Addicted in Michigan

[barneand]

Hello fellow green-thumbs, plant geeks, not-so green thumbs and all other orchid fanatics. This is my first time visiting this forum officially and I hope that I may be able to contribute insight by sharing my planty experiences (both successes and failures). I currently have about thirty orchids, but as you know the more you get, the more you desire to expand your collection. I look forward to learning tips and tricks from you all. Cheers
Andy Barnes

[Vivienne]

Welcome to OrchidGeeks Andy. What types of orchids do you have?

[BillC]

Hi Andy, nice to have you aboard the forum. We all enjoy pics and await your contributions.

Bill

[patticake]

Welcome, Andy! Nice to meet you! I have about 30 orchids myself. I really need to stop! I'm running out of room. I look forward to chatting with you here! There are members here with hundreds of orchids as well as thousands, so we have a ways to go to catch up! Actually it should be quality more than quantity... or both?

[articuno75]

Hi and welcome

Can't wait to see the pics of all your orchids!

Also if you could so kindly update your profile location so that if ever you need advice this will help other members on the forum. Different locations = different advice.

Nice to have you aboard.

[PhalPal]

Welcome to the forum Andy!!! I truly believe we learn more from our failures than from successes. Looking forward to sharing with you!

[clarita]

Hi Andy
I'm from the c-c-c-old mdwest too. Lots of fantastic info here and nice folks! Welcome!

[kmarch]

Whooray! Another Michigander! (I'm a former one myself). Michigan is great orchid country! Welcome!

[barneand]

Thank you all for such a warm welcome! To answer some of your questions about species in my little collection...I have Phals, dendrobiums, oncidiums, miltonias, catts, paphs, some hybrids and a Chysis that I am really curious about. I received one of my dendrobiums as a gift (believed to be Dendrobium kingianum) and I have yet to see it bloom. It does however grow vegetatively quite rapidly and it is constantly throwing off new shoots from the terminal bract area of the shoots. The Chysis bractescens is one I would really like to see bloom. The pseudopods are 6-9" long and it is a relatively large plant. Any tips on these two problem children are especially appreciated. I'll try to post some pics when time allows and I can figure out how to do it. Thanks again for being so nice everyone.

[barneand]

One more thing...I live near lake Michigan and about the end of May or early June (hopefully I'll have the adding photos thing down by then) there is a park near my home that has a massive number of wild pink lady slippers. When that time comes around I'll set up a photo hike through the park for all of you to enjoy. It truly is spectacular...at least I think so.

[Sharyn]

Andy: Welcome to the forum. We'd love to see more pictures of the wild pink lady slippers in Michigan. I believe that we have another member who once was kind enough to share pictures of these beauties.

You can update your profile to show your location by going into the User CP and update your information.

You'll have lots of fun here and there are extraordinary moderators and fellow geeks to help you with your orchid questions. Look forward to seeing your pics of your collection.

[jctusa]

Welcome Andy, always glad to see another Michigander.
It sounds like you are a part-time northern Michigan resident too.

John