I got bit by the orchid bug last year, At a walmart in indiana and after that it kkinda turned into a Addic...Hobbie and now i found a greenhouse and some space and slowly but surely my colection is growing even to the point where i am going to start breeding soon and when i found this really great site i had a small "episode" and had to join.
I was about 15 or 16 when I got my first orchid too. I had been bitten a year or two before that, but I couldn't persuade my parents to let me get one, since I had already converted our home into a greenhouse full of other plants Now I'm a freshman in college and I've done the same thing with my dorm room, but now with a few orchids thrown in the mix! I've only got 7 chids right now, but as soon as I have more space....
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