Holy Hoyas batman!
Where do you put all those?

At $15 - $20 bucks a pop, I swear this is an addiction! LOL
I thought i was bad.

If you buy yourself all these plants i cant imagine the kind the kinds of things you get your children. Must be nice to have you as a mom.

The kids will probably get addicted too! :)

@ RaptorRed - I will be putting them on the bottom shelves of the unit my husband made me, if you click the link "shelves", you will see it.
@tlbean - believe it or not, the kids aren't spoiled, but of course, they wish they were, as most kids do. They have to earn what they want, with the exception of gifts. Any plants I buy, I save up for (sometimes it takes a year). My son has more of an appreciation for plants, while my daughter is more into art.

Here is a link that might be useful: shelves

Wish me luck...my first post on the new website. So, my camera died, and I was only able to take half of the photos I wanted to. I will take more, if I can, after my phone charges, assuming work doesn't call me in (on call 24/7 until further notice...*sigh*). Here is what I managed to photograph prior to my phone's death:

This was not part of my order, just wanted to show off burmanica's progress on buds.

Another:

Now to my order:

Hoya sp. UT-048

Hoya sp. UT-009

Hoya mitrata (big orange flowers):

Hoya sp. UT-XXX (big, beautiful leaves)

Hoya sp. EPC 260:

Hoya sp. SR-2009-005:

Hoya sp. UT-168:

Hoya sp. UT-010:

Hoya sp. Dianel LSH-07-001:

Hoya mindorensis (yellow with red center):

Hoya sp. DML-5655B:

Hoya sp. UT-011:

Finally have some time off! As promised, the rest of my order:

coriacea:

sp. EPC 196:

sp. EPC 600:

sp. 'Phu Wua':

cf. coriacea:

kerrii 'Permanent Yellow':

sp. EPC 217:

rigida (very long calyx):


sp. PNG-SV-419:


sp. Philippines 4:

sp. IML 0272:

imbricata var. basi-subcordata:

oh I'm so jealous here :)

They look lovely. and very tempting. I've been thinking about placing an order, but I'm attending a huge orchid festival in May that I've been saving up for. So I will have to wait until summer before I place an order.

Renee

Tremendous plant haul Aurora - they look beautiful! I wish that I lived in a slightly more temperate climate. I would not dare to place an order like that here for at least another ten weeks for fear of freezing during transport.

Renee, if I had any more space, I would have ordered more (including a couple of tolumnia orchids I have been eyeballing). But for now, my wallet and husband are spared, lol.
Doug, to be honest, I was actually surprised at how great their condition was in when they arrived. Customs decided to hold onto the package for quite awhile (I think it was in customs for 15 days or so...I actually started this thread a week or so after I ordered) and a few of the plants were SAD. A couple of them are still recovering in the humidity tank, and I took cuttings from a couple, as well, fearing they would die. So far, all seems to be good.
I don't envy you, however! I love to order things on my terms and would be quite displeased if I had nasty, cold, blizzardy weather to deal with.

Nope, not obsessed at all!
I'm not very good at lying...

Phew, sorry, I am late to this party. They all look so good! Congrats, aurora!

What brand of coarse perlite / sponge rock do you use, and where do you get it? Is there a lot of dust and smaller particles in the bag? I've bought Espoma perlite a while ago. It's better (coarser) than many other brands, and it's ok for terrestrial plants and MAYBE for hoyas, but your chunks look really large and good for orchids and hoyas.

That imbricata - how do you plan to grow that one? It's on moss, but is there cork underneath? Did you tie the vine to the mount?

I am not sure what brand perlite it is. Got it off ebay and there was not much dust or particles in the bag. I am assuming it's because the seller screens yhe perlite according to size.

I am growing the imbricata in a plastic terrarium. It is on cork bark and is tied to the mount using wax string (the kind used to make dreamcatchers and bead). You can't see the string because it is the same color as the moss (and I did a pretty good job of covering the string in moss).

I guess if I get perlite by size, or "sponge rock" instead of perlite, then maybe I'll be ok.

I do not grow anything mounted, but I've heard from orchid growers to use very little moss on mounts, for 2 reasons, (1) so that roots have a chance to dry out faster and do not rot, and (2) if there's too much moss, people say roots become too lazy / comfortable and do not want to grow much and to attach themselves to the mount. They say use just a little moss, to preserve some localized humidity for the roots between waterings. Don't know anything about it from practical experience, but it makes sense to me theoretically. You might want to look into this.

But yeah, good stuff. Keep us posted how your babies develop.

I know from experience not to use too much moss. The moss is around imbricata nice and even and a bit thick to preserve humiditybut underneath the leaves, where the roots are forming, there are only thin strands.

My cattleya mounting was very successful using this method.

look, ma, no strings! (Pot. Sweet Norma 'Hilo Flame'):

Very cool! Love mounted plants.