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04-04-2013, 03:24 PM
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Hello from New Hampshire!
Hey everyone!
I just joined these forums after stalking them over the last week or so looking for some insight into my new hobby. My boyfriend bought me my first orchid as a birthday present a couple months back despite my reservations at being able to care for it... but now I have a new obsession, it seems. So here I am, four orchids later, trying to overcome my notoriously black thumb. I need all the help I can get 
Anyway, I look forward to meeting all of you, and learning more about these beautiful and fascinating plants. |
04-04-2013, 04:24 PM
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04-04-2013, 10:54 PM
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Welcome to Orchid Board, your going to learn alot about caring for your new obsession
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04-05-2013, 02:25 AM
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Welcome to Orchid Board |
04-05-2013, 09:54 AM
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Hello and welcome! I give phals as gifts and two self-described black-thumbs have done very well with their phals...it has been years since I gave them the orchids. I think you will be fine.  |
04-05-2013, 11:19 AM
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Welcome to Orchid Board!
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04-05-2013, 04:30 PM
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04-07-2013, 10:02 AM
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Thank you so much everyone!
The thing is, I almost killed my poor birthday phal through my own ignorance... he (whom I've affectionately nicknamed 'George') lost all his flowers, two and a half leaves, and probably most of his roots. Fortunately I did my research and he is now recovering beautifully.
So if I've learned anything it's that orchids aren't so much difficult as different. Lucky for me they're stubborn as well |
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04-07-2013, 02:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vrana
The thing is, I almost killed my poor birthday phal through my own ignorance... he (whom I've affectionately nicknamed 'George') lost all his flowers, two and a half leaves, and probably most of his roots. Fortunately I did my research and he is now recovering beautifully.
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if it's recovering, you're doing better than I did with my first orchid, LOL! but the important thing is that we learn from our mistakes and do better (and then the addiction really begins!)
welcome to the forums! |
04-20-2013, 04:46 PM
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Welcome to the Board - I don't know where you live in NH; however, New Hampshire Orchid Society meets the 2nd Saturday of each month from 1-3 pm in the Bedford, NH Town Hall. To would be a way to see and to learn about orchids from other growers.
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