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Who We Are revisited
It's been about a year since we have all introduced ourselves to each other
here on rgo, and I know we have newcomers (including new regulars) since then. If you are a newcomers, or if you did not respond the last time, or if your answers to "What do I grow?" or "Where do I grow?" or "biggest orchid accomplishments" have changed quite a bit in the meantime, please please respond! Even if you have responded before, here are a few reasons for you to reply again: newcomers may not know you yet, not everyone searches the archives and even if they did this kind of thread is not as easy to find since the title contains only common search words and newcomers won't know which terms to use to search for this. In November 2001 Kye posted a message containing a set of questions to encourage fellow rgo'ers to introduce themselves. I think that this is worth doing on a regular basis. So here are Kye's questions with my revised answers: --------------------------------------------------------- -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, pregnant female. :-) The baby's gender will be male, and his name shall be Robert. Only 3 more weeks till the anticipated delivery date -- and time has started to move very slowly now. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Fairfax, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA). Windowsill and shelves of a condo (shaded eastern and northern exposures with supplemental grow lights). The ground floor condo we moved to this summer provides very high humidity (earlier this year it was 60-90%, now that the heat is on it is down to 'only' 40-80%). -- What do I grow? 32 Phals/Dtps, 9 Paphs, 2 miniature cattleyas, 1 cochleanthes amazonica, 1 Phrag, 1 Burrageara and 1 Psychopsis. 47 orchids total, 21 of these were acquired in 2004, and 16 of them are 2005 acquisitions. -- The decade of my age? 3rd. -- How long have I been growing orchids? Started in April or May 2001 with an orchid that was a wedding present, and was decapitated accidentally with the window blinds a week later, and so I acquired a second to be able to truthfully say "yes, the orchid is doing beautifully" on the phone to the gift-giver of the first one. 3.5 years later, both of these orchids are doing well, and are both in double spike at this time. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Spikes, spikes, spikes! Most of my orchids are doing very well, many are in spike, and quite a few in multiple spike (4 spikes on one of the Phals), and I've had 5 Phal keikis thus far. In 4.5 years of growing orchids, I have killed only one so far -- though I anticipate that a few more may die next year unfortunately, a few are not doing well, and with the baby I will probably neglect them more, so only the sturdy ones will continue to do well. Since many of them are sturdy Phals though, I hope that most of them will be ok even with benign neglect. -- Miscellaneous Info... I am originally from Poland, and then Austria, but I have lived half my life in the US. I work as a Web developer (kind of, although by now my job seems to have shifted more toward tester -- Quality Control being really important, and me being very thorough and detail-oriented by nature). I am married to David, who is a very considerate orchid addict's spouse, and a very considerate spouse of a pregnant woman too. I think he will make a very good father. I will need to start thinking about child-proofing my orchid collection in time before the little guy becomes mobile. Best, Joanna |
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Hey, what about a picture on abpo?
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:22:36 GMT, "J Fortuna" wrote: It's been about a year since we have all introduced ourselves to each other here on rgo, and I know we have newcomers (including new regulars) since then. If you are a newcomers, or if you did not respond the last time, or if your answers to "What do I grow?" or "Where do I grow?" or "biggest orchid accomplishments" have changed quite a bit in the meantime, please please respond! Even if you have responded before, here are a few reasons for you to reply again: newcomers may not know you yet, not everyone searches the archives and even if they did this kind of thread is not as easy to find since the title contains only common search words and newcomers won't know which terms to use to search for this. In November 2001 Kye posted a message containing a set of questions to encourage fellow rgo'ers to introduce themselves. I think that this is worth doing on a regular basis. So here are Kye's questions with my revised answers: --------------------------------------------------------- -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, pregnant female. :-) The baby's gender will be male, and his name shall be Robert. Only 3 more weeks till the anticipated delivery date -- and time has started to move very slowly now. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Fairfax, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA). Windowsill and shelves of a condo (shaded eastern and northern exposures with supplemental grow lights). The ground floor condo we moved to this summer provides very high humidity (earlier this year it was 60-90%, now that the heat is on it is down to 'only' 40-80%). -- What do I grow? 32 Phals/Dtps, 9 Paphs, 2 miniature cattleyas, 1 cochleanthes amazonica, 1 Phrag, 1 Burrageara and 1 Psychopsis. 47 orchids total, 21 of these were acquired in 2004, and 16 of them are 2005 acquisitions. -- The decade of my age? 3rd. -- How long have I been growing orchids? Started in April or May 2001 with an orchid that was a wedding present, and was decapitated accidentally with the window blinds a week later, and so I acquired a second to be able to truthfully say "yes, the orchid is doing beautifully" on the phone to the gift-giver of the first one. 3.5 years later, both of these orchids are doing well, and are both in double spike at this time. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Spikes, spikes, spikes! Most of my orchids are doing very well, many are in spike, and quite a few in multiple spike (4 spikes on one of the Phals), and I've had 5 Phal keikis thus far. In 4.5 years of growing orchids, I have killed only one so far -- though I anticipate that a few more may die next year unfortunately, a few are not doing well, and with the baby I will probably neglect them more, so only the sturdy ones will continue to do well. Since many of them are sturdy Phals though, I hope that most of them will be ok even with benign neglect. -- Miscellaneous Info... I am originally from Poland, and then Austria, but I have lived half my life in the US. I work as a Web developer (kind of, although by now my job seems to have shifted more toward tester -- Quality Control being really important, and me being very thorough and detail-oriented by nature). I am married to David, who is a very considerate orchid addict's spouse, and a very considerate spouse of a pregnant woman too. I think he will make a very good father. I will need to start thinking about child-proofing my orchid collection in time before the little guy becomes mobile. Best, Joanna Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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-- Who am I and What Is My Gender? I am Toni Carroll- a woman. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? I am in South Florida- northern Broward County -- What do I grow? I have many Dends naturalized in trees, and am now naturalizing Phals as well. Lots of Vandas and similar, a few Catts, a few Brassavolas, Oncids etc. My favorite genus is Encyclia. I try and grow a little bit of everything that will do well here, so I have a fair number of different genus plants. I prefer species plants over floof. All of my plants remain outdoors unless a freeze or hurricane is expected, and the naturalized ones of course stay out regardless. And although I do feed weakly weekly none of them have ever been coddled or sprayed for anything. Cosmetic damage is acceptable 'round here. I have begun a page of photos here- http://www.cearbhaill.com/orchids.htm -- The decade of my age? 5th -- How long have I been growing orchids? Casually since 1991. I have been more actively collecting for a couple of years. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? None. Except for the somewhat noteworthy fact that I can never recall ever having had one die. -- Miscellaneous Info... We have Irish Wolfhounds and are active in the dog community, take drum lessons, and also collect 60's Yankee and classic rock memorablia. -- Toni South Florida USA Zone 10b http://ww.cearbhaill.com |
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J Fortuna schreef:
