Nice, Melissa.

Love the pretty little striped Den, Melissa. Forgot to say how much I like the golden Gongora too, Ursula. I think those are my next quest, to find the pretty red one like Jim has (smaug?) and that yellow one would be a real treat.

Yes, I think his is Smaug. Mine is Gongora Pterodactyl.
I really like the gratulabunda too, have to see if it has a scent too. What am I saying, so far I have liked every Gongora!

Melissa, very pretty! I love the Den Kuniko and I can't wait to see blooms on my Eurychone rothschildiana too!

My Gongora armeniaca has begun to turn around. I have it on the wet wall in 3/4 shade and it has three new growths. Maybe it will finally grow. It was given to me as a difficult grower and has proven to be just that.

I find Gongora armeniaca likes to be really flooded daily, with good aeration of course. And prefers warm temps. Your conditions are surely spot-on.

Gongoras in my environment like to be watered often with good drainage.

News from the OC:
Lc. Hua Yuan 'Angel' is putting out two new blooms.


Mclna. Yellow Star (Oncidium Cornelia (1917) x Brassidium Gilded Urchin)


It must be the season for Miltassia Luke Skywalker in Florida.


Sequencial blooms continue on the Psychopsis butterfly, alba form.


Cute little blooms continue on Habenaria rhodocheila.


A big NOID Den was begging to have its picture taken.


Finally, a pretty NOID Phal.


Jim

Just lovely!
Neat pattern on your noid Phal. The Habenaria rhodocheila does well for you, don't you love those pretty blooms?

And once again, I am in awe of what you all are growing, and blooming!

terrafirma said: And once again, I am in awe of what you all are growing, and blooming!

Ditto! Amazing blooms everyone!

Today's bloom of Lc. Good Days ... ants have been crawling all over

Beautiful color, Lin.

I un-potted a couple of 30" fiddle leaf ficus this morning to package them up for shipping, and one of those pots was loaded with ants. I think they are what we call "sugar-ants". Anyway, they are small, black and don't sting/bite. I sprinkled a little bit of Orthene on the root-ball and lightly moistened the potting soil. This quickly either chases the ants away or kills them. I have never seen a plant damaged by Orthene.

Yep, it's they are teeny, tiny black ants and they don't bite or sting because I had tons of them crawling all over my hand and arm a few days ago when I was moving plants! I used ground cinnamon which seemed to work ... just sprinkled it on the plants. We did have almost 4" of rain yesterday though which I'm sure washed the cinnamon right off of everything.

Pretty one, Lin! I like it a lot!

Ants on their own are not so bad, but unfortunately Ants bring in Mealies and other goodies and farm them. Not so good.

Very pretty, Lin. Yes, I'd definitely keep a little cinnamon on the plant until the ants give up. It doesn't actually rinse off that quickly, although 4in. of rain probably would do it. If you sprinkle it on the plant when it is wet, the cinnamon sticks to the stems and roots pretty well. It's not only an insect repellent, it's also somewhat fungicidal and antiseptic as well. Great stuff, cinnamon.

Just can't resist posting my Luke Skywalker twins. They just lined themselves up so nicely. Will have new flowers tomorrow.

Elaine, Love those Luke Skywalker twins!

they are a nice team!

And there is Lc Love Knot v. coerulea, again in bloom and bud. This one blooms year around every so often. I keep it in full sun and water daily.

Oh, that color is just sublime.

It is one of my favorites!

Oooo, that Lc. Love Knot is beautiful! Full sun, and water daily?! It sure does look happy!

Tara, don't forget that Ursula's 'full sun' in NJ is not as intense as full sun in FL. My 'full sun' orchids get morning sun through the pool cage screening which reduces the intensity around 20%, I'm told.

Catts especially get sunburn easily if the leaves just get a little bit too hot in the sun. I thought I had this one strategically placed, but one leaf got some sun later in the day and poof!


Here's my Cattlianthe Kodama 'Chocolate Drop' just opened last night! Just loving the dark color. I wonder if they fade as they age?