It has been said that the ‘ orchid collector ’ may be the most preoccupied ( i.e. crazy , as in “ they will kill someone for a rare orchid – read any book onorchid collectingand see ! ) of all enthusiast , perhaps only to be outdone by wienerwurst - show citizenry ( or is it the other manner around ? ) Either way , we are condemn . I ’ve been prove to stay on away from anything orchid related for some fourth dimension now , I ignore invitation to join local chapter of theAOS ( the American Orchid Society ) , if I accidentally select a radio link to the AOS website , or to one of the hundreds of orchid raiser site that I have bookmarked for that day when I win Megabucks ( like Santa Barbara Orchid Estate ) , then I just as chop-chop hit the back blank space arrow . No orchid , not for me . Not yet . Must pore , must concentre , must focus and protest .
Genrally , Orchid shows and exposition are held in fountain and autumn in North America , and there is a skillful reason for this – in the orchid Family , there are many species that can be found in bloom most every mean solar day of the twelvemonth , but it is during these transitional time of year of summer passing into winter , or wintertime run into springtime , when many mintage blossom in copiousness . Spring shows might be big , and seem like a respite after a long , cold wintertime , but my favorite show are these autumn shows , maybe because my mind is getting ready for wintertime gardening risky venture both in the greenhouse and on the windowsill . I have a long wishing list of orchid coinage to yet master ( for I have mastered few ) , but Plerathalids , Dracula and many others will need to await , until I have more time to focalise on their specific need .
So , again , Joe and I underprice a few dinero on some choice plants , You know , just to essay the waters a bit , as , like I said in my earlier post , we are making some room for perhaps some new species in the glasshouse … … just sayin ’ .
It ’s been about ten years since I was relatively ‘ serious ’ about orchids . I placed quotes around “ serious ” because serious connotes something completely different in the creation of orchid collectors . I would never claim to be a serious orchid agriculturist or gatherer for that issue , but I think that it would be good to say that I sit somewhere between “ somewhat knowledgeable enthusiast ” and “ entry horizontal surface orchidaceous plant flake ” . Clearly I am not a “ phalaenopsis - from - the - ace - market grower ” tossing in my ice cubes and shot specs of H2O into my potted Sky Blue Phally , but yet , I am not dragging my option 12 spiked specimen plant life into an orchid company meeting on guess daylight – as this is where the substantial , serious and gifted growers bring their right specimen to gain awards and medals ( those acronyms found attached to those prospicient orchid names ) .
I return in the middle , preferring to farm unusual orchid first , ones which ‘ verbalize ’ to me for various grounds – such as that heavy Dendrobium speciosum in the middle of my greenhouse grow in a 3 ft wide wood - slat basketball hoop , ( maybe someday I will feel good enough about it to fetch it in for judgement , but even though it produces an annual bloom in copiousness , I always feel that it is inferior in some obvious way ( a bollix up leaf , a spot or two ) , I am not that concerned with winning peculiar orchid club ribbons at this point in time .
I spring up coinage that need cold or cool conditions in the wintertime , so many Cymbidiums do well for me , as to many cool - produce Dendrobiums , peculiarly the Australian 1 . Pahpiopedilums seem to do quite well , and these along with the cane - type of dendrobium might become my new Passion of Christ – but we ’ll see , for any orchidaceous plant assemblage is an investment , and therein is the problem….with firm mend and the need for a new truck before long , I should really be thinking about other investment besides those of the orchid barque form ( like that logic ever discontinue us ! ) .
So perhaps I will play with some new orchids , for some are pull in more than I should intromit , peculiarly the smaller ( dwarf ) phapheopediliums , the ‘ Camellia sinensis cupful ’ paphs . So small , for tropical ladyslippers , yet with foliage more reticulated and blossoms in capital number – perfect . Only problem , most of these are bred from mintage that demand warm temperatures , so a place in the theatre may need to be prepare for the coldest winter month .
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