In November 2001 Kye posted a message containing a set of questions to encourage fellow rgo'ers to introduce themselves. I think that this is worth doing on a regular basis. So here are Kye's questions with my revised answers: --------------------------------------------------------- And here are mine: -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? My name is Niek Hanckmann, male. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? I live in Vught in the Netherlands. I live in a small monastery on a compound of 19 acres (almost 8 hectares). There we have a heated greenhouse of 20 square metres of wich I can use half for growing orchids. The other half is used by the other brothers for succulents, som not-hardy terrace-plants and for sowing annuals in spring. -- What do I grow? I grow aproximatly 100 different species and som 40 hybrids. I am a generalist, so I just try to grow what I like and what is in my reach. I have orchids from aerides to trichopilia, from bulbophyllum to vanda, from angraecum to wilsonara. I have a slight preference for miniatures, but only because you can grow more of them on an square metre! The benefit of larger plants on the other had is that the rest of the people living here can also enjoy them. That makes the time I spend on my orchids acceptable to them ;-) -- The decade of my age? 3rd decade -- How long have I been growing orchids? I have been growing orchids for 18 years now. I started on a window sill, brining the plants outside under a tree in summer. Since four years I am growing in a greenhouse. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? I am very proud of my dendrobium cucumerinum (is now called dockrillia cucumerinum). It was one of my first orchids and it is the only one from the beginning period that is still alive. I bought it flowering in 1987 and it refused to flower for 15 years! Al those years it grew 3 or 4 leaves a year and in winter it lost 3 or 4 leaves as well. Three years ago it finally established and started growing well. It still isn't a very big plant, but it is flowering two times a year and growing more vigorously every year. -- Miscellaneous Info... As you might have made up out of the answers above, I live as a religious brother. My daily occupation is teaching in a school for psychiatric adolescents. That is a heavy job, so growing orchids is a very welcome diversion. And although my heart beats twice as fast when seeing orchids, I do like everything that has to do with gardening or wildlife. Greets, Niek |
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Thats not that bad an idea mate, will start the thread... I assume that you
will post a pic too??? Kye. "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Hey, what about a picture on abpo? On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:22:36 GMT, "J Fortuna" wrote: It's been about a year since we have all introduced ourselves to each other here on rgo, and I know we have newcomers (including new regulars) since then. If you are a newcomers, or if you did not respond the last time, or if your answers to "What do I grow?" or "Where do I grow?" or "biggest orchid accomplishments" have changed quite a bit in the meantime, please please respond! Even if you have responded before, here are a few reasons for you to reply again: newcomers may not know you yet, not everyone searches the archives and even if they did this kind of thread is not as easy to find since the title contains only common search words and newcomers won't know which terms to use to search for this. In November 2001 Kye posted a message containing a set of questions to encourage fellow rgo'ers to introduce themselves. I think that this is worth doing on a regular basis. So here are Kye's questions with my revised answers: --------------------------------------------------------- -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, pregnant female. :-) The baby's gender will be male, and his name shall be Robert. Only 3 more weeks till the anticipated delivery date -- and time has started to move very slowly now. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Fairfax, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA). Windowsill and shelves of a condo (shaded eastern and northern exposures with supplemental grow lights). The ground floor condo we moved to this summer provides very high humidity (earlier this year it was 60-90%, now that the heat is on it is down to 'only' 40-80%). -- What do I grow? 32 Phals/Dtps, 9 Paphs, 2 miniature cattleyas, 1 cochleanthes amazonica, 1 Phrag, 1 Burrageara and 1 Psychopsis. 47 orchids total, 21 of these were acquired in 2004, and 16 of them are 2005 acquisitions. -- The decade of my age? 3rd. -- How long have I been growing orchids? Started in April or May 2001 with an orchid that was a wedding present, and was decapitated accidentally with the window blinds a week later, and so I acquired a second to be able to truthfully say "yes, the orchid is doing beautifully" on the phone to the gift-giver of the first one. 3.5 years later, both of these orchids are doing well, and are both in double spike at this time. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Spikes, spikes, spikes! Most of my orchids are doing very well, many are in spike, and quite a few in multiple spike (4 spikes on one of the Phals), and I've had 5 Phal keikis thus far. In 4.5 years of growing orchids, I have killed only one so far -- though I anticipate that a few more may die next year unfortunately, a few are not doing well, and with the baby I will probably neglect them more, so only the sturdy ones will continue to do well. Since many of them are sturdy Phals though, I hope that most of them will be ok even with benign neglect. -- Miscellaneous Info... I am originally from Poland, and then Austria, but I have lived half my life in the US. I work as a Web developer (kind of, although by now my job seems to have shifted more toward tester -- Quality Control being really important, and me being very thorough and detail-oriented by nature). I am married to David, who is a very considerate orchid addict's spouse, and a very considerate spouse of a pregnant woman too. I think he will make a very good father. I will need to start thinking about child-proofing my orchid collection in time before the little guy becomes mobile. Best, Joanna Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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My responses to Kye's questions:
--------------------------------------------------------- -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? John Varigos - male of course - wife (Barbara) and two boys who are definitely not interested in growing orchids and who humour me my obsession! Photo over on ABPO. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? I live in an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, where the winters are reasonably mild (definitely no snow and a very occassional mild frost) allowing for outdoor growing of cool tolerant orchids but the summers can be a real beast with temperatures on some days over 40°C with less than 10% humidity. Challenging growing conditions. I have a small heated glasshouse [3m X 3m - min 14°C] and a similar size shade house covered in 50% shade cloth. I have finally negotiated with my wife to install a larger glasshouse which will more than double my area under glass. This will be installed in Autumn (March April next year). Can't wait - orchid growers nirvana - more space!! -- What do I grow? I am totally into species and have a mixed collection of about 500 from all continents except Europe and Nth America. I do have a leaning to the African/Madagascan species, Australian epiphytes and Dendrobiums especially New Guinea ones. Since my trip to Sicily and several field trips around Australia, I have also developed an interest in terrestrials and have recently started trying to grow Australian ones. -- The decade of my age? 5rd. -- How long have I been growing orchids? I started growing orchids nearly 30 years ago when my wife took me to an orchid show at a local shopping centre. She still rues the day. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Probably getting a Maxillaria sophronitis to flower after 23 years. Bought as a seedling, the plant has grown magnificently such that I now have two mounts covered in growth - but no flowers. Three years ago after many years of frustration I told it (yes I talk to my orchids) that if it didn't flower this year it I would get rid of it. Several weeks later I noticed a splash of red and found a solitary flower. It had met my challenge. Each year since it has had more flowers - just a late maturer I guess. -- Miscellaneous Info... I am a novice orchid photographer and really enjoy looking for orchids in situ. One of my life's highlights was a trip earlier this year with several mates to Borneo. There is nothing like seeing orchids in their native habitat. We are currently planning another trip for 2006, this time to Thailand, Laos and Borneo (can't wait to get back). I am pharmacologist and to pay for my excesses I have worked in the Pharmaceutical industry most of my life. I also have an academic appointment at Monash Uni Dept of Medicine. My area of expertise is coordinating large cardiovascular clinical trials. I also love my one year old chocolate Labrador, Baci. Cheers John -- John Varigos Melbourne, Australia __________________________________________ To email me remove "usenet." from my email address. |
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It will be there when I get organised.
