Why did you join the OB?

[Becca]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Did you manage to save it? It's so beautiful it would be sad if it didn't survive.

Hi Camille! No, I wasn't able to save it....by the time I figured out something was really wrong, it was to far gone....I had just barely gotten my orchidarium by then...I kept it in there for a few more months hoping the humidity would help it but I eventually tossed it. I've become quite comfortable with tossing orchids when I know there is now hope It was a learning lesson so not all was lost!

[shadytrake]

Well back in November, my Phal that was an anniversary gift started to die. After a quick google search, I found the OB.

Unfortunately the Phal was beyond saving but I discovered a whole world of friends and orchids.

I now have a GH, over 200 orchids, a few seed pods cooking, and I have learned how to compot flasklings. I joined my local OS and sent a couple of chids to a show.

This is the best site ever.

[Rorchid]

I came to the orchid board after having grown up in a house with a mother that loved all types of plants. She has grown different plants over my young life and I have always had house plants. Since 2004 she has begun to collect many orchids. I have inherited her love of these amazing orchids and joined the orchid board to expand my knowledge. I know that I will always have atleast a couple orchids in my home, right now there are about 25 and I appreciate all that they give to me.
I am amazed at all of the knowledgable people on this board and am very thankful that I have found a place where I can talk and read about orchids without people getting bored of the conversation. Thanks to all who have given me advice on growing, I hope to be on this board for many years to come and show you all my progress!!

[lambelkip]

I joined to get information on some new purchases, and show off some pictures of old ones. I'm not quite up to 200 orchids yet, but my wishlist is.

[nenella]

Like most members I joined this board as I had half a dozen phal noids and was looking for the general care of them.. I lurked for a good 6 months reading every single post posted about everything! and got Hooked! I now have about a hundred..ish..
I'd have alot more but due to my job I get moved around the country every few years and hubby won't let me have a Greenhouse until we are 'settled'....
I Agree that this is the best site!
I'm hooked to Orchids & the OB!

[RosieC]

Great thread Dave!

Well I was given a NoID Phal as a birthday present in spring 2006. I quickly noticed that the roots went silver as it dried out. Hubby and I thought it was a great plant that 'told' you when it needed water.

I was really suprised when I got it to rebloom in June 2007 without doing anything special. When it rebloomed again in Feb 2008 I started thinking about getting more. And actually bought two more NoIDs while I was buying one for my Mum and one for my mother-in-law for mother's day.

My mum had mentioned they needed regular repotting so I searched online for advise and one of many places that I read advise from was here on OB. Unfortunatelly the medium I used was already sour (as I now realise) and by July 2008 it had gone badly downhill.

I needed to ask advise and as Sue has already said, OB is by far the friendliest place so I picked here, signed up and asked my question. Thanks to you guys my Phal started recovering and its now doing quite well.


I started browsing arround the site and found such wonderful pics and realised that my Phal was from just one of many many genuses and I got steadily more and more addicted, both to Orchids and to this site. A couple of months ago Sue asked me to help as a moderator and I still spend most of my time here admiring other people's pics and dreaming of what I will buy next. I love this site because everyone is so so friendly and relaxed.

[johnblagg]

Now thats easy I read some of the posts one day after doing a google search on orchids.....LOL how do you not join?

[Paul]

Originally was a member of an os and another forum. Well I moved and have yet to find an os that I like enough to really want to join (got spoiled with having been a part of a very friendly os). In addition, the other orchid forum -- while decent for information -- was decidedly lacking in any sort of community atmosphere. So went hunting on the net and found this forum and another forum that I frequent -- both friendly and more community driven.

[Ross]

My Dad grew orchids when I was growing up in Niagara Falls, NY. I always had that interest in tropical plants, probably from that intro. I started my own collection back in the 1970s with Phals. Had a greenhouse and all the plants lived there. Then I switched to cactus and moved over 300 named spp with us to Cadillac from Oregon. As the spider mites took their toll and my collection dwindled, I switched back to orchids. First Phals, then Dendros. By 2000 I was in over my head and in 2006 I went searching for a suitable forum to discuss orchids. Google had Orchid Board right at the top and here I am.

[LinhT]

I had been lurking for a while and found a lot of info on artificial lighting options. At that time, there was a very lengthy thread on HID, T5's etc here that was posted on every day by the really knowledgeable lighting people.

Then one day, Dorothy posted a photo of Ross outside with a snowblower, naked, from the back. Of course, it was NOT Ross (at least I hope it wasn't). I thought, hey, this forum's got some knowledgeable and fun people. So I joined.