It's official - I'm an addict

[natasha]

i was talking to a friend yesterday regarding my haul... i am injecting the orchid virus to her - it might work... she has an epi seedling now, from me of course and i'm planning to give her some den keikis later. she say i should consider doing side business - chids of course! i am thinking about it too.... maybe you can consider that too hedge!

charmkp, that is most probably my greatest haul but i might not be able to purchase anymore in months. local nurseries here are withholding new orchid stock till the holidays. it might be till the recession is over too

[Charmkp]

Just make sure you take photos of them at this stage, so that when they bloom you can show them off... before and after that is.

[Amanda L]

Orchid addicts, UNITE!!!

I joined OB with 1 sad little phal. I now have 19, with around 70 on the wish list, so far. If it weren't for the Orchid Board, I would have none. The original phal is dead, it grew a keiki, but I must have gotten water in the crown and not known, it's gone too. I am so glad for the OB! Without everyone here and the wonderful pictures being shared everyday, I wouldn't have known so many beautiful orchids exist. I wouldn't have known the wonderful feeling of blooming an orchid myself. I wouldn't have smelled the sweetness of a Sharry Baby. Before Orchid Board, I didn't know how wonderful it is to be an orchid grower.

Am I an addict? ABSOLUTELY!! I'm loving every minute of it! It helps having the awesome people on Orchid Board to cheer you on and share with! I love you, man!

It's also nice to have people see my little collection and want orchids for themselves.

[RosieC]

I'm with you Amanda. I joined with just one sick Phal (which is still slowly recovering). Now I have just received number 18 from my Mum today and I've lost count of how many are on the wish list.

I have falled in love with Phals, but because of Orchid Board I have also ventured into others including Paph, Miltonia & Miltoniopsis, Den and Masdi.

[natasha]

i join the club with 3 seedlings & 3 mature dens. well, actually the nursery assistant persuaded me to buy after he see me looking at chids so many times admiring their beauty. i was scared becoz i hear lots of chid myths : they are expensive, not easy to care, don't flower much etc etc. and also come with lots of mosquitoes form my experience. but hey, the love blossomed (i think i have about 300 now) as predicted by an aunty visiting her daughter when i was hospitalised last year! and no mosquitos!

[b amateur]

Hello. Is this the room where O.A.meets?O.K. My name is Brad,and I am an addict.For a long time I was in denial,but as we all here know,denial ain't just a river in Egypt.Soooo,I've learned to live unfettered by guilt and denial recently by reducing my wish list down to 3 or 4 more species[for now].This pushes my total to near 100 but hey,besides my wife, who's counting? The only down-side concerns that pesky camera I need to replace.Maybe a second job....

[quiltingwacko]

Yeah. This is OA alright. I am a card carrying member. Carol

[Roly0217]

Hi, my name is Rolando and I acquired my first orchid back in April 2007. I've been trying to control myself lately but non the less my collection is over 300 plants with no repeats and counting. I know it's bad but they make me happy. It's a good addiction.

[b amateur]

aw dang! I want a card too...and yes, it is a good addiction.I got my first chid in 1973 and I can still function in polite society...sort of.

[quiltingwacko]

Some years ago DH had about eight or ten orchids. He became very busy at work for a time, and asked me to care for them. I was terrified that I would kill them. I did kill one very nice paph. However,you all know what happened, don't you? I fell in love with them and became an addict. Now he is back to orchids again. It is dangerous having two addicts in one house! Carol