Paphman910
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Who will admit to being an orchid hoarder? Please post photos of your hoarding bad habits!
Paphman910
Paphman910
Wow!! Just wait a few hours.
Me! I grow paphs on the carpet.
Wow!! Just wait a few hours.
yes... went from zero to filling a 12 x 15 greenhouse with paphs in three years...but i am curtailing those expenditures to go back to school..so i can get a better paying job to afford a greenhouse 5 times as big
LOL! Oh, that's a hoot! I know exactly where you are coming from!
I grew in a 400 sq ft basement room with 9,000 watts of light. It got FULL!!!!! So, I built a 1440 sq ft greenhouse and moved out of the basement. A year later, I had to put the lights back on for the overflow of plants because the greenhouse was full! Eventually, I quit my job and started an orchid business because I was taking unpaid time off work to care for my plants! Now, I've got the lights off in the basement; but, I had to move all the non-orchid houseplants out of the greenhouse and into my family room for the winter because the greenhouse was too full! Plus, tonight I will be setting up one bench under lights in the basement again for my Disas to winter over.
One of the conditions for me to have a greenhouse was that I had to promise not to bring orchids into the house (to grow).LOL! Oh, that's a hoot! I know exactly where you are coming from!
I grew in a 400 sq ft basement room with 9,000 watts of light. It got FULL!!!!! So, I built a 1440 sq ft greenhouse and moved out of the basement. A year later, I had to put the lights back on for the overflow of plants because the greenhouse was full! Eventually, I quit my job and started an orchid business because I was taking unpaid time off work to care for my plants! Now, I've got the lights off in the basement; but, I had to move all the non-orchid houseplants out of the greenhouse and into my family room for the winter because the greenhouse was too full! Plus, tonight I will be setting up one bench under lights in the basement again for my Disas to winter over.
And I regularly get told I am the only person people know with an "Orchid room"
I can truthfully say I am no orchid hoarder. I decided early on that I would keep my collection manageable to ensure I have enough time to know and care for each of my plants. (horrible I know) I have about 75 plants right now, might get to 100 by spring, but I gave away/sold about 25 recently.
:rollhappy: :rollhappy: :rollhappy: OMG.. I hope I don't ever get to that stage..
Paphman, define hoarding. Do you mean owning multiple clones of the same species/hybrid? In that case, Im a dend anosmum hoarder..
I am a crazy nutty Paph stonei hoarder!:drool::drool::drool:
Paphman910
I currently hiding in my dungeon deflasking a Paph species.....Paphiopedilum stonei! I am currently hoarding Paph stonei! .... finally admitted it and came out of the closet......I am a crazy nutty Paph stonei hoarder!:drool::drool::drool:
Paphman910
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