New to thread and relative new grower!

[MDBuch]

Hello all. I'm new here and hoping to learn lots and share too!

I've only been growing orchids for about six months now, and I'm hooked in a bad way. I'm a tile contractor, and a customer asked if I'd like a few plants as I'd been telling him how my wife and I like to propagate plants and succulents.
Well, he gave me about six cymbidiums he'd divided from his extensive collections of orchids and ferns, as well as a couple staghorns that he grew from spores!

So, needless to say between those and ANOTHER customer that gave me about eight more(some of which needed dividing!), and a couple orchid shows, plus the "exotic" section of Trader Joe's offerings, I've got about 40 plants now!

I've begun experimenting with branch mounting, and that's great fun and quickly becoming my favorite way to grow!

I hope to learn lots as well as get better at identification.

Thanks!

[estación seca]

Welcome to the Orchid Board!

There are several orchid societies in Orange County. The Register usually lists their meetings in the Things to Do section on weekends. Go and have an amazing time! Orchid societies are full of friendly people who are very nice to beginners.

And everybody is always looking for a good tile contractor!

[camille1585]

Welcome to Orchidboard!

Sounds like you got bit by the orchid bug, and very hard! Aside from the Cymbidiums, what other types do you have now?

[MDBuch]

Originally Posted by camille1585

! Aside from the Cymbidiums, what other types do you have now?

Thanks, Camille! I've definitely gotten hooked good!

Aside from the 15 or so cymbidium, I've got a
Dendrobium "fuerstenbergianum"
Chaubardia heteroclita(newer Columbian? species)
Oncidium pichinchense(it's currently dying )
Cirrhopetalum fascinator
Sedirea (aerides) japonica
Zygopetalum (arthur ella X imagination)
Cochleanthes overbrook (discolor X aromatica)
Encyclia radiata
Paph. Shin-Yi Heart(Hsinying Macasa X Paph. Hsinying Web)

and three random Phals I rescued from people that didn't know what to do with them! lol

And I also have what used to be five, now divided into eight what I'm guessing are different Oncidium Intergenerics I'm planning on posting in the ID forum to see what help I can get. I know it can be quite difficult getting exact IDs with those sorts from places like Trader Joe's.
Oh yes, one of those is an Oncostele Wildcat, or some hybrid of that. It's got a wonderful four-foot spike in bloom right now!

So I think that's about it! I might be missing one or two in there, and a few of them have been divided since I got them.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by MDBuch

Hello all. I'm new here and hoping to learn lots and share too!

Hi, and welcome to the Orchid Board!
Where in Orange County do you live? There are about 6 orchid clubs scattered about in Orange County and just over the LA County line in Long Beach (still within the Orange County "sphere of influence". So lots of societies to choose from. Check out http://socalorchidspecies.com; meeting information for that club is on the home page, the other clubs in the area are listed on the Societies link. Similar information is available at Orchid Societies of Southern California

[MDBuch]

Thanks Roberta,
I live in Fullerton. I have seen some of those group names listen and definitely hope to make it out to some meetings sometime soon!

[estación seca]

Be sure to go to plant events at CSUF. They have an incredible greenhouse, and a lot of plant sale events through the year.

[MDBuch]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Be sure to go to plant events at CSUF. They have an incredible greenhouse, and a lot of plant sale events through the year.

Thanks! I’ll have to keep an eye out! It’s only a couple blocks from me. My wife and I like to take our son to the arboretum often. Great place!