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Old 07-14-2009, 05:01 AM
Lena Lena is offline
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Well, this is my first post here, and I just thought I'd explain how I got into orchids and list the ones I have.

2 years ago, my grandmother passed away and two of her orchids were given to my mother. I didn't pay attention to them, and they were entirely in her care. Unfortunately, she didn't know what she was doing and I noticed something was wrong. So, I read up on orchids and their care and decided to take over. I got both orchids and managed to save one of them, but the other didn't make it.

The orchid that made it now has a spike and is doing great. I've been taking care of it for a year now, and have 4 other orchids since then. I have a Miltonia, 2 phals, and an oncidium(my grandmothers).

The last one I got was my uncle's phal. He wanted me to take care of several of his plants, and left them on the front porch which gets full sun. He apparently did not know that this will burn the plant, and so it was severely sunburnt.. I have since recovered it, to my own surprise, and now it is growing two new leaves.
Here are a bunch of pics of all the orchids.
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Old 07-14-2009, 05:36 AM
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Hi Lena and welcome to the OB.
Looks like you are doing a great job with the plants. They look healthy and happy.
Al
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Old 07-14-2009, 07:31 AM
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Hello Lena,
welcome to OB! I hope you have a great time here, learning and sharing!

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Old 07-14-2009, 05:46 PM
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Lena
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Old 07-14-2009, 09:02 PM
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Welcome to the OB, your plants look very nice!!
Isn't orchid rescue fun
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Old 07-15-2009, 07:36 AM
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome . And yes, orchid rescue is fun because that means new plants for me!
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Old 07-15-2009, 07:39 AM
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Welcome Lena. Join the gang and have fun.
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Old 07-16-2009, 05:37 AM
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Welcome to the OB - this is a wonderful forum. I hope you get a lot out of it.
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Old 07-21-2009, 06:59 AM
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Welcome to the orchid board Lena

Great going on your rescues
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Old 07-21-2009, 09:32 AM
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Welcome to the board Lena. As the others have said, your plants appear to being doing well.
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