with Carol, Pretty Epi, Elaine. It will get big but it's easy to break apart and give gifts to friends.

Debbie is beautiful, Ursula, but I think it will be fine if you use Carol's bread knife method.

Jim

Next time....

How are you gals in the north east doing weather wise? The reports look scary!

Carol, we had finally some really wet weather here in NJ after the longest dry spell in years. They promised nasty winds for my region which never happened, that was a good thing. But I was really down on my rainwater collection, the last time we had a quick shower, we had used also the still empty pond to collect water off the whole house and transferred that to the water reservoirs in the garage. ( normally we only collect off the glass roof) But I had rainwater for only ca 3 days left.
Now collecting off the greenhouse roof AND the whole house roof we collected ca. 800 gallons of water, enough for a few months of orchid watering and soon fishes and waterlilies to be added to the pond. And since all water was redirected, the cellar didn't get flooded!
Now please let it warm up again a bit!

I heard Friday will be the coldest day.

Glad you didn't have problems! After perfect weather last week, we are in cool mode, and expecting a late rain tomorrow night, but at least the nights are staying in the 50s, so I don't have to run the heater in the orchid shack....or the humidifier.

We had a weekend of rainy weather which helped the rain barrel and the grass. Yesterday was very windy and cool and today we lost the wind but it is still running 10 degrees cooler than normal. That puts the highs in the low 70s and with the low humidity, it is perfect.

Jim

Potential frost here Wed night.

37 degr F here this morning! Brrrr, but no frost.

58 degrees here this morning with low humidity and a predicted high in the low 70s. I'm sitting outside taking deep breaths as it may be my last chance until late October.

Here ar a couple of pics of C. lueddemanniana, var. alba X self. The fragrance is wonderful.


Epi Radicans is blooming; all ten feet of her.


Another visit with B. nodosa X C. netrasiri waxy.


Jim

Frost here and also tonight...

I moved all the hanging stuff outside today to get a good soak, but it's looking like we're going to be missed again, except for a few brief showers tonight. A bit out of focus pic of Leptotes bicolor
First bloom on Pholidota chinensis (a mini)

Slc.SVO X C. orchidglade SVO gave me a new spike and a NOID Phal

Beautiful Jim and Carol! I like the Brassavola nodosa x very much and the Leptotes bicolor puts on a nice Show! The Pholidota is adorable, very cute!

Love the mango color on your Slc Carol.

Here's my new bloom today, Encyclia alata x 'Early Bird'

I love it!! What a gorgeous lip!

with Ursula. That's a beautiful flower, Elaine

Carol, love the Pholidota chinensis!

Jim

Elaine, I love that encyclia!

I'm off to the spring garden show...not wearing my buying shoes.

Lots of great flowers everybody!

We had a grey day around here today, but I took the camera upstairs anyway!
Bulbophyllum patens is flowering nicely right now. This time I am including front-on and sideways view! It is worth looking at those in full view!


Dendrobium Love Memory 'Fizz' has a few late bonus blooms.


Dendrobium hercoglossum starts blooming


Renanetia Sunrise 'Prasong' is flowering along


Al three buds are now open on the Nakamotoara Newberry Apricot


Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom 'Odoriko' looks pretty!


Here is a promised the whole ( small) plant of the Enc. Borincana


And more of the tiny blooms are now open on the Trichoglottis rosea v. breviracema

Wonderful show, Ursula. I guess I am on an Encyclia kick because of all of those lovely blooms, I like your Enc. Borincana the best.

Jim