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:41:29 GMT, "Kye" wrote: Thats not that bad an idea mate, will start the thread... I assume that you will post a pic too??? Kye. "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message .. . Hey, what about a picture on abpo? On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:22:36 GMT, "J Fortuna" wrote: It's been about a year since we have all introduced ourselves to each other here on rgo, and I know we have newcomers (including new regulars) since then. If you are a newcomers, or if you did not respond the last time, or if your answers to "What do I grow?" or "Where do I grow?" or "biggest orchid accomplishments" have changed quite a bit in the meantime, please please respond! Even if you have responded before, here are a few reasons for you to reply again: newcomers may not know you yet, not everyone searches the archives and even if they did this kind of thread is not as easy to find since the title contains only common search words and newcomers won't know which terms to use to search for this. In November 2001 Kye posted a message containing a set of questions to encourage fellow rgo'ers to introduce themselves. I think that this is worth doing on a regular basis. So here are Kye's questions with my revised answers: --------------------------------------------------------- -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, pregnant female. :-) The baby's gender will be male, and his name shall be Robert. Only 3 more weeks till the anticipated delivery date -- and time has started to move very slowly now. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Fairfax, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA). Windowsill and shelves of a condo (shaded eastern and northern exposures with supplemental grow lights). The ground floor condo we moved to this summer provides very high humidity (earlier this year it was 60-90%, now that the heat is on it is down to 'only' 40-80%). -- What do I grow? 32 Phals/Dtps, 9 Paphs, 2 miniature cattleyas, 1 cochleanthes amazonica, 1 Phrag, 1 Burrageara and 1 Psychopsis. 47 orchids total, 21 of these were acquired in 2004, and 16 of them are 2005 acquisitions. -- The decade of my age? 3rd. -- How long have I been growing orchids? Started in April or May 2001 with an orchid that was a wedding present, and was decapitated accidentally with the window blinds a week later, and so I acquired a second to be able to truthfully say "yes, the orchid is doing beautifully" on the phone to the gift-giver of the first one. 3.5 years later, both of these orchids are doing well, and are both in double spike at this time. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Spikes, spikes, spikes! Most of my orchids are doing very well, many are in spike, and quite a few in multiple spike (4 spikes on one of the Phals), and I've had 5 Phal keikis thus far. In 4.5 years of growing orchids, I have killed only one so far -- though I anticipate that a few more may die next year unfortunately, a few are not doing well, and with the baby I will probably neglect them more, so only the sturdy ones will continue to do well. Since many of them are sturdy Phals though, I hope that most of them will be ok even with benign neglect. -- Miscellaneous Info... I am originally from Poland, and then Austria, but I have lived half my life in the US. I work as a Web developer (kind of, although by now my job seems to have shifted more toward tester -- Quality Control being really important, and me being very thorough and detail-oriented by nature). I am married to David, who is a very considerate orchid addict's spouse, and a very considerate spouse of a pregnant woman too. I think he will make a very good father. I will need to start thinking about child-proofing my orchid collection in time before the little guy becomes mobile. Best, Joanna Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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This is basically a marginally edited version of my post last year. Not much
change since then. Dave Gillingham - male - age 63 I started growing orchids living in Townsville (tropical Queensland, Australia) in my early teens. My collecting was probably prompted by an older good friend who had also started collecting. In those days, & at that age, all I could afford was whatever I was able to collect, swap, or be given through the kindness of older members of the Townsville Orchid Society. That probably started my abiding interest in native dendrobes. I am much clearer on why I *continued* to collect orchids: There was this girl across the road from my home who also decided to be interested in them. Assisting her to expand her collection (ie me scouring the local bush for plants for her collection) was good for lots of brownie points. Unfortunately, around about the time there were no new types to collect, a sort of friend of mine became an apprentice carpenter. He decided it would be a good idea to build her a shade house with scrap material from his worksites. My brownie total faded rapidly into insignificance :-( Family moved south to Brisbane - most of the collection died in the back of a removal van in the midst of a Queensland summer. University, work, marriage, kids (beloved wife & 3 lovely girls) etc, and, while the interest remained, the commitment faded. The only plant I still have from those days is a D. discolor I collected from Magnetic Island. (In those days there was no concern about collecting, and we only ever took one or two plants). Its descendant bulbs are now growing on a bloodwood in our yard. After retiring, one of my projects was to construct a rainforest area beside a gully running through our property. One daughter, knowing of my interest in orchids, gave me four intending that they be tied to trees in the rainforest. It seemed wrong to do that, so I bought a weldmesh shelf, mounted it on star pickets by the edge of the rainforest with an easterly aspect, & put the plants there. Well, there was spare space on the shelf, wasn't there? So I bought a couple more. Or so. Then I bought another shelf to take the overflow. Spare space - more plants - overflow - third 2.4 metre shelf - overflow - replace three 2.4 m x 450 mm (ie 8' x 18") shelves with three 2.4 m x 600 mm shelves - more plants - new shelf currently required to help with about 200 plants. (That was last year. It's now four 2.4 m x 600 mm shelves, with one of the old ones pressed back into service as well, and nearly 300 plants. In my current incarnation I've been growing for about three years. I've joined the local branch of the Australasian Native Orchid Society, where I feel to be the least knowledgeable of members. Accomplishments? Not sure there are any of note - I just love growing them & seeing them thrive. My collection now is at least 10 times the size of the one from my youth, so the outlook has changed. Some of the "specialness" has disappeared. With the small collection of my teens, every plant was an individual. A new root was a matter for joy, & was monitored closely. A new shoot was cause for celebration - and for devastation if anything happened to it. Flower spike? Break out the champagne - weeelll, at that stage, the Coca Cola & celebrate with the girl across the road. I certainly wouldn't part with any of my collection, but I do miss those days when there was such joy in the performance of individual plants that were almost part of the family. But they're still fun. Other interests? Quite a few. I never grew out of the little boy who raced out into the yard whenever a plane flew over. Airshow photography is a keen interest, & I learned to fly after retiring. Wish I could afford to do it more. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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-- Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Reka, female. -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Margreid, Italy, though I am a native of Oregon. I have a south-facing sun room walled in on three sides, the south side a wall of windows about 10' wide and 10-15' tall on the third and top floor of our condominium building. I only actively use the lower 4 feet. Who knows, that may change - I have thought of a system of pulleys... In addition, I have a cart with four 40cmx60cm shelves, each with two fluorescent lights. And a few windowsills throughout the rest of the apartment... -- What do I grow? Yikes! My daughter counted my orchids well over three months ago and ended up with 111. God only knows how many there are now. I have mainly Phals, but also Catt alliance, Oncidium alliance, Dens, a few Paphs, a Masdevallia, a Maxillaria, a Ludisia, a Rhynchostylis and a Vanda. And probably a few others I have forgotten about. My true love (at the moment) are Phal species and some primary hybrids, which I have all too few of. -- The decade of my age? 4th. -- How long have I been growing orchids? I got an orchid twenty years ago, even two or three, but the apartment I had didn't have good windows for orchids. They survived, but nothing more, until we moved into our condo in 1994. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Not yet driving my husband out of the house with my expanding collection and also my moral fortitude in not buying too many more lately! Not really an accomplishment, but going to WOC in Dijon was thrilling, even with a 100°+ fever! -- Miscellaneous Info... I have helped organize the first orchid club in our area, with a total of 40+ members since the beginning of the year. I am the secretary of the club. We organized our first show in the winter of 2005 which attracted over 3000 visitors. Our next show will take place in a nearby castle in 2006. My son helped at the show last year and got along so well with the vendors that he came home with 7 orchids of his own, including the Epi. difforme I posted recently on abpo. My kids take active interest in my orchids, and my husband enjoys the greenery in the sun room, and the fluorescents on the short winter days (The sun goes behind the Dolomite mountains looming directly behind our house at 1:30 p.m. right now - but my favorite day of the year, the winter solstice, is not far away!). -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html |
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:35:03 +0100, Reka wrote:
[Big snip] (The sun goes behind the Dolomite mountains looming directly behind our house at 1:30 p.m. right now - but my favorite day of the year, the winter solstice, is not far away!). Do you love the winter solstice for the time of year, or because it can only get better from there? "Ah wind, if Winter comes can Spring be far behind?" Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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As I have only recently joined this group, I figured it would be as
good a time as any to follow up on the 'who am I, where do I grow, what do I grow, Who did that!,' and questions of that nature. Who am I and What Is My Gender? I am Tony Watkinson and I am definitely a male. Retired to grow orchids with my wife of 43 years. (that must be some achievement in itself these days) Where am I and where do I grow. We live in Perth, Western Australia where the weather is mild during the winter with only a very rare frost, but the summers are long and dry (as in no rain from November to April) and hot. Sometimes we get a heatwave of over 100F for a week or two. Tricky conditions for orchids. I have a hothouse 6m x 4m attached to the back of the house facing north, (Southern hemisphere) and a 'bush house' covered in a form of shadecloth that is sandwiched inside layers of plastic, (I don't know what you would call that stuff where you are) and open at the ends. Both are equipped with swamp coolers which help to keep the heat down and add to the humidity as well. What do I grow? Well I started with Hardcane Dendrobiums an Phalaenopsis, then added bits and pieces along the way. A friend tried to persuade me to join a species orchid society but I explained that I really didn't have many of those. I went home and counted the species. 48! So I joined the Species Orchid Society of WA and am currently getting toward the end of my second, two year term as President. I have substantially more than 48 species orchids now but I am not game to try to count them. I still have many Dens & Phals both species and hybrids. The decade of my age? the 6th unfortunately How long have I been growing orchids? Since 1989 My biggest orchid accomplishment Isn't it funny how you look at a question like that and think 'well, nothing much I suppose' and then the penny drops and you see that you may well have achieved much more than you realise. I guess my biggest accomplishment is the web site that I put together using the pictures of Western Australian native terrestrial orchids that had been taken by the late Ron Heberle. It is quite huge and uses the best part of 70 mb. The ongoing costs are met by the Species Orchid Society of WA as meeting those costs would be quite beyond Mavis and I. Ron Heberle lived long enough to see the finished product and was over the moon, as he had expected his lifes work to disappear when he died. If you want to take a look, feel free but be aware that there are over 1000 pictures there. http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page18.html Miscellaneous Info... Both Mavis and I were born in Britain and came to Australia with our families when we were teenagers. We have one daughter and two grandson and an Airdale called Poppet. Happy growing Tony |
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Welcome, Tony. Do you grow any of the WA terrestrials? Several members of our
society went over for the conference recently past. Were you there? Given your interests, it's a shame the WA climate precludes native epiphytes. That must also be a bit of a trial for growing the hardcane Dens you have! On 16 Dec 2005 20:24:29 -0800, "emntee" wrote: As I have only recently joined this group, I figured it would be as good a time as any to follow up on the 'who am I, where do I grow, what do I grow, Who did that!,' and questions of that nature. Who am I and What Is My Gender? I am Tony Watkinson and I am definitely a male. Retired to grow orchids with my wife of 43 years. (that must be some achievement in itself these days) Where am I and where do I grow. We live in Perth, Western Australia where the weather is mild during the winter with only a very rare frost, but the summers are long and dry (as in no rain from November to April) and hot. Sometimes we get a heatwave of over 100F for a week or two. Tricky conditions for orchids. I have a hothouse 6m x 4m attached to the back of the house facing north, (Southern hemisphere) and a 'bush house' covered in a form of shadecloth that is sandwiched inside layers of plastic, (I don't know what you would call that stuff where you are) and open at the ends. Both are equipped with swamp coolers which help to keep the heat down and add to the humidity as well. What do I grow? Well I started with Hardcane Dendrobiums an Phalaenopsis, then added bits and pieces along the way. A friend tried to persuade me to join a species orchid society but I explained that I really didn't have many of those. I went home and counted the species. 48! So I joined the Species Orchid Society of WA and am currently getting toward the end of my second, two year term as President. I have substantially more than 48 species orchids now but I am not game to try to count them. I still have many Dens & Phals both species and hybrids. The decade of my age? the 6th unfortunately How long have I been growing orchids? Since 1989 My biggest orchid accomplishment Isn't it funny how you look at a question like that and think 'well, nothing much I suppose' and then the penny drops and you see that you may well have achieved much more than you realise. I guess my biggest accomplishment is the web site that I put together using the pictures of Western Australian native terrestrial orchids that had been taken by the late Ron Heberle. It is quite huge and uses the best part of 70 mb. The ongoing costs are met by the Species Orchid Society of WA as meeting those costs would be quite beyond Mavis and I. Ron Heberle lived long enough to see the finished product and was over the moon, as he had expected his lifes work to disappear when he died. If you want to take a look, feel free but be aware that there are over 1000 pictures there. http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page18.html Miscellaneous Info... Both Mavis and I were born in Britain and came to Australia with our families when we were teenagers. We have one daughter and two grandson and an Airdale called Poppet. Happy growing Tony Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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says... I guess my biggest accomplishment is the web site that I put together using the pictures of Western Australian native terrestrial orchids that had been taken by the late Ron Heberle. It is quite huge and uses the best part of 70 mb. The ongoing costs are met by the Species Orchid Society of WA as meeting those costs would be quite beyond Mavis and I. Ron Heberle lived long enough to see the finished product and was over the moon, as he had expected his lifes work to disappear when he died. If you want to take a look, feel free but be aware that there are over 1000 pictures there. http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page18.html Ohmigod! A whole page of Thelymitras...I have died and gone to heaven! Beautiful pictures. Welcome to the group. -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html |
