Speaking of heights, you agree to go to Peru with your husband to climb the canopy walkway he built and hang by a rope over the side 100+ feet up to photograph orchids. I haven't done that yet, but I plan to go to Peru with him next year, and I WILL overcome my fear!

Oh yeah, and I'm 61 and fat.

Oh no... just the thought of that sends me into shivers. I might have to draw the line there.

You go Girl!!!

Just remember to trust the harness.... and keep telling yourself "I trust the harness" and you'll do fine.

yeah... when i rode my first rollercoaster, which are the scarier one, i kept telling myself what i have gotten myself into... and yeah, i close my eyes :biggrin: i thought of all the safety issues there, and pacify myself thinking someone else may have thought of this... having the belt tighened before help tremendously. second ride is much better as it was lower heights... and yeah, i thought of all wonderful orchids i might buy too!

I have only ever ridden a rollercoaster once and I was 22 and my heartbeat took over ten minutes to get back to anything approaching normal - I was on the Blackpool Leisure Beach one, it was 1982, and they didn't have harnesses in those days just a grip bar. We sat in the last coach of the ride and every time we went over the top of the hills, my bottom left the seat. I have never been so scared.....NEVER EVER AGAIN!!

just a grip bar? i would get a heart attack myself. the rollercoaster is not that high, so only the bar and safety belt is provided. the second one only have the bar since it wasn't that high (but hey, i enjoy this ride!). but the pact been made, he got to spend time at the theme park for 6 hours, and i got a trip to the orchid farm. he still owe me another trip to another farm since i already filled the carboot to the brim at the first farm! no use going if i can't shop, no?

You go, girl!:rofl:

Geez Connie! You aren't fat. Take a look around the next time you are out in public. Can't wait to hear about your trip! Carol

Well we won't go to Peru together until next summer. My DH builds walkways and just came back from Peru.
We are going to Costa Rica in December, tho, using the frequent flier miles he gets from all his traveling, so I can't complain. :)

So lets see, you are planning a trip to an exotic place and you start wondering what kind of orchids they have there! You might be an orchid enthusiast! Carol :roll::biggrin:

And you get a new lens for you camera to photograph them with, and save money by staying in cheaper hotels.

if you wake up from a nightmare that was about all your orchids getting thrown away.......you might be an orchid nut

sorry if these quotes are old...

i do that all the time! fake orchids bug me so bad!!

i have actually talked to the florist at the grocery store! ha i agree

:rofl:

no, you take our vanda in the shower with you!

:rofl:

orchid mcnuggets :rofl::rofl:

"give them back when the flowers due" :rofl::rofl:

return the shoes!!! :waving hahah

i do that too!!! isnt it great?

i dream about breaking things and bud blast!

You might be an orchid enthusiast
 

when theres an auction youw ant to win on ebay ...

That's why Esnipe exists. Then you can go elsewhere to buy more orchids and still win on Ebay.
Beverly A.:evil:

For the ignorant, what is Esnipe, please?

eSnipe - Bid on eBay Automatically - eSnipe 3.0 :biggrin:

Thank you!!

hope you are feeling a lot better too.

i heard about this guy who went to shows and bought cattleyas. he would cut the blooms off and hand them out to the ladies, so the mrs wouldnt notice

You might be an orchid enthusiast...
 

if you find yourself explaining to your exasperated husband why the dishwasher is clogged with orchid media..:rofl:

..note always wash off the orchid pots with the hose before you put them in the dishwasher.

Pat M.

You might be an orchid enthusiast
 

You try to get to the OS meeting early so you can look over the vendor/speaker's plants, talk him into selling you his "sample" plant on the condition you leave it on his table so others can see it. Price? What's that?
Beverly A.

i've heard this story too! this old guy love orchids so much. he go to the show sans the missus but bring the scissors in his pocket. then he does what maybe the rest of us did, sneak the plant into the greenhouse (for me would be my porch) then when the missus notice when it flowers he tell stories!

