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| Ahh yes, it usually starts out the same way, you receive an orchid as a birthday present or an anniversary gift or whatever. Invariably it will be in flower, & what a magnificent flower it is, lovely colouring & long lasting too. Once the flowering has finished, all you really want to do with your beloved plant is give it a little water from time to time, a little care & hopefully it will flower again next year. You don�t care about those long & confusing words you hear bandied about such as terrestrial, epiphyte, monopodial or sympodial, who needs them. Pseudobulbs rhizomes, keiki�s, all just words in some foreign language & hold absolutely no interest for you at all. You certainly have no intentions of building a greenhouse or even putting up a special shelter for the plant. It can sit out there on the porch, it�ll be O.K out there for the winter, yeah, I�m sure will. Yes, that�s all you are going to do, just look after that one little orchid. WELL YOU�RE WRONG!! You might think you can care for just one orchid, but you can�t! Your plant has it�s first flowering under your care, & boy, doesn�t that flower look great. You find yourself eyeing up another plant down at the Mall, or at a display somewhere, & you�re thinking, �well one more would be nice beside my other one�, so you buy it. You still kid yourself that these couple of plants are enough, BUT IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE! You�re infected, the addiction to orchids has taken control, but still you�re in denial. You find yourself looking for a little possie for your orchids that provides the right conditions. Next a bit of a shelter starts to appear & before you know it there are a couple of different genera amongst your small collection. You�ve passed the point of no return at this stage & you are indeed a fully fledged orchid enthusiast! The only thing remaining for you to do now is become a member of your local orchid club or society. |