G'day from Perth, Western Australia

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Hello there, I just fell over this site while Googling something on Vanda's.

My name is Marion and I live about 50kms south of Perth in Western Australia.

I have a growing (in number and size) collection of orchids. The largest part would be dendrobiums but I also have cattleya's, vanda's, cymbidiums, oncidiums, epidendrums, sarcochilus, maxillaria and a sprinkling of others.

I used to grow a lot of other potted and hanging plants but I have gotten rid of many of them to concentrate on orchids. I needed the space!

There is one frustrating thing about living where I do and growing orchids. It is often difficult for me to get hold of them. Western Australia has draconian quarantine laws for plants entering the state or the country. There are not may orchid nurseries in WA so I have to look to other nurseries/growers in other states. To be able to send plants to me they have to be licensed and follow all sorts of procedures...........this is very expensive.

I get a lot of my orchids off eBay but miss out on SO MANY because the seller (9 out of 10 of them) are not licensed to send to WA.

Once I find out how to post pics on here I will show you some of my orchids as they flower. I also have some that I don't know what they are so maybe some one can help then.

Nice to be here

Marion