Here is my little list

[TheLorax]

Just confirmed on a Phrag Penns Creek Cascade! Oh that's going to be a pretty one when it blooms!

 

[goldenrose]

I want to go phrag shopping with goldenrose. I've got my eye on these where we are going:
Paph venustum album - no sweat
Phragmipedium boissierianum
P. caricinum
P. equadorense
P. lindenii
P. Richteri
P. Praying Mantis
P. Majestic Tresses
I've found a few more photos of phrags that interest me:
P. Albopurpureum
P. exstaminodium
P. Geralda
P. Mont Fallu
P. Predator
P. Rapunzel
P. Ruby Slippers
P. Silver Eagle
P. Tall Tails
P. warcewiczianum

Love your want list BUT we need alot more than good luck to find any of these locally! Piping Rock, Windy Hill & Orchidbabies are good places to start!

 

[TheLorax]

Piping Rock I've ordered from before based on NYEric's suggestion. I think they have one or two. I've not heard of the other two nurseries though. How far away is Fox Valley from either your house or my house? About an hour and a half?

I lust for a few that they had listed.

 

[NYEric]

Some of those phrags are pretty 'classic' crosses! Fox Valley is at Hauserman's Near Chicago. Call before you go as Tom Kalina has never been there whenever I've gone.

 

[TheLorax]

I guess I'm easy then if they're classic crosses. Maybe all the better to locate affordably sooner or later?

I found goldenrose's two narcotic sources-
http://www.orchidbabies.com/index.htm
has two different exstaminodiums, an 8099 and an 8100
http://www.orchidmall.com/windy.hill/
Ohhhhhhhhhh, they have one called Fiddlesticks that sounds enticing. Additionally, they have two different Tall Tails.

 

[NYEric]

I've ordered a lot from orchidbabies; their plants are small so the price is low. Marilyn LeDoux [sic?] runs Windy Hill and apparently has great plants. I haven't gotten any from them because I got most of the crosses before. However, they sell mexipedium in larger than normal size pieces, I'm waiting to complete my phrag binge before I go there.

 

[TheLorax]

Phrag binge? Is this what we call what we are doing?

 

[NYEric]

I'm not obsessed!

 

[Candace]

So, Lauren, where are you going to put all these new plants?oke: I think you should ask Santa for another greenhouse!

 

[TheLorax]

I'm not obsessed!

Me either, I can quit anytime I want. I just don't want to

Candace- There are benefits to smashing plants in real tight- it increases the relative humidity in the area. Other than that, see Rob's rules:

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

Editing to add, can't ask Santa for another new greenhouse. Went too far over budget. Next one will be a hoop house if I'm lucky.

 

[NYEric]

Did you post photos in the growing area megathread?

 

[TheLorax]

No, but I did slip a few into posts in this thread-
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347&highlight=avatar

There's a Norito Hasegawa in there somewhere for you!

 

[TheLorax]

Confirmed-

Paphiopedilum Lauren
P. Leeanum
P. Lady Isabel
P. Maudiae Alba
P. Makuli Alba
P. insigne 'Sanderae'
P. Transvaal

Phragmipedium caudatum
P. equadorense NO- they were out
P. Mountain Maid
P. Penns Creek Cascade
P. Schroederae

Say Eric, how are you doing on your Phrag binge? I'm pretty much done with my Paph binge. Missing a few paphs I want but no big rush.

 

[TheLorax]

Here we go! Current as of today the 22nd-

Aerangis biloba
A. citrate (may or may not live, knocked it over a few times then sat my elbow on it)

Anoectochilus chapensis (gave away to friend)
A. formosanus

Aplectrum hyemale

Bletilla striata

Brassocattlaya Roman Holiday

Bulbophyllum echinolabium

Calopogon tuberosus f. alba

Coeloglossum viride

Cypripedium acaule (have 4, hoping for the best)
C. arietinum (2 ordered for delivery in spring '08)
C. parviflorum var. pubescens
C. reginae

Epipactis helleborine (not by choice am I growing this)

Goodyera hispida
G. pubescens

Habenaria (Platanthera) blephariglottis
I have a few more Platanthera out there but have forgotten what I have

Iwanagara Apple Blossom 'Mendenhall'

Jumella comorensis

Kefersteinia tolimensis

Kingidium deliciosum

Koellenstenia graminea

Ludisia discolor
L. discolor alba

Macodes lowii

Masdevallia andreettana (gave away to friend)
M. tridens

Mischobulbum grandiflorum

Neofinetia falcata

Nephalaphyllum pulchrum

Orchis spectabilis

Paphiopedilum callosum
P. delentii
P. Deperle
P. Fanaticum
P. hainanense x wolterianum
P. 'Harold Koopowitz'
P. henryanum
P. In-Charm
P. insigne 'Sanderae'
P. Lady Isabel ‘Harrier’ x Deena Nicole
P. Lauren
P. Leeanum
P. kolopakingii x delenatii
P. liemianum x Victoria-regina
P. Limelight Vinicolor
P. lowii
P. 'Magic Lantern' (have two of these)
P. Makuli Alba
P. malipoense
P. Maudiae Alba
P. Maudiea x (Hinying Majukun x Alma Gevaert)
P. Norita Hasegawa Hybrid
P. philippinense var. alba
P. Pinocchio var. album
P. Psyche x topperii
P. spicerianum
P. sukhakulii
P. topperii x delenatii
P. Transvaal
P. Victoria Reginae x lowii
P. wardii
P. wolteranum ‘Pink Wing’ x wolteranum ‘Horizon’
+ 6 more mottled leaf paphs where the tags are long gone. If memory serves me, they were mutts anyway and one of them was from Home Depot

Phalaenopsis 'Yellow Butterfly'
P. aphrodite (have two of these)
P. parishii
P. speciosa v. tetraspis
P. 'Zuma Camreal'
+ 3 more phals with no tags and two were from Home Depot.

