White Egret Orchid

[nightowl]

Just had an email from T&M trying to sell me 3 White Egret Orchids for £9.99. Rather expensive, but I fell in love at first sight They are gorgeous!

plants.thompson-morgan.com/product/82158/1/?OC=WSE013

Anyone tried them (T&M say they're hardy) I've never seen them before.

[andy]

I bought a bulb from ebay a few years ago for some extortionate amount and i couldn't provided it with the correct conditions to grow....so it died !!!

Gorgeous they certainly are but very hard to grow IME.

[nightowl]

I'm very tempted Andy. What was it you could not supply that it needed?

[andy]

nolawn said:

I'm very tempted Andy. What was it you could not supply that it needed?

Don't know...possibly humidity.

Can't get that link to work for some reason

[nightowl]

That doesn't surprise me Andy I am a computer-thicky and have probably put it on wrong

They are on T&M's website anyway.

[nightowl]

This is the photo off the T&M site. Innit gorgeous??



I think I'm gonna have to have it

[Jonah]

I nearly posted the same question a few days ago NO when I got my email! ;D
It is very, very tempting, but I think I am going to resist. I have a suspicion the flowers will be smaller than I expect, and I have been warned that it needs very specific growing conditions to perform over here.

Lovely though. Maybe I'll have a go in a couple of years.

[nightowl]

That's strange Jonah, cos they say it's frost-hardy, or is that only foreign frost? Mmm. I don't know now - if Andy couldn't keep it alive.....

[Jonah]

Andy is probably right Nightowl, maybe it has more to do with the humidity?

But I think you should give it a go.


I'm not going to talk about it anymore. The more I talk about it, the more likely I will get my switch card out and........
You're a bad influence Nightowl. Stop leading me astray with lovely photos.

[nightowl]

The trouble is that if you are only ordering one thing, you start to wonder if there is anything else you fancy, to make the postage cost worth it....and there always is....even if you didn't know you wanted it....and you don't really need it.....

[Jonah]

NO, Stop it, just stop it!!!!!
;D

Oh dear, where's that plantaholics anonymous thread, must be around here somewhere....... ;D

I'm not going to order any more today. I rang up Fothergills today to check there wasn't a delivery charge for seeds, and then found myself saying 'while I'm here......'
at least I got the sweetpeas I was after. ;D

[chickadeedeedee]

We too have purchased them. TWICE! They grew ... kinda .... never even thought of flowering and faded away. We just added them to the list of plant type we can't grow.

[Jonah]

I found this on another forum:

forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bog/msg0700104129426.html

I certainly won't be trying this for now, too difficult with my lack of experience and time to nurture.

[Jonah]

What did you do Nightowl?
Did you go for it yet?

[nightowl]

No, Jonah, I didn't get them. I took on board that they are quite difficult to grow, and bearing in mind the problems I've had with stuff that is supposed to be "easy" ( Dutch Irises and Ixias) , I decided it would probly be another waste of money

[Jonah]

What do you think of Tricyrtis Nightowl?

www.suttons.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?product=230212

www.suttons.co.uk/pd_217521_Tricyrtis_Tojen.htm

I bought the Tojen last year, but I think they perished in the pots.

I think Plocket has tricyrtis. Hope hers have been luckier than mine, I'm sure they have had far more tlc.