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Hello all, over the last year I have been re-growing my orchid collection. I had a modestly large orchid collection about 10 years ago which I lost due to a combination of a bug problem that came in on a new plant and I didnt catch it before it spread to **everything**, and time constraints involved with caring for my elderly parents…which is why I didnt catch the problem in the first place :-/.
This time around I am growing mostly paphs, both Maudiaes and strap, and a few phrags. I am growing them in orchidariums (see pics) under LED lights to better control the humidity, plus I have cats who think paph and phrag leaves are very very tasty.
I also grow hardy orchids. Here is a pic of a bloom from one of my oldest orchid clumps, a cypripedium formosanum. I am just a bit north of Seattle, so a great climate for hardy orchids.
 

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Welcome. Congrats on your re-addiction.
Wanted to travel more and downsize our property, I got rid of my collection(mix genera), ~1000 plants 8 years ago but I kept about 20 plants...for years, I didn't add any new plants, but 6 months ago, I got addicted again and started to add a lot more plants, mostly Paphs....
I have some hardy orchids growing wild in my woods also, including the pink Cyp.
 
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Welcome from the Beautiful Missouri Ozarks! I love your orchidariums! Did you find them or have them made to your specifications?
My husband made them to my specs. The open/close vents are particularly nice, IMO. We have some leftover white oak from installing our new kitchen floor and we thought it would be a good use for it.
 

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