African Violets and Gesneriads: Anyone have a life preserver or row boat?, 1 by begoniacrazii

begoniacrazii wrote:
Stephanie, all I can say is when I get off the plane, a sense of peace washes over my whole body. I can't even explain it. It's like I'm 'home', only in my heart.

There's an orchid nursery for sale upcountry, it's only a milion four. The couple wants to retire and downsize -or so they said. I'd happily grow orchids in paradise! My hurdle is getting DH to move with me. LOL.

There are several campgrounds in Maui. The one we stayed at is closed on Wed. but we got away with it. It's reaaaaalllly rough. And like I said we shower at the beach, so you have to have an adventurous spirit!

I did get some plants, a disocactus (two actually) and a few others. no orchids though, I can get orchids all day long at trader joes for $7-12 (big ones) so I didn't bother buying any, shipping is spendy too!
Here's the place I got them and I'll post some photos that I took there too
http://www.tropicalgardensofmaui.com/garden.aspx


I did get one orchid, I admit, but it's not doing very well. (if you go to my blog I think I put a photo there.)
(over neglected blog too!)

I didn't get to teds, is that on the big island (Hawaii?), when I go back, I'm headed to that island, I want to invest in a lot for my retirement. (ok, it's a pipe dream, but we can dream cant we!)