from another orchid purchase until then? Does that kind of behavior sound familiar to you? Do you have additional orchid withdrawal symptoms that I should be watching out for? :-) Joanna Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Dave Gillingham wrote: Joanna, I'm sure you knew you were totally hooked when your collection first passed the 10 point, & you were having difficulty passing nurseries & their websites. Look on the bright side. We've all heard that old saying: All the things I like are either illegal, immoral or fattening. Well, here's one that is thoroughly delightful, yet is none of the above. Not necessarily. Some orchidists conduct illegal trade in orchids. Compulsive orchid buying is a sign of greed or envy, two of the deadly sins. And judging by the appearance of some orchidsts, excess tonnage is a definite risk. It's a dangerous habit. BTW, I had a nice little Masd. hybrid open over the weekend. Its name escapes me at the moment. J. Del Col |
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Dave Fouchey wrote:
Joanna, I am failing to see a problem here lass ;-) Remember as one of the others has in his signature line "There is always room for one more" Or two more, as the case may be... Rob -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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On Mon, 02 May 2005 10:02:43 -0400, Rob Halgren
wrote: Dave Fouchey wrote: Joanna, I am failing to see a problem here lass ;-) Remember as one of the others has in his signature line "There is always room for one more" Or two more, as the case may be... Rob See Rob you know you have penetrated my memory core at least in signatures! Dave |
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On 2 May 2005 04:57:12 -0700, "jadel" wrote:
Dave Gillingham wrote: Joanna, I'm sure you knew you were totally hooked when your collection first passed the 10 point, & you were having difficulty passing nurseries & their websites. Look on the bright side. We've all heard that old saying: All the things I like are either illegal, immoral or fattening. Well, here's one that is thoroughly delightful, yet is none of the above. Not necessarily. Some orchidists conduct illegal trade in orchids. Compulsive orchid buying is a sign of greed or envy, two of the deadly sins. And judging by the appearance of some orchidsts, excess tonnage is a definite risk. It's a dangerous habit. BTW, I had a nice little Masd. hybrid open over the weekend. Its name escapes me at the moment. J. Del Col Party pooper ;-) Perhaps I should have said Well, here's one that is thoroughly delightful, yet is none of the above (for nice people like us) Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Joanna -- didn't you feel him pulling your leg? Kenni
"J Fortuna" wrote in message news:OAWce.605$6q1.375@trnddc09... Gary, Nah. I don't have the patience for this. I very rarely buy orchids that are not blooming size yet, and mostly I buy ones that are in bloom or in spike. I am not patient enough to wait years to see the blooms. Though strangely enough I didn't mind waiting months to see the bloom of my paph malipoense, but I think that's because it's a neat plant while in spike as well as while in bloom. I like watching leaves grow too, but not quite as much as watching the blooms open. Joanna "V_coerulea" wrote in message .. . Maybe you could just buy a flask or 2, or a compot. Then you could watch them grow bigger and get to repot them larger. The compots don't take too much room, so you might deceive yourself that you still have plenty of room and buy too many. Of course, as they grow, you can then trade with others for some different ones you want. That is if you can bear to part with any of the "babies". That, of course, leads down the path of total absorbtion. Because now you have to have a greenhouse to house all the new acquisitions along with the "babies". That first greenhouse will be much too small in no time at all, even though you swore it was huge when you bought it. It now owns you: mind, body and soul. The only way to keep up with Rob's Rules is to buy a larger greenhouse. Of course, I really can't think of a better addiction that gives so much pleasure over such a long period of time. Cheaper ones, but not better. Gary "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:qQMce.942$nN.529@trnddc05... Correction: I have only 6 Paphs, now surely that cannot possibly be enough? I still don't have a single one of those huge paphs that look like bullfrogs (like Paph Winston Churchill 'Indominable' for example, wouldn't mind having that one, and maybe a big green Paph to go with it as well), and then there is that neat species paph that looks like a poisonous mushroom (white with black spots ... paph bellatum, that's it), oh and I wouldn't mind having a bigger pure white paph (bigger than my Paph Deception II that is), Paph Magic Lantern is also on my list, oh and given how fond I am of my paph malipoense, maybe a malipoense hybrid would be neat to have too. I really liked all the paph lowii that they had at the orchid show in NY, they look like puppies with pink ears to me, but unfortunately David is not really as taken by them as I am, and so maybe I should first buy ones that we both like. Sigh. I need more Paphs. Joanna, the Incorrigible "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:3fMce.1464$lZ.6@trnddc04... I am an orchid addict, trying to postpone the inevitable: another orchid purchase. I last bought 3 orchids on April 16th (bringing up my total to 38), since then I have been -- visiting orchid vendor's websites every day, often more than once a day (just Web browsing, looking very innocent) -- thinking about the imbalance in my collection, with 29 out of the 38 orchids being Phals, and only 9 Paphs, surely I must buy 22 more Paphs soon. -- stopped by the local plant nursery on the way from work, telling myself that if they happen to have a small Paph, those don't take up almost any extra space and one more Paph won't be any more trouble to water, etc. The only thing that stopped me from buying an orchid then and there was the fact that not only did they not have any paphs right now, but they are now selling orchids potted together with leafy non-orchids, and those weeds are likely to take away nutrients from the orchids, right? Anyway they did not have anything special, so I just bought a new decorative orchid pot, and a replacement lightbulb. -- thinking with regret about that one orchid that I admired at one of the orchid vendor's at the New York show, but which I did not buy, since I had not looked around yet, and when I circled back, it was gone already. -- thinking that I wish I could hold out with more orchid purchases till June, since in June through August fewer of my Phals will be in bloom, and so I will need to replenish the collection anyway, and I don't have unlimited amounts of space in the one-and-a-half bedroom apartment that we live in. And surely having 17 orchids currently in bloom and 5 more in spike should satisfy me for the time being. But what are the odds that I will stop myself from another orchid purchase until then? Does that kind of behavior sound familiar to you? Do you have additional orchid withdrawal symptoms that I should be watching out for? :-) Joanna |
