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DavidH
Guest
Greetings, all!
I just wanted to pop in and say hi since I haven't been able to check the board lately (3450 unread posts) and say hello from the very hot middle east. Temps are 45 C with 60-80 percent humidity. It's the first time I've ever simply walked outside and had my sunglasses immediately fog over for a few minutes.
On the bright side, my friend back in the states is reporting that all is well with my greenhouse and that one of my armeniacums has recently flowered (well out of season) and a number of micranthums are in sheath.
I've noticed a bunch of orchids down here in the UAE, but they don't like to label them. Tomorrow I will be spending the night in the desert and looking for those plate size camel spiders that are in the region. Next month, when things cool, one of the French officers I work with has promised to take me deep into the desert to find gypsum sand roses which occur naturally out here.
As far as I know, there are no naturally occuring orchids in this region, so i guess I'll have to stick with the rocks.
I doubt I'll be getting through all the unread posts in the next few minutes, but I certainly enjoy the pictures that people are posting! So a big thanks to all who've been posting!
Cheers,
-Dave
I just wanted to pop in and say hi since I haven't been able to check the board lately (3450 unread posts) and say hello from the very hot middle east. Temps are 45 C with 60-80 percent humidity. It's the first time I've ever simply walked outside and had my sunglasses immediately fog over for a few minutes.
On the bright side, my friend back in the states is reporting that all is well with my greenhouse and that one of my armeniacums has recently flowered (well out of season) and a number of micranthums are in sheath.
I've noticed a bunch of orchids down here in the UAE, but they don't like to label them. Tomorrow I will be spending the night in the desert and looking for those plate size camel spiders that are in the region. Next month, when things cool, one of the French officers I work with has promised to take me deep into the desert to find gypsum sand roses which occur naturally out here.
As far as I know, there are no naturally occuring orchids in this region, so i guess I'll have to stick with the rocks.
I doubt I'll be getting through all the unread posts in the next few minutes, but I certainly enjoy the pictures that people are posting! So a big thanks to all who've been posting!
Cheers,
-Dave