A path of resolution...
In 2008, I bought my first few orchids from a semi-local vendor who goes to the same winter trade show we attend. I still have them, other than a phal killed from beginner's lack of knowledge, and a dendrobium.
2009 brought me back to the same vendor, and I attempted another dendrobium, plus added oncidiums.
The year of 2010's goals were to stop killing oncidiums and figure out what I was doing wrong. The one lone dendrobium still looked sickly.
In 2011, I successfully started reblooming oncidiums, and found I was not a good match for dendrobium. Still don't understand them. Maybe a goal for different time once I grow up.
2012 brought me the magic of S/H. It was the perfect solution to my own idiosyncratic nature.
I replanted EVERYTHING into it and never looked back.
My 2013 goal was to get my setup inside easier for watering during winter months. Finally, success in the last month of the year, both with orchid setup and aquarium (got on a roll)
For 2014 I want to expand my knowledge by obtaining a few more paphs. Have one I purchased January of '13, and it is now successfully reblooming.
) and start spending on some new, fragrant species or simple hybrids 
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