Shell pink it is then. I don't know my color-palate. I always ask my wife (the artist) what name to call a color.

Lindsey, whatever pink it is, your orchid is lovely. The shape, proportions - the whole package!

I've been researching Actinovate since Elaine's heads-up. UF has researched it in 2015 and it seems legit. So far nothing negative to say. My advise is to look into it.

Jim

Really pretty, Lindsey

Thanks all, I suspect the color will change a bit in the next day or two ...to a more true pink ( it has some mauve tones in it at the moment)..but I'm really happy with it!
I just sprayed Chlorothalonil this afternoon...but was just reading that there's a mess of fungus among us ..and the black spot variety needs one kind of fungal spray and the dreaded quick moving black rot needs another...

I can't image having as much fungal problems as you guys seem to have on the East Coast. Guess there is something to say for dry weather most of the year. Of course trying to keep moist loving orchids moist can become a daily ritual.

I guess for every advantage there is a disadvantage, Ted.

Yep, all the bugs and fungi live here in Florida for the same reason we do - the weather is great for all of us. And the plants too.

We had another rainy day with chilly temperatures, but warmer, sunny days just have to slowly be on the horizon..... I saw the sun last Monday from about 6 o'clock to 7.
Thought I post two "buggy minis" - for the first one you might want to bring out the fly swatter, Pleurothallis/Specklinia brighamii. The tag is for size comparizon of the plant, the little flies measure ca 1 cm.
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And there is the Restrepia lansbergii with its pretty pattern.

Cuties, Ursula.

We had a SPECTACULAR day here in the Tampa area...blue..blue...BLUE skies...with a wonderful breeze and almost zero humidity. I hope my anti fungal spray killed at least some of the bad boys!

Ursula, love the little ones.Don't they need high humidity? Like 90-100%?
How do you manage it.

Ted, during the indoor season as right now, I have them hanging over a 40 gallon fish tank, that helps! Once they go outside, (hopefully soon), they are essentially hanging under a Japanese Maple. It is a rare day that they don't get watered.

Some new guys
Encyclia cordigera

encyclia_bractescens

Dendrobium unicum

Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Blue Bird'

Jeweled Ludisia Discolor

Love that 'Blue Bird' !

Me too.

Add me to it!
The Den unicum is nice too. Must all be smelling really yummy, with the cordigera too.

Yes, the Blue Bird and the Encyclias.

Jim

Ursula you always have such beautiful, and unusual, orchids! I love the little flies...and the alba schom.(?) on the last page is gorgeous!

Love all your encyclia's Ted, and the orange Den is so bright and sunny!

Good growing!