Is anyone actually my age?

[Duane McDowell]

Most of our kids are over 20. But you're older than all of the grandchildren... I started growing when I was about 20. Welcome!

[natasha]

i wish i have started on orchids earlier... though i actually was interested in it when i was 21/22 - i actually started when i was about 27/28 and now am 30yo.

but i remember when i was young, i can get free plants quite easily when my parents say that i am interested in gardening. you can do the same trick, perhaps asking orchids for presents instead of toys. and you have time to study about orchids too!

i read somewhere about a young boy who loves daylilies from very young. when he is a teenager, he is already a judge, a hybridizer and a speaker to older enthusiast! there are also some cat judges / breeder who started young and become pro when still in teens. and btw, tiger woods start at 5.

[natasha]

Originally Posted by Orchidflowerchild

shooot, most people my age just don't get it, either. Most people are pretty painfully ignorant of plants, anyway.

-Cj

i agree! i am very, very lucky i managed to get my neighbour to become interested in orchids. now i have someone real to talk about my collection and share tips

[vmax3000]

Originally Posted by Izzie

We're glad to have you no matter your age! This is a great place for you- and the rest of us!- to learn. I'm only 21, so I'm a bit of a "youngster" here as well, though not as much as you. Welcome!

Yeah,
I'd have to second that age is no big deal! I may have 44 years of life, but some days, I act more like a 9 year old.... It's the plants!

[Cattleya17]

Well i just turned 20. but i started with orchids around 15 or 16. You have started a hobby with which you will love more and more each day! Kudos to you!!!! you are gonna have a blast with this place! everyone is nice and eager to help out in any way!
~Sam

[Connie Star]

Originally Posted by AonghusD

You are so lucky that you can visit greenhouses and talk to people because I live in Ireland which is one of the worst places ever to grow orchids and the closest (Good) orchid greenhouse is over in America.

Plus all my friends laugh when I tell them what my hobby is but apart from one who is an understanding person but I just say to them I want to be a Doctor.

Well, you can be a doctor who raises orchids! I am one. I've also been a photographer, a bank clerk, a wife and mother.
Life is too short to just do one thing. Take it from 61 year old me.

[orchidman77]

i'm 17.