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Who We Are (revisited)
Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers who wish to participate). Here are Kye's questions and my answers: Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, guess Where am I? Where do I grow? Alexandria, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA) -- new US Citizen :-) Windowsills and shelves of one and a half bedroom apartment (northern exposure with supplemental grow lights) What do I grow? 11 Phals/Dtps + 1 cochleanthes amazonica The decade of my age? 30s How long have I been growing orchids? It will be 3 years in 2003. Got my first orchid as a wedding gift -- probably would not have gotten as hooked into the hobby if I had not accidentally decapitated it a couple of weeks later. Remorse was a strong initial driver. Then a keiki. Then reblooming. And then I became an addict. I am beginning to feel the craving again ... DC Orchid Fair next weekend, perfect timing! My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Getting 5 of my orchids to rebloom or initiate spike under my care so far, and those that I have had long enough, have rebloomed more than once. :-) Miscellanious Info... I am a Web application developer, working as a contractor for the federal government (they closed 3 hours early today because of snow/ice). I tend to get really excited by whatever my main passion of the hour/day/month/year/decade is (orchids, crocheting, reading, Web searching, etc.). |
Who We Are (revisited)
My turn now! | | Who am I and What Is My Gender? Claude and I`m a man | Where am I? Where do I grow? I`m now in Montréal, Canada, where it`s FREEZING COLD NOW ! I grow on wooden shelving unit under fluorescent light. | What do I grow? 16 Phals/Dtps + 5 Paph and 2 Oncidiums | The decade of my age? 40`s How long have I been growing orchids? I started growing orchid after I rescued a poor dying Phal from one of my friend. After the kidnapping, I went to my local library and with all the care I could give it, It bloom within a year. I was addicted! | My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Getting an orchid from OrchidExpo, the seller told me that it will not bloom before 2 or 3 years. It`s blooming since last september! | Miscellanious Info... I`m a nurse working in a CVT unit, Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic surgery unit. Very stressing job. I work on 12 hours shift. Orchid is a nice way to cope with stress. I`m also gay and I live in couple since 14 years. I`m also french canadian and I do lots of mistake in english!! :-) Bye Claude |
Who We Are (revisited)
Hi Joanna, I am truly impressed with your searching abilities.
I tried to do one on Google but I get nothing? Kye started this in ABPO & just about everyone in the group replied. Do you use the 'advanced search' feature? What do you type in other than the News Group. -- Cheers Wendy (who is not a puter guru) Remove PETERPAN for email reply "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... : Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001 : http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au : Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think : this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers : who wish to participate). : : Here are Kye's questions and my answers: : : Who am I and What Is My Gender? : : Joanna, guess : : Where am I? Where do I grow? : : Alexandria, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA) -- new US Citizen :-) : Windowsills and shelves of one and a half bedroom apartment (northern : exposure with supplemental grow lights) : : What do I grow? : : 11 Phals/Dtps + 1 cochleanthes amazonica : : The decade of my age? : : 30s : : How long have I been growing orchids? : : It will be 3 years in 2003. Got my first orchid as a wedding gift -- : probably would not have gotten as hooked into the hobby if I had not : accidentally decapitated it a couple of weeks later. Remorse was a strong : initial driver. Then a keiki. Then reblooming. And then I became an addict. : I am beginning to feel the craving again ... DC Orchid Fair next weekend, : perfect timing! : : My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? : : Getting 5 of my orchids to rebloom or initiate spike under my care so : far, and those that I have had long enough, have rebloomed more than once. : :-) : : Miscellanious Info... : : I am a Web application developer, working as a contractor for the : federal government (they closed 3 hours early today because of snow/ice). I : tend to get really excited by whatever my main passion of the : hour/day/month/year/decade is (orchids, crocheting, reading, Web searching, : etc.). : : |
Who We Are (revisited)
Wendy,
Thank you! :-) And in case you would miss it otherwise, I started a new thread with a huge message (sorry, got a bit too enthusiastic) entitled "rgo archive search 101" in reply to your post. Best, Joanna "Wendy" wrote in message news:tiQRb.5627$fD.4150@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, I am truly impressed with your searching abilities. I tried to do one on Google but I get nothing? Kye started this in ABPO & just about everyone in the group replied. Do you use the 'advanced search' feature? What do you type in other than the News Group. -- Cheers Wendy (who is not a puter guru) Remove PETERPAN for email reply "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... : Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001 : http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au : Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think : this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers : who wish to participate). : : Here are Kye's questions and my answers: : : Who am I and What Is My Gender? : : Joanna, guess : : Where am I? Where do I grow? : : Alexandria, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA) -- new US Citizen :-) : Windowsills and shelves of one and a half bedroom apartment (northern : exposure with supplemental grow lights) : : What do I grow? : : 11 Phals/Dtps + 1 cochleanthes amazonica : : The decade of my age? : : 30s : : How long have I been growing orchids? : : It will be 3 years in 2003. Got my first orchid as a wedding gift -- : probably would not have gotten as hooked into the hobby if I had not : accidentally decapitated it a couple of weeks later. Remorse was a strong : initial driver. Then a keiki. Then reblooming. And then I became an addict. : I am beginning to feel the craving again ... DC Orchid Fair next weekend, : perfect timing! : : My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? : : Getting 5 of my orchids to rebloom or initiate spike under my care so : far, and those that I have had long enough, have rebloomed more than once. : :-) : : Miscellanious Info... : : I am a Web application developer, working as a contractor for the : federal government (they closed 3 hours early today because of snow/ice). I : tend to get really excited by whatever my main passion of the : hour/day/month/year/decade is (orchids, crocheting, reading, Web searching, : etc.). : : |
Who We Are (revisited)
Via,
I am like that too -- that's part of the reason why I do so much searching in the archives and on the Web, and I will read until the middle of the night sometimes -- to get these precious glimpses of knowledge :-) And if that's childish, I hope I will never grow up! Joanna "Hillevi P" wrote in message ... I love collecting info in books and on the net of a subject I am interested in, or don't know anything about. I get a special "happy feeling" when I get time to do that. It sounds childish, but that is because it is =). I love learning! |
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Why am I blushing???
