Buying/ Growing trends

[Jennyfleur]

As I was reading through the comments on Maria's 'Bored' thread, I had a flash of inspiration - As growers, I'm betting that we've all gone through phases where we love some plants and then, a little while later, move onto something else. These changes can be for all sorts of reasons, such as introduction to species not heard of before, more confidence brought about by experience, different growing conditions from moving house or just simply a change of taste relating to colour and form.

So, I thought it'd be interesting to see where we started and how our collections have evolved over time

In doing so, it'd also be interesting to see just how many of us started with Phals!

For the record, I started with Phals. After having some for a while and having them grow nicely, I was curious to see if I could get any fragrant orchids, so I did a google search. From there I got a real mixture as fragrance was my goal and, to a certain extent, still is. Therefore, my collection has never really had a focus (though I have more phals and coelogyne than anything else), although it could be said I'm in an Angraecoid frame at the moment. Not the most exciting story to kick off with, but never mind!