Hello from Tucson, AZ

[Werdna]

everybody , I've been snooping around the forums for the last few days and decided to join. I've been growing orchids off and on for the past 6 or 7 years, but i was forced to give up my collection about 3 years ago when I moved and there was no place to keep my greenhouse full of orchids. I just started a new collection this month after my 3 year hiatus, I thought I had been cured of orchid fever, but here I am again, relapsing. I've got a home depot phalaenopsis and a trader joe's paph. growing in my windowsill, and a cymbidium that I am trying to save from a fungal infecton. I really would like to start a terrarium for masdies in the near future. I look forward to learning from everybody.

-Andrew

[Ross]

Hi Andrew (I caught the username!) Welcome to the board. I look forward to your threads and check out the greenhouse forum. Might be threads of interest. I love Tucson and the area. It's a nice area of the country you live in.

[InspirChid1712]

Hellooooo Andrew! I used to live in Tucson, and I miss it alot!!! My orchids thrived there from all of the constant sunlight, though it could be tough to keep the humidity up at times. I got my favorite plant at the Trader Joe's at Grant and Swan... its now a HUGE white Phal that blooms twice a year and has a 2' leafspan! It spilled out of its pot going through the airport x-ray when I was coming back to PA, and I had to repot it right there at security! Talk about a tough plant...! Enjoy the sunshine you have there, its still gray and lifeless here in the northeast! Happy growing!!!

[isurus79]

I too used to live in Tucson. After a high school and a few years at UofA I moved to Hawaii. Its tough growing in AZ, with the usual 5% humidity average! Welcome to the OB!