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I believe it was in R. Northen's book, 'Home Orchid Growing', that described using the sugar water soak that was necessary when orchids traveled in crates in the hold of wooden sailing vessels. While journeying they would get soaked with sea water and take months to reach their destination...

Hello, and I hear ya! I've been keeping my collection a little more reasonable. I'd be interested in several of your plants. Can you email me? Much easier to correspond. I'll pm you.

Beautiful bloom! Does look nothing like WW. Best to label it a NOID. But interestingly about Cattleyas is that cloning can in fact not be 100% all the time. There is a percentage of failure in which the clone will deviate in color, in shape. Sometimes even looking more like one of the...

DJ, pm me I may have something.

Ups and downs of life do that. The key is realizing, as has been mentioned, that plants will be available when you resume collecting and most everyone else on this site are always here. (take a moment to pop in when you can for a little visual 'vacation') Glad you are keeping a few though as...

I too liked the 'old' names. Half the time I see a name I have no clue what it is without a pic to give me a hint.

You're a sweetie Ray! Thanks muchly. Either my faucet was ok with the old r/o I had or I had that connector on my r/o. Crap, wonder if the dumpsters been emptied yet.........

I just got a new counter top r/o system and when I went to connect it found it does not fit my sink. Great for the outdoor hydrants, but I don't use it there. I went to see my original counter top r/o but must have pitched it (it was battle worn all over!). As I could see what part I may have...

Please PM me. I would you but can't quite get the hang of this new system. Thanks!

I'm a biggie for Cattleyas but these Epicatts are really taking my fancy! Fabulous blooms!

Magnificient! I liked that you added a pic of the flowers with the plant. Great!

Years ago I sent a priority - at the time had to pay extra for tracking - with tracking. Mailed first week of October, arrived week before Christmas. Where it was all that time I have no idea and worse, neither did the post office!

I have a counter top r/o system - thank you soooo very much Ray for this fabulous apparatus - and it has been an absolute essential to my growing orchids.

We have too low a signal here for wifi to work correctly - according to our internet provider. I don't know the 'ins and outs' of this technology, most that we don't have success with 'things' that use wifi.

All gone! Thanks all.