Reintroducing myself. Now in Goleta, CA.
 

Hi,

I have been moving around and I did not have space or light for orchids. So they were all rehomed.

But I am now in Goleta, California. I attended the International Orchid Show in Santa Barbara yesterday. I returned home with eight plants.

At the show, I was given a flyer describing varieties to grow outdoors. So squeezing chids back onto the windowsill for the winter is no longer an issue.

Awesome! It's definitely nice to be able to grow some orchids outside! Welcome back!

Welcome back!

How wonderful new orchids. Welcome back.

Welcome back! How nice that you are able to get back into growing orchids. :)

Thanks everyone!

Things have been frantic with me. But I have managed to pick up a small bag of bark, and dunk the bare root Leilia purpurata plants. My first experience with bare root orchids, and I am not really sure how to handle them. The other orchids are arranged together in a bowl propping one another up. They are all in small pots and top heavy.

I also have a few older orchids I am trying to save. But I have lapsed into neglect of those long ago.

I do not drive a car or even a bicycle, so bringing home supplies requires careful logistics. The nearest big box store had bark but it was very water soaked and so I avoided or. I was concerned that it had a lot of mold spores.