I worked at an Army security agency , I left work one evening ,my sports car was full of Dendrobiums they smelled so good ,that was the first time I saw an orchid bloom . They were left by a friend from Hawaii .
Years later after moving to So. Ca. I went to a box store .On a rack were bagged orchid seedlings.
Knowing nothing about them I bought one ,opened the bag the tag said your orchid will bloom in 4 to 5 years
I thought that is the end of that . At one point I went to the library got a book read the wrong info. repotted it in regular garden dirt . It bloomed in it ..
was named Catt. Mem. Crispin Rosales . I was hooked .. Gin