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daemondamian · #1 03-31-2007, 12:21 PM

Hi from everybody!
after being a member for quite a while I've decided to 'de-lurk' as it were.

I've been growing for about 3 years now [anything and everything].

It started with one little Den. kingianum I found in the garden left behind by the previous owner [and grew in soil

for a year or two] and now I have roughly about 130 different species and hybrids.

Last year I joined the local orchid club, which has been great.

I have a blog on an Australia orchid site- this is my latest entry:
Cochleanthes aromatica 'Magnifica' | Orchids Online

And I also upload a lot of orchid photos to my Photobucket account, especially 'macro' ones such as this:
CaromaticaMagnificaMACROVBIG3.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

It needs a little work as the site was down and I have missing photos to replace

This old entry:
Study greenhouse update. | Orchids Online
shows my main GH that I have been growing in since autumn last year [but it's outside now not inside!].

I also have a table outside with orchids, two fishtanks inside and another tiny plastic GH but I'm at that point- where I need more space

.

Sound familar?

Damian.

Tindomul · #2 03-31-2007, 12:30 PM

Welcome to the Orchid Board. Glad you decided to join in on the fun. Great closeup of the Cochleanthes! You seem to have a great collection, and I don't think anyone around here thinks they have ample space.

cb977 · #3 03-31-2007, 03:04 PM

Oh boy! Have you found the right place!!!

Welcome to Orchidboard...glad to have you among the active members

I look forward to seeing you around the board

A bunch of us are usually in the chat room each night, starting around 8pm est...you're welcome to join us

justatypn · #4 03-31-2007, 03:53 PM

Aboard it's great you have released the de-lurk button and join in on the fun here on the OB. Many of us nahhhhh...all of us need more space. Your

s are great, lots of biggin's.

daemondamian · #5 04-01-2007, 07:12 AM

Thanks guys!
Having a digital camera really helps in getting an ok photo.

Besides the macro function, it is so easy and convenient to be able to take around 60 photos at a time, download them to the computer, erase the card
and start all over again

It can be challenging with Pleurothallis and other small/tiny flowers just to get them in focus, but you get to see a whole lot of detail that can be hard if not impossible to see with the naked eye.

For example:

Image of P. matudiana flower. - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Image of A macro photograph of Masdevallia pachyura bloom - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Tindomul · #6 04-01-2007, 04:18 PM

Wow! You take some great photos. I know what you mean by the pleuros. I have Platystele stenostycha. Always in bloom, and would love to show it here, but the blooms are soooooo small that all you would see is a yellow halo around the plant.

cb977 · #7 04-01-2007, 04:20 PM

Great photos, Damian

Thanks for sharing

Shadow · #8 04-03-2007, 03:23 AM

Hello and welcome to the forum !

daemondamian · #9 04-03-2007, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tindomul1of9

Wow! You take some great photos. I know what you mean by the pleuros. I have Platystele stenostycha. Always in bloom, and would love to show it here, but the blooms are soooooo small that all you would see is a yellow halo around the plant.

Thanks guys!

Actually that photo of the P. matudiana is the reduced version, good because it shows the flower in relation to the foilage but this is the full size- of the same photo which gives much more detail

Pleurothallis matudiana | Orchids Online

Tindomul, although I've browsed through the forums and in particular your threads and photos on your vivs I can't remember if you grow any of your pleuros in them?

I have most of mine mounted and they love it, I'm thinking of turning my 3ft long fishtank, that currently has Masd. Drac, Pleuros, Stellis etc in it, into a vertical viv- so I'm going to have to get around to grilling you some time over your very fantastic vivs

The Pleurothallidinae subfamily has some very small flowers but I love them!

I have a Pleurothallis hypnicola that hasn't gone out of flower since I got 6-12mnths ago.

Tindomul · #10 04-04-2007, 12:40 AM

I only have Pleurothalis tribuloides and Platystele stenostycha. The Platy is always in bloom and the Pleuro, well, Im just happy its growing new leaves