Who are you, and what do you grow?

[DarkDragoness]

Originally Posted by charlesf6

Can't wait.

I want to catch it when it blooms (I didn't get a pic of it when it bloomed the first time, unfortunately) which won't be long now since the bud is almost as big as my thumbnail.

[DarkDragoness]

Here is the pic of my telipo
Sorry if its blurry, my ipad can't take good pics

[jkofferdahl]

Originally Posted by jkofferdahl

I'm John. More than anything else, I grow dumber by the day.

Orchid-wise, I started growing in about 1979. I was quickly addicted, but in a piecemeal way. I'd get a plant because it looked interesting, not because I had the right place for it to thrive. After several years, however, I focused in more on plants I can keep in the conditions I have to grow. That's remained a constant since about 1985. However, in 1990 I went back to school, and had to let go of most of my plants, many of which moved to the greenhouse at my undergraduate college. Several moves kept the numbers down. I began to get a nice collection going again, but a spiteful ex-wife took care of that for me.

My children, parents, and friends put a few orchids in my hands to go with the few survivors, and for about a decade I got along fine with maybe a dozen or so Phalaenopsis. A couple of years ago, though, as I looked at the plants that somehow survived along with me, the fever struck again.

I grow in what I call a modified windowsill environment, using artificial lighting to supplement the natural. My living room is the main growing room, and houses about 80-85 plants, mostly Phalaenopsis, and of those most are species rather than hybrids; there is also a dendrobrium, some Catts, and a few other oddities. In a cooler back room, though, I have about 15-20 Paphs which seem to do fine with just natural light and the cooler temperatures.

Wow, I wrote this about 7 years ago. I'm in a different house now but still grow mostly Phals, one Paph, and dozens of miniatures. And, as I stated then, I STILL grow dumber by the day.

[greenpassion]

I'm Lori. I live in Vermont. I had 2 daughters. My youngest was killed a little over a year ago in a car accident. I live alone, and am totally obsessed with orchids. Big time.
I have been growing mostly Phals for about 7 years now. I grow indoors, one set up is under led grow lights set up in track lighting, (bulbs from Orchid Web) and the rest are in east and south windows. I have a total (as of now) 42 orchids, some of which are Dendrobiums, and Brassivillias. (Probably not spelling that right!) I love this board. I would not be successful in any degree without these guys! Oh, I also have Hoyas and carnivorous plants.