Good Saturday afternoon ~ I thought I'd finish up the Miami Orchid show posts with the two orchids I got from the show. One Sarah bought for me and the other I bought myself. Orchids are 'expensive'.
Sarah and I walked around looking at all of the booths. Some I could tell were way out of my financial league and we passed them by. Near the rear of the show there were some orchids that were less expensive, but NOT less beautiful. The rare, more exotic ones seemed to be up front, fancier booths, etc.
We came across a dainty orchid that was very fragrant. The spray was full of tiny orchid blooms. They had the two samples that we saw, they weren't for sale, they were just so that you would know what the non-blooming plants would look like. They had a couple small pots left of this orchid and the price was $45. Yikes! We both couldn't get over the scent of this orchid. The lady said she would let it go for $40 as it was the last day of show. Sarah told the lady 'I'll take it, I'm buying this for her. I wanted to buy her an orchid and when she saw and smelled this one, her face just lit up." So, I looked over the pots left and the one I picked has two flower spikes.
Not knowing anything at all about this orchid, after getting home I did some research and it is a wonderful one to have, easy to grow. It's called 'Sharry Baby ~ Sweet Fragrance'. There are a few different SB orchids. All of the descriptions say the blooms smell like chocolate, but I didn't think so at all. I'll have to wait to see what mine smell like when they open and let you know then.
Here is a link for this orchid. Sharry Baby Sweet Fragrance
It is their photo that I'm sharing here.
The scent really is amazing. Some have said that the scent can fill a room, that the scent may be too much for some people.
I will most likely have mine outside with other orchids that I got cheap or were given to me.
Next link is for photo below: orquideasnantli.com
I can hardly wait for mine to bloom.
To me, it seems like it has grown since bringing it home 6 days ago.
'Sharry Baby Sweet Fragrance' is on the left and her 2 spikes have definitely grown.
Below is the orchid I bought. It was $25 and was marked down to $18. I don't know what type it is, Phaleonopsis? It did not have a tag, and the gentleman selling it was swamped with people and by himself. Had I more available funds, I'm sure I would have been tempted to buy more. People were walking out with carts, bags and arms loaded with orchid plants.
I am a novice with orchids. They are a joy to behold. I have some that just bloom like weeds in my overgrown gardens, they are really easy. I've been watching you tube videos on growing orchids and some of mine outside need to be repotted and better taken care of.
Sweet Sarah has volunteered to help me in my gardens. She has been around gardens and butterflies, watching them grow from chrysalis into butterflies since she was a little girl. She grows and sells micro-greens at a huge local green market on Saturday mornings. She is also a pickleball coach.
Last Saturday she texted me a photo of a plant she saw at the market and asked me if I knew what it was. I told her no. She said it was called a Chinese lantern. I googled and found it sending her the info. Well, lo and behold when she pulled up to pick me up for the orchid show she had this in her car. She said when she had seen it she said to herself this would look good at Rainey's.
It's also known as a flowering maple.
There is plenty to do around here and now that I've had cataract surgery done on both eyes I look forward to getting things taken care of. Hopefully before summer's heat and humidity get here.
That's all for this post, I wanted to finish up about the Miami Orchid show. Someone asked if I got any orchids there. ;-) Plus share my Chinese Lantern. Sarah also treated me to lunch at a place I'd never heard of, Burgerfi, where we had a burger and fries. I also had a rootbeer. We were tired, hungry and happy from our adventure, it was a late lunch, I brought home half of burger and fries for another meal. We have a lot in common, even with a 50 year age difference. Thank you dear Sarah for a wonderful outing and for my plants.
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FlowerLady