Who am I and What Is My Gender? I am Kye and I am Male Where am I? Where do I grow? I am in Australia and I grow my plant everywhere from my bathroom to my bedroom to my back verandah + yard and about to build a new bush house too What do I grow? Species... More specifically Jewel Orchids, Phals, Pleurothallids, Paphs, Phrags, assorted aussie natives, terrestrials, vandaceous alliance, Dendrobes, ... Lets just leave it at species huh... If its there I want it :-P The decade of my age? Exactly mid 20's How long have I been growing orchids? A few years now, mabe three maybe four they just kept turning up...... My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? ( Who thought of these questions... this is a toughie... ) Umm.... Keeping my Cryptostylis erecta alive and flowering. Especially since this plant travelled around three states at the beginning of last year with me on trains, planes and automobiles in a pot, while waiting for me to decide where I wanted to live. Miscellanious Info... I am the editor and web-master for The Australian Paphiopedilum Society and member of the Executive Committee. I am hoping to train to become a botanical taxonomist. Currently I work for Gary Yong Gee maintaining his orchid collection and bush-house and (try to) run my own IT business I am not humble but that never stopped me being ignorant. I am single and the oldies in the group all remember that doosie I am sure :-P I created news://alt.binaries.pictures.orchids Yeah thats me -) Kye. .... I provide bad-pics on application :-D ( Except for me nekkid in the tree with the Dockrillia bowmannii ... old joke sorry ) "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001 http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers who wish to participate). Here are Kye's questions and my answers: Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, guess Where am I? Where do I grow? Alexandria, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA) -- new US Citizen :-) Windowsills and shelves of one and a half bedroom apartment (northern exposure with supplemental grow lights) What do I grow? 11 Phals/Dtps + 1 cochleanthes amazonica The decade of my age? 30s How long have I been growing orchids? It will be 3 years in 2003. Got my first orchid as a wedding gift -- probably would not have gotten as hooked into the hobby if I had not accidentally decapitated it a couple of weeks later. Remorse was a strong initial driver. Then a keiki. Then reblooming. And then I became an addict. I am beginning to feel the craving again ... DC Orchid Fair next weekend, perfect timing! My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Getting 5 of my orchids to rebloom or initiate spike under my care so far, and those that I have had long enough, have rebloomed more than once. :-) Miscellanious Info... I am a Web application developer, working as a contractor for the federal government (they closed 3 hours early today because of snow/ice). I tend to get really excited by whatever my main passion of the hour/day/month/year/decade is (orchids, crocheting, reading, Web searching, etc.). |
Who We Are (revisited)
Wendy the Mysterious,
Do you think that by responding to this thread, and flattering me about my searching skills, and making claims about "just about everyone" having responded to this inquiry before in ABPO (which is not archived and thus cannot be checked), you can escape notice that you did not really introduce yourself here? grin Well, your lack of introduction did not escape my notice ... at least not for long. Did the "just about everyone" in ABPO replies include you, or is Wendy's orchid background a secret? I looked in the thread that had originally got my attention, and sure enough your post to this thread is enigmatic as well http://groups.google.com/groups?selm....occa.home.com :-) Even if you have responded to this type of inquiry in the past, maybe something has changed in the meantime? a new greatest achievement perhaps? Joanna the Nosy "Wendy" wrote in message news:tiQRb.5627$fD.4150@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, I am truly impressed with your searching abilities. I tried to do one on Google but I get nothing? Kye started this in ABPO & just about everyone in the group replied. Do you use the 'advanced search' feature? What do you type in other than the News Group. -- Cheers Wendy (who is not a puter guru) Remove PETERPAN for email reply "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... : Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001 : http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au : Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think : this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers : who wish to participate). : : Here are Kye's questions and my answers: : : Who am I and What Is My Gender? : : Joanna, guess : : Where am I? Where do I grow? : : Alexandria, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA) -- new US Citizen :-) : Windowsills and shelves of one and a half bedroom apartment (northern : exposure with supplemental grow lights) : : What do I grow? : : 11 Phals/Dtps + 1 cochleanthes amazonica : : The decade of my age? : : 30s : : How long have I been growing orchids? : : It will be 3 years in 2003. Got my first orchid as a wedding gift -- : probably would not have gotten as hooked into the hobby if I had not : accidentally decapitated it a couple of weeks later. Remorse was a strong : initial driver. Then a keiki. Then reblooming. And then I became an addict. : I am beginning to feel the craving again ... DC Orchid Fair next weekend, : perfect timing! : : My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? : : Getting 5 of my orchids to rebloom or initiate spike under my care so : far, and those that I have had long enough, have rebloomed more than once. : :-) : : Miscellanious Info... : : I am a Web application developer, working as a contractor for the : federal government (they closed 3 hours early today because of snow/ice). I : tend to get really excited by whatever my main passion of the : hour/day/month/year/decade is (orchids, crocheting, reading, Web searching, : etc.). : : |
