Evening from Norway :)

[Helene]

Hello,

Lol, interesting start Well, I have been lurking for a week or so, and read hundreds of posts, looked at pics, and I'm really happy to be a new member here. Thanks to Rosie for helping me out

I understand I need some more posts before I can post pics, soooo here we go I've never managed to keep plants alive, even though I like them- but somehow orchids have been able to survive in my home. Always had a thing for those beauties. But only had a few, since I always kill them…

How I ended up here? Well, I havent been paying attention to my plants for years, got tired of killing plants. My hubby managed to keep some orchids alive, the funny part is that he hasnt done anything special, they have been in the same pots for years, and he just fills the pot with water, then waits for it to dry (maybe two weeks) and then he refill. Kinda like semihydro, only they are in bark- roots all rotten. But: somehow the rotten roots have kinda become like bark, and the plants actually survived for years, I think some are five years atleast. (Some have of course died due to overwatering over the years)

Suddenly I "saw" the plants, maybe a couple of weeks ago. I noticed how beautiful and special they are, charming in all their wilderness. Oh yes, they have most certainly gone wild I decided to care for them, and I soon fell in love with them all, started reading- ended up reading a lot here. I need to repot most of them, have repotted a dendrobium, gonna see how that goes. Problem is, I have to take it easy- cause I dont want to shock 'em, and I want the nature in each plant to be as it is. You'll see what I mean when I can post pics. So some are gonna need a bigger pot, some need a wooden basket for all their air-roots to be free. One has two keiki growing on it- and one keiki is even blooming, that one I just put a branch in to support the keiko while I'm thinking what to do. One has grown next to its pot- sideways, think it likes to grow that way, so not gonna force them to grow straight up.

And of course I have bought a couple more… Couldnt help it Dont have that many (not yet, atleast), a total of 9 orchids. Looking forward to getting to know people in here, read, learn, yeah- you know, just enjoying these plants.

Oh- me? Female, married, kids, 29+ years

And bad english is either typos cause I'm on my phone now, or cause its not my language- or both

[Philantha]

Welcome to the Orchid Board

[WhiteRabbit]

: welcomeflowers:

[nikkik]

What a fantastic first post! Welcome to the board!

[RNCollins]

Hi Helene!

Welcome from New York!

[cbuchman]

Welcome. Glad you found us. Can't wait to see your wild plants.

[Helene]

Thanks

Okey- a couple of questions:

Picture is limited, I can totally understand that. This might seem like an silly question- but does tapatalk apply as forum, or is it more like photobucket and stuff? (Cause if you use another site to upload pics, you can upload more?) just curious.

Lol, actually downloaded tapatalk cause of easier to be here on my phone

Second: should I post pics here, or is it better to post either in beginner section or repotting and stuff if I want feedback on what to do? My guess is in another place than this introduction thing?

Maybe just post some pics here just to show my plants, and more pics in the other theme/topic places when I have question about what to do.

Lol, as you can probably already tell: I'm a chatty one Just thinking outloud

Anyway, guess I will do a little of both- thanks for welcoming me, appreciate it

Have a lovely evening all

[Helene]

Beauty? And growing:


Okay, just testing- gonna see how this looks on tapatalk, and then gonna log on the forum and see how it looks. Have no idea if this works, or how the quality is gonna be- bear with me, gonna learn eventually



Teaser from one of the wild ones- this is burnt, neglected, but still charming


This is a big one:




And that was one of the keiki, after I supported it with a branch.

If this works, I'm gonna post some more pics of these later this week, and of the other plants. Remember I've only taken care of them a couple weeks, been neglected for a long long time…




Edit: think I fixed the quality a bit

[Helene]

Okay, that didnt work to well… quality was downsized to much… Sorry, gonna go to bed, maybe I'll figure this out in a couple of days…

Well, atleast I'm only making a mess in my own thread, and not all over this place

[Helene]

Testing… again… If this is as crappy as the others, I promise to stop posting untill I've learnt how to post a decent quality photo…