Greetings from Missouri

[IraGlacialis]

Hello all; I'm not good at intros, but here it goes:

For reasons lost to even me, I just got interested in orchids all of a sudden this past spring, and I have no regrets.
In April drove up to St. Louis and came to the MO Botanical Gardens. It turns out that there was an Orchid Society show going at that time. I couldn't resist the temptation, so I got a Phalaenopsis 'Join Grace' and a Paphipedilum gardinerii. They livened-up my residence hall quite nicely .
When I came back from school for the summer, my aunt, hearing my interest in orchids, shoved all her orchids on to me (apparently, they were becoming a hassle). since most of the tags were either missing or misplaced, all I know about them is that they seem to come from the Vanda and Cattleya alliances.
So far, they are doing quite well, and I am looking towards mounting the phal, vandas, and catts.
whew...