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Ah! Well, I fear I am a terribly literal minded person most of the time, and
so leg pulling that may be obvious to every single other person, may be completely lost on me. :-( Joanna "Kenni Judd" wrote in message ... Joanna -- didn't you feel him pulling your leg? Kenni "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:OAWce.605$6q1.375@trnddc09... Gary, Nah. I don't have the patience for this. I very rarely buy orchids that are not blooming size yet, and mostly I buy ones that are in bloom or in spike. I am not patient enough to wait years to see the blooms. Though strangely enough I didn't mind waiting months to see the bloom of my paph malipoense, but I think that's because it's a neat plant while in spike as well as while in bloom. I like watching leaves grow too, but not quite as much as watching the blooms open. Joanna "V_coerulea" wrote in message .. . Maybe you could just buy a flask or 2, or a compot. Then you could watch them grow bigger and get to repot them larger. The compots don't take too much room, so you might deceive yourself that you still have plenty of room and buy too many. Of course, as they grow, you can then trade with others for some different ones you want. That is if you can bear to part with any of the "babies". That, of course, leads down the path of total absorbtion. Because now you have to have a greenhouse to house all the new acquisitions along with the "babies". That first greenhouse will be much too small in no time at all, even though you swore it was huge when you bought it. It now owns you: mind, body and soul. The only way to keep up with Rob's Rules is to buy a larger greenhouse. Of course, I really can't think of a better addiction that gives so much pleasure over such a long period of time. Cheaper ones, but not better. Gary "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:qQMce.942$nN.529@trnddc05... Correction: I have only 6 Paphs, now surely that cannot possibly be enough? I still don't have a single one of those huge paphs that look like bullfrogs (like Paph Winston Churchill 'Indominable' for example, wouldn't mind having that one, and maybe a big green Paph to go with it as well), and then there is that neat species paph that looks like a poisonous mushroom (white with black spots ... paph bellatum, that's it), oh and I wouldn't mind having a bigger pure white paph (bigger than my Paph Deception II that is), Paph Magic Lantern is also on my list, oh and given how fond I am of my paph malipoense, maybe a malipoense hybrid would be neat to have too. I really liked all the paph lowii that they had at the orchid show in NY, they look like puppies with pink ears to me, but unfortunately David is not really as taken by them as I am, and so maybe I should first buy ones that we both like. Sigh. I need more Paphs. Joanna, the Incorrigible "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:3fMce.1464$lZ.6@trnddc04... I am an orchid addict, trying to postpone the inevitable: another orchid purchase. I last bought 3 orchids on April 16th (bringing up my total to 38), since then I have been -- visiting orchid vendor's websites every day, often more than once a day (just Web browsing, looking very innocent) -- thinking about the imbalance in my collection, with 29 out of the 38 orchids being Phals, and only 9 Paphs, surely I must buy 22 more Paphs soon. -- stopped by the local plant nursery on the way from work, telling myself that if they happen to have a small Paph, those don't take up almost any extra space and one more Paph won't be any more trouble to water, etc. The only thing that stopped me from buying an orchid then and there was the fact that not only did they not have any paphs right now, but they are now selling orchids potted together with leafy non-orchids, and those weeds are likely to take away nutrients from the orchids, right? Anyway they did not have anything special, so I just bought a new decorative orchid pot, and a replacement lightbulb. -- thinking with regret about that one orchid that I admired at one of the orchid vendor's at the New York show, but which I did not buy, since I had not looked around yet, and when I circled back, it was gone already. -- thinking that I wish I could hold out with more orchid purchases till June, since in June through August fewer of my Phals will be in bloom, and so I will need to replenish the collection anyway, and I don't have unlimited amounts of space in the one-and-a-half bedroom apartment that we live in. And surely having 17 orchids currently in bloom and 5 more in spike should satisfy me for the time being. But what are the odds that I will stop myself from another orchid purchase until then? Does that kind of behavior sound familiar to you? Do you have additional orchid withdrawal symptoms that I should be watching out for? :-) Joanna |
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That there is "always room for one more" is a symptom of orchid withdrawal.
You need a fix when you start thinking that. As for buying a bigger place in the DC area, that's insane in today's market. However, I hear that with the new highway coming through the desert outside Las Vegas the land there has gone up a whopping 100%; from $600 an acre to almost $1200 an acre. So if you need a larger place "just for one more orchid", there is a land rush in the desert southwest that's got to be easier on the wallet than the one going on here in Loudoun County Virginia. "Dave Fouchey" wrote in message ... Joanna, I am failing to see a problem here lass ;-) Remember as one of the others has in his signature line "There is always room for one more" |
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