You might be an orchid enthusiast

[rogerman]

Well, i've got 300 pots and 8 flasks in the spare room..... And 200 plant seedlings hanging on one of my balconies.......One day i'll get round to shifting the plants down to the shade house.

[greenbean]

...if you're a teenager who would rather buy orchids than video games.


I'd much rather own a gorgeous or unusual orchid than the latest game consol. I don't even know which one that is! Is it still the Wii, or did something else come out?

[Sktchy]

- If your friends frequently refer to your basement as "the flourescent jungle."

- If you have gone into debt to one of your friends in order to purchase a new 'chid

- when that little voice in the back of your head stops saying "not again" and instead says "Just... one... more..."

- when you are occasionally forced to sleep in your living room because the B. Nodosa in your bedroom smells too strongly (after all, you can't move the plant out, what if you sleep through sunrise? it would miss all that wonderful morning sun!)

- when you have pet frogs as a justification for all your terrariums.

and finally,
- when your parents take on your hobby because they've become so impressed by your 'chids.

[greenbean]

HA! I love that last one Sktchy! That's what I'm trying to do with my parents!

[peeweelovesbooks]

When the people in the nurseries recognize you and ask, "why haven't you visited us lately?"

or

when the same people remember your past purchases and ask, "did you run out of clay pots yet?"


or


"how are those seedlings coming along?"


or tell you,

"let me show you this. I know YOU'LL like it" and they are right.




When your colleagues bring other colleagues that you've never met to your office with their sick, overwatered plants and say, "see, I told you she knows what she's talking about."

when you have a

"Please DO NOT TOUCH THE ORCHIDS" sign in your office, because you are tired of the same colleagues touching your blooms.

[Zozzl]

...you think people who don't grow orchids are weird and you are pretty sure there is something wrong with them

[quiltingwacko]

Originally Posted by Zozzl

...you think people who don't grow orchids are weird and you are pretty sure there is something wrong with them

...or you take some blooming orchids somewhere and have trouble talking people into taking them home. You wonder "What is wrong with these people?" Carol

[MuscleGirl'sHobby]

When someone mentions a specific orchid and you go "oh, I have that one!".... "wait a minute, I know I wanted it, but did I buy it?" And you have to go check your collection to find out because you've got so many you can't seem to keep them all straight.

[ALJ]

This is the funniest thing I've read in a while. Even as a newbie I found myself nodding to several posts. Let's add a few more.

You might be an orchid enthusiast/nut/head case if...

...all of your internet bookmarks/favorites are orchid growers.

...your best friend threatens to take your computer because of all the sites bookmarked.

...you visit your parents more often because you learned of several orchid growers that popped up in the area.

...your allergist recommends that you get a humidifier to use while you sleep. You sleep with the humidifier in the living room so that you and the orchids benefit.

... your cat's toys are pieces of bark that have fallen from the orchid pots. Who needs a catnip mouse?

[quietmorning]

If you look at your house trying to find an east facing window and:

Tell your husband you MUST change offices with him - since he has the better windows.

You tell your husband you MUST (since we can't change rooms . . .since I figured out he doesn't actually HAVE an East facing window - but West and South facing windows) KNOCK A HOLE in my office (this is a foot and a half thick brick wall) in order to PUT an EAST facing window SOMEWHERE in the house.

Your said husband looks at you with a very calm face and tells you are 'orchid insane'. . . again.