I know the feeling. About a third of my orchids were purchased at a discount table post bloom. Of those most were NOIDs so it's real exciting to see them spike to see what you've got. Even those with names were surprises because I generally didn't pull up the name to research it. They were all purchased in Portland, OR. I haven't been able to find a source for marked down post bloom orchids in Dallas. But than beyond the occasional phal, you don't see a lot of orchids here. Nothing like Portland, OR and East Bay, CA. Like any other commodity they are regionally driven.

Yeah, my roomie also thought I was crazy, as I now have to go shopping for another lamp to accommodate the new ones....

I'm excited partially because they are NOID's. It's like a surprise...Someday when I have better orchid funding I'd love to have a room full of orchids with known names....but for now I'm pretty content to have a bunch of NOID's, although I've managed to ID my Den. Antennatum.