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thanks all!

I am just going to give this a go ... Anyone selling Lance Birk's The Paphiopedilums Growers Manual 2nd edition?

Hey @KateL , thanks for your rely - I agree with you. I am reading up a lot but I think you need some practical experience first to get a feeling for the plants. Also kovachii is very expensive here and I don't want to put money down the drain haha. Would love to see your collection. I only...

Really beautiful 😍

@musa oh god - I feel the same. I have too much time currently to get tempted to buy too many plants. @cnycharles - good point - I had a look at similar things but as I live in a studio flat I was worried about sleeping in a room where I'd have to keep up humidity all the time - now thinking...

@musa - thanks for the heads up! I am actually German from Cologne but been living in London for the last ten years. Another reason I'm annoyed I cannot get orchids fro. German vendors currently - there seems to be a great choice and quite a lot of them. I am visiting Laurence Hobbs orchids...

Hi Jens, Ah thank you so much - had a look earlier and just reading through it is very interesting but I will try my luck! My greenhouse cabinet is arriving on Thursday so once I have everything set up I will take some pictures to see what everyone has to say! Ha I hope I won't kill a plant...

Hey thanks everyone - what a warm welcome! @Guldal - thanks for the recommendations I really loved the orchid vendors you recommended - I thought I knew most German vendors but clearly I didn't! I also agree re EliteOrchids. Mark was so helpful and spoke to me a lot before choosing the plants...

Hi Ed, Completely agree - ALL my favourite EU nurseries, not just for orchids but for rare houseplants too, have now suspended shipping to the UK. It's eye watering... That's great advice - I actually have just ordered a few plants from Elite Orchids so I'm very excited to see how they look...

Hi everyone, I am just starting out growing orchids and am particularly interested in Cymbidiums, Lycaste, Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedilums. This Forum looks super interesting and I am looking forward to meet some of you and exchange ideas and knowledge. I am currently looking at European...