New member & new to Forum

[MelissaSE]

Hi all, I'm a new member of AOS and fairly new to growing orchids. I got my first one about 2 yrs. ago, a gift from a co-worker. I was convinced I'd kill it, but starting looking up cultural info on the internet and wow! It grew!
I now have about 25 orchids (hmmm... guess I never saw the part of the label that said "may be habit-forming"). At this time, my only growing area is in my large southeast kitchen window. Most of my plants are phals, with a few paphs, 1 mini-cattleya hybrid, 1 Miltoniopsis, and 1 Macodes.
I am still doing a LOT of learning. I live about 1 1/4 hours away from Carter & Holmes Orchids and try to go to as many of their seminars as I can. I also learn a lot from the plants themselves - they do speak, if we listen. I did some repotting this week, and heard a few plants telling me that I'm watering too often...
I'm looking forward to learning even more from y'all!