Phragmipedium Apple Pie (Mag Rose X besseae)
P. Audrey (Twilight X Grande)
P. Ackers Starlight (Twilight X besseae)
P. Cape Sunset
P. caudatum
P. fairrieanum f. Bohlmannianum
P. Habingers Grasshopper (‘Green Goddess’ x ‘Verde’)
P. Kelly Nash
P. Les Dirouilles
P. longifolium
P. Magdalene Rose 4N x Barbara LeAnn
P. Mountain Maid
P. Paul Eugene Conroy
P. pearcei
P. Penns Creek Cascade
P. schlimii
P. Schroederae
P. Sedenii
P. Sorcerer’s Apprentice
P. Sorcerer’s Apprentice x pearcei
P. wallisii

Podangis dactyloceras

Sarcoglottis sceptrodes

Sedirea japonica

Spiranthes cernua 'Odorata'

Tipularia discolor

Tuberolabium kotoense

Waiting for-
Paphiopedilum dianthum back ordered
P. Silverleaf- backordered

Keeping an eye out for these to "possibly" purchase in the future-
Paphiopedilum appletonianum
P. venustum album
P. wolteranium

Phragmipedium Albopurpureum
P. amazonica
P. boissierianum
P. caricinum
P. equadorense
P. exstaminodium
P. Fiddlesticks
P. Geralda
P. Lauren
P. lindenii
P. Magic Tresses
P. Mont Fallu
P. Praying Mantis FV
P. Predator
P. Rapunzel
P. Richteri FV
P. Ruby Slippers
P. Silver Eagle
P. St Ouen "Sweet Ice"
S. Tall Tails
P. St Ouen "Sweet Ice"
P. warcewiczianum

Looking for these miscellaneous-
Aerangis distincta
Aerangis fastuosa
Cirrhopealum longissimum (superior form)
Dracula hirtzii
Dryadella zebrina
Masdevallia colossus
Mastigion putidum
Pleurothallis restrepiodes
Polycynis muscifera
Restrepia guttulata

Back to the kitchen to cook for me!

 

[NYEric]

Wow! That collection is growing. I saw the photos you posted into the other thread, well done. I wish that would do the trick for me but no such luck. You actually have a couple in your collection that I don't know or haven't killed in the past. . I think you mean Dendrobium kingianum or Delicatum. Den Delicatum is a fragrant white hybrid between kingianum x speculatum. the kingianum is purple and very fragrant. Orchidtn has huge ones for sale on eBay and orchidsolo has some nice ones also. My phrag binge isn't complete. Someone outbid me on a Walter Schomburg x sclimii last week and Woodstream stillhas about 5-10 crosses I need/want.

 

[TheLorax]

What could I possibly have in my collection that you don't know or that you haven't killed in the past? You're kidding right?

Nope, I meant Kingidium deliciosum unless taxonomists are messing with me again. Remember, I am trying my best to keep tags with the plants! That one still has the original tag and when it blooms, it looks most like the very light Peter Zerche variation below-
http://www.phals.net/deliciosa/index_e.html

Really sorry you lost your Walter Schomburg x sclimii last week. When I bid, I watch the item without ever placing a bid on it and when it is ready to close out, I put in a real high bid about 8 seconds before the end of an auction. This way I don't create interest in an item by bidding on it and additionally I don't end up in some sort of a bizarre competition with some ding dong driving the price up. I rarely lose what I want but then again, I don't buy much on eBay as I'm not all that comfortable in that type of an environment.

 

[NYEric]

I stand corrected. I don't accually have an eBay acount but bid through an 'expiditer'. I only half heartedly bid on that one and when it came up I was otherwise occupied. ANd no I'm serious I will post take a photo of my 'tombstones' so you can have a good laugh/cry!

 

[TheLorax]

You post your tombstones first then I'll post a photo of what happened to one of my new babies this afternoon with 13 kids running around the house totally high on sugars and out of control. They left the door open to where I have most of my paphs and phrags and Eli seized the moment and gnawed on one of my new plants real good. He promptly barfed green plant parts all over the house that the kids stepped in and smeared all over the floors.

Oh oh oh, I can probably go dig that Aerangis out of the garbage can and take a photo of that. It's real choice looking since I knocked it over twice then set my elbow on it. Can we say very dead Aerangis?

Eric, you sound like you live a nice calm life. Wanna swap for a week? I could use a break and a nice quiet apartment in NY close to lots of good shopping is sounding mighty fine after today.

 

[NYEric]

Put them to work and the problem would be solved.

 

[TheLorax]

Put the cats to work