Who We Are (revisited)
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Darren, Male Where am I? Where do I grow? Melbourne, Australia, Outside in a glasshouse. What do I grow? About 250 Catt hybrids and the other 60 or so are a variety of genera The decade of my age? Late 60s How long have I been growing orchids? Just over 3 years now, I am not expert but I know what I'm doing. I am a student judge with the Australian Orchid Council. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? No major accomplishments but just happy to bloom the little buggers. :-) Miscellanious Info... I am a social worker and work in child support debt enforcement. Born in Tasmania. Have served in the Air Force and am married to an American Lady from Wisconsin. Own two cavalier king charles spaniels and love reading and drinking red wine. Also keep exotic birds outside in an aviary. |
Who We Are (revisited)
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Darren, Male Where am I? Where do I grow? Melbourne, Australia, Outside in a glasshouse. What do I grow? About 250 Catt hybrids and the other 60 or so are a variety of genera The decade of my age? Late 60s How long have I been growing orchids? Just over 3 years now, I am not expert but I know what I'm doing. I am a student judge with the Australian Orchid Council. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? No major accomplishments but just happy to bloom the little buggers. :-) Miscellanious Info... I am a social worker and work in child support debt enforcement. Born in Tasmania. Have served in the Air Force and am married to an American Lady from Wisconsin. Own two cavalier king charles spaniels and love reading and drinking red wine. Also keep exotic birds outside in an aviary. |
Who We Are (revisited)
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Darren, Male Where am I? Where do I grow? Melbourne, Australia, Outside in a glasshouse. What do I grow? About 250 Catt hybrids and the other 60 or so are a variety of genera The decade of my age? Late 60s How long have I been growing orchids? Just over 3 years now, I am not expert but I know what I'm doing. I am a student judge with the Australian Orchid Council. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? No major accomplishments but just happy to bloom the little buggers. :-) Miscellanious Info... I am a social worker and work in child support debt enforcement. Born in Tasmania. Have served in the Air Force and am married to an American Lady from Wisconsin. Own two cavalier king charles spaniels and love reading and drinking red wine. Also keep exotic birds outside in an aviary. |
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Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Reka, female Where am I? South Tyrol, Italy. Originally from the most beautiful of the 50 States, Oregon. Where do I grow? On every possible flat surface with good light and some of those which aren't flat... Under fluorescent lights also. What do I grow? Phals, Cattleya alliance, Dens, Bulbos, Oncidiums, a few Paphs and a lone rescue-Cym. The decade of my age? 40s, and still able to blush, so I am still very young at heart. :-) How long have I been growing orchids? I got my first orchid about twenty years ago, but only started growing seriously as a hobby when we moved into a new apartment ten years ago and that one actually bloomed again. (The old apt. was way too dark!) My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Continually succeeding in convincing my husband that yes, there *is* still room for the orchid(s) I just bought. Miscellaneous Info... I am a serious wine drinker (no, not a serious alcoholic!) and have taken the first of three exams toward becoming a sommelier. I read hundreds of books a year and have in the last 9 months become an addicted skier. I have two lovely children and a wonderful husband (who pretends to believe there is still room for another orchid 'cause he loves me so much). And I will be unemployed (ha, when is a housewife *ever* unemployed??) again in a matter of two weeks. (Yeah, folks, I quit the job from hell!) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
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For Sherlock! *g*
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Wendy. (My Mom named me from the book Peter Pan & Wendy.) Where am I? Live in S. Calif. half way between LA & San Diego, about 8 miles inland. Zone 9/10 Where do I grow? Back yard, covered patio, two small greenhouses, an old boat house & want to convert the redwood spa house into a g/h! What do I grow? A lot of almost everything! The decade of my age? The sixth. How long have I been growing orchids? 10 years. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Bringing them back from the dead & growing back ends. Miscellanious Info:- I was born in S.Africa & raised in Rhodesia where I met my husband. We immigrated to this wonderful country in 1969. Needed something to do when I retired, so took up gardening. In 1994, I had 3 orchids, 2 dens & a phal, now have about 2000 orchid plants. Most of them were from various people's collections & back ends from my mentor. I went from 3 to 53 in one week! (Cymbidiums that were in dire need of TLC) I love orchids! -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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For Sherlock! *g*
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Wendy. (My Mom named me from the book Peter Pan & Wendy.) Where am I? Live in S. Calif. half way between LA & San Diego, about 8 miles inland. Zone 9/10 Where do I grow? Back yard, covered patio, two small greenhouses, an old boat house & want to convert the redwood spa house into a g/h! What do I grow? A lot of almost everything! The decade of my age? The sixth. How long have I been growing orchids? 10 years. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Bringing them back from the dead & growing back ends. Miscellanious Info:- I was born in S.Africa & raised in Rhodesia where I met my husband. We immigrated to this wonderful country in 1969. Needed something to do when I retired, so took up gardening. In 1994, I had 3 orchids, 2 dens & a phal, now have about 2000 orchid plants. Most of them were from various people's collections & back ends from my mentor. I went from 3 to 53 in one week! (Cymbidiums that were in dire need of TLC) I love orchids! -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
