New here, hi everybody!

[solo1979]

Hi Everyone,

I was goggling something about orchids yesterday (already forgot what...LOL) and happened to find this forum, so here I am! I started with 2 phals about 3.5 yrs ago. As of yesterday and my latest trip to Hausermann's, I am now up to 33 orchids total. The majority are phals, maybe 10 or so cattleyas and 2 dendrobiums. I live in a 1 bedroom condo with my 2 dogs, a bearded dragon, an iguana and an aquarium of african clawed frogs. The orchids are currently in my bedroom on a bookcase under grow lights. I'm thinking I need to stop the obsession (if that's even possible) and cap off my collection at either 40 or 50.

Anyway, I'm pretty much just here to learn. I realized I didn't know too much when one of my phals was recently dying off quickly. Discovered it was crown rot. Treated with hydrogen peroxide and cinnamon and so far, no more leaves are dropping off, so I'm hoping I caught it in time.

Look forward to learning.

Solana