Greetings from Sydney, Australia

[Crashman]

Hi everyone,

I have been lurking a little and now finally got around to being a part of your great community. I have grown orchids on and off for some years, but have now decided to focus only on the slipper species.

I have seen some great plants on here, but Australian quarantine makes life harder for us (and more expensive). I have been growing a few flasks of the multi florals like praestans and have been doing ok.

Hopefully I will meet up with some other Australian growers on here and be able to share some plants, as well as advice from the wider community.

Cheers!

 

[Wendelin]

Welcome Crashman!
This forum is a great place to be a part of.

 

[Stone]

Hi Crashman, welcome to ST! Great to have another Ozzy to help balance out all these Northeners. Your not wrong about paphs being harder to get hold of here.....but things are slowly getting better.
What growing set up do you have?

 

[cattmad]

another aussie, welcome

 

[emydura]

Welcome from Canberra Crashman.

 

[SlipperKing]

Welcome from a northener

 

[NYEric]

Welcome from NYC!

 

[eggshells]

Welcome from a northener

Hehe this phrase reminds me of Game of Thrones for some odd reason.

Welcome crashman

 

[Trithor]

Hi there Crashman, welcome from South Africa.

 

[biothanasis]

Hello and welcome!!!

Good luck with the baby plants!!

 

[likespaphs]

howdy from Boston

 

[jimspaphs]

Hi from brisbane

Welcome and good growing

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Welcome and good luck!

 

[SlipperFan]

Welcome to Slippertalk! We have a lot of great growers in Australia -- you will meet them here.

 

[abax]

Welcome from Kentucky...that's in the U.S., believe it or not. Glad to see
another Aussie to help with my growing glossary of Aussie slang terms.
It's always fun to learn new words. American slang has decended into
"awesome!"...sooooo boring.

 

[JeanLux]

Welcome from Luxembourg, Europe !!!! Jean

 

[jjkOC]

Hello from sunny southern California!

 

[Crashman]

Hi Crashman, welcome to ST! Great to have another Ozzy to help balance out all these Northeners. Your not wrong about paphs being harder to get hold of here.....but things are slowly getting better.
What growing set up do you have?

Hi Mike,

I have a 14 x 8 with a division in it to make a 10 x 8 and a 4 x 8. I heat the larger part to 16 C in the winter, and am going to add an evaporative cooler to the smaller section for the upcoming summer. I have fans in both parts, and automatic misting system. There are automatic roof vent openers in both parts as well. It is pretty basic but functional.

Cheers,
Stephen

 

[Trithor]

Crashman, are these metric or imperial? How about some illustrative pics?

 

[chrismende]

Welcome, Crashman! I'm in San Francisco! You will love this forum if you are really getting excited about Paphs!