| Once again i agree wiht Ellen, it's fine to show your orchids off and boast a little. Very early on in my orchid growing exp[erience i heard a speaker give a talk form the orchid's point of view about how it adjusted ot the new conditions and grew and eventually bloomed and the plant wanted the owner to show others what it could do. It was very clever and encouraged me to bring orchids to society meetings for "show-n-tell" and to take my plants to enter into shows. Also I like my plants and would hope that others are encouraged to grow and show by seeing what I've done (growing in windows no less). I used to give a talk titled Easy Orchids for Your Windowsill" which ended with my sharing photos of a big Cattleya I grew in my window which won a Certificate of Cultural Merit form the American Orchid Society. People were suprised (and encouraged) to find you could grow award-winning orchids without a greenhouse.
Now go forth and GROW!
-K |