A few of my current bloomers:

Zygonaria Burra (Zygopetalum B. G. White x Zygoneria Dynamo)


Encyclia Orchid Jungle (Enc. alata x Enc. phoenicia)


Prosthechea cochleata or Epi. Green Hornet (Cochleatum 'Spy Hill' x Lancifolium)


Laeliocatonia Renata 'S&W' HCC/AOS

Let us know when the tours start! Beautiful set up , Fred.

Absolutely! I like the idea of a water feature in there to help keep the humidity up in winter. It will just be beautiful in summer too.

You mean FL does not have high humidity in the winter?

Fred, everything looks beautiful! I am sure you will fill it up with all sorts of goodies in no time flat.

Plant Name hanging on Row1
(Fredclarkeara After Dark ‘SVO Amazing’ x Catasetum John C. Burchett ‘Ursa Major’ FCC/AOS)
Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’
Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’
Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’
Beallara Tropic Lily 'Ice Palace'
Brassia Maculata
Brassia Maculata
Brassia Rex
Brassia Rex
Brassia Rex
Brassia Rex 'Waiomao'
Brassidium Golden Gamine 'White Knight'
Brassidium Longlen ‘Bill Switzer’ AM/AOS
Brassidium Longlen ‘Bill Switzer’ AM/AOS
Colmanara Wildcat ‘Rainbow’
Cyrtopodium saintlegernianum
Encyclia Orchid Jungle
Eulophia andamanensis
Eulophia andamanensis
Grammatophylum scriptum v. citrinum ‘Hihimanu'
Grammatophylum elegans
Grammatophylum scriptum v. citrinum
Grammatophylum scriptum v. citrinum
Grammatophylum scriptum v. citrinum
Grammatophylum scriptum v. citrinum
Grammatophylum scriptum v. citrinum
Grammatophylum Tiger’s Paw ‘Yellow’
Grammatophylum wallisii
Laeliocattleya C.G. Roebling ‘Sentinel’
Maxillaria desvauxiana
Maxillaria mungoschraderi
Maxillaria picta
Maxillaria tenuifolia
Maxillaria tenuifolia
Miltassia Charles M. Fitch
Miltassia Rademaker ‘Ace’
Miltassia Rademaker ‘Ace’
Miltassia Rademaker ‘Ace’
Miltassia Rademaker ‘Ace’
Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien’
Miltassia Shelob 'Webmaster' HCC/AOS
Miltassia Shelob 'Webmaster' HCC/AOS
Oncidium Catante 'Pumpkin Patch?'
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy'
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy'
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy'
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy'
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy'
Oncidium sphacelatum 'Utuado'
Pescatoria klabochorum
Zygoneria Burra

Impressive list!
Did the Maxillaria picta bloom for you?

Carol,
the first visitor is Jim Roberts owner of https://www.facebook.com/Flori... who is about to arrive here this morning to see my garden, orchids, greenhouse and shade house setups. Facebook is a book of another color in that everybody (except the exceptions ) hangs out there. FOG or Florida Orchid Growers has somewhere near 1200 active orchid growers sharing their plants and experiences. Every day a bunch more join up. Any question is responded to within seconds with different responses but you get the idea. Lots of input to anything.

as to picta - not yet. I just bought it from Andy's Orchids at the recent Redlands Show.

The plants on this list have served me well with many divisions doing fine. Brassias and Grammas are the champion growers among this group and I'm always looking for other varieties, especially Grammatophyllum rumphianum.

PS price of entry into the greenhouse is a unique number. I'm finally organizing my collection providing pictures, location etc

Ken,
There will be some tropical (rain forest type) shade loving palms in there too. Just one corner around a bit of water to see how this works out. In a way I'm afraid of the evaporation rising to the roof and rusting all my pipes up there but I guess it will last me for the duration.

Fred, are any of your various Gramm. blooming? Many of my Gramm. scriptum v. 'Kiilani' are in bloom. With good air movement, perhaps the humidity won't affect the pipes too much.

Very nice set up, Fred and it looks like your orchids are responding well. I have a bottle palm inside my OC. What kind of palms are you considering putting inside?

Speaking of the OC, Smbc. Clark PItt began to open yesterday. I think this orchid is now known as Lcn. Clark PItt.


Brassolaelia (Bl.) Bernice Foster is blooming. I have two of these and they are both in bloom.


The B. nodosa has just exploded in bloom. This is a very nice plant.


Jim

drdawg said:Fred, are any of your various Gramm. blooming? Many of my Gramm. scriptum v. 'Kiilani' are in bloom. With good air movement, perhaps the humidity won't affect the pipes too much.

Yes several are and others have spikes coming.

hawkarica said:Very nice set up, Fred and it looks like your orchids are responding well. I have a bottle palm inside my OC. What kind of palms are you considering putting inside?

I have some Licualas behind my pool in large pots. A Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) is a definite possibility to be moved as is a Licuala grandis. On cold nights I have the spa on and the hot water keeps them warm but it also evaporates over night. A Sangapilla Palm (Chamaedorea fragrans) will be a definite move. It doesn't like the sun at all.
Fred

Hmmm, look what popped open over night: Blc. Everything Nice 'Showtime'.

Just beautiful, Fred and Jim!
Clark Pitt has a wonderful color! Sometimes I think I like anything related to Schomburgkias!

A dumb question. Have ALL Schomburgkia been renamed "Myrmecophila" or just a handful of them? I have changed the labeling on my grandiflora, but that's the only variety I have.

Ken, the genus Schomburgkia is gone. The South America species were sent off to become Laelias and those who have a relationship with ants are now in the genus Myrmecophila. Many folks who are smarter about these things than I am are still scratching their heads as to why. I can tell you that many orchid growers still cling to the Schomburgkia name and you can probably include Ursula and me in that group.

Jim

Exactly! It is because I bought my superbiens as Schomburgkia and the name stuck.
And you beat me to it!!