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Post by tom on Mar 16, 2006 20:12:52 GMT -5
Hi,
I was wondering if there is any orchids or Asclepiads/Stapeliads growers over here... Just curious!
On my side, I grow both, mostly Bulbo and Pleuro (Masd, Dracula, Pleurothallis...: great companions for a lot of CP) for the orchids, and a bit of Stapelia/Huernia, but these have suffered a lot from my last movings: what's left living is H. keniensis, S. gigantea (labeled as, which is not...) and S. asterias...
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Post by Syble on Mar 16, 2006 22:40:52 GMT -5
When space permits, my orchid collection increases, I have mostly phalaenopsis and a few paphs....have another odd one can't remember which though.... Closest I come to your other plant grouping is caladiums! Sib
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Post by Flytrap on Mar 17, 2006 11:43:25 GMT -5
i grow Lithops too! Anyone else out there who grow these mesembryantheums?
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Post by mabudon on Mar 17, 2006 12:52:30 GMT -5
I tried but I killed the poor things, and I haven't seen any for sale since then, but I would like to grow Lithops..
Orchids the same, tried a few times, killed em... I have very species specific growing abilities it would seem, as evidenced by my utter inability to grow pings
A good friend of mine, his father grows orchids like crazy, brings them upstairs when they are flowering, but he doesn't talk too much and so I never really got much of a sense of his methods... I'm sure, just like with CPs tho, I will try again and someday maybe strike upon the things I messed up the first time
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Post by brian on Mar 17, 2006 17:43:32 GMT -5
My wife and I love lithops too but likewise always kill them. Used to get lithops, fenestria and any other succulent or cactus from Ben Veldis (sp?) in Dundas.
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Post by Syble on Mar 17, 2006 18:22:20 GMT -5
They have them at colisanties all the time! Sib
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Post by hothousecarnivores on Mar 29, 2006 23:23:40 GMT -5
if you guys are interested my friend has a greenhouse full of orchids for sale if you want email me and i can get him to give me to give you a list and stuff, Jessy
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Post by bubblebrain00 on Mar 29, 2006 23:55:35 GMT -5
Where is ur friend located?
I know mom loves them, she has growm them for over 2.5 years. sure i'll like a list
Thanks
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Post by lloyd on Jun 30, 2006 22:19:06 GMT -5
I have quite a few orphaned orchids mostly phalenopsis that people throw out after they flower. I've finally gotten the hang of them and they pretty well flower all year round with very little care.
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