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10-31-2007, 07:09 PM
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Another newbie joins the fray
Hi! I've been lurking around this site for a while now, and I finally decided to join. I've been growing orchids for about 7 years now, but my collection is pretty small - 5 cattleyas, 6 phals, 3 paphs, and a Psychopsis Mendenhall "Hildos."
It's the psychopsis that prompted my joining today; after 4 years I finally figured out what conditions it likes and it put up a bloom spike. It was about 8 inches long when - you guessed it - I broke it off while watering today.  I always tried to be soooo careful! Needless to say, I'm rather devastated. I've heard that they will sometimes branch off after being broken; maybe I'll get lucky?
Anyway, it's nice to be here. I've gotten a lot of helpful info from this site, I hope I'll be able to contribute sometime! |
10-31-2007, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by squashcat
Hi! I've been lurking around this site for a while now, and I finally decided to join. I've been growing orchids for about 7 years now, but my collection is pretty small - 5 cattleyas, 6 phals, 3 paphs, and a Psychopsis Mendenhall "Hildos."
It's the psychopsis that prompted my joining today; after 4 years I finally figured out what conditions it likes and it put up a bloom spike. It was about 8 inches long when - you guessed it - I broke it off while watering today. I always tried to be soooo careful! Needless to say, I'm rather devastated. I've heard that they will sometimes branch off after being broken; maybe I'll get lucky?
Anyway, it's nice to be here. I've gotten a lot of helpful info from this site, I hope I'll be able to contribute sometime! |
Welcome, and welcome to the fray. Yes we occassionally break off spikes (not that it's ever happened to me   ) Hate it when that happens   |
10-31-2007, 09:12 PM
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Oh, that's lousy...and lots of us know the feeling!
Check out some of our stories in this thread:
Orchid Accidents
Anyway, welcome to Orchidboard 
You'll love it here...lots of friendly and generous folks sharing a common love for orchids. We'd love to see some pics of your collection 
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11-01-2007, 12:35 AM
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Thanks for the welcome! I'll try to get some pics up soon, although not much is blooming right now.
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11-01-2007, 12:39 AM
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I always like when somone de-lurks themselves....way to go! Welcome to OB...sorry about your luck with the spike, it's a bummer ! they grow back though  |
11-01-2007, 01:22 AM
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Welcome to the Orchid Board. There have been a lot of "Orchid Accidents", so many that we all started a thread on it to vent. Consider yourself one of us now.
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11-01-2007, 06:48 PM
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Welcome aboard. Gotta love your handle, since I almost did just that when mine broke TWO spikes off one of my orchids this spring!  One did grow back, so hang in there.
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