Hi from Sydney Australia

[ipv6ready]

Been lurking here for a few months now, learning a lot and loving it.

I just have to say...WoW what a great forum, like Blondie brought up in different thread interactivity and friendliness makes for a great hook to a new hobby.

I got started when I bought three great big terracotta pots on ebay, the pix have plants in it and I asked the seller to remove them! To my dismay when I went to pick it up it still had unwanted cyms in it, the seller told me that it has about 10 flower spikes starting so I should wait to see them bloom in a few months then throw it out.

Well I saw it bloom and then I went crazy and bought anything orchid and now only ten months into this new hobby or madness I now have over 80 orchids.

Hoping there are few more Aussies on this forum to trade some of my excess plants (don't want anymore) in May markets hehe.

All my Oncidium are to go to make room for more miniature Cyms, Yamamotto Nobiles and nice variegated phals.

Well thank you and looking forward to learning more and getting to know other members better

[Buds!]

Hi Robert,
Welcome to the OB! I'm glad you can join us!
This is a great place to learn about orchids!
I'm sure you will have lots of fun!
We would love to see some pics of your collection!

[kiki-do]

Hi Robert! Welcome!!!!!! We love having more orchid addicts...I mean hobbyists join in. There are a few Aussie's already joined. Wow, great story of how you started. Unwanted plants...... that's too funny!

[ipv6ready]

Originally Posted by Buds!

Hi Robert,
Welcome to the OB! I'm glad you can join us!
This is a great place to learn about orchids!
I'm sure you will have lots of fun!
We would love to see some pics of your collection!

Though a photographer by trade I'm not good at taking pix of plants.

Too be honest I hate taking pix for personal use lol. After taking pix all day the last thing I want to do is take more pix when I get home

Pity you live in Perth -> seems strange that quarantine rules are so strict but I guess it has to be.

BTW my collection is a mixed bag...I bought about 20 in flower or spike and the others as seedlings not even realising cultural requirements etc.

Thanks buds

[ipv6ready]

Originally Posted by kiki-do

Hi Robert! Welcome!!!!!! We love having more orchid addicts...I mean hobbyists join in. There are a few Aussie's already joined. Wow, great story of how you started. Unwanted plants...... that's too funny!

Yeah funny how a hobby starts. I originally wanted the pots for a prop lol then the shoot got cancelled so the pots was just left on the balconey for a while and then slowly but surely I got hooked waiting/looking at the spikes grow and them finally blooming

How lucky am I that the seller just left them in rather ditching the plants as she agreed

Thanks for the welcome Kiki-Do

[jim blanford]

Welcome Robert... I know what you mean about taking pictures, I'm a retired cinematographer and at every event people would hand all kinds of cameras and say please, but I do like taking pictures of my orchids though. How I got started in orchids is a long story similar to yours. Jim.