Hi our english speaking friends!

Finally,

the official opening of our fully complete English version of the worldwide Orchids Wiki Forum!

Orchids Wiki - English conversation

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You might be an orchid addict when...

...You pee yourself laughing over "you might be an orchid addict when..." jokes

...A $350 order of orchids sound perfectly normal to you when everyone you know thinks you are off your rocker.

...You are already planning on another $350 order before you even receive the first one.

...You read 16 pages of "you might be an orchid addict when..." jokes in one sitting!

...You begin to hyperventilate when you find out there is a VERY small chance of going to an orchid greenhouse.

...You have secret plans to let your orchids take over the house.

...You buy another orchid to soothe the pain of loosing one.

...You would like to determine a house purchase based solely on the amount and direction of windows.

...You check your orchids a thousand times a day and are disappointed every time because there is not five kilometers of new growth.

...Orchid Board is the first thing you check in the morning, followed by your orchids

And finally...

...You revive an ancient post just to put some jokes on!

I have to admit I was laughing constant while reading this stuff!

A- i almost peed myself reading that comment!! ironic huh?

B- psh! off your rocker? by show of hands, who here was EVER ON THEIR ROCKER TO BEGIN WITH??!!

here is another one

... if you take pictures of a bid every 30 minutes

My! Doesn't that one sound familiar! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

bahahaha :rofl:

i waited at least 5 minutes between the last two!

A WHOLE FIVE MINUTES! Did you almost pass out from the lack of not taking a picture?

LOL!!! my 3 key is broken on the top numbers. i have to use the numberpad and i forgot. although it does sound funnier when i say 5 minutes not 35!!!!

Mine will gnaw them down to stubs if she can get at them. Thus the orchid closed was born.

You might be an orchid nut if you're gleefully planning the expansion that requires the (natural - NOT untimely!) death of a (seriously beloved) family pet. Its a sickness!

:rofl: that's soooo me too

when you've already got 7 of said tanks and still try to figure out how to cram more in the house.

When your amazing husband offers to take you to orchid shops "Because it's fun to see you so excited."
:blushing:

When you start focusing your career just so you can afford a greenhouse when you retire.
When you find mold growing in the house.

These are for the under-lights growers:
When lightbulbs are a line item in your budget.
When you've considered buying a generator just to power your lights during an outage.
When your house is 75 degrees all year without running the furnace - no matter how cold it gets outside.
You worry about your house burning down on a regular basis.
When you don't need any other lighting in your house during the day, even in the basement.
When your electric bill is so high the police come knocking.
When you have to bring used CF lighbulbs for recycling at several different places because you've reached your limit everywhere.

When you are at your mother-in-law's for the Saturday of Mother's day weekend and your husband says, "Do you want to go to IKEA on the way home and buy that Detolf cabinet to put in the dining room window for your plants? It can be your Mother's Day gift".........



FYI IKEA | Dining storage | Display cabinets | DETOLF | Glass-door cabinet

If you can't see out of your windows, because the vandas are hanging in front of them.

my three key is broken TOO ^^ <3

by the way, i just went to lowe's and verbally harrased the garden center lady for not giving me a discount on a "Dying" orchid.....it wasnt REALLY dying, it just didnt have flowers and was a losing on old leaf but i couldn't convince her and it was a nice orchid (phalaenopsis hsin sun beauty :( ) >:/ :) oh well, nice try

oh heres one!

i think its dumb whenever im in the shampoo/soap/lotion areas of stores and i see things with the smell "exotic orchid"/"vanilla" or whatnot and they have the WRONG orchid picture printed on the containers. im thinking like "that's a dendrobium, NOT vanilla" or "phalaenopsis DONT smell like this" which they dont lol.

who agrees with me? :D

same!even though im a guy and dont go looking at lotion, but i do get annoyed my that! sooo not a vanilla flower