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I got The Bug way back in 1975, when I was 15. I had a pen-pal in Singapore. We'd been writing each other for several years by then. One day I received a post card from her, a montage of "Vanda Miss Joaquim" which eventually became the National Flower of my pen-pal's homeland. In the photo was...

Trichocentrum, isn't it, these days? Oh. Nevermind. 🤣

Hi from Puyallup, WA! I used to have a large collection of paphiopedilum species which I had to rehome when I moved into an apartment nearly 25 years ago. I still have a few paphs, a mexipedium and an assortment of other orchids from various genera under lights and in a windowsill. One day I'd...

I'm a bit naive... Curious what happened to the rule that seedlings in flask could be imported legally?

Another lurker from sort-of-Seattle... Puyallup here!

Coincidentally... Today I received a message on FB saying that the Tacoma Orchid Society disbanded on Dec 31, 2022. Coincidentally, I received a message on FB today saying that the Tacoma Orchid Society "disbanded" on December 31st, 2022.

I've been in the background reading posts in Slippertalk for several years now. I started growing orchids when I was fourteen, nearly 50 years ago. I live in the Pacific Northwest about 30 miles south of Seattle. All those years ago we had several well established orchid growers in the area...

Barbatum looks just like callosum here. Is there an obvious difference?

Good Old Days... I first joined the Tacoma Orchid Society way back in 1975 when I was 15 ... I miss the interesting meetings that tended to be very informative usually led by one of the local AOS judges. I miss the Beall Orchid Co over on Vashon Island, Orchids Unlimited and Cascade Orchids in...