Per
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That sounds interesting. How do you like it?
So who are you and what do you do?
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Love it. I sent you a PM.
Per
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Sorry. I just noticed it. I am glad to hear that you love your job, especially since I may be headed that way. You have a return PM.
kentuckiense
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Hi, I'm Zach and I'm 21. I don't think anything has really changed since the first time I posted in this thread.
paphioboy
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hi! I am 18, currently taking Australian Matric. i will be furthering my studies (hopefully) in australia 
next year... i am the eldest of 2 children, and have a younger sister. I planted orchids since i was 12 years old.my fascination started with the orchids brought by a plant vendor at the local weekly market. i have been a member of the local orchid society for almost as long...but the society is not very active... I started off with a mixed collection (vandas, dends, catts, oncis...), but now i specialise in paphs, as i find them interesting . the thing that intrigues me is that they are local plants (native to Malaysia) yet are rarely seen and planted. few people have success with them, but i seem to have some progress...hehe...not bad, huh? :clap: I love all paphs, especially species, but i am a bit partial to intersection crosses.... It makes me sad to see local paphs being decimated to be sold, or to be cultivated unsuccessfully, and eventually killed because of the lack of understanding of their needs...:sob: oh, well... guess that's all bout me... :wink:
next year... i am the eldest of 2 children, and have a younger sister. I planted orchids since i was 12 years old.my fascination started with the orchids brought by a plant vendor at the local weekly market. i have been a member of the local orchid society for almost as long...but the society is not very active... I started off with a mixed collection (vandas, dends, catts, oncis...), but now i specialise in paphs, as i find them interesting . the thing that intrigues me is that they are local plants (native to Malaysia) yet are rarely seen and planted. few people have success with them, but i seem to have some progress...hehe...not bad, huh? :clap: I love all paphs, especially species, but i am a bit partial to intersection crosses.... It makes me sad to see local paphs being decimated to be sold, or to be cultivated unsuccessfully, and eventually killed because of the lack of understanding of their needs...:sob: oh, well... guess that's all bout me... :wink:
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I'm 27, married and a food chemist for a local food company. I grow mostly slippers, bulbos and catasetums in a small greenhouse I designed and built behind my house. My other hobby is working on my vintage BMW motorcycle and car. Both of which I absolutely love to drive and tinker with. The car is a 74 BMW 3.0s with a custom made engine and drivetrain that will scare the living **** out of anyone who rides with me. I love it.
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Bob Wellenstein
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This is me and one of my friends, Zsa-Zsa. I raise viruses and Paphiopedilums and Morgan Horses and Friesian Horses. My wife Lynn is responsible for probably more of what you know about raising Paphs than you will ever realize.
Marco
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I work as a staff accountant whored between the tax and audit department and ive only been working full time for about 6 months. I finished my very first audit about 3 weeks ago of a small union and all its branches. And now its tax time
Marco, remember why Hoffa went swimming w/ the fishes!
Marco
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never seen the movie but it just hit my to watch list..
Not movie, history!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa
A small union!
A small union!
Marco
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Yes, yes I know about that but i was talking about the movie oke:
oke:eOrchids
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let's see...
im 23. I'm the oldest of three siblings and the tallest in the family (6'2"). I have a degree in biology and minor in information technology. I am a website designer at homExpressions LLC which sells window shade.
My love of plants is a mystery. At age 8, I got my first carnivorous plants, a Venus Flytrap. Been growing them for 15 years now as I have about 32 species. I mainly grow Sarracenia (North American Pitcher Plants). Then came in the orchids by the swarms .
I got into orchids my junior year of college. I first acquired Maudiae type Paph, Phals, Onc. Sharry Baby and Paph. Temptation. I bought a couple of Cattleya but they went out the door very fast due to my expanding Paph collection. Been collecting and collecting and soon enough, 2 years later, here I am with 47 orchids all on my bedroom window sill (natural lighting).
I specialize in Paphiopedilum multifloral species / hybrids and Phrags.
im 23. I'm the oldest of three siblings and the tallest in the family (6'2"). I have a degree in biology and minor in information technology. I am a website designer at homExpressions LLC which sells window shade.
My love of plants is a mystery. At age 8, I got my first carnivorous plants, a Venus Flytrap. Been growing them for 15 years now as I have about 32 species. I mainly grow Sarracenia (North American Pitcher Plants). Then came in the orchids by the swarms
.I got into orchids my junior year of college. I first acquired Maudiae type Paph, Phals, Onc. Sharry Baby and Paph. Temptation. I bought a couple of Cattleya but they went out the door very fast due to my expanding Paph collection. Been collecting and collecting and soon enough, 2 years later, here I am with 47 orchids all on my bedroom window sill (natural lighting).
I specialize in Paphiopedilum multifloral species / hybrids and Phrags.
Ron-NY
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I am 52, the second oldest of 4, father of 3, husband of 1.
I am a chiropractor and have been in private practice for the last 20 some odd years. My first orchid was purchased in 1984 while living in San Diego. I mounted it on a tree in my yard. When I moved back east it remained there. I didn't purchase my second orchid until 1999. I now have a mixed collection with emphasis on paph rothschildianum and it's primary hybrids and Bulbophyllum species. I think my collection numbers close to 350+ chids. I grow some of my plants at home but the bulk of my collection is in a friend's greenhouse.
My children are now in their teens...payback time for what I did to my parent's during my teen years :wink: I had to sit my 16-year-old son down the other day and have a "partying" lecture. It is amazing how when you are wearing the parent "hat" how your views have to change. I am a product of the 70's. There is not much that my children can do that I haven't done at some point in my life.
