Yes, I agree with Kate, Melissa's Dendrobium jenkinsii is a winner! Nicely done!
The board of directors for the Tampa Orchid Club showed up here yesterday at 10:00 AM for the meeting. Also showing up was a new member, Mr. Opossum, who sat in a tree next to the OC and watched the entire proceedings. Nothing seemed to bother him so we elected him president of the club.
New from the OC, Dendrobium [Den.] Nestor (Den. anosmum x Den. parishii) in its full glory:
And as we approach Encyclia season, this is E. Nursery Rhyme (E. Atroniceum x E. cordigera)
Epy. Serena O'Neill (Epy. Mabel Kanda x E. cordigera)
An unfortunate new name for this otherwise nice looking orchid, Encyclia Hunty's Horror Show (E. argentinensis x E. suaveolens):
This is (E. naranjapatensis x E. alata):
And finally, this mini Phal. Sogo Gotris (Phal. Be Tris x Phal. Sogo Manager)
Jim
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I was waiting for sunshine to post the whole spike in bloom on my Vanda tricolor suavis, but it seems I have to wait to Saturday!
So here is now the fully open plant on a cloudy, still very chilly day!
And some closer looks from a couple of days ago
Wonderful, wonderful flowers, Tarev, Ursula, and Jim.
I just finished my (late) lunch and am about to go back outside and continue my tropical plant migration. I have moved everything but still have a couple of hundred orchids to move.
I just hosted our regional Master Gardener's at the house this morning. They wanted to tour my greenhouses and see how my (small) tropical plant business developed. The "tour/talk" was supposed to take an hour. I finally had to chase them all away after 2 1/2 hours. I just told them it was lunch time. Whistling They could not believe that I had so many plants now outside, that a week ago were all in greenhouses and on my enclosed porch. One fellow kept asking, each time I showed them another grouping of a hundred or so plants: "Did you have to move these all outside too?". Finally after the third time answering that same question, another Master Gardener chimed in and said: "Ed, every plant you see has been moved outside". I think they all pretty much decided two things about me: # 1 - I am nuts, spending so much time and effort on this when I am supposed to be retired, and # 2 - It is truly a labor of love what I do. They are probably right on both counts! Sighing!
I like that possum, Jim. He/she should make a wonderful president.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)
The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
Name: Kate Holmes Beach, FL (Zone 10a) Not all those who wander are lost.
I am a sucker for those Encyclias, too since they grow all over the trees in the wild here....I'm still enthralled seeing wild epi's everywhere. Including an epi-possum!
"A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy." - Rumer Godden
I think they all pretty much decided two things about me: # 1 - I am nuts, spending so much time and effort on this when I am supposed to be retired, and # 2 - It is truly a labor of love what I do. They are probably right on both counts! Sighing! 
