Hi I'm new here.

[Beverly]

Hi, My name is Beverly. I am a stay at home Mom of three beautiful children. I'm new here and to the world of orchids.
My husband gave me my first Phalaenopsis 5 or 6 years
ago. It has flowered every year dispite the unintended abuse I gave it. I only fertilized it once, and the flowers started to fall off. I gave up on fertilizing. I bought a few more over the years and they keep flowering every year too. I then got a Dendrobium. Its doing much better now after splitting it and pretty much forgetting about it.
I have always enjoyed growing plants and herbs but recently became (for lack of a better word) obsessed with orchids. I found a Cymbidium,Oncidium, and another Dendrobium at a Trader Joe store. Thats when I was hooked. I started doing google searches and found a couple of orchid nurseries within an hour from me.
It's scary the number of plants I've bought in the past month. I'm waiting for the weather to get warmer so that the online nurseries can ship my orders.
I felt the need to repot my first Cymbidium because I'm sure it had fungus. I also repotted a Miltoniopsis Ruffles today because one of the pseudobulbs had turned a purpleish/ brown and felt a little squishy.
I hope I didn't make a big mistake. I really like my orchids and so do my kids.
I am looking forward to chatting with and learning from all of you.
Beverly