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Old 04-27-2008, 10:10 PM
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Wow, Mauro, wonderful display! You give new meaning to "green thumb."
I had company over the past few days, and one person looked at all my orchids (74) and there were only a handful in bloom right now. He said "I thought there would be more!" Somehow that hurt just a tad, but I have so many spiked and about to open that it is so exciting. Perhaps I could borrow a few from you in the meantime????? kiki-do
okay, some people are soo annoying! Most people who don't understand/grow orchids have the misconception that they are hard to grow and flower rarely, yet at the same time, they expect us growers to have them blooming all the time!!! ughhh

Oh, and they MAY be a tad jealous...since you can grow them (and from what I saw in your gallery, you have nice orchids and a nice set-up) and plus... 75 orchids is QUITE the collection I only have 25, and people think I have a lot!!! However, one person came to my house (she has a phal I gave her as a gift, and therefore to her, all orchids are phals.. tisk tisk) anyways, I had this gorgeous odonticidium blooming, which filled the room with a heavenly scent. What does she say?.... "whats that yellow one, its strage, isn't it? "
anyways, I was insulted! It was so nice... and its an odontocidium... with large yellow flowers, and she looked at it like it was a weed!!

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I don't let those sorts of idiot things people say bother me. . .I simply imagine this video I saw once, where a little cat whappy whapped this little kid on both sides of his head.

Anyway, I bet that person was being totally facetious. . .I mean Jimeny Cricket, YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF FLOWERS BLOOMING IN WINTER!

Bet he snuffs out ivy.

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Graceful Mauro,

Your orchids are lovely, and interesting as always! Sure do like to hear all about them. . .it's like story time and the children are all ears.
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Thanks, Mauro, for your generous help. I'll pay attention to pH and salt residue around the roots. I don't know that I would have paid much attention to the salts if you hadn't told me of the lengths you go to to keep them salt free.
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