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[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Roverbhoy ] ++
orchids...wow...are they really that difficult to cultivate?

Indeed they are; we have 8 shadehouses on our property, and we have to continually move the pots from one house to another depending on what stage of their life cycle they're in.

Orchids are extremely seasonal, so they all start flowering at once. At that stage, we have to look through literally hundreds of plants and locate which ones are starting to grow flower buds, then manually move them all to one house, watering every single plant the whole time :stress: And that's just the start of it....

 

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[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
bodyboarding's great fun, don't bag on it

Oh...bodyBOARD...damn it...the imagery I had there for a moment...bummer

 

[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++

Indeed they are; we have 8 shadehouses on our property, and we have to continually move the pots from one house to another depending on what stage of their life cycle they're in.

Orchids are extremely seasonal, so they all start flowering at once. At that stage, we have to look through literally hundreds of plants and locate which ones are starting to grow flower buds, then manually move them all to one house, watering every single plant the whole time :stress: And that's just the start of it....

A real commitment....good luck with the business

Unfortunately the climate here sucks and orchids just don't take...even for those with heated greenhouses.

....and what the heck are you doing still up at this time dude?

 

[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by blackmint ] ++
I also really like to listen to music..

Rock on...

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Roverbhoy ] ++
A real commitment....good luck with the business

Why thank you

++ [ originally posted by Roverbhoy ] ++
Unfortunately the climate here sucks and orchids just don't take...even for those with heated greenhouses.

:down: They pull a bit of a Larsson on you, do they?

++ [ originally posted by Roverbhoy ] ++
....and what the heck are you doing still up at this time dude?

Wow, you know what time it is over here? It's 2:22am, and I usually don't get much sleep. Sleep is for the weak :strong: Nah, I have a bad habit of switching around my body clock whenever I have anything to do online, and it's even worse since I'm on holidays now arty:

 

[Dan]

++ [ originally posted by Roverbhoy ] ++



Rock on...

Will do.. listening to creed- higher at the moment

 

[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++

:down: They pull a bit of a Larsson on you, do they?

...oh that's good...and quick...nice one man

 

[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by blackmint ] ++


listening to creed- higher at the moment

Ugh...who...you'll have to forgive me, I'm an old, old man in his thirties.

Creed-higher? What style of music do they produce?

 

[Dan]

you are in your 30's? sorry old timer

Creed is the name of the band, higher is the name of the song.
But i just changed songs- now its rolling stones sympathy for the devil. :devil:

 

[gray]

Some of the fruits of my labour:

My 'backyard'

One of the shadehouses I was talking about:

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Roverbhoy ] ++
...oh that's good...and quick...nice one man

why thank you

 

[Elnur_E65]

Cool stuff, man... do you export them overseas?

 

[gray]

I don't think that's possible due to strict quarantine laws; you can get fined thousands for trying to import/export any kind of flora and fauna I'm sure I could make an exception for you though :flirt:

 

[Elnur_E65]

That's cool!

You know, Azerbaijan also produces a bunch of flowers. 50% of the Russian market is flooded with Azeri stuff.

Most of high quality flowers though comes from overseas.

 

[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by blackmint ] ++
you are in your 30's? sorry old timer

Creed is the name of the band, higher is the name of the song.
But i just changed songs- now its rolling stones sympathy for the devil. :devil:

Creed, ah I think I've heard of them now...I'll check out my sons collection

Rolling stones...sorry, before my time:dontcare:

Nah, only joking...I do have all the Stones stuff

 

[Wings]

Great stuff gray, looks like back breaking business though.

You seem to have taken a liking to excessive flirting since you became a mod

 

[Roverbhoy]

Fantastic Gray.

Do you use Meristem culture?


What about epiphytic orchids...do you do these?
They are less suceptible to drought are they not...?

 

[Dan]

yay grays flowers. Come to think of it gray, i havent seen a picture of yourself..

 

[Erkka]

Hobbies?! Soccer (playing and coaching) and politics... No need for other things really... And yes of course listening to music etc...

 

[Roverbhoy]

++ [ originally posted by Poku ] ++
... and politics... ...

Very interesting...tell me about your political interests Poku...where do you stand in the world?

What have you read, believe in, etc?