Hi Daisy,
I too,am sorry you have those feelings...it's certainly not our intention here!
Many of us start out with Phals..from the scratch and dent table at Lowe's ( myself included!) Many of us don't know
what they are..other than an orchid plant. None of us came here knowing what to do to help save that particular plant.
Maybe Ursula can make a pinned post that says something like 'Just Jumped into the world of Orchids??? Have a new plant that you want to know how to take care of?..C'mon in!'' The pinned post would stay at the top of the forum so new people could find it.
I've been here since 2010 and this was my first picture and post ( of my renovated Phal. collection from Lowe's)..this group has moved from Dave's Garden, to Cubits to whatever it was after that and now NGA...I don't know what it was before Dave's Garden so yes, some of us are old (virtual reality) friends...and I think we all agree that it takes a diverse group to keep the conversations going. But having just looked at our thread count..it's like 36 PAGES long and finding a specific thread IS time consuming. I know there are new threads that I haven't seen because they don't show up on my first page...but that doesn't mean that I'm not interested in the thread..I just haven't seen it! I remember when I first joined and other members had what seemed like THOUSANDS of plants...every day new posts of 4 or 5 new exotic bloomers...and all I had were 2 blooming Phal
and 4 more in intensive care without a clue of where to start...heck..I couldn't even take a decent picture of a flower! These folks that I had never met in person took the time to encourage , guide ( and sometimes) smack me upside the head!