Who We Are (revisited)
For Sherlock! *g*
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Wendy. (My Mom named me from the book Peter Pan & Wendy.) Where am I? Live in S. Calif. half way between LA & San Diego, about 8 miles inland. Zone 9/10 Where do I grow? Back yard, covered patio, two small greenhouses, an old boat house & want to convert the redwood spa house into a g/h! What do I grow? A lot of almost everything! The decade of my age? The sixth. How long have I been growing orchids? 10 years. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Bringing them back from the dead & growing back ends. Miscellanious Info:- I was born in S.Africa & raised in Rhodesia where I met my husband. We immigrated to this wonderful country in 1969. Needed something to do when I retired, so took up gardening. In 1994, I had 3 orchids, 2 dens & a phal, now have about 2000 orchid plants. Most of them were from various people's collections & back ends from my mentor. I went from 3 to 53 in one week! (Cymbidiums that were in dire need of TLC) I love orchids! -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
Who We Are (revisited)
For Sherlock! *g*
Who am I and What Is My Gender? Wendy. (My Mom named me from the book Peter Pan & Wendy.) Where am I? Live in S. Calif. half way between LA & San Diego, about 8 miles inland. Zone 9/10 Where do I grow? Back yard, covered patio, two small greenhouses, an old boat house & want to convert the redwood spa house into a g/h! What do I grow? A lot of almost everything! The decade of my age? The sixth. How long have I been growing orchids? 10 years. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Bringing them back from the dead & growing back ends. Miscellanious Info:- I was born in S.Africa & raised in Rhodesia where I met my husband. We immigrated to this wonderful country in 1969. Needed something to do when I retired, so took up gardening. In 1994, I had 3 orchids, 2 dens & a phal, now have about 2000 orchid plants. Most of them were from various people's collections & back ends from my mentor. I went from 3 to 53 in one week! (Cymbidiums that were in dire need of TLC) I love orchids! -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Molli, and I am female Where am I? In Colorado at 5471 ft altitude with lousy humidity. Where do I grow? In a small bedroom under 400 watt HPS light, also living room, dining room and kitchen window sills. What do I grow? Catts, paphs, phrags, oncids, masdevallias (I hope), phals gongora and brassavola. I'm sure there are others but I'm not upstairs to do a head count. The decade of my age? 40's and we'll just leave it at that shall we? How long have I been growing orchids? It will be 2 yrs in August, when hubby bought me my first two orchids which I promptly killed! This annoyed me to no end and I got more, kept them alive..got more....oh you know how it goes.... My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Reblooming phals, catts, and oncids, and NOT killing my masdies! Miscellaneous Info... I have a husband, 3 daughters, 1 1/2 grand daughters (second is due in May) and a zoo full of kritters which goes along with having kids. When I'm not fussing over the O'kids, I love to read anything I can get my hands on, including cereal boxes. Oh yea, in whatever spare time I have left, I make porcelain dolls. Hugs, Molli |
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Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Molli, and I am female Where am I? In Colorado at 5471 ft altitude with lousy humidity. Where do I grow? In a small bedroom under 400 watt HPS light, also living room, dining room and kitchen window sills. What do I grow? Catts, paphs, phrags, oncids, masdevallias (I hope), phals gongora and brassavola. I'm sure there are others but I'm not upstairs to do a head count. The decade of my age? 40's and we'll just leave it at that shall we? How long have I been growing orchids? It will be 2 yrs in August, when hubby bought me my first two orchids which I promptly killed! This annoyed me to no end and I got more, kept them alive..got more....oh you know how it goes.... My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Reblooming phals, catts, and oncids, and NOT killing my masdies! Miscellaneous Info... I have a husband, 3 daughters, 1 1/2 grand daughters (second is due in May) and a zoo full of kritters which goes along with having kids. When I'm not fussing over the O'kids, I love to read anything I can get my hands on, including cereal boxes. Oh yea, in whatever spare time I have left, I make porcelain dolls. Hugs, Molli |
Who We Are (revisited)
Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Molli, and I am female Where am I? In Colorado at 5471 ft altitude with lousy humidity. Where do I grow? In a small bedroom under 400 watt HPS light, also living room, dining room and kitchen window sills. What do I grow? Catts, paphs, phrags, oncids, masdevallias (I hope), phals gongora and brassavola. I'm sure there are others but I'm not upstairs to do a head count. The decade of my age? 40's and we'll just leave it at that shall we? How long have I been growing orchids? It will be 2 yrs in August, when hubby bought me my first two orchids which I promptly killed! This annoyed me to no end and I got more, kept them alive..got more....oh you know how it goes.... My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Reblooming phals, catts, and oncids, and NOT killing my masdies! Miscellaneous Info... I have a husband, 3 daughters, 1 1/2 grand daughters (second is due in May) and a zoo full of kritters which goes along with having kids. When I'm not fussing over the O'kids, I love to read anything I can get my hands on, including cereal boxes. Oh yea, in whatever spare time I have left, I make porcelain dolls. Hugs, Molli |
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"J Fortuna" wrote in message ...
Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001 http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers who wish to participate). -------------------------- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Tong, Male Where am I? Where do I grow? Inland Australia, S 36d 08' 11" E 144d 45' 04" I grow outdoor in Spring through Autumn, and indoor in winter except those which are cold tolerance. What do I grow? Just over 100 plants, mostly species and many are young plants: 1 each of Dracula, Cattleya, Ascocentrum, Osmoglossum, Maxilaria, Neofinetia, Miltoniopsis, Rossioglossum, Pleoine, Spathoglottis, 2 each of Odonglossums, Coelogyne, Zygopetalum, Vanda, Bulbophyllum and Psychopsis, and many Stanhopea, Aerides, Phal, Paph, Laelia, Dendrobiums, Rhynchostylis, Cymbidiums, Oncidiums, Brassia, Aus Den, Sarc, and Dockrillia. The decade of my age? 4th How long have I been growing orchids? Since Oct 2000. Made a mistake by casually visiting the show at the 2000 Aust Orchid Conference. Bought 4 hybrids, Colm, Cym, Beall, Brassia and pot them in garden mix when I got home but they hung in there for the next few months until I realised my mistake. For some reasons they survive and all have now bloomed. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Didn't kill my first orchids. Miscellanious Info... Will continue to lurk. I post and read via Google, so don't do it too often. Saw and took a few photos of orchids in the wild in Cambodia in 1996. Hoping to return there to see more orchids. One day, perhaps. Cheers T |
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Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Andrew and male (last time I checked) Where am I? Where do I grow? Melbourne, Australia. In a shadehouse or under a pergola. I have a Phal and a Paph indoors but generally if it doesn't like Melbourne winters I won't give it the time of day. What do I grow? I'm mostly interested in terrestrials (particularly Australian terrestrials) and Sarcochilus but I also grow Dendrobiums and Cymbidiums with a few other cool growing epiphytes scattered around the place. The decade of my age? Late 20's How long have I been growing orchids? About 6 years. Started off with Cymbidiums, which is kind of the done thing in Melbourne. Caught the native terrestrial bug about 3 years ago and have been mainly focusing on growing them ever since. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Convincing my wife to let me fill up the living room window with flasks Miscellanious Info... Married with 1 dog and a baby on the way. I'm about 1-2 weeks away from submitting a PhD thesis. I also grow carnivorous plants. |
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Okay, one more once......
Who am I and what is my gender? I'm Diana, and I'm a W*O*M*A*N! I bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let you forget...oh, never mind. Where am I? Where do I grow? South Flahda. Outside in two lanais and under the live oak. Cold weather recently required the Vandas to reside in the guest bathroom. What do I grow? Catts, Phals, Oncidiums and their offspring, Dendrobiums by the batch, many odd balls. Some Cyms, Vanilla, Brassavolas, whatever will tolerate our climate. Always looking for something new. The decade of my age? I am of a "certain age"..........Okay, I'm sixty, and feeling thirty. How long have I been growing orchids? Just four years. Long enough to have a couple hundred of my beauties! And long enough to be an engine of the economy: Needed a bigger lanai, needed a better digital camera, needed a CDRW, needed new benches, needed fans, need more orchids. New printer, anyone? Miscellaneous Info... Working on a novel. Content TBA, but it's about me, though in the book I will be tall...... Have written training manuals for a variety of populations. Married to gorgeous Frank, who puts up with me and now is also addicted. VP of PSLOS. Motivational speaker in my recent, prior life. Prior member of too many national real estate commissions than I care to count. Three grown children, six grandkids. One cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, white with blue eyes. Ham extraordinaire. |
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"Diana Kulaga" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ink.net... Ham extraordinaire. Gee, we never would have guessed that if you hadn't told us, Diana! ;-) -- Reka I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
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OK, my turn...
