hmm any indoor gardeners on the board?

[Delphinus]

Maybe it's the stores that were reselling them that were marking them up and losing tags (I suspect that tags may have been lost legitimately-by-accident, or were pulled out by greenhouse store employees not knowing any better).

I like the smaller stuff like Masdevallias so much better. I tried a Phaius tankervillea for a few years a while back ... darn thing to to be about 7' tall (basically a palm tree with nice flowers). I had to let that one go (sold it to a friend who filled in his backyard with a ~30'-40' greenhouse).

Greenhouse over here is the way to go, not that it gets cold often, but often enough it can be <-20C so outdoor/semi-outdoor growing isn't a huge option. OTOH it is sunny quite often so as long as you can create a humid enough environment you can do well with Vandas over here which is unusual I think given our latitude. I know a few folks with greenhouses doing some amazing things with vandaceous type. Not really a houseplant though requiring >90% humidity.

Errr sorry for stealing the thread, Kris. Didn't mean to do that!