New Canadian to the forum!

[BlazingAugust]

HELLO ALL!!! My name is Cody, and I have been growing orchids under lights in my closet for just a little over a year now, starting right after my 15th birthday. I live in Saskatoon, Canada, so we get some pretty cold weather up here! :rollhappy: Right now I grow mainly Catts and Phals, but I am SUPER interested in Paphs. I will eventually build a light stand in our basement so I can have cooler temps for the Paphs (It can get to around 32*C in my closet during the summer). I am REALLY interested in breeding, and that means anything I want to grow, I want to breed. I am looking forward to learning oodles from all you paph experts out there, and I am sure I will be asking tons of questions in the future!

 

[cattmad]

welcome to the forum, your in the right place if you want to learn about paph's

 

[Rick]

Glad you can finally "come out of the closet":wink:

Why don't you post a pic of your setup?

 

[BlazingAugust]

Glad you can finally "come out of the closet":wink:

Why don't you post a pic of your setup?

:rollhappy: Lol!!! I've got that joke many times before. I might not be able to tonight, but I will tomorrow if I can't. Even though Canada is pretty orchid vendor barren, thankfully, the one vendor I trust the most has a pretty big selection of species and hybrids, though most do happen to he smaller seedlings, I'm fine with that as I have MANY years ahead of me!

 

[Justin]

Do you use fluorescent lights in your current setup? You should try a 250 or even better a 400 watt High Pressure Sodium or Metal Halide lamp when you move to the basement.

 

[BlazingAugust]

Do you use fluorescent lights in your current setup? You should try a 250 or even better a 400 watt High Pressure Sodium or Metal Halide lamp when you move to the basement.

I use SunBlaster HO T5's. Unfortunately, I will only be building another stand in the basement, so I will he limited to T5's. Though I will have two 6,400's and one 10,000 (?) K (The two suggested K's, which I am sure is the two aforementioned.) So I should he good for light.

 

[Ross]

Welcome, Cody!

 

[keithrs]

Good to see you made over to the dark side!!!! LOL

 

[physiognomy]

Welcome to Slippertalk, Cody!

 

[JeanLux]

Welcome from Luxembourg!!!! Jean

 

[Orchidzrule]

A big welcome from a fellow Canadian prairie-dwelling grower!

 

[Paphman910]

Welcome Cody! It was just a matter of time before you get interested in Paphs! Good to see you on this forum besides growing Phals!

Paphman910

 

[Lycaste53]

Welcome from Munich, Germany
Best regards, Gina

 

[Dido]

Hy and welcome from germany

 

[biothanasis]

Hello and welcome to the forum

 

[Marc]

Welcome to the club and greetings from the Netherlands!

 

[Shiva]

Welcome Cody!

 

[BlazingAugust]

Wow! Thank you for the warm welcome, and its great to see other Canadians here!

 

[eggshells]

Nice another one converted to the dark side. Welcome

 

[BlazingAugust]

Nice another one converted to the dark side. Welcome

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