*Ray, male *Southeastern PA, grow in a greenhouse for my own collection, rented space for most "First Rays" plants. *I grow catts, vandaceous plants, phals, paphs, bulbos, oncidiine intergenerics of all sort, stuff from the bollea/pescatorea/keferstenia/cochleanthes/huntleya group, oncids, cymbidiums (mostly Chinese species), oddball species galore. *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... I was given a cattleya for helping out, and it only took me two years to kill it, using the ancient oriental watering torture - alternating root rot and desiccation - AND I DON'T KILL PLANTS!!!. (People at school called me the "plant doctor," as I had a little business resurrecting the houseplants they were killing. If I was successful, they gave me a few bucks, if not, I kept the pot.) At that point I got determined to learn how to grow the so-and-so's, and the rest is history. I have also learned that I'm very good at killing plants... -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! |
Who We Are (revisited)
OK, my turn...
*Ray, male *Southeastern PA, grow in a greenhouse for my own collection, rented space for most "First Rays" plants. *I grow catts, vandaceous plants, phals, paphs, bulbos, oncidiine intergenerics of all sort, stuff from the bollea/pescatorea/keferstenia/cochleanthes/huntleya group, oncids, cymbidiums (mostly Chinese species), oddball species galore. *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... I was given a cattleya for helping out, and it only took me two years to kill it, using the ancient oriental watering torture - alternating root rot and desiccation - AND I DON'T KILL PLANTS!!!. (People at school called me the "plant doctor," as I had a little business resurrecting the houseplants they were killing. If I was successful, they gave me a few bucks, if not, I kept the pot.) At that point I got determined to learn how to grow the so-and-so's, and the rest is history. I have also learned that I'm very good at killing plants... -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! |
Who We Are (revisited)
OK, my turn...
*Ray, male *Southeastern PA, grow in a greenhouse for my own collection, rented space for most "First Rays" plants. *I grow catts, vandaceous plants, phals, paphs, bulbos, oncidiine intergenerics of all sort, stuff from the bollea/pescatorea/keferstenia/cochleanthes/huntleya group, oncids, cymbidiums (mostly Chinese species), oddball species galore. *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... I was given a cattleya for helping out, and it only took me two years to kill it, using the ancient oriental watering torture - alternating root rot and desiccation - AND I DON'T KILL PLANTS!!!. (People at school called me the "plant doctor," as I had a little business resurrecting the houseplants they were killing. If I was successful, they gave me a few bucks, if not, I kept the pot.) At that point I got determined to learn how to grow the so-and-so's, and the rest is history. I have also learned that I'm very good at killing plants... -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! |
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"Ray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... OK, my turn... *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. Well, Ray, *shy* is not one of hte words I would use to describe you. Reading about your moves: this sounds like army brat? It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
Who We Are (revisited)
"Ray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... OK, my turn... *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. Well, Ray, *shy* is not one of hte words I would use to describe you. Reading about your moves: this sounds like army brat? It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
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"Ray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... OK, my turn... *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. Well, Ray, *shy* is not one of hte words I would use to describe you. Reading about your moves: this sounds like army brat? It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
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Federal Government brat...
My current location is actually residence # 18 -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Reka" wrote in message ... "Ray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... OK, my turn... *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. Well, Ray, *shy* is not one of hte words I would use to describe you. Reading about your moves: this sounds like army brat? It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
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Federal Government brat...
My current location is actually residence # 18 -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Reka" wrote in message ... "Ray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... OK, my turn... *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. Well, Ray, *shy* is not one of hte words I would use to describe you. Reading about your moves: this sounds like army brat? It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
Who We Are (revisited)
Federal Government brat...
