If I could be an orchid.... - Orchid Board

CoolPhrog · #1 (**permalink**) 05-09-2009, 09:20 AM

If you could be an orchid, which one would it be and why? Which orchid fits your personality?

Would you be a Cattleya because you prefer warmer temps and brighter light or would you be Masdevallia because you prefer cooler mornings and lower light levels...how 'bout a Dendrobium, because they prefer to be pot bound and you like being in smaller places...

If I could be an orchid, I would be......

Angurek · #2 (**permalink**) 05-09-2009, 08:47 PM

Tough call. I'd probably be either a Den-Phal, a Cattleya, a Pescatorea, a Zygopetalum, or a Bollea.

Then again, if I could be an orchid, I could also see myself as beeing any of my plants. They inspire me with their will to live and their cheerful blooms. They never fail to put a smile on my face.

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...and I like high humidity.

peeweelovesbooks · #3 (**permalink**) 05-09-2009, 09:35 PM

If I could be an orchid........I would definitely be a warm grower..don't like the cold. I would be something unusual, requiring patience, but rewarding my owner with spectacular blooms..................I would be an eulophiella elizabethae.

MuscleGirl'sHobby · #4 (**permalink**) 05-09-2009, 10:57 PM

If I were an orchid I'd be one hell of a crazy hybrid mix of species that just don't mix. I'm a nut. I enjoy a lot of different things and am almost always up for a change. I have good friends whom I must keep apart because they'd eat eachother they're so different. But that's just me

Jerry Delaney · #5 (**permalink**) 05-09-2009, 11:18 PM

I suppose I would have to be a Bulbophyllum fletcherianum in that I am terribly slow to do anything and when I do, it just winds up being a stinky mess!!

snow · #6 (**permalink**) 05-10-2009, 01:32 AM

if i could be an orchid; i would like to be oncidium sharry baby.
great smelling, blooming all over the place; and easty .to get along with.

camille1585 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-10-2009, 05:29 AM

If I could be an orchid I would be an alpine terrestrial. They get to enjoy the sun and beautiful landscapes all summer long, and then loads of snow in the winter. (perfect fot skiing!!)

playtime8978 · #8 (**permalink**) 05-10-2009, 08:33 AM

If I was to be an orchid I would be a Dendrobium nobile hybrid I think ( in my dreams id be) tall and slender slightly but still awkward to get to flower ( I have always been a pain) and a hybrid as I am a bit variable and different to the norm.

cb977 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-10-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jerry Delaney

I suppose I would have to be a Bulbophyllum fletcherianum in that I am terribly slow to do anything and when I do, it just winds up being a stinky mess!!

Haha! Thanks for the first good laugh of the day!

Hedge · #10 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 07:47 AM

In view of the fact that my nickname Hedge is short for hedgehog, I suppose I ought to be something spiky (like my cacti collection) but my kids say I'm a lizard so it would have to be something that likes warmth, and sunshine - although not too bright cos that makes me squint ( = wrinkles ....) Hmm. Nothing too humid. How about a Paphiopedilum 'Magic Lantern' - nice and pink so a bit girly too.