Those are all beauties, Melissa, Jim, and Ursula! But my favs got to be the Brs. Memoria Fritz Boedeker!

I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FOOTBALL FORUM, BUT THANKS EVERYONE! I have literally waited my lifetime to experience this, and I cannot begin to describe my feelings right now. The Mississippi State vs. Auburn game was my 434th consecutive football game.

I was thinking of you! What a great memory, better than the rest!

Bert. When you move to Mississippi I EXPECT you to become an MSU fan!

The move is getting closer, I'm putting my condo on the market this month. Hope to see ya someday soon. Good Night.

Good luck with the sale, Bert. I truly look forward to you becoming both a Mississippian and a State fan.

I just looked at the Lc Mini Purple 'Shibuya' and all buds are now pretty much open. I wish I could send the pretty scent along with these pretty blooms.
Jim, I envisioned something like this for your gorgeous piece of driftwood.

Something similar would look fabulous on that driftwood.

with Ken, I think perhaps three mini purples would look great on that piece of red cedar.

I am doing an all day phone duty at the Extension and will go on over to the library in Plant City to give the orchid talk. This makes for a long day.

Jim

Jim, it is not easy being retired, is it? Busy busy, but happy?

Yes, you're right, Ursula. I'm as busy as I want to be but constantly doing things I want to do. I'm pretty good at giving gardening talks and the people seem to enjoy my presentations. At the USF fall plant sale last weekend many people came up to me because they had heard one of my talks. It is lots of fun.

I almost missed the bloom on this little fellow, Coelogyne fimbriata.


Jim

Watch out Jim, that little Coel will take over. I grow them in bulb pans, they do a lot of branching. And bloom freely, recommend as a starter choice for that genus if any newby would like to try Coelogyne. Nice pictures.

Maybe that's the one to mount on your driftwood 'hand' Jim? It will spread and put its little roots into all the nooks and crannies.

Coelogyne fimbriata is a cutie!!

A real cutie! And, as a newby, Bert, I'm happy to hear your opinion that this could be a good one for me to consider! for that opine & info!

All my orchids are still camping out in the yard, while I wait for screen repairs on the pool cage to be done. So as I go hunting to keep an eye on everyone, of course I'm finding surprises. My Copper Queen has put out a new spike with very pale flowers. I must wonder if all the water they got last month caused this rather washed-out color. Still love that pretty dotty lip! Also a few 'maybe Yellow Birds' showing up here and there.


One more shot of the always-blooming Enc. Green Hornet

Elaine, even the "washed out" color is pretty!

Boy, these Copper Queens are turning up in all kinds of colors.

Thanks, yes I'm not complaining, just musing. This is a division of Ken's plant that had very yellow flowers last fall, and quite peachy copper ones last spring, so it's just interesting that it keeps putting out different colors. I wonder if it will create a different palette if it blooms in the cooler weather as well . . .

It surely will!