Where in the orchid world do you live?

[BetsyJoy]

I'm Betsy and I'm in the mountains of Asheville, NC

[Ross]

Welcome Betsy. I love that part of the world and while I was working for the USFS I tried many times to get a position there, but you happen to live in the Eden of America it seems and competition did me in, I'm afraid. Glad your here.

[Marissa]

Long Beach, CA here. Born and raised in the Philippines. Been an orchid junkie for a few months now and have about 50 chids give and take.

[Ross]

I hope you all noticed the breadth of members we have here! I am always amazed at how world-wide orchid growing is (and can be) and how it crosses all boundaries. I also appreciate how this board crosses all boundaries. How do I (carefully) say this? I think there are some boards (not necessarily orchid growers) that pride themselves in being of a certain class or gender or nationality. I am really happy to see that this board transcends all these potential barriers. We discuss what we care about most - orchids. We thrive on pictures and local info from those in orchid-rich locals. It's really comforting to me to be able to discuss a topic with someone from half the world away, as if that person were sitting right here. When I tell people here, I socialize with people from Sweden, the UK, SE Asia, Japan or Taiwan, on and on, they are amazed.

[Amanda L]

I'm in Nashville, Tennessee. I am so very new to orchids and loving every second of it (well, minus the rot). So far I have 4 orchids, 3 if you don't count the Phal I have managed to kill in 3 months. Let's hope she gives me a keiki!! I plan on getting many, many, many, many more orchids. I think I am finally starting to get things right! YAY!!

[greenbean]

Originally Posted by Ross

I hope you all noticed the breadth of members we have here! I am always amazed at how world-wide orchid growing is (and can be) and how it crosses all boundaries. I also appreciate how this board crosses all boundaries. How do I (carefully) say this? I think there are some boards (not necessarily orchid growers) that pride themselves in being of a certain class or gender or nationality. I am really happy to see that this board transcends all these potential barriers. We discuss what we care about most - orchids. We thrive on pictures and local info from those in orchid-rich locals. It's really comforting to me to be able to discuss a topic with someone from half the world away, as if that person were sitting right here. When I tell people here, I socialize with people from Sweden, the UK, SE Asia, Japan or Taiwan, on and on, they are amazed.

I agree! Orchids are an amazing unifying force.

Wow, I made it to page 16 and gave up.
So I'll just say where I'm from and leave it at that. Pop quiz!

What small "town" in Southwest Washington State is near both the I-5 corridor and Mt. St. Helens and has a name like a certain salutation minus the "loo"?

Give up? I'm from a little place called Toutle (pronounced "tootle"). Pretty similar directions as getting to Maine, just go west a lot more . Sorry, too many posts, can't remember who that was. I don't even consider it a town, just a fire station, a K-12 school, and a few small businesses in the middle of nowwhere on the way to everywhere else.

My two goals for now (besides getting through college and all those little things ) are getting a greenhouse and going to an actual orchid show some day.

Toutle-loo!

[Kona's Gold]

I'm in Hawaii on the Big Island where the Sun Shines most of the time.

Roland

[Faz]

Hi from Beautiful British Columbia, the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, BC. I hail about 50 km east of the big city of Vancouver.

Regards.....Chuck. (And thank goodness for all the great info on OrchidBoard).

[dounoharm]

i am from the land of milk and honey.....bethania, nc and i have a greenhouse with about 200 orchids of many varieties

[WhiteRabbit]

San Jose, CA - at the south end of the San Francisco Bay.