Oh yes! I would have hated to lose them!
And off we go!!


Here are a few pics from Silva's main greenhouse.


And here is my list
Trichocentrum lanceanum
Rlc Hawaiian Green Valley x digbyana, could be the same as my plant or perhaps have a slightly different lip coloration, depending on if this was a clone or a division of a different plant.
Pink flowers forgot to ask for tag
Vandachostylis Crownfox Red Gem x V Peggy Foo
Dyakia hendersoniana
Cymbidiella rhodocheila
C Canhamiana coerulea ' Azure Skies' scented oh my!
Did you see the big monster plant in the greenhouse see above pic?
V. miniatum
Enc boricana x bractesens
Small Epidendrum Green Hornet
I unpacked on the deck and took pictures. I am totally the happy Camper today, but I think the Cymbidiella topped it for me!!
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Happy!

Hi Ken, Alice and Elaine...about Carter and Holmes. When I go to them in person I get better deals. I do like to get my media from them. They are the closest to me that sells media and they give me a good deal. Otherwise, I will not order from them of line to $$$$$$!

Ursula...Those are all so BEAUTIFUL!

OMG, those buying shoes must be SMOKIN'

What a haul of treasures you got, Ursula. I think your C. Canhamiana coerulea 'Azure Skies' looks a lot like my NOID that's blooming now. It has a wonderful fragrance, too. I was going to stick a tag on it of C. purpurata but now I think I may choose the 'Azure Skies' tag instead.

What can I say! It was FUN! Silva has so many gorgeous plants, you would like one of each please!

Elaine, the whole car was perfumed by the 'Azure Skies' on the ride home! Can you imagine what that monster plant smelled like?

Yes , please!
One of each!

yesterday I went to Lowe's looking for patio edger pavers...which I did not find...I did find in another department ..this item..






C. Canhamiana var. coerulea 'Azure Skies'

, that would have jumped in my basket too.

All we get around here at most big box or grocery stores are White, spotted or BLUE phals

That's usually true for me as well, Ted.. I got lucky yesterday... Scoring both at Lowes AND my supermarket!

That's all I see here too, Ted. Boring stuff.

Gosh, this store has gorgeous stuff!

You guys in Fla. are lucky. Our HD here in Georgia only carries the NOID phals and charges $20 each. The Lowes here are better. They sale their NOID phals for $8 to $15 each and they carry the orchids in a bag by Better Gro for $8 to $12 each and they have name tags in them. I got one of their bag orchids, a catt. named Blc. Cornerstone x (Makaha Gold x Walkeriana) 'Yellow lip - lavender '. Jim, this was the way the tag was labeled by the grower. Don't know if it is right or wrong?

Wow Ursula. That is some serious shopping!

Jim

I'll say! I was just looking again. That Cimbidiella is very interesting. I missed it the first time through.

I thought the selection at Silva was particularly interesting this time, there were a lot of different Orchids to be had! Nice to go when they have an official sale!

An event coming up. I've done the behind the scenes tour, but never this one

Garden Talk & Sale - Hidden Gems in the Orchid Collection
July 14, 2016

Thursday, 2:30 p.m.

Brandon Tam, orchid collection specialist at The Huntington, highlights some of the hidden gems within the botanical greenhouses. These are not your typical supermarket blooms, Tam explains, but a vast array of orchid genera, species, and hybrids—everything from Aerangis to Zygopetalum. Many of the plants are rare and endangered. Come and explore the diversity of the botanical kingdom's largest flowering plant family. A plant sale follows the program. Free; no reservations required. Ahmanson Room, Brody Botanical Center.



Photo: Aerangis articulata 'Arabella' AM/AOS. Photo by Arthur Pinkers

doesn't that sound fabulous ?!

I've never been in their greenhouse, but if it's anything like the LA Arboratum, it will be an oven in mid July. I'll satisfy my orchid shopping with the show in Westminster Mall at the end of July...it' air conditioned.