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ericpaph
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My name is Eric and I live in Memphis, Tn. I am retired from international buisiness, and have taken up growing orchids. I have been in it about 5 years now, and started with cymbidiums, which proved very difficult to get to blossom in our hot climate without adequate day/nite temperature variation. I have about 100 mature cymbidiums and zygos, and about 150 seedlings of different ages.
Since then, I bought about 60 different mature paphs and phrags, and unflasked about 30 flasks of seedlings which are growing nicely. On retirement I converted my old office space on the back of the house to a greenhouse covered with polycarbonate. I also added another room enclosed in twinwall. Now I am starting to add another small room to house my cymbidiums in the winter, and at a colder temperature than the other orchid plants will enjoy.
I am active in the Memphis Orchid Society, and am the volunteer work coordinator from the MOS to the Memphis Botanic Garden for work in their orchid greenhouse(s). They have little experience in the orchid area and are dependent on us for some supervision and assistance in caring for their plants.
My wife is retired from Delta Airlines, and we spend a good deal of our time traveling. I am an ardent fisherman (flycasting thru salt water trolling) and am a hobby photographer with 50 years experience having taken photos all over the world. We have relatives in England, France and Germany, and travel to Europe frequently.
Good Growing,
ericpaph
Since then, I bought about 60 different mature paphs and phrags, and unflasked about 30 flasks of seedlings which are growing nicely. On retirement I converted my old office space on the back of the house to a greenhouse covered with polycarbonate. I also added another room enclosed in twinwall. Now I am starting to add another small room to house my cymbidiums in the winter, and at a colder temperature than the other orchid plants will enjoy.
I am active in the Memphis Orchid Society, and am the volunteer work coordinator from the MOS to the Memphis Botanic Garden for work in their orchid greenhouse(s). They have little experience in the orchid area and are dependent on us for some supervision and assistance in caring for their plants.
My wife is retired from Delta Airlines, and we spend a good deal of our time traveling. I am an ardent fisherman (flycasting thru salt water trolling) and am a hobby photographer with 50 years experience having taken photos all over the world. We have relatives in England, France and Germany, and travel to Europe frequently.
Good Growing,
ericpaph