Hello from VA

[NRVcat]

New to the forum and already one post! I'm in the Blue Ridge Mountains/New River Valley. If there are any orchid growers of any stripe nearby, I'd like to start a group. I attended meetings of an orchid society when I lived in MS and would like a local one here. ~Elizabeth

[Ross]

Welcome. I'm far from you or I would join your group Glad you came aboard.

[tuvoc]

Welcome,Elizabeth. There's a big group here that can stand in for now. Have fun.

[josh91793]

Welcome to the Orchid Board! My name is Josh and i live in roanoke virginia. there is actually an orchid society on colonial avenue (If you know where that is.) how close are you to roanoke? i live more specificaly on the botetourt and troutville line.

[trdyl]

Welcome to OB!

[Tropicgirl]

Welcome!

[NRVcat]

Hi, I'm located in Blacksburg and have been to one meeting of the Blue Ridge society. It's a bit of a hike for me, though, and it's rare that my husband would be home in time to take care of our daughter before I'd have to leave for Roanoke. They seemed like a good bunch of people, though. I was hoping more people in the NRV were on here but I guess not My collection is now four plants, all phals. One mini, which hasn't rebloomed yet; one albans which always puts out two stalks which have one or two flowers each; my original purple-spotty phal from Home Depot which always puts out a single spike with about five flowers that last a good while; and a new purple-stripy from the grocery store (Val's Day gift from my husband) which still has its two spikes full of flowers. Evidently, they really like the spot in my daughter's room where they overwinter Come warm weather, they get set out on a table in the front yard, which is mostly shady.

[gnathaniel]

Hi Elizabeth, I grew up in Blacksburg and hope to move back there this summer for grad school. Are you affiliated with VT?

I'm glad to hear the BROS is still going, my dad was active with them for a while and I went to a lot of meetings with him when I was a kid. My parents live in Draper since my dad retired from Tech a few years ago, but he still has a nice orchid collection that will probably grow larger once he finishes the greenhouse he's been planning for years.

I would be interested in helping start a smallish society or club in Blacksburg or thereabouts when (if!) we move back. I know a few 'plant people' in the area who might be enticed to join... Welcome to Orchidboard!

--Nat

[NRVcat]

Nat,
No, not affiliated with VT beyond living in its backyard Send me a message when/if you get up here and have some time for a group. I sure didn't have any large amounts of free time when I was in grad school, and now I have a young child and a large garden (and eventually two bee hives) to attend. It'll be interesting to get a group going, even if it's just a handful of folks.

[gnathaniel]

I'll definitely let you know if and when I start exploring such a group, Elizabeth. Of course, like you I may not have a lot of free time in grad school, especially since I've got a six-month-old at home taking up most of my free time already! Good luck with your gardening and beehives in the coming warm seasons.

--Nat