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Hello All.
I've been part of this forum for several months now; it's about time I introduced myself. I actually did post an intro in the Talk Back forum a number of weeks ago, but it was really brief. I tried to join three times, and I thank Heather and Blake for convincing the computers that I am a real person, and that I'm not here to sell you discounted Canadian pharmaceuticals, or whatever.
Anyway, my name is Gene Zielinski, and I've been growing orchids off and on (mostly off) for the past 30 or so years. I resumed the hobby late last year. I'm a windowsill grower who is experimenting with s/h (so far, so good -- but it's too early to tell how successful I'll be.) My collection numbers about 50 plants indoors, and a few more outdoors. Initially, the vast majority of my collection was paphs, but trips to Carter and Holmes, the Atlanta Orchid Show, the Redland Orchid Show, and a few ebay purchases have reduced that percentage somewhat. The paphs I grow are almost all species, and mostly brachy's and parvi's, but I do intend to branch out to other groups.
The other orchids I grow (again, mostly species) are a bit of a mix, but I lean toward laelias (hadrolaelia and rupicolous, and others), a cattleya or two (bowringiana), phalaenopsis (the big moth types, like stuartiana), an oncidium, a brassia, etc, etc.
My other plant interest is bulbs. Not tulips or daffodils, but more uncommon things, like species hippeastrum (amaryllis), species crinum, some plants from the iris family, and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. My other main hobby is birdwatching (or "birding"). Most of my vacations involve looking for plants or birds -- or both.
I've learned quite a bit since I've been a member. I probably won't be able to post too often, since my job takes up a lot of my time. (I'm a quality control/analytical lab supervisor for a small chemical company.) Still, I'm glad to be part of this group.
Gene Z
I've been part of this forum for several months now; it's about time I introduced myself. I actually did post an intro in the Talk Back forum a number of weeks ago, but it was really brief. I tried to join three times, and I thank Heather and Blake for convincing the computers that I am a real person, and that I'm not here to sell you discounted Canadian pharmaceuticals, or whatever.
Anyway, my name is Gene Zielinski, and I've been growing orchids off and on (mostly off) for the past 30 or so years. I resumed the hobby late last year. I'm a windowsill grower who is experimenting with s/h (so far, so good -- but it's too early to tell how successful I'll be.) My collection numbers about 50 plants indoors, and a few more outdoors. Initially, the vast majority of my collection was paphs, but trips to Carter and Holmes, the Atlanta Orchid Show, the Redland Orchid Show, and a few ebay purchases have reduced that percentage somewhat. The paphs I grow are almost all species, and mostly brachy's and parvi's, but I do intend to branch out to other groups.
The other orchids I grow (again, mostly species) are a bit of a mix, but I lean toward laelias (hadrolaelia and rupicolous, and others), a cattleya or two (bowringiana), phalaenopsis (the big moth types, like stuartiana), an oncidium, a brassia, etc, etc.
My other plant interest is bulbs. Not tulips or daffodils, but more uncommon things, like species hippeastrum (amaryllis), species crinum, some plants from the iris family, and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. My other main hobby is birdwatching (or "birding"). Most of my vacations involve looking for plants or birds -- or both.
I've learned quite a bit since I've been a member. I probably won't be able to post too often, since my job takes up a lot of my time. (I'm a quality control/analytical lab supervisor for a small chemical company.) Still, I'm glad to be part of this group.
Gene Z
