New to the Forum - Orchid Board

mindy1 · #1 02-05-2007, 12:46 PM

Hello everyone,

I just thought I would say hello. I am new to the forum. I love orchids just as much as everyone else here and am excited to join a great new forum!!!

cb977 · #2 02-05-2007, 02:14 PM

Hi Mindy

Welcome to Orchidboard

Please tell us little more about yourself. We'd love to hear about the orchids you have in your collection and how you grow them.

Where are you located?

We've got a great group here at OB...you're sure to learn a lot and I look forward to any knowledge you have to share with us

Check out our Chat room sometime...we usually start around 8pm est.

Ross · #3 02-05-2007, 05:20 PM

Mindy, I'm telling ya right now, Susanne is a chat freak!

Welcome and I hope you get right in and join the threads. We always need (and welcome) new opinions.

Tindomul · #4 02-05-2007, 05:21 PM

Glad you could join up! Welcome to the Orchid Board!!! How long have you been into orchids?

Tindomul · #5 02-05-2007, 05:49 PM

As a new member you might not be aware, or have seen, or have voted in the current contest. Please check out the current contest, and we would love for you to cast a vote in it.
Thanks!
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...te-winner.html

mindy1 · #6 02-06-2007, 02:25 PM

Well, where to begin. I live in South Florida. I have been growing and collecting orchids for about 3+ years. I really have expanded my collection over the past year to around 70+ orchids. I have them in a Florida room. Most people use it for extra storage, but I have turned it into my orchid room. Faces the south and the windowa are always open. It is like they are outside for the most part.

Many different types. I recently obtained 6 new species at the orchid shows I recently attended. I love challenging myself with new species. I have an angraecum distichum that just bloomed today!!!! I want to go back to school and get my masters in Botany. I volunteer at Fairchild Botanical Gardens. It is a very magical place.

Lindafvb · #7 02-06-2007, 03:12 PM

Welcome Mindy, love to hear more about your volunteer job. Lucky You.
I also note that everyone on this question is age:27. Perhaps you bring us a Fountain of Youth? Unless ofcourse everybody is 27? Thought it was funny. Gee, I am trying to remember being 27....Nope must have been up to my elbows in diapers.

Ross · #8 02-06-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Lindafvb

Welcome Mindy, love to hear more about your volunteer job. Lucky You.
I also note that everyone on this question is age:27. Perhaps you bring us a Fountain of Youth? Unless ofcourse everybody is 27? Thought it was funny. Gee, I am trying to remember being 27....Nope must have been up to my elbows in diapers.

I can't really remember ever being 27. Now that is really strange.

See my post-count? That's really my age!

Tindomul · #9 02-06-2007, 11:02 PM

Mindy, a fellow 27er!! hehe. I was actually just looking into voluteering at the local Botanical Garden, but feel bad that I would only be able to volunteer half a day on Saturdays. I work Mon-Fri from 8 to 8. I'm also looking to get a Masters with a Concentration either in Herpetology or Botany. Im torn between the two. I was also planning on participating the national Frog Watch FrogwatchUSA Homepage - USGS/National Wildlife Federation - FrogwatchUSA - National Wildlife Federation
Would like to hear about your experiences in volunteering.

mindy1 · #10 02-07-2007, 12:56 AM

No matter how often you are available to volunteer, they will be happy you want to help out. I love volunteering. I help out with a program that gets local school kids learning about environmental issues. I think it is a wonderful program and I love being a part of it. For future events I get to be a panelist and judge some of the events.

Tin,
I love frogs too!!! I have a tattoo of a frog on my ankle. I have had it for almost 10 years! I am just a nature lover period!! I have always loved plants, but I really got interested in them about 6 years ago. I had a jasmine vine I bought at a local garden center. I lived on the third floor of an apartment complex. THe vine kept getting knocked over by the wind. Every day I would come out and pick him up again and again and again. This went on for about two weeks. Then one day I came out and he had wrapped one of his vines around the balcony pole. Thus adapting to his surroundings!! Very cool. I have been completely hooked on plants ever since.