New member, new to orchids, first post, confessional

[nofickenway]

The now-defunct west gate mall...ohhh my...well, it was good for something.

Sorry for the lack of pics, only have had the time to do basics this last week...anyway, no orchids (I know, they die slow) have failed yet, but I found scale on one in the rotos...she is now nearly rootless but still has awesome looking leaves...went to an orchid seminar at a local nursery and got away with the only brassia they brought in (feel special) and she is doing well so far...looking forward to an orchied show in late march

[nofickenway]

Just an update to this old post...excluding seedlings (which kind of don't count) I have about 30 orchids now with a dedicated room having temp and humidity controls and a fan...I also have two groups of paph seedlings and one groupd os Ang. Sequepedale. Several of those original rescued phals have, sadly, passed on to the great beyond but I have had luck as well. Oddly, I seem to get my orchids to produce more keikis than blooms, but I have been able to re-bloom one dendrobium NOID, a heaven scent oncidium and I bought a pscyhopsis mendenhall in spike three monnths ago that is on its second bloom (that might be my favorite right now).

I have some verrry odd-behaving plants too - one dendrobium (a rescue) has produced two keikis but almost no other growth and has dropped all leaves; one phal - also a rescue - has done the same but kept leaves. The keiki's I rescued in the initial postings have been fine but have not grown much otherwise - except for one keiki that is now itself growing a basal keiki (weird!) despite having really short (but healthy) roots and few leaves that have grown little.

Also have mounted several orchids - a miltoniopsis izumi, several NOID catts and an oncidium twinkle. I seem to have a lot of luck with Onc. in my conditions and all the mounts have shown new root and bulb growth...

[Schmirty]

Hi, I'm new. First time I have ever joined a forum. I have been growing orchids for almost 30 years. I have a green house for wintering my orchids but as soon as it gets warm enough, they go outside and they love it. I am wondering if anybody knows where I can get an old orchid. It is a BLC Eva Robinson 'King of Kings'. It is a beauty. Hope I hear from someone....

[No-Pro-mwa]

Hello and welcome to the forum. You will get the hang of it, I remember the first time I joined a forum and had no idea how they work.

You need to start a new thread with something like...Looking for King of Kings........Then write a message. You can either put it in Cattlya or beginner or Advanced. That way more people will see it.

Hope that helps.