Greetings from Croatia

[caffeine93]

I'm glad to have joined the forum, have been growing orchids for 4-5 years now, Paphs and Phrags for the last 3 years or so. In Croatia we don't have an orchid society (at least I don't know of any) unfortunately and people mostly grow "supermarket" Phal hybrids, so growing Paphs, Phrags or any other genus is not too common. I'm attaching some pics of my plants, Paph. thaianum, Paph. Magic Lantern and Paph. (wenshanense x niveum) x (niveum x godefroyae var. ang-thong).

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Welcome!!!

Where did you find these plants in EU?

 

[GuRu]

A warm welcome also from Germany !

 

[caffeine93]

Welcome!!!

Where did you find these plants in EU?

Thank you!

From memory:
Magic Lantern - Roellke Orchideen
Wenshense hybrid - Orchidejos.lt
thaianum - Popow

I also shop at Schwerter regularly, pest-free, well grown plants and for a reasonable price as well

 

[Cklinger]

Welcome! Those are all very beautiful

 

[NYEric]

Welcome from NYC.

 

[Greenpaph]

Welcome from New Hampshire!

 

[abax]

Welcome to ST from KY! If you'll tell me about Croatia, I'll tell you about KY. ;.)

 

[LadySlipper]

Welcome to SlipperTalk, it's great to have you here. Those flowers are so beautiful, do you grow them indoors?

 

[monocotman]

Welcome from Cambridge UK!

 

[Ray]

Welcome from the Cape Fear region of North Carolina.

 

[TropiCool]

Welcome from Alicante, Spain!!

 

[SuperPaph]

Welcome to the big slipper family from Cuba!!!

 

[caffeine93]

Welcome to SlipperTalk, it's great to have you here. Those flowers are so beautiful, do you grow them indoors?

Thanks! yes, I grow all of them indoors, some on shelves under LED lights, some in a modified cooler I've programmed to run cycles suitable for colder growing orchids. The plants wouldn't survive Croatian summers outdoors, especially in the last few years, temperature goes up above 40*C

 

[LadySlipper]

Thanks! yes, I grow all of them indoors, some on shelves under LED lights, some in a modified cooler I've programmed to run cycles suitable for colder growing orchids. The plants wouldn't survive Croatian summers outdoors, especially in the last few years, temperature goes up above 40*C

Fantastic. That sounds like a perfect habitat for your orchids. Thanks for the reply, and keep us posted?

 

[caffeine93]

Fantastic. That sounds like a perfect habitat for your orchids. Thanks for the reply, and keep us posted?

Sure! some buds are already on the way in the last few days!

 

[Berthold]

Congratulations to qualification for getting the Euro.

 

[cnycharles]

Greetings from south jersey!

Maybe you should start your country’s first society. Fellow cnyos member who returned to Bulgaria helped to start their orchid club in 2015