You might be an orchid enthusiast

[CTB]

When vacation plans include car rentals and orchid babysitters!

[Stray59]

- your partner refers to themselves as an "orchid widow' -

[Desert Orchid]

your family has to be careful to not bump the orchids that have taken over the bathroom counter while brushing their teeth.

[Paul Mc]

When your wife's email address is orchidwife, lol... Just noticed that a OS members wife's address is this!

[The Orchid Boy]

...you plan your vacation to see (and buy) more orchids.

[birdybrain]

Great thread, super funny! Here's mine from just this week:

You unpack the better gro bag babies boxes at Lowe's because the store employees haven't done it yet

You encourage your husband to buy that new drill he's been wanting for months now because you need something more powerful for drilling glass semi hydro containers

[NYCorchidman]

When you are away on a vacation in some exotic place but can't stop wondering every 20 minutes if your orchidsitter back home is doing a proper job.

When you go shopping for kitchen items and start getting sidetracked checking at things like bamboo skewer to see if they could be useful as moisture level checking tool or a possible spike stake.

When you see a beautiful orchid and buy that as a gift for someone who you know doesn't know how to care for orchids, and that orchid eventually comes back to you for your keeping. lol

When you used to think it is crazy to pay for drinking water but now you find yourself buying bottled water for your orchids but you still drink tap water.

When you convince your partner that you need a water filter system installed for the entire house for better health when in reality you wanted purer water for your orchids.

When you see less and less of your cups and mugs because they end up as decorative container for your miniature orchids, and you go out shopping for some more...for your orchids.

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Originally Posted by RenéeS

I have to move soon and when I am looking at new appartments the first thing I look at is the size of the windows and the light coming thru them..

That's exactly what I did the last time we moved. lol
Large bright windows are not only great for orchids, but they are also great for us, humans I think. I'd be so depressed without them!

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Originally Posted by natasha

when you agree with your husband to go to theme park and brave the rollercoaster so he will bring you to the orchid farm... i am scared of heights!!!

oh yeah, two rollercoaster rides and two water slides later, i bring back 29 new chids

That sounds like a great reward though!

[MrHungx]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

When you buy an iPad so you can check OB just before you go to sleep.
Oh- and when the first thing you photograph with it's camera is an orchid.

...when you buy a waterproof iPad case so you can bring your iPad into the greenhouse and check Orchid Board while you repot your new plants you just received in the mail.

...when you go on vacation and constantly think of bringing an orchid home.
...when you buy the orchid the day before you leave and are unable to obtain the proper documentation.
...when you ponder ways to sneak it past customs.
...when you almost pee your pants at the airport thinking that customs will find your orchid and will charge you a large fine.
...when you scold yourself after thinking about how much more orchids I could have bought with the money used to pay the fine.
...when you actually make it through customs and start to regret that you didn't buy more orchids.
...when you go home and discover that the cardboard box you used to carry your orchid has been smashed.
...you feel relieved when you open the box and find that the orchid is fine
...when you start planning your next trip so you can bring back more orchids.

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So true! I got the Lifeproof case for the iPad.

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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

When you are away on a vacation in some exotic place but can't stop wondering every 20 minutes if your orchidsitter back home is doing a proper job.

When you go shopping for kitchen items and start getting sidetracked checking at things like bamboo skewer to see if they could be useful as moisture level checking tool or a possible spike stake.

When you see a beautiful orchid and buy that as a gift for someone who you know doesn't know how to care for orchids, and that orchid eventually comes back to you for your keeping. lol

When you used to think it is crazy to pay for drinking water but now you find yourself buying bottled water for your orchids but you still drink tap water.

When you convince your partner that you need a water filter system installed for the entire house for better health when in reality you wanted purer water for your orchids.

When you see less and less of your cups and mugs because they end up as decorative container for your miniature orchids, and you go out shopping for some more...for your orchids.

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That's exactly what I did the last time we moved. lol
Large bright windows are not only great for orchids, but they are also great for us, humans I think. I'd be so depressed without them!

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That sounds like a great reward though!

When you buy an orchid as a present for a friend/relative, but decide that the orchid will be happier with you.

[bethmarie]

When you are shopping for temp controlled wine refrigerators so your cool winter rest orchids will bloom.

When you have a shelf cleared and a plan to get your kids, dog and orchids into the pantry during a tornado warning.....

[nikkik]

...when your two year old calls any plant they see an orchid.

...when you go to local restaurants asking for their used wine corks.

...when you buy a box of coconuts from a tropical location to mount your orchids and it's so heavy that UPS doesn't even attempt to leave it at your front door!