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Hi Tony
Welcome to the group. I was fortunate to visit with Graham and Margaret Bowden earlier this year and Graham showed me the original photos taken by Ron. The colours are quite spectacular. We also went to the salvage site at the end of the freeway plus visited his brother's property in the Perth hills looking for orchids. Visiting with Graham and Margaret got me interested in the native terrestrials and I couldn't resist joining your club and bringing some home. Cheers John -- John Varigos Melbourne, Australia __________________________________________ To email me remove "usenet." from my email address. "emntee" wrote in message oups.com... As I have only recently joined this group, I figured it would be as good a time as any to follow up on the 'who am I, where do I grow, what do I grow, Who did that!,' and questions of that nature. |
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Thanks for the nice welcome
Dave said... Welcome, Tony. Do you grow any of the WA terrestrials? I do indeed. They are so easy to grow here as all we have to do is leave the pots outside all year. They have the same conditions that they have in the bush. Several members of our society went over for the conference recently past. Were you there? Was I what!! Mavis and I were on the organising Committee. We had a ball. And managed to get the best Species and the Best Dendrobium too. You can see all the results here http://www.orchidswa.org.au/Conference%20Photos.htm Two years of planning and it all came together just nicely. So long as you ignore a few blips. But there are always a few blips. We plan to do it all again in three years time and have learned heaps from our first effort. Given your interests, it's a shame the WA climate precludes native epiphytes. That must also be a bit of a trial for growing the hardcane Dens you have! No. actually Aust Natives are very forgiving and so long as they get their fair share of water, they will do very well.same applies to the Hardcanes. Reka said Ohmigod! A whole page of Thelymitras... No. Far more than a whole page. I haven't counted the pages recently but I think it is in the order of around 250 pages of Thelymitras. I have died and gone to heaven! No. Heaven is in WA ;-) Beautiful pictures. Thank you. I only wish I had taken them. But Ron Heberle will be smiling in his grave at your comments. John Varigos said Hi Tony Welcome to the group. I was fortunate to visit with Graham and Margaret Bowden earlier this year I was sorry to have missed you. and Graham showed me the original photos taken by Ron. The colours are quite spectacular. Ron was a self taught photographer. Indeed he was a self taught everything, and his pix are indeed great. You can see why I wanted to put them on the web. We also went to the salvage site at the end of the freeway I did a bit on this for the Orchid Safari a while back. You can see it here. http://www.orchidtrek.com/aussie/aus...servation.html Visiting with Graham and Margaret got me interested in the native terrestrials and I couldn't resist joining your club and bringing some home. I was aware that you were now a bona fide member of the Sp Orchid Soc of WA and you are most welcome.I believe you are on the mailing list for the monthly on line newsletter too, but here is the url if you are not. http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemntee/page17.html Tony |
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:22:36 GMT in 0P1of.56647$7r6.6147@trnddc07 J Fortuna wrote:
-- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Chris Dukes and I'll lump in my fiance Liz. As for gender, I'll let ya'll figure that out lest I decide to instigate arguments on perception of gender, gender roles in society, sexism... -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Efland, NC. Windowsill and some flourescent lighted shelves in my tiny little house in the middle of nowhere. Raleigh, NC. Windowsill with incadescent grow light assist. Once work becomes sane I'll be moving a small greenhouse up from SC. -- What do I grow? I can't remember everything Liz has Atleast 11 Dendrobiums ~9 Phals and relatives ~16 Oncidium Aliance that aren't Tolumnia atleast 3 paphs atleast 3 phrags 3 ludisia (4 counting the one I used as change when selling a computer) 8 vandaceous orchids 8 Tolumnia and tolumnia intergenics 1 Cat. Non orchids, I grow african violets, zygocacti, jerusalem cherry, spider plants, herbs, oak trees, golden rain trees, daylilies (Sprouting them from seed is fun). -- The decade of my age? I've finished 3 decades and am working on my 4th. -- How long have I been growing orchids? Started spring 2004 with a Phal for my mom for Mother's day. It seemed like a better deal than the miniature roses I normally bought for her. The addiction started when a local grocery store sold off their most abused orchids for ~$5 each. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? I remain impressed that the first orchid I was able to rebloom was a Noble type Dendrobium. Granted it's a Super Ise, but still. The first Phal I didn't kill is now reblooming on its first spike and trying to take over the den with the spike it produced this fall. All of the older miltonidium are in spike, the oldest having produced a panacle with 100+ blooms last month. -- Miscellaneous Info... I work for a small telecommunications equipment company and I am currently overly busy with a beta test/major upgrade. If your phone suddenly stops working this Christmas, you can blame me, but it's probably your telco's fault :-). If you google stalk me, yes I am that troll from the BSD newsgroups. Because Liz has kids already, I'm busy thinking of ways to make space for them, and I'll probably be putting up a couple lean-to greenhouses on additions to the house. The eldest daughter doesn't understand our obsession at all, but she's an incredible artist that has shown quite a bit of skill at botanical sketches. If she isn't careful, she'll be designing stencils for replacing the wallpaper with botanical stencils derived from my plants. -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil |
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-- Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Eric, Male -- Where am I? Where do I grow? San Francisco, I just moved into a new apartment with a small shared backyard! I plan to grow cool to cold growing species - primarily masdevallias, pleurothallis, and maxillarias out in the back. I've got a couple art-shade phals growing in the kitchen, they're fun to dote on while tooling around the kitchen. I have been a volunteer for OrchidMania (www.orchids.org) for about 4 years now. Most Sundays I can be found working at our San Francisco greenhouse. -- What do I grow? In the past, I've had as many as 150 plants in a very large Victorian flat. Then the Lean Years when I could only grow a very limited number in my north facing bay window - about five orchid plants and a slightly higher number of houseplants. Bloomed every one of the orchids, though! Not much actively growing now due to the move to a new apartment, but plan on growing cool to cold growing andean species such as masdevallia, pleurothallis, maxillaria, etc. I have space for a couple dozen most likely - a nice, manageable increase. -- The decade of my age? 3rd -- How long have I been growing orchids? About 5 years. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Reblooming anything (but definitely not even close to everything!) in my collection. =) -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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I'm Ray, male, 53 years old.
