> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:40:52 +0000 > From: K Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OGD] industry. Santa Barbara > To: <[email protected]> > > Brings back memories of when Stewart's Orchids was there. We'd > drive down for the SB show, then hit all the vendors and all the > nurseries. Stewart's was always phenomenal - but I'm a catt lover.
Ah yes, I have much the same memories, only mine were of south Florida, mostly in and around Miami. Seems like there was always some little nursery somewhere with a few tables full of treasures. In my youth, when orchidelerium first struck (I was 12), I had a few friends whose fathers were always happy to drive us to little out-of- the-way growers. This was the 1960s, and my allowance (which I worked for) wasn't much, but many places had the $1 table -- this was usually a big wire topped table where all sorts of unusual species could be found bare-root and cheap! Catasetums, Stanhopeas, Angraecums, Coryanthes and the like. I loved the plants with big pleated leaves and chunky pseudobulbs. Even got a few to flower. For $5 you could buy plants in bloom or in spike! Man, where is a time machine when you really need one? Best regards, Jim _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
