small introduction.

[smckenna9]

hi, seeing as though i will be lurking about here in the future, i feel that at least i can introduce myself right away and then proceed into the shadows. my name is shawn, and i used to keep a lot of ciliatus, auriculatus, and leachianus... chondrodactylus, umm, goniurosaurus, and some else... but i went to boarding school and now am at college, and keeping a whole lot of stuff is pretty impossible moving around a lot, so they were all sold. however, i plan on getting back into geckos, specifically nephrurus and diplodactylus (mainly because i can actually afford them now), next year, or the year after that, and look forward to learning from you all.

additionally, if anyone needs any information on orchids, i could probably help (that is what i do actually have now).

-shawn

 

[Nathan Hall]

Welcome to our little corner of the internet. I love orchids!!! You should post pics of some of your orchids in the "off topic" forum. I've actually thought about adding a horticulture forum. My wife works with bromeliads.

 

[Haroldo]

Welcome to our forum family. You'll love it here! I know I do. I'm with Nathan, please post some pics of your Orchids. I've been into hort. since before I could remember. Welcome!

 

[weswright]

Welcome! You should deff post some pics of your orchids! My wife is just starting to get into them and I would love to see what people have.

 

[smckenna9]

all of my photos are on my desktop at school, and i will be there on friday and then post some. i have brassias ("spider orchids," or "dancing lady"), phals (moth orchids), paphs (lady slippers), lemboglossums, tricopilias, oi, i don't even know. i like species orchids, and my roomate is an incredible photographer, so i think i have some good pics to share.

if some of you guys like horticulture, have you ever built some naturalistic vivaria, dart frog style? i was thinking uroplatus would probably be the best, or cat geckos... i built a lot of naturalistic vivaria for dart frogs at one time too. one of the main things i want to do is naturalistic vivaria for desert terrestrials... but to make that look good is something i am unfamiliar with, and it will probably be a good project (to make it look really, really good-- hopefully rivaling some of dart frog vivaria...). and once again, just as i plan to learn from everyone here, i also plan to steal everyone's cage ideas.

-shawn

 

[Mack2]

Well since you know your flowers maybe you can help me. I like to photograph wild flowers, and I have a photo of a wild orchid, which people have told me is a lady slipper. Just thought that you could tell me what it is for sure, thanks

It’s not the best photo, but here it is. (I really wish I could have gotten a better one)

 

[smckenna9]

definite lady slipper. there are a couple awesome cool (as in cold) growing species... i suspect that is one (from new england in your avatar thing?). they are called paphiopedilums, absolutely enormous genus. to identify what it is specifically... you'll need someone way more into it than me.

 

[Mack2]

ya the flower its self was like 3-4" long

 

[Brian]

I keep a number of orchids, bromiliads (mostly Tillandsias), and weird South African plants, plus succulants.

 

[klondike4001]

Welcome to the forums.... amazing how many expensive hobbies us dorks have.......

 

[oscar]

welcome to the forum. it seems that hort and herp cross paths alot and its understandble. i've started to become more familar with some hort just so i could learn what plants i could put in my enclosures. i could see how it could be a full blown hobby on its own.

Scott

 

[Brian]

I started getting into it when I was collecting plants for the tortoises to eat. Then it turned into collecting plants.