alas! another first time contestant! thanks for playing sdk, though our sources tell us that if you aren’t in this solely for the disproportionately large winnings, then your priorities are all in the wrong place.

we would like to take a moment of your moment filled day and invite you all to harken back to childhood...

(clouds and whispy harp music playing in background)

remember how important it was to win? like, i know none of us ever did or we wouldn’t be sitting inside growing orchids, but place yourself on that field, or on the free throw line at the buzzer, 4th and goal with seconds on the clock and down by 2....remember that feeling?! a spark of hope, deep down inside that told you, one day, one day, you could have been somebody?

well, that spark is gone now and replaced with the ashes of all the possibilities we once had. we beg you all to sweep those ashes into the dustbin of reality and replace them with the glimmer of potential that this flower will continue to grow. and one day, perhaps, you will be regailing the tale to your grandchildren about when YOU won the most important game ever charaded about on the glorious webwideworld. OH, the thought!! BEHOLD, the possibilities!!

all this is to say, you winners out there who haven’t yet placed your bet are just letting the real aggressive life players to just pass you by. tell that to your grandkiddies, it’ll make them proud. OR, place your bet in the shrinking window of time you have left...5 days, only 5 short little days

a short one this time...

we hope you new comers are still with us this time, even after being subjected to the grumpy diatribes of the pesimistic fertilizer mixer who wandered up from the cellar, because it is in fact one of our new contestants who is poised to seize this massive victory from the jaws of fate!!!

that's right, dalachin sits out front heading in to turn 3, as things have progressed at a stopshort pace! if this thing bursts in the next month, it's possible that mr.f could have the death nail. but if it lives....

and that's it! thanks to all the newcomers for joining us, and shame to all you oldbloods! see...told you it'd be short

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and if you think you can weasel in with a last minute guess....you're too late. our complaint department has been overwhelmed in the past, so we r sticking to the rules this time!! after all, there's big bux on the line

Nah, that's a fake pic, you are just trying to wind us up! All pics must show a newspaper with current date to be believed! :rofl:

Rah rah Dec 4! Go little bud, you can do it!

only the finest in technology over here at bloomtime :photo:

paphiopedilum micranthum var. eburneum
 

well ladies and gents, this took far shorter than anticipated, and the bud is shorter than we thought, too!

but alas, it is with pleasure that we officially declare dalachin as the winner of this gigantic contest of chance! thanks to all of our contestants for their guesses and their patience, and we wish all of you huge success in the next round :biggrin::biggrin:

dalachin, if you wish to claim your prize, please send us a pm with your name and address at which you would prefer delivery of your prize. and to the rest, better luck next time!

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(your president approves of this bloom)

please see our running what’s in bloom thread for better hi-if pics in the near future....and enjoy your sunday basking in the knowledge that you won’t be subjected to another bloom time episode for the foreseeable future!!!

Congrats Tmoney for blooming your paph and congrats to the winner, dalachin.
Newspaper :goodjob :rofl:

sorry this wasn't your round, fuerta...you know we are always rooting for the spanish contingient. maybe next time stop looking at all that beautiful beach and sky that surrounds you (and volcanoes) and get your head in the game!!! for you we would pay the shipping....as you are now officially the biggest loser in the game having played and lost each round, hehehahahahah.....that's gotta be worth somethin

Super congrats on the bloom, it is lovely. Floored that my guess was the closest. Just goes to show how darn unpredictable our little green friends are.

thanks, and congrats to you on your winning guess!! your oder has been submitted, and your mystery plant should arrive soon from a vendor located next to a small river. (name withheld cause they probly don't want to be associated with drivel such as this!!)

thanks for playing along, and best of luck on future episodes!!!