My current location is actually residence # 18 -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Reka" wrote in message ... "Ray" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... OK, my turn... *I'm about two months' shy of 52, and have been growing orchids for over 30 years. Well, Ray, *shy* is not one of hte words I would use to describe you. Reading about your moves: this sounds like army brat? It's almost like I was destined to grow them: At age 6 I moved to Linwood, NJ and was about 3 blocks from Waldor. I was aware of the greenhouses, but didn't know what was in them. At age 10 I moved to England, and was about a mile from a very large paph range, but saw nothing in them. A few years later I ended up in NW DC, and the Kensington area was one of my high school stomping grounds...again close to orchids, but didn't know it. As a junior at Ga Tech, I started volunteering my free time at the public greenhouses in Piedmont Park (now the Atlanta Botanical Garden). About a year into that I started watering the orchid house, and ran into a school buddy, Roger Huntington. I mentioned that I didn't know he was into orchids, and the folks around me started laughing. Yep, his dad is Merritt, who owned Kensington Orchids and was some official in the AOS at that time... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 28.01.04 |
Who We Are (revisited)
Ray,
I at first thought "residence #18" what's that, is that like the "White House" or "US Naval Observatory" (the Vice President's mansion). I thought you were making a reference to a place where you were at the current moment when sending the email, and that it was some federal government residence that I ought to recognize by reference. Then (after a while, thought process not working fast here) it occurred to me that you probably meant that this is the 18th home that you have called your permanent residence. Is that it? If so, it's only your 18th, and you are 52. Hey, that's a stable life you've been living! I had lots of trouble putting together the list of all the addresses I have lived in for the past 10 years for the US citizenship application, I think I came up with 8, and if I had to go over my entire life that would be 12 so far, and I am only 30 years old. And I am not an army brat, and not a federal brat, or anything like that ... come to think of it I don't consider myself a brat at all. Though I guess most brats do not consider themselves one. ;-) I am hoping to have more residences in the future, because I want more space for my orchids, and ideally a greenhouse someday, and it's hard to have that in an apartment. But I do hope not to have to change residences at quite such a rate any more. I think it might be traumatic for the orchids to need to get acclimated to a new space so often. (Though this is true, I am mainly kidding, as I am not quite such an orchid nut to arrange my life for the benefit of the orchids alone. I have told my husband though that I do hope to someday grow roots like a turnip, meaning settle down in one place.) Joanna "Ray" wrote in message ... Federal Government brat... My current location is actually residence # 18 |
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Ray,
I at first thought "residence #18" what's that, is that like the "White House" or "US Naval Observatory" (the Vice President's mansion). I thought you were making a reference to a place where you were at the current moment when sending the email, and that it was some federal government residence that I ought to recognize by reference. Then (after a while, thought process not working fast here) it occurred to me that you probably meant that this is the 18th home that you have called your permanent residence. Is that it? If so, it's only your 18th, and you are 52. Hey, that's a stable life you've been living! I had lots of trouble putting together the list of all the addresses I have lived in for the past 10 years for the US citizenship application, I think I came up with 8, and if I had to go over my entire life that would be 12 so far, and I am only 30 years old. And I am not an army brat, and not a federal brat, or anything like that ... come to think of it I don't consider myself a brat at all. Though I guess most brats do not consider themselves one. ;-) I am hoping to have more residences in the future, because I want more space for my orchids, and ideally a greenhouse someday, and it's hard to have that in an apartment. But I do hope not to have to change residences at quite such a rate any more. I think it might be traumatic for the orchids to need to get acclimated to a new space so often. (Though this is true, I am mainly kidding, as I am not quite such an orchid nut to arrange my life for the benefit of the orchids alone. I have told my husband though that I do hope to someday grow roots like a turnip, meaning settle down in one place.) Joanna "Ray" wrote in message ... Federal Government brat... My current location is actually residence # 18 |
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Ham extraordinaire.
Gee, we never would have guessed that if you hadn't told us, Diana! ;-) Point acknowledged, Reka! I've never been accused of being a shrinking violet (forgive me for mentioning another type of plant!). So, I'm having a good time doing Orchid Clinics for our society, which is part of my job description as VP. I get to jump around and break the attendees into groups, and generally shake up the prevailing order. Girls just gotta have fun, after all. Diana |
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Ham extraordinaire.
Gee, we never would have guessed that if you hadn't told us, Diana! ;-) Point acknowledged, Reka! I've never been accused of being a shrinking violet (forgive me for mentioning another type of plant!). So, I'm having a good time doing Orchid Clinics for our society, which is part of my job description as VP. I get to jump around and break the attendees into groups, and generally shake up the prevailing order. Girls just gotta have fun, after all. Diana |
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Kye,
