Miscellaneous stuff

[Shiva]

Interesting Eric. How much light does the macodes get?

 

[NYEric]

Nice-looking macodes. What will happen if it outgrows that container? Upgrade to a fishbowl?

No, some larger artistic vessel. oke:

Interesting Eric. How much light does the macodes get?

Not much. I find the best way to grow them is contained.

 

[NYEric]

Here's photos of some plants I got lately. 3 phrags from Tom Kalina at Fox Valley Orchids; a paph, some species and jewel orchids from Thanh Nguyen at Springwater Orchids and a Paph suhkakulii album form eBay. II'm waiting for my order from John Chant to arrive. I had more photos of stuff in bloom and bud to share but somehow cant upload it.

 

[NYEric]

Got some of them! I probably should have staked the venustum album.

 

[SlipperFan]

What's the second from the last one? Cool plant!

 

[paphioboy]

I see you have them on the stove again! oke: oke: oke:

 

[paphioboy]

What is that gongora in spike?

 

[biothanasis]

Nice additions and cool spikes!!!! I'd like to know the answers to Dot's and Lee's questions too

 

[Shiva]

Looks good Eric. Will be fun to see the flowers.

 

[NYEric]

What's the second from the last one? Cool plant!

Liparis grossa

What is that gongora in spike?

Gongora truncata.

 

[NYEric]

I see you have them on the stove again! oke: oke: oke:

The stove is basically a temporary storage/hospital area; where the temp and light are constant, warm and bright. Also, I found that if I keep paphs there for a month or two and then move them into brighter spots in the living room they have great growth spurts!

 

[paphioboy]

The stove is basically a temporary storage/hospital area; where the temp and light are constant, warm and bright. Also, I found that if I keep paphs there for a month or two and then move them into brighter spots in the living room they have great growth spurts!

Okay. Just don't burn your 'patients'..! :crazy: Are you sure it is bright enough over there (on the stove)? The 'growth spurts' sounds like responses of light-deprived plants to extra light..

 

[NYEric]

It may not be bright "enough" but its very stable, then the growth spurt is good.

 

[NYEric]

Went to Parkside Fall event yesterday, I'm rushing to practice but thought I'd share some phhotos. THe event is good because you get to 'pick' for your discount. 10% - 50%. I always get the lowest 10% . Thanks to John and Tom for a good event.

 

[NYEric]

After the event I went to our model railroad club to work at our Holiday show. I'll post photos from that and my haul later.

 

[likespaphs]

wowzers!
thanks for the quick tour!

 

[paphioboy]

WOW! Those are some awesome specimen catts and coelogyne trinervis... :drool: :drool: :drool: Now, which ones followed you home?

 

[SlipperFan]

You must have been like a kid in a candy shop, Eric!

How do you "pick" your discount and end up with 10%???

 

[cnycharles]

they have a box with raffle tickets in it, with different discount rates written on them. you pick out a ticket and that's your discount rate

when they see eric coming with all the plants he buys, they grab the bucket with only 10% tickets in it! otherwise, they'd go broke

when I went to parkside with eric and clark a few years ago, I had to use extreme discipline to not buy a bushel of plants!

 

[NYEric]

After that I went to run trains at or model railroad club. These are N-scale 1ft:160feet.

I picked up a few Paphs, a few Tolumnia, and a Dendrochilum cobbianum. I cant find the photos on the memory card.