Surrounded by northern wild orchids

[robroach]

I am a new poster, and came upon this site looking for info. on Oncidium-type intergeneric hybrids. Very helpful guest access... and now I am registered!
We live in big bog country south of Baudette, MN, and our Spring and early Summer leaves us SURROUNDED with fields of pink, showy and yellow lady slippers. If anybody would like pictures of wild orchids in abundance, I have locally-shot photos.

I brought my wife up from Florida... where tropical and temperate orchids grow in the backyard. This is a change for her, but she likes our native MN orchids, too!

Rev. Robert Roach robroach@hotmail.com
Principal, Heartland Christian Academy

[Candice]

Welcome to the OB Rob!!!! Glad you have joined! We all would love to see your nature growing orchids!!! Just post them to your gallery and everyone will be able to look at them! So how many orchids do you have? Do you grow indoors or outdoors? Just give us an idea of your growing conditions and if you have any questions or further expertise...let it be known!
Again, welcome aboard Rob!

[robroach]

Thank you for the welcome, Candice. I suppose conditions here are a bit different than AL. Although it is in the 100's just a state or two away, our outdoor temp last night was in the low 50's. Not good orchid weather, except for natives! I have posted ladyslipper pics in my member gallery (let me know if they are viewable) and will post yellow slipper pictures soon. I have seen woodland fields with hundreds of orchids in bloom. I think that is what naturalists call "rare, but locally abundant."
We left most of our orchids... a little bit of everything... when we moved from FL to MN. We just found a huge potted Howards Dream Intergeneric in full bloom with 3 foot flower spikes at Home Depot, of all places, for just $27. Produced by Gubler's out of CA. For that price, adoption was a "no-brainer."
But the credit must go back to the Original Designer. No wonder our Creator started us out in a garden...
Robert in Blackduck, MN

[Djarum Black]

Hi Robert,

Welcome to the OB! Glad you joined! I was looking at the images you posted in your gallery! Those plants are just beautiful! I'd love to live near a area with wild orchids growing outside.

[flhiker]

Welcome to the OB, I love the wild ones, they are the reason I started this obsession. I have a few in my gallery from S. Florida.

[Tindomul]

We Orchid Boarders have a fetish for photos of wild orchids! Yes please share!
Welcome to the Orchid Board, glad you could join.

[justatypn]

Aboard...great that you have joined the OB...a wonderful place to spend time learning and a wealth of information awaits.

What a great way to start a day putting your sights on wild orchids...