I ran into Gary in Ecuador last week! He was with a group touring the country and I was with a different group, from the USA, touring the country. We ran into each other in Gualaceo at the hosteria where we were both staying, which is right outside of the world-famous Ecuagenera, and then we ran into each other again the night of the Quito show opening. Great guy, glad I was finally able to meet him after so many emails. When I first saw him at the hosteria at dinner one night, I kept saying to myself "I know that face, I know that face" and it wasn't until breakfast the next morning when we were introduced that it came clear - I knew his face from his webpage! Anyway, small world, I thought. -Eric in SF "Kye" wrote in message ... Why am I blushing??? Who am I and What Is My Gender? I am Kye and I am Male Where am I? Where do I grow? I am in Australia and I grow my plant everywhere from my bathroom to my bedroom to my back verandah + yard and about to build a new bush house too What do I grow? Species... More specifically Jewel Orchids, Phals, Pleurothallids, Paphs, Phrags, assorted aussie natives, terrestrials, vandaceous alliance, Dendrobes, ... Lets just leave it at species huh... If its there I want it :-P The decade of my age? Exactly mid 20's How long have I been growing orchids? A few years now, mabe three maybe four they just kept turning up...... My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? ( Who thought of these questions... this is a toughie... ) Umm.... Keeping my Cryptostylis erecta alive and flowering. Especially since this plant travelled around three states at the beginning of last year with me on trains, planes and automobiles in a pot, while waiting for me to decide where I wanted to live. Miscellanious Info... I am the editor and web-master for The Australian Paphiopedilum Society and member of the Executive Committee. I am hoping to train to become a botanical taxonomist. Currently I work for Gary Yong Gee maintaining his orchid collection and bush-house and (try to) run my own IT business I am not humble but that never stopped me being ignorant. I am single and the oldies in the group all remember that doosie I am sure :-P I created news://alt.binaries.pictures.orchids Yeah thats me -) Kye. ... I provide bad-pics on application :-D ( Except for me nekkid in the tree with the Dockrillia bowmannii ... old joke sorry ) "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... Hey, I just located this thread from November 2001 http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...ptusnet.com.au Kye had this idea of asking rgo'ers to introduce themselves a bit. I think this might be worthwhile to revisit with current posters (and any lurkers who wish to participate). Here are Kye's questions and my answers: Who am I and What Is My Gender? Joanna, guess Where am I? Where do I grow? Alexandria, Virginia (Washington DC area, USA) -- new US Citizen :-) Windowsills and shelves of one and a half bedroom apartment (northern exposure with supplemental grow lights) What do I grow? 11 Phals/Dtps + 1 cochleanthes amazonica The decade of my age? 30s How long have I been growing orchids? It will be 3 years in 2003. Got my first orchid as a wedding gift -- probably would not have gotten as hooked into the hobby if I had not accidentally decapitated it a couple of weeks later. Remorse was a strong initial driver. Then a keiki. Then reblooming. And then I became an addict. I am beginning to feel the craving again ... DC Orchid Fair next weekend, perfect timing! My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Getting 5 of my orchids to rebloom or initiate spike under my care so far, and those that I have had long enough, have rebloomed more than once. :-) Miscellanious Info... I am a Web application developer, working as a contractor for the federal government (they closed 3 hours early today because of snow/ice). I tend to get really excited by whatever my main passion of the hour/day/month/year/decade is (orchids, crocheting, reading, Web searching, etc.). |
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Well, I am listening to a webcast of the Linfield game (thanks for the
airfare, Al - not!!) ;-), so I am stuck at the computer long enough to participate in this thread. Who am I and What Is My Gender? Reka, female Where am I? Where do I grow? Northern Italy, but native of the most beautiful State in the US. Any available space which gets light. :-) More specifically in a sunroom with about 8 1/2 feet of windowsill and over 65 square feet of windows facing SSW, plus a cart with 4 24x14" shelves and one each 24" cool and warm fluorescent on each shelf. The orchids wander out onto two balconies, N & S in the summer. Somehow, they just don't all fit back into the sun room again after summer.?!*# What do I grow? About 85 total: Phalaenopsis, Oncidium alliance, Cattleya alliance and a few assorted jokers. The decade of my age? Top of the fourth and the bases are loaded! How long have I been growing orchids? Well, I got my first one about twenty years ago, but as my apartment was so dark, I finally got really going on them eleven years ago when we bought our current sunny apartment. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Killing the most expensive and hard to get orchid I have ever had. It steels you for many things to come... Miscellaneous Info... I find caring for my orchids to be excellent therapy, somewhat like yoga, only more exciting when you find development where you never expected it. |
Well, I am listening to a webcast of the Linfield game (thanks for the
airfare, Al - not!!) ;-), so I am stuck at the computer long enough to participate in this thread. Who am I and What Is My Gender? Reka, female Where am I? Where do I grow? Northern Italy, but native of the most beautiful State in the US. Any available space which gets light. :-) More specifically in a sunroom with about 8 1/2 feet of windowsill and over 65 square feet of windows facing SSW, plus a cart with 4 24x14" shelves and one each 24" cool and warm fluorescent on each shelf. The orchids wander out onto two balconies, N & S in the summer. Somehow, they just don't all fit back into the sun room again after summer.?!*# What do I grow? About 85 total: Phalaenopsis, Oncidium alliance, Cattleya alliance and a few assorted jokers. The decade of my age? Top of the fourth and the bases are loaded! How long have I been growing orchids? Well, I got my first one about twenty years ago, but as my apartment was so dark, I finally got really going on them eleven years ago when we bought our current sunny apartment. My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Killing the most expensive and hard to get orchid I have ever had. It steels you for many things to come... Miscellaneous Info... I find caring for my orchids to be excellent therapy, somewhat like yoga, only more exciting when you find development where you never expected it. |
Finally I got some time, to post m orchid CV too :)) Who am I and What Is My Gender? Martha, female Where am I? Where do I grow? I am from Poland, I grow orchids at home. All the windowsills are already occupied, I`ve also got a quite big winter garden (a room like a grenhouse), but for the summer time I put my plants outside in the garden. What do I grow? Around 60 plants. Mainly different species, I like to try new things all the time. I am also very fond of tillandsias. The decade of my age? I am in my twenties, still lots of time to learn more about orchids. How long have I been growing orchids? I think I`ve been growing for three years My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Being among the "founding fathers (and mothers)" of a Orchid Society in my town. Miscellaneous Info... I`ve just got my MA degree and now I am studying for a Phd. I am working at the university, teaching swahili language. |
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