African Violets and Gesneriads: August Off Topic, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I went to the P.O. this morning to mail a package and had to stop at Home Depot on the way home because I had a HD Gardening Club coupon for 15% off any bulbs, houseplants, or flowers that was expiring today... and when I have a coupon for plants you better believe I'm not going to let it pass! I also had another coupon that came in e-mail a couple of days ago for 50% off any orchid! Well, the few orchids they had were pretty dried out and not looking too good so I figured I'd use that coupon later since it's expiration date wasn't until 9/07. I ended up buying a little basket of Ceropegia woodii (Rosary Vine) ... I've tried this plant in the past with no luck but it was cute and the only one so I decided to buy it again and I had the 15% off coupon! LOL.

Well, my DH called home around noon and needed me to run some papers up to him at the University that he needed for one of his classes this afternoon, and there's another HD right up that way so I just had to go in there to look at orchids. They didn't have many either but I did find one that looked okay and had to buy it ... $10 after the coupon!

When I re-potted it, I found a label buried in the moss that said Alcra. Sunday Best 'Pink Skirt' and googled it to find info. I only found one picture and it looked a lot brighter pink than my plant. I posted on the orchid forum to confirm the ID and one lady says it looks like Sunday Best 'Pink Skirt' to her. I really want to be sure it's labeled with the right name as sometimes HD plants are not labeled correctly ... not their fault, it's the wholesale nurseries they rec'v the plants from!

Anyway, I thought I'd share a photo of my new orchid. Aliceara Sunday Best 'Pink Skirt':