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My Epi. Mabel Kanda was a baggie orchid from HD, it's the only one that has made it out of the OICU (Orchid Intensive Care Unit). I've seen some that shouldn't even be on the shelves offer for sale. I couldn't help but take some of them home to experiment with. After all they were only a $1.00 a on the clearance rack.
I have bought a few from HD myself and I think that you should always check and see when they first arive. My orchids I have purchased there are just thriving
Ok, not to , but the key is getting them off of a full rack. When there's only a few left they languish.
Also, I'm with Junebug (page 3). Lowes stocks more so they keep them longer. Sprawl-Mart stocks less, so they get more frequent shipments. Sprawl-Mart's are always newer and nicer here. Plus Lowe's is always 3 bucks more. Just my .
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I only wish we had a "Sprawl-Mart" here in So. Ga. I do agree that you get what you pay for....but for a cheapie it's worth it sometimes.
I bought 2 catts. today from Lowes. SMALL ones, look like 1 1/2" pots in white netting type "bags". Re-potted them in 3" pots in LFS moss when I got home. They look healthy enough. They had slightly larger one's as well. All catts though, nothing else.
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I love getting the "baggie" orchids. You can't base the orchid on the pic it has on it, but if you know enough you can find some really great one's if you read the tags and look for the good ones. I have bloomed quite a many of these little gems after a year or less out of the larger bags. I think one main key with these is to get one with a new growth that has started and repot it when it gets home. Sometimes even the descimated ones will take off once it gets some TLC again!
Orchid Baggies
I've seen some that shouldn't even be on the shelves
offer for sale. I couldn't help but take some of them home to experiment 
with. After all they were only a $1.00 a 
on the clearance rack.
, but the key is getting them off of a full rack. When there's only a few left they languish. 
Wally World - like in National Lampoon's Summer Vacation?
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