> I bought an oncidium. According to "Understanding Orchids", it's an
> > oncidium Pokie "Leuticke's Choice".
>
> Hi Jane. Is "Understanding Orchids" a book? If I'm understanding you
> correctly and you have identified your plant's name by matching it to a
> picture in a book, I would bet the farm that you have chosen the wrong
> name. There may be a hundred other Oncidium crosses that match the
> picture in the book equally well. (If your plant came with a tag, that's
> another story.)
>
> > How did I go from one orchid to nine in less than a year?? I guess > > I'm hooked.
>
> Yeah, probably.
> You think now that your space is limited and you can't add very many
> more. I used to think that. Then I made a nice shelf in my office that
> fits a corner set of windows and I had room for several more. All set...
> for a while. Then I turned on a set of 8 fluorescent tubes in the
> basement. All the room I would ever need... until I needed to add a 400
> W Metal Halide bulb and some more fluorescents. 12 tubes this time. Then
> the 800 W combo light...
>
> Steve
You loose. I'll tell you where to send the farm.
Yes, "Understanding Orchids" is a book. There is a full color photo of the exact oncidium that I have. That's how I found the name.
Picture of it here:
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