......Your finally inspired to clean out the fridge to make room for winter dormancy. I think I need a bigger fridge LOL

... when your 5 year old sister knows more about orchids than most average 50 year old people.

... when every other dream is about orchids.

... when you're always sizing up clear containers for pots.

When your DH says he is an "orchid widow"...........:biggrin:

If you wake up in the middle of the night sayingng orchid names. .
Did that a few times and my gf got a kick out of it ha

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...when you make a long, lengthy, and venomous venting facebook post about ebay merchants selling "10 orchid seeds" or "blue phalaenopsis" and you're honestly PISSED about it. :blushing:

...when you go to buy an orchid and then also end up draining water in all of the 'non-holed ornamental' potted orchids at the local supercenter.

Haha, ive done that one quite a bit

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I do that with mini orchids at Home Depot (the only place I ever see them). They are literally always flooded. Oddly, except for maybe one, I've never seen this happen with regular-sized orchids anywhere.

2014 members let's bring this thread back to life! Lol.

...when your web browser shows that you've been more active on Orchid Board than any other site...

...when you get a kick out of trying to remember as many of your Orchid names as possible...

...when you become child like at the site of a new Orchid (especially one you've wanted for a while and get as a gift already convinced that no one could buy you Orchid as a gift because you already have so many...)...

...when you won't stop checking ebay <i> just to see </i> what new Orchids the sellers you follow might have, but swear you won't buy anymore...

...when your collection quadruples in a matter of months of your "just becoming" a collector/grower...

...when the highlight of your day is the new growth you just found on one, or several, of your Orchids...

...when you panic that an Orchid plant or bloom shows signs of failing/illness/death...

...when you've gotten so many new Orchids you stop posting pictures and sharing each time you get a new one because it's a little embarrassing, lol...

...when you wonder if Orchid growing could be a formidable new career choice...

I'll think of more, I'm sure of it...

... when there is no windowledge, mantlepice or table space left in your house because it's all packed with orchids :)

... oh and when your hubby jokes that he daren't stand up because if he does his seat will get filled with orchids :coverlaugh:

Better yet...when you've sold the hubby's seat in order to make room for more orchid shelving. :rofl:

OMG, I'm getting there. :lol:

My dreamhouse would have a large livingroom with glass ceiling, so the entire space can work like a greenhouse. :rofl:

Or you dream about living in a greenhouse surrounded by orchids....

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Farnsworth House by Ludwig Meis Van Der Rohe. This house is on the Fox River, near Chicago, Illinois.

...when you wonder if there's such thing as a "crazy plant lady" instead of "crazy cat lady" and what it takes to qualify...

Of course there is!

I once saw someone post a picture of a living room with orchids all over carpet, sofa, literally every possible space that no one can get to the living room. Not sure if that was a lady or a dude, but it was pretty crazy! lol

Can that person be considered a "hoarder"? Or for that matter, can anyone of us? If you were to visit me this past winter, I had orchids on shelves in front of every available window. It doesn't look so bad, now that my plants are in the porch and my deck.

That makes me feel better that I'm not that bad. At least it's only the tables, windowledges and mantlepiece for me ;)

When your spouse avoids driving past Lowe's because you will ask to stop then make a beeline for a garden center to look at their new orchid on sale.
True story!

I use drinks for pots and for mixing and keeping fertilizer water, and sometimes I buy gatorade and dump it out purely because I only want to pay 89 cents for a 1-qt bottle!

You might be an orchid enthusiast
 

I am switching over to semi-hydro so adequate pots are a necessity. DH loves prunes and I find the container an ideal size for smaller plants. Juice bottles, bleach jugs, milk jugs, anything that will lend itself to my endeavor. I have even prevailed on friends to save their empty jugs for me. The larger size containers are the hard to find ones. Especially those that are sturdier than milk jugs. I wish I could find a source for the smaller Folger coffee jugs.
I have tried recycling places in my area but most of them recycle only metal. Any suggestions?
Beverly A.

...if you are suddenly very excited about Black Friday because Andy's is having a sale!

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That was really great!

:rofl:

I'm a year late to this party, but hey...

...If you're planning a vacation and you give the house-sitter detailed information on how to care for the orchids but forget to tell her where the cat food is kept. >.<

Oh my goodness, this thread has made me laugh so hard!!

Maybe this?...
When you're painting your kitchen and precariously perched on a rolling cart to get to the space above and wayyyyy back behind the fridge and think, "Oh no! If I fall, crack my head on the stove and perish…

1. How will the orchids survive? I should have taught that strappy paph to dial 911!
2. Wait! It's too soon! I have to write a will for my 'chids. But I don't know anyone I trust enough to bequeath them to.
3. I should have watered, fertilized, and filled the humidifier before getting up here."

