Hi everyone,
I am a longtime orchid grower who has finally seen the light and finding my plant collection is gradually turning into all Paphiopedilums!
I started growing orchids in Buffalo, New York, before coming to South Florida for school and worked for a while for Fennell Orchid Company (Orchid Jungle) in Homestead, and as an intern at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. I am a computer guy now for a university and I hope to return to Buffalo someday and have a nice small greenhouse.
I think Paphs are just the best. I'm only sorry I've taken so long to realize how awesome they are. I think I always assumed they were cool growing, and like masdevallias, something that would just wither and die in Florida's hot miserable nights. How wrong I was.
Also there just weren't many around. Maybe because they don't clone and I hit the orchid world when mericloning took off. I will skip explaining point for point why paphs are the best, as I think I'd just be preaching to the choir here!
I am anxious to try to grow some paphs from seed. I have had luck with Epidendrum and Dendrobium seeds in my "kitchen lab", now I want to try some real orchids!
I also grow caudiciform pelargoniums and some weird gesneriads.
I'll apologize in advance that I don't post a lot. There's not much I know that others haven't said better. But thanks to everyone who shares their experience. There are people like me who get a lot out of your posts!
Thanks for having me! --rob
I am a longtime orchid grower who has finally seen the light and finding my plant collection is gradually turning into all Paphiopedilums!
I started growing orchids in Buffalo, New York, before coming to South Florida for school and worked for a while for Fennell Orchid Company (Orchid Jungle) in Homestead, and as an intern at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. I am a computer guy now for a university and I hope to return to Buffalo someday and have a nice small greenhouse.
I think Paphs are just the best. I'm only sorry I've taken so long to realize how awesome they are. I think I always assumed they were cool growing, and like masdevallias, something that would just wither and die in Florida's hot miserable nights. How wrong I was.
Also there just weren't many around. Maybe because they don't clone and I hit the orchid world when mericloning took off. I will skip explaining point for point why paphs are the best, as I think I'd just be preaching to the choir here!
I am anxious to try to grow some paphs from seed. I have had luck with Epidendrum and Dendrobium seeds in my "kitchen lab", now I want to try some real orchids!
I also grow caudiciform pelargoniums and some weird gesneriads.
I'll apologize in advance that I don't post a lot. There's not much I know that others haven't said better. But thanks to everyone who shares their experience. There are people like me who get a lot out of your posts!
Thanks for having me! --rob
Welcome from NYC.
