Apr. 8, 2016: It’s not very often we get plants from Kalapana Tropicals. They have great plants but the timing when our local buying group seems to come up with enough to send an order is typically bad for us. A shipment of plants for Telly’s came in and Larry couldn’t resist picking up an…
More Enc. tampensis before we move
Apr. 8, 2016: We’re moving from Ferndale to our forever home in Ortonville/Groveland Township very soon. One place we’ll definitely miss living near to when we move further north is Young’s Garden Mart in Warren. Larry dropped by there this week and picked up another one of the Encyclia tampensis plants from there (and a…
We <3 Ox
Apr. 1 , 2016: Telly’s got more Phal. Oxen in stock! It’s amazing to see how different some of the same hybrids could look. These Phal. Ox Prince look similar enough to prove they’re the same hybrid yet each definitely have their own unique charm. We love them! Phal. Ox Prince ‘OX-1480’ Phal. Ox Prince ‘OX-1482’…
More polka-dotted Catts
Mar. 30, 2016: The obsession with polka-dotted Cattleyas continue with some of Fred Clarke’s (Sunset Valley Orchids) new hybrids. C. Leoloddiglossa f. coerulea (C. Loddiglossa f. coerulea ‘Blue Sky’ x C. leopoldii f. coerulea ‘Kathleen’ JC/AOS) (picture from SVO website) Blue spots! C. Leoloddiglossa f. coerulea ‘SVO’ x C. bicolor f. coerulea ‘SVO Blue’ (picture…
Remembering Memoria Jim Asher
Feb. 28, 2016: We’re not exactly sure how me missed creating a post about our Paph. Mem. Jim Asher. It’s blooming right now and I was going to post an update on it to document how the flower looks. Surprise, surprise! There’s no post about it. Digging through our emails, it looks like this plant…
Easter weekend at Taylor Orchids
Mar. 26, 2016: Happy Easter! We spent the Saturday with Ron at Taylor Orchids–talking shop over coffee, cake and pizza. Good times! We also went around the greenhouse considering the larger plants that we would like to get once we move to our new home with more space. In the meantime, we took home some of…
Ox obsession
Mar. 22, 2016: We’ve always wondered what’s up with all these orchids with what seemed like un-creative names. And then we found out it’s the way they registered orchid hybrids in Taiwan–the greenhouse/nursery put their name into the hybrid name! We discovered we are really loving the hybrids from Ox Orchid Farm. We picked up…
Ann Arbor Orchid Society Show 2016
Mar. 20, 2016: Despite the very busy weekend, we just had to squeeze in some time for the Ann Arbor Orchid Society Show. We also kinda promised Alex (Ann Arbor) we would give them a hand tearing down the show. While milling around the vendor area, we chitchatted with Jack (Saginaw Valley) and told him how…
Trading plants
Mar. 20, 2016: One thing we enjoy about collecting anything is swapping or trading with other fellow collectors. One of the new Michigan Orchid Society members Jessica had some divisions of her beautiful Cattleya plants available and was willing to swap with us. We’re so excited! THANKS, JESSICA! We hope you enjoy the plants we…
Leo’s ever-blooming orchid collection
Mar. 19, 2016: It’s the March meeting for the Greater Lansing Orchid Society and the speaker is Leo Schordje. He gave a very interesting talk on having an ever-blooming orchid collection. He solved the mystery of why most of our plants bloom from January to around April and nothing for the rest of the year….
Our very own Waling-waling!
Mar. 18, 2016: Larry volunteered to help out Ron of Taylor Orchids to setup at the Ann Arbor Orchid Society Show and Sale that’s happening this weekend. I guess what they say about helping set up orchid shows and getting unique opportunities to buy some rare and amazing plants is so true. Larry spotted some…
Pretty mini Cattleya
Mar. 17, 2016: Just another day at Telly’s for Larry. Starts with a picture: And the plant comes home! Such a cute little Cattleya. C. Dream Catcher x C. loddigesii
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