Lin, I would not want to count the tropical plants I have, but a conservative estimate would be 750. 500 or so are orchids. I have got to have inventory, you know.
A tear ago, I really had a lot of staghorns, large ones that were 3-5 years old, all mounted. I sold every single one of them to one person who was opening up a new restaurant in Palm Beach and wanted to mount all of them on a "living" wall. The only thing I asked (well, other than to get paid) was for him to send me pictures of that wall. After a two-month wait, I contacted him (actually I contacted the interior designer in SC who "brokered" the deal) and asked about the pictures. She said: "Sorry, no pictures". She said the guy loved the mounted plants so much he took them all home! She didn't know what he did about the living-wall.
Thus, I had to start all over. Now all my stags are 1 to 1 1/2 yr. old. I don't seem to keep many though. I may never have another 3 yr. old one, other than those in my personal collection, which are all rare plants
What can I say. I just love to grow tropical plants.