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You might be an orchid enthusiast if…

You're talking sweetly to your chids, telling them how incredible they are and what a good job they're doing growing such beautiful, healthy leaves and gorgeous blooms and look up to find your dog staring, quite unimpressed, with a look of, "What are you yacking to THEM! for?"

You're running out of windowsills and contemplate purchasing a console table for your kitchen solely so you can discreetly install a grow light under its top and BUY MORE ORCHIDS! for the shelf below.

When you think of selling your place, your first thought is, "But it has such great orchid lighting! I couldn't possibly move!"

When you think of selling your place, your second thought is, "Is there a section on MLS that will let me select places with only 'East-facing windows' for my paphs?

When you dream of moving to a tropical paradise just so you can grow orchids that presently you're only able to ogle online.

When you dream of winning the lottery so that you can finally, finally, get that orchid you've always wanted but was out of your price range. Oh, who am I kidding?…all the orchids your heart desires!!!!

When you go to the nursery, which now has a beautiful retail store attached to its greenhouse and you ask the owner if they could just open the door so you can peek in and see all the rows and rows and rows and rows of blooming orchids. And when they do, your heart skips a little. (Ok. Maybe a lot.)

When you tell the same person, who is now looking at you like you're an orchid that might have seriously fallen out of your pot, that if you worked at their greenhouses you'd be tempted to run up and down the rows touching all the plants.

Your kind son brings you a free flat screen tv, but you're hesitant to get rid of your 25-yr-old tube tv because your orchids seem to like the 'in-floor heating' aspect (and prime show-off territory) of sitting on the relic.

You'd like to branch out into mounting or hanging your orchids, but don't want to damage your ceiling so you look at standing coat racks and think they might be a FANTASTIC solution.

Ditto for those nice rounded floor lamps.

Double ditto for the decorative, wire standing mannequins at HomeSense.

You ogle the fake ficus tree someone has dumped in the elevator vestibule, because you think it might be possible to remove all the plastic leaves and use the trunk for a mounting tree. …Uh, hang on a minute, maybe I should just run down and get that! ;)

You buy decorative containers at the grocery store, toss the lid and use the bowl for a cute orchid pot!

Smart & Final sells pickles, peppers, etc in 1-gallon / 3.8l plastic and glass jars. I learned to like peperoncini and pepper rings in my salads, and to eat pickles at home.

...if you name your orchids, talk to your orchids, and pet their leaves affectionately as you would pet your spouse's hand...you maybe an orchid nut. Great idea for forum topic! Too much fun to read!

This is me..


When you have a hiding spot for new orchids and you can't wait for your spouse/partner to go to work so you can finally repot and and give it a home before he comes home for lunch.

When your boyfriend/spouse asks "is that a new orchid?" And your response is "no, I just moved some around."





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... if, when you go to family or in-law events out of town, you irritate your family by spending so much time going to nurseries and Lowe's looking for plants.

... if you're cooking lunch for yourself, you remember you need to feed your Vandas, and you burn your own lunch.

At least the orchids got fed.

When you purchase carpet runners to protect your carpet in front of your orchid display because you have to check them SEVERAL times a day!


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When others show you a picture of a flower and you correctly identify the genus of orchid they are showing you (causing them to stare at you with blank faces)...you might be an orchid nut

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When you hear the word cork, you think of bark instead of wine...you might be an orchid nut

---The Orchid Cycle---
I have leftover media. Let's get some orchids!
I have leftover orchids. Let's get some media!

Is that a new orchid? No, I've had that a while.
Is that a new orchid? Oh some lady at work heard I was good with them, and she gave it to me because she could not take care of it.
Is that a new orchid? Imagine this! I found it in the garbage! Obviously I just couldn't allow a perfectly good plant to be thrown away!

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But then you risk the eyebrow up, Spock style, "I see you have been dumpster-diving again, my dear!"

If your dreams consist of finding a hot growing, orange and brown terrestrial masdevallia in a soccer field, naming it Masdevallia Restrepia, collecting the seed and growing some in your house.

Noooo. Cats are still more important. They feel, have emotions, etc. orchids are nice...but they are plants after all. Don’t be one of those people who dump a 14 year old cat. What if someone dumped you after caring for you for 14 years!

I had a dream few days ago where a mounted bulbo that didnt exist bloomed for me. It had a tag that said "Bulbo. Enchinobium". The flowers clustered on an 8 cm stalk and bloomed all at once. They resembled tiny Bulbo. Lepidum flowers except they're light brown with red stripes. No fragrance. Plant was mounted on a wooden slab, covered with sphagnum moss, bulbs similar to species like Bulbo. Lobbii, pseudobulbs 4 cm height, leaves 20 cm height. Tightly spaced pseudobulbs.

Wait... how am I remembering all this?