Suprisingly, all their orchids were in bark mix! I was amazed! Both are in 6" pots, and in need of repotting, as soon as they are out of bloom. I may have to change my opinion of Lowes (garden shop).

Amazing!

I just bought Den. anceps 'Albert and Merkel'. It was a division of the seller's mother's plant. Must be an old spirit!

I just got my order from nia22d today, it included some plants that I didn't find on Google. A few of the tags say 'patent pending' so it will be interesting !
Wils. Koibri 'Select'
Wils. C porta 'Burgundy Bliss'
Colm. Maui Howie ' Sunday Best'
Odtna Nemoria Martin Orenstien lulu HCC/AOS
Bllra. Tahoma Glacier ' Sugar Sweet' AM/AOS
Burr. Castle Issa 'Hilo Bay'
Brsdm. Golden Gamine 'White Knight'
Odm. Serendipity 'Yellow Mellow' AM/AOS
Odcm. Dorothy Wisnom 'Golden Gate' HCC/AOS
All of them are either in spike or in bloom, here's a few..

Lindsey, enjoy your new babies!!

Nice!!!!!

My second batch of plants arrived from incredible orchids. In addition to the
Onc. psychopsis Kalihii and Ddc. glaumaceum I got 4 'rescue plants'
paph. Hsinying x Charlesworthii
paph. Maudiae x Maudiae 'Napa Valley' HCC/OAS
paph. Divisidaro
paph. supersuk 'Eureka ' x Raisin Pie

Oh, looking very good!!!

I'm very excited about Ddc. glaumaceum, I hope I can give it the right conditions to see it flower~

Well, I have a couple of Brassavola house guests that just arrived from Johnston/Jewell Orchids. The first is B. cucullata, mounted on bark and the second is B. tuberculata which arrived in a plastic basket. I'm happy!

Jim

May they thrive and prosper!!

Ok, Jim...the race is on to see which of us gets blooms on Brassavola cuculata. The one I bought in March is about the same size as yours. Your humidity may give you an edge.

Go team go!!

Yeah!! Jim, nice plants.

Lindsey, are you talking about Dendrochilum glumaceum? The spikes emerge together with the new growth and this is not a tough plant to keep. Mine got a bit crispy this Summer, but I know the new growth will be fine. The pendant spikes have a wonderful strong Anise scent with a touch of Vanilla.

Anise and Vanilla? That sounds awfully good.

It does, doesn't it? I can't wait...!!!!

I went to the Amherst Orchid Society sale in Hadley MA today. My buying shoes were on! Eleven new plants:
Aerangis rhodosticta var. luteo-alba (finally!)
Encyclia garciana
Angraecum distichum
Restrepia striata
Cirrhopetalum tingabarinum
Dockrillia schoenina
Brassavola cucullata (a parent of Jim's plant)
Lycaste longiscapa
Lycaste Cassiopeia 'Wyld Peach'
Coelogyne from Sumatra
and one mini oncidium that they removed the tag when I was buying. I'll have to write to J & L who sold it to me.

And the sale itself.

Here was the Lycaste longiscapa on the display table.

The oncidium.

Aerangis rhodosticta var. luteo-alba

Angraecum distichum

Coelogyne from Sumatra

Brassavola cucullata might have a spike!

Also got these free pots.

Good Job, Kathy! You are a model for the rest of us!

Ha! An enabler is what she is!
Hmmm...I could remove that huge avocado tree and make a shade house....and I don't think I really need that couch in the livingroom.....