I've been growing orchids since grad school, so that makes it 30 years at this point. I grow anything that catches my eye, but am particularly fond of slippers, all sorts of vandaceous plants, encyclias and odd-ball species. I suppose most would say that my greatest accomplishment has been coming up with semi-hydroponic culture, but to me it's not throwing in the towel after a heater failure on a seven-degree (F) night that wiped out a 20-year collection of stuff, including irreplaceable plants I collected while traveling the world on business. I have another opportunity to test my desire to go on right now, as my propane supplier was kind enough to run me out of fuel on a 5° night just last week. Fortunately, it wasn't a total wipe out (looks like the heat went off right at dawn), but I have a lot of trimming to do while on Christmas vacation. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! |
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I suppose most would say that my greatest accomplishment has been coming up with semi-hydroponic culture, but to me it's not throwing in the towel after a heater failure on a seven-degree (F) night that wiped out a 20-year collection of stuff, including irreplaceable plants I collected while traveling the world on business. I have another opportunity to test my desire to go on right now, as my propane supplier was kind enough to run me out of fuel on a 5° night just last week. Fortunately, it wasn't a total wipe out (looks like the heat went off right at dawn), but I have a lot of trimming to do while on Christmas vacation. Ouch, Ray... Had almost the same experience the day after thanksgiving. Fortunately I checked the gauge on the tank, which was reading zero but not quite at zero... Had a firm (but polite, of course) talk with the driver who delivers my fuel, who had been out two days prior delivering fuel to my neighbor... He knows to check my tank now. This reinforces my thought of last night, which was... "Maybe I'd better get my kerosene turbo heater set up in the greenhouse today, just in case". And I'll check the propane tank, too. -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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-- Who am I and What Is My Gender?
danny, male -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Atlanta (northern suburb). Mostly grow under lights in the basement (fluorescent and metal halide lighting), the overflow is staying in the sunroom for now. -- What do I grow? Very mixed collection, anything that isn't a cool-grower. Somewhere around five hundred plants now, about half of them are species. -- The decade of my age? I've completed three decades. -- How long have I been growing orchids? I got my first orchids in November 2000. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Surviving my first two years as society newsletter editor. Killing less than 20% of my purchases. |
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Bob Campoli, Male
49yrs old Orchids, Bromeliads, Cacti and Bonsai. The orchids are a mix of species and hybrids; most of the broms are various varieties of Tillandsia ionantha, and about a half dozen other species (I like tucking a pup or two amongst the ps'bulbs of the orchids). Cacti - 3 Gymnocalycium, 2 Rhipsalis, and one each Astrophytum, Mammillaria and Lobivia. Most are growing in my living room window and some in my bedroom window. Both windows face East (more or less). There are 9 Bonsai, all of which started out as rescued shrubs/trees from box store nurseries. They are a Pine, a Juniper, a Maple, a Redbud (Cercis), 2 False Cypress, an Arborvitae and 2 Abies. They live outside all year. I live in Philadelphia, Pa - U.S.A. Married 26 years - 5 kids, 3 grandkids; growing plants about 28 years, focusing on orchids for about 6 years. A couple of the Bonsai I've been working with for over twenty years. I've always had an aquarium or three set up since I was 11 years old ( currently just one 75 gallon freshwater), and have a glass bowl with some Cryptocoryne, an aquatic plant. |
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Sorry about that Ray,
No matter how many backup systems and alarms we put in, greenhouses find a way. It is a crazy business taking crazy people. It does not take very much bad to make the whole greenhouse look very bad. Maybe the trimming will not be as much. (Polly Anna mask up) You know, maybe the cold will kick some stuff that you have not seen for a while into bloom. (mask down) Otherwise, Solstice and happy other holidays. Pat "Ray" wrote in message . .. traveling the world on business. I have another opportunity to test my desire to go on right now, as my propane supplier was kind enough to run me out of fuel on a 5° night just last week. Fortunately, it wasn't a total wipe out (looks like the heat went off right at dawn), but I have a lot of trimming to do while on Christmas vacation. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! |
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You know Pat, it's really weird.
