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Hello everyone, I hope you are all well.

Yesterday, 9/24/15, I received my first orchid(s)! I'm so excited I feel like a little kid. Happens a lot since I found these plants and this forum. I'm told this is a pretty young seedling and to expect to have to keep it very happy for 18-24 months before it will even think about producing a spike for us. Being a slow grower, it can take another 6-12 months before the spike will begin to bloom. The reward is that in cultivation this plant can be coaxed into flowering throughout the year after it's first bloom. Oh, and it's supposed to be a miniature as well. I don't have a clue how reliable this information is, but they seemed to know what they were talking about when we spoke on the phone. I got TWO Bulbophyllum calogossum, one mounted and one potted.

As I do with all the plants I'm excited about receiving (so ALL of them obviously), I took many pictures as I unpacked them so I could "open it with you guys" like I did my Cephalotus. So, here we go.
Now for the potted plant. We'll skip the unpacking bit on this one as it went pretty much exactly like the first one.
Here's a shot of where I put them at first. It's COMPLETELY different NOW, but I'll show you guys anyway, just for fun.
I was gonna save this for a different post, but it kind of goes along with my first orchids, Sooo... I picked up a piece of African driftwood. I'm hoping to use it for a couple different things, but mainly for different mountings as I'm eager to try my hand at them. So... I looked for a few days, tried to stay patient and ended up with what I feel totally comfortable calling the perfect piece of wood for my purposes. Observe:
Let's see how it looks in the Dungeon.
Ok... more pictures later once everything starts looking more finished and less rough.

Thanks for hanging out and looking at the new plants.

Cheers,
-@.

evenwind wrote:Good luck with them!

Seattle Orchids is a great place to spend your money

Do you know this site?: http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbcaloglossum.htm

No, I'll have to check that out...

Yes, Seattle Orchids has been great so far. One minor complaint:
I went to a great deal of trouble to make a list of three orchids within a certain budget and availability, and ordered late Wednesday for a last minute shipment so it would arrive this week. The one I was the most excited about, the true micro Lepanthes turialvae, ASLO the most expensive one... pretty much the plant that was the whole point of the order.. was listed on the invoice as backordered until 10/30. This was not the case on the telephone, or the website when I ordered so.. little bummed about THAT. I'm considering calling and having them switch it to Lepanthes calodictyon. Still undecided.

Anyhow, enough of THAT! Let's focus on what DID arrive in yesterday's shipment:
1 Vanilla planifolia
1 Cattleya hybrid, Little Leopard.

Both are slow "hot growers" appreciating damp conditions and high humidity. Both are also very young seedlings and will not be mature enough for flower spikes for another 18-24 months. Yawn...

Pictures!
Are YOU thinking what I'M thinking? ...I HOPE not, I'm out of my MIND and the world has quite enough of those. So, hopefully you're thinking "...NO, what are you thinking, crazy person with too much time and NO bandwidth restrictions.. " or something like that.

Ok, that's all for now guys. I'll post more pictures when this little guy's setup is finished.

Thanks for looking!
Cheers,
-@

As promised, a photo update as it's looking a little tiny bit closer to finished...
...it's been a little more work than anticipated, but most things are, especially the rewarding ones. This has definitely been rewarding and I can't wait to do more.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
-@.