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Apr 15, 2016 9:55 AM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
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and speaking of bugs..these are all over my budded plants...should I be concerned?
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Apr 15, 2016 10:17 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
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Lightening bugs? Do you have a light show at sun down?
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Apr 15, 2016 2:14 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Orchids Photo Contest Winner 2021 Photo Contest Winner 2023
You know, someone on another site said the same thing.. I grew up catching fireflies in jars as a kid.. And I don't remember them looking like this! I haven't noticed any light show after dark, but I'll look tonight. Today was the first I've seen of the bugs.
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Apr 16, 2016 1:01 PM CST
Name: Patty
Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Hmmmm...I didn't think we had lightening bugs here in Florida! A friend and I were just talking about that a couple of days ago...no lightening bugs, and no chipmunks and no lilacs and no weeping willows!

For clarification...pool cages generally have screen around and over the pool, but a 'Florida Room', or 'lanai' as they are also called, usually has a 'real' roof. My mom had one that was entered through sliding glass doors from the living room or dining room, and had a low knee wall before being screened to the ceiling...it opened with a screen door to the pool and patio. Her pool was NOT 'caged' but she had a 6 ft privacy fence around the entire yard. In spring and fall we would often eat in the lanai...out of the sun and away from the flies and mosquitos.

To get back to the original question...has anyone figured out what kind of orchid that is? The bloom seems SO unique, (and very un-encyclia to me)...pseudobulbs, and the leaves are reminding me of a bulbo possibly? Anyone else?
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Apr 16, 2016 1:19 PM CST
Name: Patty
Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b)
Tropicals Plumerias Orchids Garden Photography Birds Garden Art
Miniature Gardening Cat Lover Butterflies Bookworm Bromeliad Region: Florida
Nevermind about the orchid...I was looking at it again and ya'll are probably right about the encyclia...don't know what the heck I was seeing the first time I looked at them...now I think I need glasses... or a computer screen that doesn't change the images every time I look at them! Whistling Hilarious!

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