Jim, checking in here.....
A lot more soon.....

I bet!! Even I have blooms today!!

Good to have you back, Ursula. I'll try to behave better now.

Jim

:lol:
Today.
Bl. Seagull's Yellowbug is opening!!

That's gonna be a beauty, Kathy.

Jim

Oh yes!!

We just got home from a two week trip to Iceland and Greenland. It was great and I have ca 1000 pics to sift through, which include native Orchid pictures and tons of other good stuff!!

Oh wow!!!!

Phrag La Vivace Epicure Phyllis D Turner today. Don't miss my miniatures! The thread "Miniature Orchids" in Orchids forum

Pretty and great background for the picture.

Jim

Really Beautiful blooms for August everyone! You are all such GREAT Orchid growers! Each time I view photo's on this forum I find myself grabbing a pen and paper to write down names ... my "Wish List" is getting longer and longer by the day!

I have one measly bloom right now. I haven't had this one very long as I just bought the plant in April. I'm still very much the novice grower and not sure if I'm listing the name correctly here. I'd have to refer back to notes to remember what the Bc. and E. stand for LOL, but I think this is how the label for this plant reads:

Encyleyvola Surprise (Bc. Binosa 4n x E. plicata var. alba):

Bc is a Brassavola X Cattleya which is called a Brassocattleya
E is Encyclia
So they crossed a Bc, with an E which resulted in a Encyleyvola

Me neither but that's the truth as I know it. Very nice bloom also.

Jim

hawkarica said:Bc is a Brassavola X Cattleya which is called a Brassocattleya
E is Encyclia
So they crossed a Bc, with an E which resulted in a Encyleyvola

Me neither but that's the truth as I know it. Very nice bloom also.

Jim

LOL, Thanks Jim ... I know I won't remember all of that 5 minutes from now, With all the long and sometimes strange names I'm forever having to refer back to my notes or info here on the forum.

I am so grateful to Kathy for having such a wonderful and informative Orchid forum, and to all of you great growers for sharing your tips!

I found a spike on Lc. Edgard Van Belle x C. Intermedia x Blc. Magic Meadow today and look forward to the blooms. I lost a lot of labels (and entire plants) to squirrels or some other critters a few years ago but was able to re-identify this one when it bloomed last year and earlier this year. I will post a picture when the buds open.

LOL! Some of the growers don't register their crosses, so I just list them as I see them on the tag, as you did with the spike you just mentioned. Kathy does have a list of what all those letters mean on Cubits.

Carol, I have seen the list on the orchid cubit. I love the ability to reach the Orchid database from here on ATP, wonder if Kathy can put a link to the terms etc. here on ATP too, or better yet, have it as a *sticky*.

Sounds like a good idea to me!

I'll work on that Lin!
And thanks for the preview of Encyleyvola Surprise which is in bud here too!

I hope you follow me to the Wildflowers of Iceland and Greenland
The thread "Wildflowers of Iceland and Greenland, Platanthera hyperborea" in Orchids forum
I started this morning by posting two Icelandic native Orchids, Platanthera hyperborea and Pseudorchis albida.
See you there to take a close look,

Ursula

I haven't been taking any pics due to the constant breeze here, and not many subjects, but today I rearanged a couple to take advantage of a lull.
NOID Onc been dancing a jig, Gerberara 'snow ballet' finally getting started, and beneath them, Achmea fasciata

A beatiful garden!

Pretty to look at!