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-- Who am I and What Is My Gender?
Richard, male -- Where am I? Where do I grow? I live in Lincoln, Nebraska - 9 hours from Chicago going west on I-80, 9 hours east of Denver going east on I-80. Member of the Lincoln Orchid Society. I grow in the house (kitchen, south facing window with semi-diffused light before it gets in the house) during the year, in the summer most of my plants get set out on the north side of the house. -- What do I grow? Mostly phals and cattleya hybrids, some paphs, phrags, and small vandaceous hybrids. And the occasional various species. The number was up to 80 at one time, a real bad scale infestation followed by rot dropped it down to around 30, now back up to the 40s. -- The decade of my age? Since I am in my early 40s, I am in my 5th decade (1st decade 0 - 9, 2nd decade 10 - 19, etc.) -- How long have I been growing orchids? I was growing plants since I was a boy, long before I got interested in orchids. I purchased my first orchids in 1994, I believe. They died before the end of the first year, due to a combination of a paranoid roommate (kept closing the window curtains and shutting off the lights), not enough water, and poor selection (Miltoniopsis hybrids do not do well in Nebraska summers). Waited another 4 years before I bought my next plants (an orchid growing co-worker convinced me to go in on an internet purchase with him, I got a $4 Lc. Stephen O Fouraker - the shipping charges were more than the plant! But it's still growing...) -- My biggest orchid accomplishment(s)? Not killing off every plant I own - although for a few of them, I'm on the 3rd try. Blooming my first phalaenopsis seedling, and my first Ascocenda. FINALLY getting a plant to bloom at the right time for displaying in the LOS display at the Greater Omaha Orchid Society Show in February. -- Miscellaneous Info... Partner who tolerates my hobby, especially the talk about getting a greenhouse someday. Three cats (was four, but one laid to rest earlier this month) who have exquisite taste in orchids, or is that who taste my exquisite orchids? I'm constantly reminding them that the growing area isn't a salad bar. |
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:35:50 GMT, Richard
wrote: -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Richard, male Three cats (was four, but one laid to rest earlier this month) who have exquisite taste in orchids, or is that who taste my exquisite orchids? I'm constantly reminding them that the growing area isn't a salad bar. Condolences on the loss of one of the hedge trimmers. Could I suggest a new "cat grass" pot for them to trim? I have trouble only with them trimming the Christmas Cactus that insists on waving to them. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Susan Erickson wrote in
: On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:35:50 GMT, Richard wrote: -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Richard, male Three cats (was four, but one laid to rest earlier this month) who have exquisite taste in orchids, or is that who taste my exquisite orchids? I'm constantly reminding them that the growing area isn't a salad bar. Condolences on the loss of one of the hedge trimmers. Could I suggest a new "cat grass" pot for them to trim? I have trouble only with them trimming the Christmas Cactus that insists on waving to them. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php They turn up their whiskered noses at the wheatgrass grazing bowls we set out for them, then nibble at the cattleya flowers. |
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Susan Erickson wrote in
: On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:35:50 GMT, Richard wrote: -- Who am I and What Is My Gender? Richard, male Three cats (was four, but one laid to rest earlier this month) who have exquisite taste in orchids, or is that who taste my exquisite orchids? I'm constantly reminding them that the growing area isn't a salad bar. Condolences on the loss of one of the hedge trimmers. Could I suggest a new "cat grass" pot for them to trim? I have trouble only with them trimming the Christmas Cactus that insists on waving to them. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php They turn up their whiskered noses at the wheatgrass grazing bowls we set out for them, then nibble at the cattleya flowers. |
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