Colorful!
I guess you need to be a German to pronounce that ü.

Have fun on your trip, Jim!

You'll have an early Christmas when you return, Patty.

I can't wait Ken! It will be the best part of returning home I'm sure!

This pretty thing opened all 3 buds at once this morning!


RLC. Memoria A-Nunt Meesangnil

Nice, Lindsey.

Lindsey, your Orchid bench is doing great!!

thanks! One of my boating friends wanted to know how many plants were on my 'bench'...I told her it was a bit like counting boats in a busy harbor...they come...they go...they move around a lot ..I don't know why it's so hard to keep an accurate inventory..but for me, it's a struggle!

What's really embarrassing is when you do look at your inventory and say "What the heck is that and did I really ever own that one?"

Something like that!

I took today some more pictures of the Ornithophora radicans, this time Klaus is holding the plant. It has been renamed to Gomesa radicans and Ornithophora or Sigmatostalix are now synonyms.
I am growing this plant since 2004 from a little start up, and it has been steadily adding growth every Summer. The little blooms smell a lot like sweet Dandelions in the sun.
Klaus is standing in the door to the greenhouse.

it's a MONSTER Ursula...luckily it has a nice fragrance...!

It really is a gorgeous big specimen, Ursula. Plus the individual flowers are really pretty, too.

Thanks! You know, sometimes you just get lucky and a particular plant likes your conditions.

Very nice, Ursula! Ours is growing just fine but no blooms this year.

I am patiently waiting for my Vandas to bloom. Lots of buds.

I picked up a couple of LED lights to put on the East side of the GH this winter. I don't want my winter growers to stall from lack of daytime light. I only leave them on during the day because the pink glow is kind of creepy in the dark. The last thing I need is a GH raid. I have heard horror stories of cops raiding and destroying expensive orchids.

I don't try to hide my GH at all and I talk openly on FB about my growing efforts. If I get a visit, I am glad to give them a tour.

Me too, Melissa (concerning GHs availability and tours).

I am now locking this thread and I just started our November thread here
The thread "Our Orchid blooms in November 2015" in Orchids forum

See you all in November!