Well, thanks for the heads up, anyway. I'll try to remember to let you know how it went.

Got my order from Arcadia today - well packed, nice stuff, no problems. Not drop-dead fast, but not lagging, either.

I just hope my plants make it soon, before we get much colder again.....!

Glad to hear the medium and pots arrived! Did she ship the plants yet? They come in 3 days usually from ebay sellers.

Just got the "ship" notice from UPS this morning.

Here's the seller's info:
RUDY BACHMANN
SLO ORCHIDS
955 BRANCH MILL RD
ARROYO GRANDE CA 93420-3601

Any experiences?

I bought 3 from them last year but only the Dendrobium Princess x unicum has bloomed. I put them in my fav sellers group but I rarely want 3 plants from one seller.

Yeah, I can relate... I was just absolutely in love with the Beallara Marfitch 'Howards Dream' ever since someone entered a pic of one in bloom on DG's photo contest thread. When I saw it for sale, well.... so I got 2 of those and one of the Wilsonara, just to see how I'd do. I've never seen an orchid for sale in this area for less than $20, so it seemed a worthwhile guess.

Can't wait to see them on the January thread (if any are in bloom) or the I just bought thread (if not) or the anticipation thread (if they are in spike)!!

I'll be there - heck, I'm there already, enjoying everyone *elses* successes!

Where can I go to find out (I'm sure this has been asked before) just how many orchids you all have?

What about fertilisers? Do you use liquid, powder, pellet...ect.? I always try to use liquid because i don't like having to disolve the powder and im scared about putting pellets or anything on my orchids in straight form (i.e: not diluted).
Weak weekly remember more like weak monthly for me.
Ive just neally used the last of my orchid fertiliser and am not sure which to get now. I know i probly wont be able to get the same as you's do here in Australia.

Sheryl, it's like counting the stars in the galaxy...no one knows for sure how many orchids we have!
Ursula and Kathy have alluded to taking inventory when they cart their plants out of the house in the
spring and back again in the fall...but I think the number is so high that it's frightening to put in print!

Well Ursula hasn't counted in years and I know I have around 400 but many are tiny ones. Not sure about the rest of us.

I think the short answer is 'as many as we can find room for'.

TNTC - Too numerous to count.
Carol, isn't that the truth!!

Four hundred!!!! Wow!

Cool - now I can tell my husband I am NOT a fanatic, lol!

(Think he'll buy it?)

Yup!

Oh yes Sheryl!...there's always someone more fanatic than you are!

Shew.

Not that I was worried, or anything......

What types of orchids would you plant in tree fern pots?

Ah, I used them for orchids with fine roots mostly.