I've been down to my sister's family visiting over the thanksgiving weekend, so I (cnycharles) decided to join nyeric and clark e at clarks' house in south amboy, nj and head to parkside orchids, after a very nice breakfast of pancakes and omeletes! (thanks clark and eric for cooking) also met clarks' wife crissy and checked out the landscaping around the house and clarks' orchid collection plus the rooftop herb garden, all of which were very nice! ...especially the turf which was very thick and green. parkside was having their fall sale where you pick out your plants, then pick a slip of paper out of a box which has your discount rate on it. a chart up on the wall tells how many slips there are of each rate, and how many had been picked already. clark and I each got the 10% rate, while power buyer nyeric got a 15% ticket. eric had so many plants I think they were afraid that giving him too much of a discount might break their bank so he only got 15% (just kidding, picks were random and eric was very contained - I was quite impressed!)
I didn't get into all the houses to get pics because I was too busy talking and trying to find some rare masdevallia species that they had long sold out of, but found some nice things
eric (nyeric) checking things out in the paph house (he was moving so quickly it was tough to keep him in focus!
) actually just my poor photo skills
pics from paph house
clark (clark e) pondering orchid purchases
clark wondering if his credit card will handle the recent purchases
eric is humored by charles' (cnycharles) puny plant selection!
as usual, parkside owners and staff were very friendly and helpful, and the snacks/cider they had were very tasty. if you live nearby you should check it out! was a very fun trip, thanks to eric for driving and clark for breakfast and extra plants!
I didn't get into all the houses to get pics because I was too busy talking and trying to find some rare masdevallia species that they had long sold out of, but found some nice things
eric (nyeric) checking things out in the paph house (he was moving so quickly it was tough to keep him in focus!
) actually just my poor photo skills
pics from paph house
clark (clark e) pondering orchid purchases
clark wondering if his credit card will handle the recent purchases
eric is humored by charles' (cnycharles) puny plant selection!
as usual, parkside owners and staff were very friendly and helpful, and the snacks/cider they had were very tasty. if you live nearby you should check it out! was a very fun trip, thanks to eric for driving and clark for breakfast and extra plants!
