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May 1, 2019 8:06 AM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
If you need to relax, grow plants!!
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I know, I know! But I can only spend so much $$$$$$$$.

I have not said what I bought from Ecuagenera at the West Shore Show in Ohio. Well I bought 4 Dracula's! Dracula ameliae, Dracula simiae, Dracula cordobae and a fourth whose name eludes my brain at the moment. Starts with an "f".
Then I picked up a couple of Masdevallias. One was a a veitchiana hybrid and the other is Masdevallia floribunda. That cost me $172.50! These guys are not cheap!
Two of the four I bought in March are doing great, the other two started to lose leaves like mad. Turns out the pot they were in wasn't holding enough water. So I repotted them both and with fresh moss and I finally think that after a couple of weeks I have turned the corner with them both.
The little Maxillaria I got in February has really perked up, I thought it looked good when I got it. But it too is in fresh sphagnum and has new leads everywhere.
I look forward to posting pictures. Whistling
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.
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