I have ascocendas that are dead, but they are right next to others that came through unscathed. Even some in spike! Mushy phals next to others in spike that look happy as clams. A colony of paphs in a large pot - some spikes lost, others continuing to open. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "Pat Brennan" wrote in message ... Sorry about that Ray, No matter how many backup systems and alarms we put in, greenhouses find a way. It is a crazy business taking crazy people. It does not take very much bad to make the whole greenhouse look very bad. Maybe the trimming will not be as much. (Polly Anna mask up) You know, maybe the cold will kick some stuff that you have not seen for a while into bloom. (mask down) Otherwise, Solstice and happy other holidays. Pat "Ray" wrote in message . .. traveling the world on business. I have another opportunity to test my desire to go on right now, as my propane supplier was kind enough to run me out of fuel on a 5° night just last week. Fortunately, it wasn't a total wipe out (looks like the heat went off right at dawn), but I have a lot of trimming to do while on Christmas vacation. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! |
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-- Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Maia, female -- Where am I? Where do I grow? Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My (west facing) windowsill at work. -- What do I grow? I am only starting, have two plants, one is - I think - a Beallaras Oncidium hybrid and the other is a Phal. I want more, but too expensive. Age? 26 -- How long have I been growing orchids? Less than a year. -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? They are still alive and growing! -- Miscellaneous Info... I am a statisitician and mathematician, I would be a gardener I think, if I hadn't spend so long is school. Now I need to work. |
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says... ~ -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? ~ ~Maia, female ~ ~-- Where am I? Where do I grow? ~ ~Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My (west facing) windowsill at work. ~ ~-- What do I grow? ~ ~I am only starting, have two plants, one is - I think - a Beallaras ~Oncidium hybrid and the other is a Phal. I want more, but too ~expensive. ~ ~Age? ~ ~26 ~ ~-- How long have I been growing orchids? ~ ~Less than a year. ~ ~-- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? ~ ~They are still alive and growing! ~ ~-- Miscellaneous Info... ~ ~I am a statisitician and mathematician, I would be a gardener I think, ~if I hadn't spend so long is school. Now I need to work. ~ ~ Hello, Maia! Join an orchid society! You will meet nice people, learn lots, and best of all, may be able to feed your habit more cheaply there. And, depending on how much less than a year, I would say your biggest accomplishment may be having only two orchids. It is an addictive hobby. And work until you amass enough money, then go and be a gardener anyway! :-) -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html |
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Welcome, Maia!
Okay, guess it's my turn. Diana Kulaga, Port St. Lucie, Florida. Um, I'm a gal, according to my ever patient husband. We have 250-300 orchids and grow outside around and near the pool, under screening. We have lots of Cattleyas, many Dendrobiums and a load of Vandaceous plants. Oncidium intergenerics and plenty of odds and ends hang out with us, and we grow a bunch of Phals on the patio under cover. We outgrew the pool area a few years ago and added a 12 x 18 extension to the original screen cage. I'm 62 and vice president of the local orchid society. We've been collecting since we bought our first 2 orchids (2 no-tag Dends - who knew??) in late 1999. We try to sell divisions at society meetings and auctions, in order to make room for new ones and the annual Redland orgy plants. I can think of two accomplishments. The first is that I don't have 1,000 orchids! I call that will power! The second is that my husband, Frank, no longer denies that he grows orchids. That stopped when he said he would "specialize in Vandas", which then became "specializing in Phals", LOL. As for miscellaneous stuff, no one is more surprised than am I by the fact that orchids are now a passion for me. I never would have predicted that. Before moving to FL from CT, I wrote seminar material and did motivational speaking gigs. I started a novel prior to moving, but it has taken a back seat to my primary addiction. One day, I'll get it done, though the theme has changed to include - you guessed it - orchids! DK |
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Oh, golly, so has mine....
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message .. . I started a novel prior to moving, but it has taken a back seat to my primary addiction. One day, I'll get it done, though the theme has changed to include - you guessed it - orchids! DK |
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Oh, golly, so has mine....
The story of an orchid fanatic's life....... Diana |
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Who am I?
Well that is the question I ask on a weekly basis and it is always evolvin. They call me Nanook (big Zappa fan...Frank that is) male Where am I? Where do I grow? Atlanta and one hundred miles south in Roberta Georgia. All over the house, In a propagation room downstairs und er HFL, HPS, and MH lights as well as regular Floros everywhere,on a sun porch (all glass) on a deck, in the trees, hangin under the overhang of the house in ATL. around the pool, in an out building and in a sun porch in Roberta. What do I grow? Mainly just Stanhopeas from flask. I buy from all over the world, either ordering or going and hand picking the flasks I want myself. It's a good excuse to get away. I do have a couple hundred other types but they are just for blooms to make the wife unit happy. Gosh, no telling how many actuall orchids I have. So many are compots of twenty to sixty plants. I also board for a few people. I'm guessin at 800 to 1000 The decade of my age? 4th How long have I been growing orchids? All my life I have had one or two here and there but my wife gave me a Phal for valantines day some 6 or 8 years ago and that kicked it into high gear. My mother was a huge house plant grower and garden club addict. We also grew all our own organic food, vegies, rabbits and chickens. I was a very large scale pot farmer as a teen, where I experimented with Hydro, sort of what what Ray calls semi-hydro and the ebb and flow. My biggest accomplishment? I am still working on it. The right medium and basket or mount to grow a Stan as a house plant in regular house humidity. But the main accomplishment is just learning on my own how to raise all types from flask. Misc info Am orig from Al been a motorcycle street racer and mechanic. Learned a now useless skill of TV repair back in the 70s. Organic chem. to learn how to manufacture substances for abuse. Office equip repair and computer output microfilm Field service covered southern US 20 years in microfilm and scanning in the banking industry. The same 20 years also was house electrician, master electrician and board opp for live theatre. Now work for the Atl Journal and the New York Times as an IT guy, comp satt. uplink, film proc., proofers Imagers on and on...... Am lookin to give it up and just raise plants |
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Hi All,
Ok, my turn! -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? My name is Jo, I'm Female (last time I checked) and I'm an Orchidoholic! -- Where am I? Where do I grow? I'm on the South Coast of Western Australia in a place called Albany, I grow my orchids on my back verandah/porch. -- What do I grow? Den Kingianum Hybrids, about 15 now I think, a Paph, Epidendrum, two Dens and 4 Cymbidium. I recently lashed out and brough a flask of Den Kingie Hybrid seedlings, called (Wait for it...!) Den Intense x Class 'Musky' x Aust Rose Beauty 'Pink Delight' HCC/AOC. I've brought a tiny Greenhouse to house them in once deflasked :) -- The decade of my age? Most people think I'm in the second decade but actually starting my 3rd. -- How long have I been growing orchids? Oh I just checked and realised I've been growing orchids since 2004 so that's how long now? . -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Not killing them!! Oh, and getting them to Flower! Last big accomplishment, that I haven't got 100 Orchids by now! -- Miscellaneous Info... I live in a rented property with my Two Children, a Son, 10 and Daughter, 7. My Daughter is showing some interest in Orchids, hoping to pass the Orchid addiction along to her :) Pets? One Cat, one Canary and one Hermit Crab. I'm currently Studing my Bachelor of Arts in Internet Study and Design. After 3 years I should be able to do a proper Website for just about anyone :) |
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Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many
people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. -danny |
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What'd ya hafta go and confuse everyone now for! =)
-Eric "danny" wrote in message .. . Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. -danny |
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Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many
people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. Picky, picky, picky!! Diana |
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decades completed... 3 of 7
"Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... What'd ya hafta go and confuse everyone now for! =) -Eric "danny" wrote in message .. . Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. -danny |
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LOL!! The millennium debate all over again!
