Cinnamon, Thank you! Your post leaves no room for misinterpretation! :-) --Stitz--

Maggie, I really can't pinpoint the location of this place. I just know it was on the North side of the highway and it sits out in a field. It is not a huge operation. We were just driving along and I saw the sign stuck up on a fence post saying Orchid Sale. It was a tiny sign, hand lettered, and looked very temporary. You pulled into a field and drove back to the greenhouse facility. There was a shed built on the end of the greenhouse and that is where we went in. There was no driveway, just ruts through the field. I wish I had paid more attention but it was really a chance encounter. The next time we go up that way I will try to get a better location. The people just wrote a receipt on a piece of paper; no business name. I think it is a mom & pop operation run by the little asian couple we met. They just invited us in, left us alone to wander until we were ready to pay for our purchases. I even got on Google Earth to try to locate it but no luck. I did realize that it is on Route 44 instead of 46. We take 46 from I95 over to 44 which then takes us into Leesburg. If you go to Leesburg you should check out the Simon's Seed and Garden Store on Magnolia Street. I got some good deals on Orchids and other plants there. I live in Lehigh Acres. Do you know of other people in our area on GW? We should try to get a group together to share knowledge and experiences if there are enough in our area. I have only been here about a year and we have been putting most of our energy into building walls, decks, walkways, and getting ready to plant. I am about to the planting point now. We went to ECHO Farm Day last week and picked up some good ideas and some citrus trees. I am really trying to get the info-structure completed before hot weather sets in. Bill

I've seen some 'dwarf' varieties of arundina on EBay. If they are IN FACT a dwarf variety, I'd like to have one. While staying on Hawaii Is I picked so many from their road ditches (They grow like weeds) and they kept well in vases too!

I started growing with the same question. Which flowers are the best ones. A better question is what orchids will grow and thrive in the environment I want to grow them in. Because the number of species and hybrids is very large you still get an enormous menu to choose from. The best specific advise will come from someone that lives in your area or who has lived there with orchid experience. What I do in Florida will be different than zone 8. http://www.aos.org/about-us/affiliated-societies/affiliated-societies-lookup.aspx is a link to the list of affiliated local orchid societies. This by far is the fastest way to ramp up your knowledge on orchids. And a good place to buy orchids. They invite commercial growers to speak and they bring orchids for sale. The senior members know all the local tricks and love to talk about orchids. You can go to the meeting as a guest and see what you think. The best advice for you will come from that group!