Saying Hello

[Vanda coerulescens]

Hello all!
Thanks for the invite into your forum. I'm really happy to have found your web site and hope to learn much in the coming months of reading.
But why am I so happy! Because I’ve come to know about ORCHIDS! And can’t get enough of them.
Of course I wish I knew more about them so I would not have killed so many but we all live and learn.

At the moment my Angraecum distichum from West Africa had just only one bloom and lasted only 3 days. It is a slow grower and in good health. This plant is really cool looking and has small ¼ inch white flowers that smell like-- the taste of Vanilla with a slight after hint of a burning fire on a winter night. Of course one flower wont do, if you can find a plant with a number of them and put it in some sun you'll smell what I mean. haha.

My Vandofinetia Blaupunkt is just about setting out a florescent. This one has bloomed twice past for me and it has a lovely smell of, well, just chew on some grape bubble gum and you’ll smell what I mean.

I’ve had my share of losing orchids and right now I’m battling some kind of fungus that I had gotten on most of the plants that I brought out this past summer. I’m using a Rose fungus spray and hoping all goes well. As for any bugs that may be in your orchid pots. If you don't mind me suggesting. It best to find some of those little, and I mean little spiders with the multiple eyes and just let them go wild in your collection. They will get hungry soon enough and start eating everything.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.