Hello from Alberta, Canada!

[smartie2000]

Hi guys,
I just joined this forum. Some of you may have met me on other forums. I am a student and young orchid hobbyist. Orchids have been around me since I was about 10 years old (I can't remember its been too long). I remember reading all those orchid growers books when I was young and growing them with my mom. I sort of got sucked in.

I just recently became more serious about orchid growing as soon as I had more freedom. I have bought too many orchids now for my windowsill so I grow my collection underlights, while my mom cares for the original windowsill phals and catts from my childhood. I am most fasinated by the slipper orchids and my collection is mainly composed of them, but I still have strong interests with phals and catts, and I am willing to try new genera too. I hope to soak up more knowledge about this most diverse genus of the angiospermae, and meet new hobbyists, as well as contribute my thoughts to this forum.

-Fren (what an odd name my dad gave me)

[CodiMN]

Hi Fren!
I'm new to this board, but I wanted to say hello! I must say, you are in a much colder area of the world than I! I would love to see how you have your growing area set up! I am toying with the idea that I need to migrate from the windowsill to a growing area of some kind! It'd be cool to see how you have yours set up!
Take care and have fun on this wonderful site!
--Carolyn (CodiMN)

[terrestrial_man]

WELCOME FREN TO THE BOARD!
It is a great community and there is even a Chat that you can participate in every night. Check it out at 8PM EST though maybe it would be 7PM your time????
There is also a gallery to post up images of your plants/flowers.
Enjoy!

[Toddybear]

Welcome Fren....I was wondering when you'd find this forum! Start sharing your paph pics!

[canadacarol]

Welcome Fren!

You must have a wonderful collection. Would love to see pics

Carol

[Ludisia]

Welcome Fren!
Nice to have you here?

[cb977]

Originally Posted by smartie2000

Hi guys,
I just joined this forum. Some of you may have met me on other forums.
-Fren (what an odd name my dad gave me)

Hi Fren...welcome to Orchidboard

There are other forums??? No!!! Why would anybody go anywhere else???

We've got a great bunch of people here
We look forward to seeing you around the board. Our members are happy to share their vast knowledge...you're sure to learn something here

and if you are looking to broaden your collection...boy oh boy! Did you come to the right place

Stop in to chat some night...lots of fun, great converstion and lots of silliness...yet it's always a learning experience!
How do we do that?

[smartie2000]

Originally Posted by Toddybear

Start sharing your paph pics

I got to get a new camera! It doesn't zoom in on the blooms I want, and the colours are off and fuzy. I do have a few bad pic if you really want to see....

Any recomendations on a new camera and photography?

I wish I had taken good pictures, they were very nice and I have three plants in bud right now I hope to get a camera for them.

[smartie2000]

BTW thanks for the warm welcome you guys have cool smiles and lots of info in the articles here! I was going to join this forum but there were too many of them I was in. I'm glad I joined, I just won't visit the other ones as often I guess

[Ross]

Welcome. I think I can help you with cameras and photos as that is my retirement business. As an entry-level digital camera I would suggest Steves Digicams - Nikon D40 SLR User Review I am partial to Nikon glass and this little guy seems to have a lot to offer (as a comparrision I own 2 Nikon D1xs, a D100 and a D200 bodies) I own about $20,000 worth of equipment right now. I recommend this camera because it is low-end (for what it offers) but will allow you to use the fabulous 60mm micro lens that Nikon offers as well as a tripod. OK, maybe I'll do a front page article on equipment