Been bouncing around on here for a few days and figured I should properly introduce myself. I have been a longtime lurker of this forum over the years (which is an excellent source of information!) but hadn't posted anything. I decided to change that! 
I have grown orchids for most of my life (started when I was about 8 or so), and have always had a soft spot for the tropical slippers. I grew up in FL and had a small collection which I gave up when I moved up to IN for graduate school. However, I found I couldn't stay away for long and soon started accumulating plants again! Recently, I decided to more actively throw myself into the hobby as a whole. Since space was limited, I decided to focus mainly on species paphs, since paphs were what I predominately grew previously. For my grow space, I built an indoor grow-tent with LED lights and an automated misting system for humidity, which is almost exclusively how I've been growing things for the past 5 years..
I also grow a few phrags (although I am *much* newer to them), which I grow on my kitchen bar so they stay more moderate in terms of temp (the grow tent room can get quite hot in the summer and quite cold in the winter).
Anyways, howdy! Can't wait to pick your brains on your collective growing experience and share in the fun.
(Also, finishing up grad school soon, but I learned my lesson the first time around - when I move again, the plants are coming with.)
I have grown orchids for most of my life (started when I was about 8 or so), and have always had a soft spot for the tropical slippers. I grew up in FL and had a small collection which I gave up when I moved up to IN for graduate school. However, I found I couldn't stay away for long and soon started accumulating plants again! Recently, I decided to more actively throw myself into the hobby as a whole. Since space was limited, I decided to focus mainly on species paphs, since paphs were what I predominately grew previously. For my grow space, I built an indoor grow-tent with LED lights and an automated misting system for humidity, which is almost exclusively how I've been growing things for the past 5 years..
I also grow a few phrags (although I am *much* newer to them), which I grow on my kitchen bar so they stay more moderate in terms of temp (the grow tent room can get quite hot in the summer and quite cold in the winter).
Anyways, howdy! Can't wait to pick your brains on your collective growing experience and share in the fun.
(Also, finishing up grad school soon, but I learned my lesson the first time around - when I move again, the plants are coming with
.)
