Very cute!!
I believe it was perhaps the family of House wrens which killed my old, large Lc Irene Finney look-alike 2 Summers ago. I had then split the basket of that one and placed a large chunk into a new wire basket. House wrens are small enough to fly through the cage, but normally I am fine with that. Unfortunately they decided to tunnel into the basket/ medium and raise a family in there. ( Screaming at me every time I entered the cage.... ) At the time I found the behavior of those birds simply amusing and left them alone. I always wondered if that nest (and killing most roots along with that) was the reason the plant took a straight nose dive.

Things are finally starting to bloom around here

Enanthleya Middleburg MAJ from Lindsey



Psychopsis Mariposa Green River



Neofinetia falcata

I've never heard of an Enanthleya before, but I like it!

Ohh, I love them ALL. The color on the Middleburg is really gorgeous!!

I had to look that one up too, Melanie - it is
Cattleya Bactia x Encyclia phoenicia and we used to call it Epicattleya Middleburg (Cattlianthe Bactia was Cattleya Bactia....).
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticu...

Fabulous, Ted. I'll bet that little bouquet of Neos smells lovely. The Psychopsis are so 'out there' in their Carnaval costumes.

I've given up worrying about the names, frankly. Some day the orchid gurus will settle down and let the names be, right?

I am having problems with my internet connection and can only get online from dh's computer so I won't be posting any pictures before he gets home on Friday.

So the question has to be, why don't we call it an Epicattleya anymore?

Nice posts, Ted. That is a very nice Neo.

I looks like I'm gonna lose my digbyana in spite of the surgery and care I have given it. Ten pbs are now down to 3 and I can hear taps playing in the distance. I will get another and this time have it mounted. I've had that orchid close to 10 years and I can remember it putting out about 10 spikes at a time. It's a tuff loss.

Jim

Why don't we call it Epicattleya anymore? But we can! There is no law which says we need to follow the RHS when posting here, right?

Sorry about your digbyana, Jim. Sometimes I think Orchids come with an expiration date and no matter what you do, they go belly up. It is painful when it is your favorite!

I miss many of my belly ups but then I really know what the next one will like.
Great blooms, Ted. That Neo is outstanding. I think I will stop growing mine cool in winter. Lost Hisui and a few others. Lost lots of leaves....only one is in bud now.

Kathy, I think "cool"/coolish should be ok for Neos in Winter - as long as it is coupled with lots of sunshine then. In nature, growing under/in deciduous trees, they are somewhat protected in Summer, but pretty much out in the open when the weather turns cool and the leaves on those trees drop.

Might need to use my light longer then. Thanks for helping me imagine them in situ.

Thanx all. My Neo lives in the unheated garage in winter (when it gets to the low 40's on a consistent basis at night) with grow lights and a fan. As far as time goes, I try to keep the number hours at an early fall schedule. The little bit of additional warmth being inside is just enough for most orchids to get their chill.

The tag I got from Lindsey does say epi. I was doing some reading on line about the plant and that's what it said the name du jour is. I call it Lindsey's MAJ

Wow, was it ever hot here today! In spite of the heat, I found a couple of new blooms in the OC.

First up is Aliceara Sunday's Best X Oda bictoniense


Also blooming is Myrmechea Christian Fun


Jim

Interesting blooms!
Could the second one be Myrmecavola Christian Fun?
http://forum.theorchidsource.c...

Yes, Ursula, that's it. I got it from Paul Storm as a bonus plant. I will have to fix the tag.

Jim

The Aliceara is such a pretty plant, and the flowers look like jewellry.

Christian Fun is just plain cute with all those freckles!

I hated to change that tag on the Myrmecavola because it was written by hand by Paul Storm himself. He's the guy who registered the orchid. Strange indeed.

My wife finally got around to getting me a birthday present and I am setting here OrchidWiz Encyclopedia 10.0 in my hands. I shall have it loaded shortly.

I am after another palm and have located it at Faith Bishock's place in Sarasota. It looks like a day trip to Sarasota coming up toward the end of next week. I'm going to call Rafael of Plantio La Orquidea to see if he has a large digbyana on a stick. If so, I'll probably visit him as well. I might even get lucky and meet Elaine for lunch??

Jim

Happy Birthday and congrats on getting OrchidWiz!
Surely digbyanas should be not so difficult to come by, and have fun!

I took some pictures yesterday and today -
My Anguloa Dubia was blooming last Summer and I am really happy to see a nice repeat this week and it is a bit fragrant - it smells a little woodsy. The single bloom close up is from this morning.


Ascda Peddler's Velvet Gold opens another spike


Finally, a nice bloom on Brassavola David Sander, oh yes! and the plant in its Epiweb basket. I am growing this plant since 2004, when I had picked up a baby plant from Oak Hill from one of their grab boxes.


Encyclia bracteata flowers forever


Lc Jungle Eyes, nicely scented


Lc Love Knot v. coerulea opens another bloom


I have two plants of Neostylis Fuchs Ocean Spray and both are opening spikes right now. I love the beautiful scent


and Stenocoryne aureafulva opens two spikes this season

Very nice, Ursula and a special congrats on youe David Sander. Great form on that one . I also like the Anguloa Dubia. I take it the flowers last just a day on that one?

Jim