Miscellaneous stuff

[eOrchids]

Awesome update!

Thanks for the pics!

 

[Shiva]

Lots of lovely flowers. And good pic of the cat. My cats usually look everywhere but at the camera when I try to take pictures.

 

[hchan]

What direction does your window face? You don't use any supplementary lighting is that right? Sorry if you've posted the info somewhere already but I couldn't find it in this megathread!

 

[NYEric]

I have south facing windows and no supplementary lighting yet.

 

[hchan]

You seem to do just fine reblooming though, even without the lighting. I know you mentioned in a post that you tend to get things in bud etc, but you seem to rebloom quite a lot of stuff.

 

[NYEric]

I am apparently good at getting new growth but not blooming. Maybe if I add supplemental lighting I'll have more success blooming. I am starting to buy Xenon lights for shelves and Jump-start lights from Hydrofarm for floor areas to try this.

 

[hchan]

You don't have to worry about electricity bills if I recall from earlier on in this thread, that's good!! Go for it I say

 

[NYEric]

First of all I want to paste some stuff from my house. I have a Phrag Jason Fischer w/ a nice spread. I also have a plant that was sent to me as Baptistonia e. but its not. Can anyone ID this? - [update: I checked IOSPE and it is indeed Baptistonia echnata, just hasn't opened yet!]

 

[NYEric]

Then, I left cozy NYC for the Capital! and went to Woodstream Orchids Open House. The benefit of traveling there was20% discount!!! I also was able to search under the tables thru their stock and look at each plant! Thanx Reno/Ramon!

 

[NYEric]

More slippers

 

[NYEric]

Bill and Lynn also have a nice selection of Pleuros and Epidendrums. I didn't get a photo of Zane but he's a real QT! TutoPeru said he went on Saturday but Bill says it was a mad house so I'm kind of glad I missed that day.
There was a STF member there but he said he doesnt post so I wouldn't recognize him. Anyway, thanx for looking.

Above: NIce Epi. illense hybrid. For those of you who don't know, this species was eliminated in nature thru habitat destruction but was saved by the Marie Selby Gardens.

 

[NYEric]

Anyway, this is my haul. I got to find a couple of very rare crosses and Bill let them go so..

 

[eOrchids]

Nice haul Eric!

 

[JeanLux]

.. this is my haul. I got to find a couple of very rare crosses and Bill let them go so..

What are they? I cannot read all of those tags !!! Jean

 

[NYEric]

All of them or just the rare ones?
FYI, I picked up:
Phrags Lutz Rolke flav x ecuadorense, Evy FInegan x schlimii, Future Impact x schlimii, Percei x Petit Port, Lynn Evans Gouldner x Pink Panther, Ecuabess x Paul Eugene Conroy, Frosted Velvet, Yakima River flavum, Caoe May County flav, caricinum x Petit Port, Wild Horse Mesa, richteri x Pink Panther, Grouville x Barbara LeAnn, Polar Shift flav, and flasks Cape May County x Pink Panther, and Waunakee Sunset x (Lutz Rolke flav x Cleola). (some of these I may already have )
Phal Heiroglyphica alba, and Lockhartia acuta.

 

[hchan]

Nice haul! Don't know how you manage to make room

BTW, how is your lighting experiment coming along? Have you ever thought of covering some of your walls with mylar?

 

[cnycharles]

hybrid, hybrids, hybrids! at least you picked up a phal species

 

[Justin]

what a lovely nursery...nice additions too!

 

[SlipperFan]

That's an excellent illense hybrid! Is it a big plant? How large are the flowers, since illense is quite small?

 

[NYEric]

The plant was big but that was the mother plant. Bill did have divisions I believe. The flowers were about twice as big as illense.