a second chance

[Libertyrules]

to everyone on this forum!
I posted this intro on another forum, but I get a much better feeling on this forum, so I'll be sticking around here.

Anyway, here's my situation:

I finally get a chance to try my hand again at growing orchids. I visited the NY orchid shows a couple of times in the late 90's, at the Financial Center (now sadly gone), got hooked, filled my art studio (commercial space) with hundreds of dollars worth of orchids, about which I knew, well, nothing. The studio was mostly cold in the winter, and hot in the summer, and most of them either limped along or died.. I mean, I tried to learn from growers on Long Island, but I simply couldn't meet the plants' needs. Now I'm back in Miss. (native from here), and want to try again.

Truthfully, I LOVE orchids, everything about them.