Noid Orchids?

[orchidaddict789]

Do you buy Noid orchids? I know some people can't stand nameless orchids while others are compelled to buy the "mysteries." How do you feel about noids?

(Noid means No Id=no identification=orchids without names)

[orchid.gecko]

I buy them cause their cheap! But lately I've been more inclined to get labelled stuff...I don't grow for competitions, but I like to konw what I'm growing nonetheless. If something is ultra cheap though, I won't hesitate just because it doesn't have a label.

[Kev]

Nope, nope, nope, never........


Kev

[Gin]

I bought 5 for $1.00 each a couple of years ago , they were healthy just no tags or flowers . I gave them to a friend who was new to orchids.
As for myself, not on purpose , worse is to buy one and not get what the tag says it is . Gin

[Kev]

Sorry, changed my mind. I might buy some unnamed or yet-to-be identified species. You see a lot of Pleuros for sale that way. I don't think I would ever buy a hybrid NoID.

Kev

I did buy a couple of noids MANY years back but have since given them away. My wish lish is SO long right now for species and primary hybrids that I don't have room for them all. Though *I do* have one miniature noid dend that I have kept just because it's adorable

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Only if exceptional. Then I do. If it truely hits your fancy like no other, why not. If I find something equivalent or better with a tag that triggers the same fancy button, then I'll replace the noidy, but not until then. Here's one I am on the waiting list for. Cynthia
http://www.pbase.com/schnitz/image/52386523/large

[Claire]

I like surprises, so I buy 'em still. If I don't like it I know I can find it a new home.

[Sallyd]

In the beginning I did. But now I am pretty specific about what I want not to mention that I am running out of room so I have to be a little more picky

[janet_a]

what sally said. i've got two big floppy NOID's that are taking up space; they're the only 'chids i'd like to give away but i don't know any orchid folks who want NOID's.

fortunately they were free.

[bluemoon]

if you give away i will take it cause i threw away all the lable the come with the orchid

[patlee]

Well, noids are a great way to grow your collection for a small price tag. But for me, it's getting to be more named varieties and fewer noids.Even though I have a majority of Phals., how often can you buy a Phal. noid--they are all "Wedding Promenade" of one sort or another.

And then there is the undeniable fact that I am running out of window space and don't want to grow under lights So, I am becoming choosier...Then again, if I find a $5 Phal that is in great shape, all my rationales go out the window Can you say see-saw??

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by orchidaddict789

Do you buy Noid orchids? I know some people can't stand nameless orchids while others are compelled to buy the "mysteries." How do you feel about noids?

The problem with noids is that other than just grow them and enjoy them, you can't do anything with them. You can't show them, you cant judge them, you can't breed with them. So if I find a noid that I like well enough to grow for the sake of growing, I'll occasionally buy it. But it's a rare thing.

[patticake]

Originally Posted by Cynthia, Prescott, AZ

Only if exceptional. Then I do. If it truely hits your fancy like no other, why not. If I find something equivalent or better with a tag that triggers the same fancy button, then I'll replace the noidy, but not until then. Here's one I am on the waiting list for. Cynthia
S/LC NOID IMG04028 photo - Admiral Schnitz photos at pbase.com

I agree.. If down the road I get to the point of showing (which may happen) I'll be more fussy-but right now I have a couple of noids that bring me a lot of happiness just looking at their Un-named beauty!

[cupcake]

I actually only have one noid phal, but if I saw one I really liked? Why not?I don't show them so so it doesn't matter.

[Bird Song Farm]

Hi all,
Guess I'm still too new to the hobby as I'll buy a NOID in a minute if it is something I like. One reason maybe because of the remote area I live in.
There are no, that's right, no, greenhouses that carry more than a few 'chids and those that do have exactly the same plants you find at H/D or Lowe's (coming soon to a town near me!!!) If you do your home work I've found that I can now recognize some of the Phals. (by blossom).
Anyway, if it's pretty, or a color I don't have it will come home with me providing the wallet says yes.

AL

[exasperatus2002]

If its something unique then I will. I got the orchid bug with home depot noid rescues but then once I went online and saw whats really out there. I cant go back there to buy an orchid if its "just an orchid". Theres such a vivid variety out on the web and now I've found an orchid nursery close to home.

[MSPProductions]

It's funny, My instinct was to say it doesn't matter. I have a number of Phals and Den. phal types that are NOID but it has become more important to me, to know what I'm buying and maybe in the future show them. The problem for me is that most of the places I shop don't have tags on many of their Phals, Cyms, Den. phals, and maudiae type Paphs.

[Andrew]

I tend to avoid buying them. I have one NOID Oncidium which I bought for a few dollars from a throw out shelf at the local garden centre. I only bought it because I wanted to see if Oncs would survive my growing conditions and it was cheap enough to kill without any guilt. In my area, most of the NOID orchids I've seen aren't much cheaper than named plants and often aren't of a 'must have' quality so there's little incentive to buy them. I have accepted NOID Australian terrestrials that were offered to me, mainly because they can be ID'ed relatively easily. Actually, I get even more anal about my terrestrial orchids as I tend to avoid obtaining plants without known provenances. Like Kev, I have a number of undescribed and affinis species but I don't consider them NOIDs (they have an ID, just not a name).

[kmarch]

I am inclined to differentiate, as Andrew and Kev do, between noids and unidentified species. I believe the extimated number of new orchid species described annually is somewhere berween 300 and 500. Those who specialize in certain species, especially Pleuros, are bound to have new undescribed species in collections. I have a new unidentified Coelogyne in mine. It's kind of fun. I too see these as being in a class quite apart form noid hybrids.