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Unread 12-23-2010, 06:14 PM
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Default My newest "baby"
I just got back from my local nursery and, as some of you requested, here are some pics of my newest "baby".
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Unread 12-23-2010, 06:20 PM
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Sorry, hit send instead of insert....

Whole plant:


Includes a new spike:


My two beautiful spikes:


My new baby, next to a more "normal" size orchid:


I say it is a baby, but really it is a monster. The flowers are almost 6 inches wide.
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Unread 12-23-2010, 06:26 PM
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Yoo-hoo! What a beauty! And she has a twin?
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention he is a Phal Sogo 'Yukidian'
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Yoo-hoo! What a beauty! And she has a twin?
Yup, there are two there.
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Unread 12-23-2010, 06:46 PM
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Beautiful Orchid. I was at Stuarts & Coopland today and they were getting in some Orchids from Fantasy beautiful plants.
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Unread 12-23-2010, 10:36 PM
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It looks so pretty in front of the Christmas tree.
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love it! great blooms and nice long spikes
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Some say epiphytic orchids are parasite, for living on trees.. However, I say that orchids are parasites for luring us humans to take them into our homes to feed and care for them. Much more care than they would get in the wild....
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i was just at fantasy the other day, awesome store! went home with a mystery phal.

also i have one like that. wonderful! my friends are all jealous but are afraid of them due to the "orchids are hard myth"
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Wow! The flowers are so gigantic! They're beautiful!
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