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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Thank you for welcoming me WhiteRabbit!!!

Originally Posted by RosieC

Welcome to Orchid Board

Ms. RosieC thanks for the welcome. Are you sure you don't need a little rehab for your "OrchidBoard Addiction?" :-) You love it I love it!!!

Originally Posted by Picotee

Here's a sunny South Florida welcome.

Thanks for welcoming me Picotee! Big thanks all da way from NOLA!!!

Originally Posted by Eskevingo

Nice.. What are your growing conditions? How/where did you acquire your first orchids?

I bought my first orchid at Carrollton Flower Market here in New Orleans. The rest of them were acquired at Home Depot and Lowe's. I just bought one recently from Winn-Dixie they have some beautiful orchids (and those fake blue dyed crappy ones too).

As for growing conditions I grow them in my home. I only use my North and East windows. I let them have indirect light by shutting the blinds or closing the drapes but still allowing that beautiful Louisiana sun to pierce through and show them love. I mist them daily...twice a day. I have 2 sitting on humidity trays. I run my heat in the morning to bring my inside temperature up to 74 degrees and I let it remain on auto to keep the temperature that way. At night I change the temperature to 65-67 degrees by turning on the A/C. I have my ceiling fans on low to allow the epiphytes roots to get air.