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08-20-2012, 07:08 PM
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An August Update!
Well, August has been a great month, more so the last week!!! I've got some new orchids as well as modified my closet, so I thought I would post an update!
The major thing I did in my closet today was add a new rack and hang several potted phals off of it and the older one. This made a considerable amount of room down on the eggcrate.
Here is the older one with mounts and smaller phal seedlings.
And here is the new one with three larger ones.
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08-20-2012, 07:10 PM
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I also got the biggest surprise EVER on the 17th!!!! Without my knowing, my three closest orchid friends (Call_Me_Bob, Mira-Claude, and Medelia) put some money together and got me several Phals as a birthday present from Patrick!!! They should have arrived on the 15th, but there was an error with Canada Post, and the plants were late.
Here is a stuartiana var. nobilis I got from the Canadian friends out of their own collection.
A three crowned KS Happy Eagle with a spike and a coming bud.
A HUGE Vio Vio with a spike and small bud.
Phal. Tzu Chaing Chrisna and Meir's Penang Princess 'Rubicon'.
And Cindy Li (Marie's Delight x gigantea), and a present from Patrick himself, Sogo Kaiulani!
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08-20-2012, 07:29 PM
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more space = more orchids !!!
I like your set-up. Plants grown under lights always seem to have perfect foliage.
K S Happy Eagle is one of my favourites and hopefully one of these days is going to be a proud daddy ( pollen parent x2 ) in my collection.
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08-20-2012, 07:44 PM
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Cody, What GREAT friends you have to give you such nice presents! Your are one lucky guy!
The set-up looks great and everything looks so healthy, good growing!
As a side note, with the Meirs Penang Princess, Peter told me that if it is grown in higher light it will produce keikis instead of blooms. Does yours have a clonal name or is it a seedling? Here's a link to my pic of the two together.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...irs_PG_50_.JPG
Again nice set-up and plants!! 
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08-20-2012, 07:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetjblue
Cody, What GREAT friends you have to give you such nice presents! Your are one lucky guy!
The set-up looks great and everything looks so healthy, good growing!
As a side note, with the Meirs Penang Princess, Peter told me that if it is grown in higher light it will produce keikis instead of blooms. Does yours have a clonal name or is it a seedling? Here's a link to my pic of the two together.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...irs_PG_50_.JPG
Again nice set-up and plants!!
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Thanks! Yes, it is Meirs Penang Princess 'Rubicon'!! I am actually glad you asked, as the clonal name was buried in the pot, so I didn't think it had one, nor did I look for it.
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08-20-2012, 10:35 PM
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Looks great! And what an awesome birthday surprise!
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08-21-2012, 06:08 AM
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Great set up. I like your rack idea. I am building a new growing area so thanks for the idea of how to put more plants in the same space.
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08-21-2012, 06:39 AM
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08-21-2012, 07:09 AM
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All I can say is, what do you use to clean the leaves on your phals? they look mirror shiny! Great set up by the way.
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08-21-2012, 08:07 AM
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Your grow area looks great and your orchids look extremely well grown. Excellent job.
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