New lurker emerges

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Hello Folks,

I'm new here but been lurking for a while (unregistered). I like the atmopshere of this place compared to the other Orchid forums where people just get together to fight and flame eachother about their plants/knowledge thereof!

I'm no stranger to exotic plants though, my specialty for almost the past decade has been Nepenthes, the giant carnivorous pitcher plants of the asian tropics. But after my dad needed several heart surgeries last fall I gave away/sold my huge (imported) collection and got rid of my huge converted bathtub/shower stall terrariums (one highland/cold one lowland/hot) so I could spend my time with him at the hopsital. Now that everything is groovy again I'm putting together one cubic meter terrarium for orchids, exotics and maybe one (or two) smaller Nepenthes species .

I like that there are a number of pages here showing peoples setups in the natural style! I used to just have smaller pots sitting ontop of big pots. This time I want something stunning overall! The pages here of you folks' setups gives me lots of dream about!

Anyway, just sayin Howdee!