New Member From South Florida Saying Hi - Orchid Board

IncurablePlantHead · #1 08-12-2013, 02:16 PM

Hello all,

Long time Plant Head here, getting more into orchids now. I have some natives in the garden and a few others hanging around also.

tucker85 · #2 08-12-2013, 02:38 PM

Welcome to Orchid Board! You live in the perfect climate for orchids. There are many good orchid societies in South Florida and they welcome guests to attend meetings. There's also a large number of commercial growers in the area. Mostly in Homestead.

IncurablePlantHead · #3 08-12-2013, 03:43 PM

I live near Homestead. I know quite a few orchid people and I have orchids from some of the commercial growers here. I have collections of tropical fruit trees, palms, native plants and a lot of others. I have always resisted getting into orchids because of the expense (I am a compulsive plant buyer) but I see now its not really more expensive than my current plant addictions.

JC Espinosa · #4 08-12-2013, 08:10 PM

Welcome IncurablePlantHead, welcome to our obsession. I am in the Roads neighborhood in Miami and feel blessed we live in great orchid country. I have about 250 plants, mostly species and lots of NOIDs. What do you like to grow? How bad is your orchiditis?

JC

WhiteRabbit · #5 08-12-2013, 08:45 PM

IncurablePlantHead · #6 08-12-2013, 10:40 PM

Like all my plant addictions, it's probably going to be bad. I have only about 25 or so thus far. I like species also, but not opposed to any NOIDs either. I just got the biggest Onc. sphacelatum in the world 2 days ago. This guy grew it for 20-30 yrs and his son was vacating the estate. I had to back my pickup underneath it (hanging in a tree) and lower it onto my truck with a chain hoist. It was wider than the bed of my truck. It must weigh 200-300 or more LBS. I threw my back out getting it home and back up in an oak tree. I measured today 24 ft in circumference which averages 7.6 ft in diameter. Its truly a monster!

MattWoelfsen · #7 08-13-2013, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by IncurablePlantHead

Like all my plant addictions, it's probably going to be bad. I have only about 25 or so thus far. I like species also, but not opposed to any NOIDs either. I just got the biggest Onc. sphacelatum in the world 2 days ago. This guy grew it for 20-30 yrs and his son was vacating the estate. I had to back my pickup underneath it (hanging in a tree) and lower it onto my truck with a chain hoist. It was wider than the bed of my truck. It must weigh 200-300 or more LBS. I threw my back out getting it home and back up in an oak tree. I measured today 24 ft in circumference which averages 7.6 ft in diameter. Its truly a monster!

Welcome to the Board! You must post a picture. Once you get orchid-itis, you will wonder why it didn't happen sooner--especially living in southern Florida! Throwing your back out is a good sign its happening. LOL!

JC Espinosa · #8 08-13-2013, 03:31 AM

Wow. I would love to see pictures of that monster Oncidium! Ben-Gay for the back and a tall, cool drink to sit back and enjoy the new giant.

RosieC · #9 08-13-2013, 04:54 AM

Welcome to Orchid Board

IncurablePlantHead · #10 08-13-2013, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Welcome to the Board! You must post a picture. Once you get orchid-itis, you will wonder why it didn't happen sooner--especially living in southern Florida! Throwing your back out is a good sign its happening. LOL!

I posted a thread with pic under the identification forum. "Monster Oncidium sphacelatum,I think"