Therefo I'm in my 6th decade although my age begins with a 5. I live in N California in the greater San Francisco Bay area, however on the warmer/drier side of it. I've been growing orchids since 1993 (I'm pretty sure of the date) and have been posting on rgo since finding a link on the old Pathfinder version of the AOS homepage and forum over Christmas break in 1994. Else I'd never have known that Usenet existed. I believe (and I trust danny to correct me if I'm wrong) that puts me in my second decade of posting to rgo. Sounds impressive if you put it that way. *G* I grow a wide array of hybrids and species. First on windowsills, then under lights and finally in a greenhouse I built (then added to) myself. I tend to like orchids that don't stay in flower too long (4 weeks is the max I can stand looking at the same old flower) and I must be a masochist, because if an orchid blooms easily and without much tweaking then it can't be any good. My new year's resolution is to break myself of that notion. I have a feeling its related to the rush Sally Field felt when she gushed her Oscar acceptance speech. They must like me, they must really *like* me!! I haven't achieved my greatest orchid achievement yet. Like RFK I dream dreams and ask 'Why not?' I'd love to get a CCM one day. People sneer, but to have an award that says dang, girl, you grew that well! would really make me insufferable to live with for a few days! I'd love to be the one to figure out how to get Reiner's Australian terrestrials to grow here in America. (in my backyard, of course -- self serving as always. *G*!) And since I finally entered into the world of hobbyist hybridizers, I hope that my hybrids will be the next George King 'Serendipity' and Goldenzelle 'Lemon Chiffon' of the cattleya world, LOL! Until then I'll have to content myself with what I've got. My one claim to fame - if you can call it that - is I edit the OrchidSafari Archives (http://www.geocities.com/brassia.geo/OSTA.html) and http://www.orchidsafari.org. I'm rather happy about that. OrchidSafari still exists as a chat group. http://anam.keltik.net (please accept cookies from keltik else you'll never be able to get in to chat) And we also present as solid a source of information on orchid topics that we can think up. I'm currently negociating with the heirs of Herb Hager to get some of his old AOS articles online. I think they're still pertinant. I have some of Gavino Rotor's works online with permission of the heirs. If anyone wants or has any other of Gavino's works you'd like to see online let me know because I've posted what I've been able to lay my hands on. This stuff shouldn't be buried in the back issues of the AOS Bulletin or the Orchid Digest Corp. But don't get me started... I webmaster the Pacific Central Judging Center's webpage http://www.aospacificcentral.org and will webmaster the page for the new judging center for the California Central Valley and Reno region, URL TBA (ie. whenever I get off my butt to register a name and get space.) Eric Hunt and I met here on rgo and through that association we've been able to show many pictures of plants awarded in our region. I'm rather proud of that too. And it wouldn't work if I didn't have Eric. I don't think people outside the Center really realize that, so I'll say it out loud here. Thanks Eric for all you do for us at the Center as well as us here at rgo. I know it seems like all you do is show pictures but there's more than meets the eye to that. Your knowledge expands our knowledge. But I digress. This is supposed to be about *me*. But how can this be about me when me is about us? I wouldn't know jack shit if I hadn't found cyberspace when I did. Or rgo. I haven't given back a 10th of what I've gotten from you all. So I'll shut up now and say Merry Christmas to everyone. And thanks for a great 11 years. K Barrett Eric Hunt wrote: What'd ya hafta go and confuse everyone now for! =) -Eric "danny" wrote in message .. . Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. -danny |
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Are you basing that on expected lifespan, or is that when the mothership
will come to take you home? :-) -danny "Al" wrote in message ... decades completed... 3 of 7 "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... What'd ya hafta go and confuse everyone now for! =) -Eric "danny" wrote in message .. . Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. -danny |
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I haven't given back a 10th of what I've gotten from you all.
I'll take issue with that, Kathy. You give plenty - everything from information to moral support. And then, there's always *Crisp Beef*, LOL! Diana |
Who We Are revisited
there's a mothership? I've actually completed 4, not 3 decades, and am
seriously thinking of finishing the 5th off early just to get it out of the way. I hate the "Red Convertible" years and I am starting to feel their pull. "danny" wrote in message ... Are you basing that on expected lifespan, or is that when the mothership will come to take you home? :-) -danny "Al" wrote in message ... decades completed... 3 of 7 "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... What'd ya hafta go and confuse everyone now for! =) -Eric "danny" wrote in message .. . Just as a general comment, it seems that for "The decade of my age" many people are using the first digit of their age. This ignores the first decade they lived. Someone in their 30's is in their 4th decade, not their 3rd. -danny |
Who We Are revisited
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:17:25 -0500, "Ray"
wrote: Fortunately, it wasn't a total wipe out (looks like the heat went off right at dawn), but I have a lot of trimming to do while on Christmas vacation. Glad to hear your only trimming. Who: John and SuE on the Front Range in Colorado. We moved here from Chicago in '83 with a temperature controlled truck and a load of large Cattleyas, a few Paphs, a couple of Cymbidiums and Encyclias. We have been growing over 30 years (can't agree on the date). Anyone know when in the 70's Illinois Orchid Society hosted AOS at the gardens in Glenco? I volunteered and held the door so people could unload cars in February "Chicago Snow & Cold." Spent all day being teased by a gentleman named Don Cox. That spring I helped him repot and at the end of the weekend had 50 Catt backbulbs and a mentor. We lost the collection to a broken thermostat that allowed the gh to get so cold that the plastic water pipes burst. Trying to empty the gh was so depressing we just fixed and pipes turned the water back on and left some of the pots hanging until summer. When everything was cleaned out there were still 50 plants alive in the collection. We now consider the freeze an "opportunity" to change the direction of the collection. My collection turned to Ascda and vandaceous, from it's Catt base. John has always favored Paphs and Phrags once he discovered them. John is retired from "I've Been Moved" and I finally have the time to travel and have become a student Judge. We now make most AOS shows. Don't look for us in '06, we will wait until the WOC for FL. I am planning to be in Madison judging at the Orchid Guild's Show in February. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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