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02-18-2012, 10:08 PM
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Reformed lurker
Hello all,
I finally decided to take the plunge and make myself known after lurking for about a year. This strange addiction to orchids started about a decade ago- I can blame my wife- when she gave me a phal for my birthday. So I kept it and managed to get it to bloom again. So she bought me more and I bought a few and now I have almost twenty mostly NOIDs- phals, dendrobiums, gongorra and oncidiums. Several of them are really good at blooming and others have been shear frustration to keep alive. So anyway I have decided to step it up a notch and try mounts and semi hydro this summer. Maybe I can get the non bloomers to show me the goods.
I have all of you to blame for making me think I can make this step.
thank you!
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02-18-2012, 10:14 PM
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Welcome to Orchid Board!
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02-18-2012, 10:14 PM
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Welcome Bob.
Here's to your first named purchase while being a member.
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02-18-2012, 11:14 PM
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 Which ones are which ? Bloomers and non ? |
02-18-2012, 11:54 PM
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:welcomeflowers!
Glad you found us!
Joining, and being active on, Orchid Board really helped my orchid growing - I'm sure your experience will be the same  |
02-19-2012, 12:02 AM
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WELCOME ABOARD!
You must try everything, theres no bounds in caring for orchids...
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02-19-2012, 03:21 AM
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Hello and welcome
Joann
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02-19-2012, 06:48 AM
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Aren't you the lucky one with a wife that feeds the addiction? Most of us have to sneak the plants in and then play 3 card monte with the plants so we're not found out.
Welcome!
Bill
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02-19-2012, 10:38 AM
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Hi! Welcome to Orchid Board! It is a little challenging to grow orchids in Ohio. I grow nearly all my orchids in lava rock/net pots or mounted. I found joining an orchid society very helpful, too. Between the OS and the forum, I can usually find the help I need.
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02-19-2012, 02:20 PM
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Thanks for the encouragement. My non bloomers are the oncidiums and one dendrobium. I bought the oncids for a buck a piece after the conservatory ended the orchid exhibit. The dendrobium was a dying plant from the local big box retailer that I also got for a few bucks. It has recovered nicely but I can't get it or the daughters (stems which broke off) to bloom.
As long as the addiction is small my wife still humors me. When I talked about shelves in front of a window she cringed.
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