I have had the absolute best day.
First I got access to a crap load of stemless orchids for my thesis project. Many of which are not comercialy avalible and are rarely kept in collections. Big plus.
Then as I am getting the tour of the orchid house the curator tells me to take what ever divisions I want for my own personal collection. So I start taking some small divisions because I don't want to be greedy, right. So what does he do - He starts lopping off blooming size divisions and handing them to me. I litteraly walked out with a garbage bag full of species orchids. No hybrids here. Tons of Bulbophyllum and related genera, Maxillaria tenufolia (forgive the spelling), Vanilla barbellata and quite a few others.
And Thursday I am going down to Selby Botanical gardens to get a behind the scenes tour and see thier Amorphophallus titanum which well be in full bloom at that point (and not on show to the public). I missed the NYBGs, I am not missing this one. I will post pics so you guys don't miss out either.
Life is good...
First I got access to a crap load of stemless orchids for my thesis project. Many of which are not comercialy avalible and are rarely kept in collections. Big plus.
Then as I am getting the tour of the orchid house the curator tells me to take what ever divisions I want for my own personal collection. So I start taking some small divisions because I don't want to be greedy, right. So what does he do - He starts lopping off blooming size divisions and handing them to me. I litteraly walked out with a garbage bag full of species orchids. No hybrids here. Tons of Bulbophyllum and related genera, Maxillaria tenufolia (forgive the spelling), Vanilla barbellata and quite a few others.
And Thursday I am going down to Selby Botanical gardens to get a behind the scenes tour and see thier Amorphophallus titanum which well be in full bloom at that point (and not on show to the public). I missed the NYBGs, I am not missing this one. I will post pics so you guys don't miss out either.
Life is good...