Hello everyone!

[Tony]

I am getting my collection restarted after a 6 year hiatus while I was in the navy. Before I joined the navy I had about 100 plants, mostly Brassias, Paphs, Phrags, and a few oddballs. Unfortunately, none of them survived being cared for by my mom, so I'm starting over now. I've been out for just over a week, and I already have 3 Brassias (Datacosa, Edvah Loo, and Rex), a Dendrobium (free from the local OS, I'll probably kill it), and I have three Paphs on the way (x fanaticum, malipoense, and spicerianum).

Tony

P.S. If anyone has a spare Paph. tigrinum taking up too much space, I might be able to make room for it...

 

[Ron-NY]

Welcome Tony! Have fun reputting together a collection and thanks for your service to our country!

 

[Heather]

Welcome!
Let us know if you need any help being enabled! We're really good at that around here.

 

[Greenpaph]

Welcome home and to this forum!

Congratulations!

thanks for your service!

 

[Marco]

Hi Tony, welcome to the forum

 

[SlipperFan]

Welcome Tony! Have fun reputting together a collection and thanks for your service to our country!

Ditto!

 

[NYEric]

Welcome, the orchids should be therapeutical.

 

[PHRAG]

Welcome to the forum! If you need anything, be sure to ask.

 

[Tony]

The collection is coming together quickly. I have five more coming now, Paph. Henrietta Fujiwara, lowii, and henryanum, Phrag. Hanne Popow, and Brassia caudata alba 'JEM' AM/AOS. :crazy:

 

[Mahon]

Tony,

Those are some good additions (especially that P. henryanum)! I must figure out what I am doing with my orchids before I ship out into the Navy on 20070718... hate to see many of these orchids die...

-Pat

 

[Tony]

Could someone from your local orchid society take care of them for you? I suppose I could make room for some, you know, anything to help a fellow sailor. What rating are you going for?

 

[Rod]

Hi Tony,
Welcome back. Way back in the 60's I had an orchid grower friend in Kansas who was in the Navy - he carried a flask of seedlings on a nuclear sub for several months. I wish I could find him again and see if he is still growing orchids. As far as building a new collection goes, I hope you have a blast doing that. I will be offering a ton of bargains here soon for Paphs and Phrags --- I have to repot a zillion plants soon and make room for new flasks!