When I am not shuffling my children around, I enjoy white water canoeing, or backpacking. I have been into plants since as far back as I can remember. I believe it was my grandmother that got me into gardening. I live on a 10 acre parcel that is mostly treed and most of my gardens are shade gardens.
I did spend a week doing hikes in the high Peruvian rain forest last fall. That was a wonderful trip filled with the beauty of nature and blooming orchids. I have done some hiking in the jungles of Belize as well. Most of my other hiking experience is within the National Park System or locally.
I am a chiropractor and have been in private practice for the last 20 some odd years. My first orchid was purchased in 1984 while living in San Diego. I mounted it on a tree in my yard. When I moved back east it remained there. I didn't purchase my second orchid until 1999. I now have a mixed collection with emphasis on paph rothschildianum and it's primary hybrids and Bulbophyllum species. I think my collection numbers close to 350+ chids. I grow some of my plants at home but the bulk of my collection is in a friend's greenhouse.
My children are now in their teens...payback time for what I did to my parent's during my teen years :wink: I had to sit my 16-year-old son down the other day and have a "partying" lecture. It is amazing how when you are wearing the parent "hat" how your views have to change. I am a product of the 70's. There is not much that my children can do that I haven't done at some point in my life.
When I am not shuffling my children around, I enjoy white water canoeing, or backpacking. I have been into plants since as far back as I can remember. I believe it was my grandmother that got me into gardening. I live on a 10 acre parcel that is mostly treed and most of my gardens are shade gardens.
I did spend a week doing hikes in the high Peruvian rain forest last fall. That was a wonderful trip filled with the beauty of nature and blooming orchids. I have done some hiking in the jungles of Belize as well. Most of my other hiking experience is within the National Park System or locally.
Ron-NY
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got that dried out and it works just fine :clap: must be the wash and wear modelKyle said:
oke:Rick
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Ron-NY said:got that dried out and it works just fine :clap: must be the wash and wear model
I dropped mine in the creek a couple of times too. It came back to life after a couple of days, but after a year it needed a new battery, and when I took it in, the moisture detection tab was red so it voided the warranty.
Ron-NY
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well the moisture tab is bright red on hisRick said:
ohio-guy
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OK, my turn.
I am 47, and have been growing orchids more or less for about 15 yrs. I live in central Ohio, and grow in a room in the basement which is evolving with more lights and better climate control over the last few months. I had grown a mixture of paphs, phals and catts, but seemed to do better with the slippers, so recently have expanded my collection in that direction.
I did my undergraduate degree in biology at University of Cincinnati, with an emphysis on botony. I have always enjoyed plants and gardens.
I have been a Family Practice doc for the last 5 years after having been an Emergency Medicine Physician for 12 yrs before that. I liked being in the ER, and I like doing family medicine too. Now I actually get to sleep more during the night (emergency medicine is shift work, and everyone does their share on nights...) but I seem to miss the blocks of time off. All in all though I must say it is great to have a job where people come to you and ask your help.
I come from a big stoic German family, am the 3rd of 7, and have 14 nephews and nieces. I dont see much of my sibs however, as most of them seem to have an even harder time accepting the fact that I am gay than I did. As I have gotten older I DO tend to make it an issue to let people know I have a same sex partner, because if equal rights are to be afforded to us, we need to let people know we are here, and we work and live among you already. Pretending we are few in number or marginalized to stereotypical positions doesn't reflect the reality of life.
I have a great partner, who is much more extroverted than me, and who pretends not to notice that I have an ever expanding collection of plants taking up room in the house. We also have two French Bulldogs, Zoey and Cooper, who are great fun and a constant source of amusement.
Oh, and by the way, my first name is Eric, which seems to be one of the more popular names of the members of this forum. I have seen at least 3 other regulars who share my name , and a couple occasional posters too.
Do you think our interest in slipper orchids was somehow pre-ordained?
Eric
I am 47, and have been growing orchids more or less for about 15 yrs. I live in central Ohio, and grow in a room in the basement which is evolving with more lights and better climate control over the last few months. I had grown a mixture of paphs, phals and catts, but seemed to do better with the slippers, so recently have expanded my collection in that direction.
I did my undergraduate degree in biology at University of Cincinnati, with an emphysis on botony. I have always enjoyed plants and gardens.
I have been a Family Practice doc for the last 5 years after having been an Emergency Medicine Physician for 12 yrs before that. I liked being in the ER, and I like doing family medicine too. Now I actually get to sleep more during the night (emergency medicine is shift work, and everyone does their share on nights...) but I seem to miss the blocks of time off. All in all though I must say it is great to have a job where people come to you and ask your help.
I come from a big stoic German family, am the 3rd of 7, and have 14 nephews and nieces. I dont see much of my sibs however, as most of them seem to have an even harder time accepting the fact that I am gay than I did. As I have gotten older I DO tend to make it an issue to let people know I have a same sex partner, because if equal rights are to be afforded to us, we need to let people know we are here, and we work and live among you already. Pretending we are few in number or marginalized to stereotypical positions doesn't reflect the reality of life.
I have a great partner, who is much more extroverted than me, and who pretends not to notice that I have an ever expanding collection of plants taking up room in the house. We also have two French Bulldogs, Zoey and Cooper, who are great fun and a constant source of amusement.
Oh, and by the way, my first name is Eric, which seems to be one of the more popular names of the members of this forum. I have seen at least 3 other regulars who share my name , and a couple occasional posters too.
Do you think our interest in slipper orchids was somehow pre-ordained?
Eric
