And I will stop today with a look at this plant from the top down.

They are both wonderful plants, Ursula! My jumellea is just a sprig! I'll have to see if the longer days have triggered any buds. It hasn't bloomed for a while.

Here's Cymbidium Eastern Morning 'Shunshoku' today. Yet another green and red cym. Could we say my fav combo??

The flower. I noticed these "Eastern" hybrids on the Japanese Orchid Show pics a few years ago. So I was pleased to find one from Piping Rock. The flowers are small. Cym. goeringii x lowianum.

The flower is distorted on my finally opened Laelia lundii x Epi. longipetalum. It lived in the cold room where the mice were so I wondered if it were chewed on, but the mice are not that delicate in their eating habits and would have chewed the whole thing off. Besides I got rid of 2 fat mice and see no sign of others so far.
The plant. The pot is 2".

Close up.

I have a few more buds so I'll see how it goes. Here are the pics from last bloom for comparison.

Hmm strange! Maybe it got too chilly?

There is a certainly elegance to these types of Cymbidiums.

Could be. Very curious about the other flowers.
These cymbidiums are a great size to have many!

Ursula said:I hear you Carol! Can't look for perfect condition I guess....

Thought I post my Vanda David Gardner. This is the keiki which I had separated from the mother plant a few years ago. The mother plant just finished blooming, the flowers were huge this Winter.
The blooms on the much smaller "baby" are almost mature now. They always take a couple of weeks to attain their full size from the time the buds open. Still, they are slightly smaller than its mother's.

OMG>>>>I'm in love with this one!

Glad you enjoy it! It is one of my favorites too.

I'm just beginning...killed some orchids hubby got me last year by accident...so starting over. My MIL is going to an orchid show next week to find one I really want. Might have to add this one to the list:)