Aha!

A noid Oncidium hybrid...I think its a Wildcat....one I rescued years ago and finally bloomed!

Ascocentrum ampullaceum at work

An updated Ascocenda Kirk Hoo at work

My office window this week...wish the spruce would die outside my window so I'd get more light!

and I'm delighted to say my Calanthe sieboldii did not blast this year! I'll get a pic once all the flowers are open.

Lovely. Calanthes are so elegant!! The wildcat is so cheerful. Love the Ascocentrum ampullaceum (just got one). You can send the spruce here, I need some.

Ohh, I love the Calanthe sieboldii. Such a pretty window! Cute ampullaceum and Kirk Hoo!

I had a pleasant surprise today, moved some plants around and found one of my old Masdevallias blooming.
This is Masdevallia Midnight Ruby, coming from Hoosier Orchids via a Christmas present.

view from the side

and front on

here is a first bloom on this year's Cattleya schilleriana crop -

I posted my Sigmatostalix unguiculata previously
http://cubits.org/orchids/thre...
Lately it has been loaded with those funny little blooms.

And my white Epidendrum secundum continues to send out blooming clusters. The pink blooms are ready to drop off.

The epi people look like Beaker to me-Beaker screaming. Can't wait for my Sigmatostalix unguiculata to grow up! The pic of the Cattleya schilleriana is just wonderful, Ursula! And what a great surprise that masdie is!!

Thanks. Yes, that little Masdie made my day.

That schilleriana is stunning!

Thanks, yes I like it too. It took me years to figure out how to grow them.

What worked?

I look at them essentially as horizontally (bare root) mounted and keep them in maximum light. ( right under the glass ceiling) I water daily, but they dry up very fast in that spot.
I have one in a Bonsai dish, it attached itself firmly to that. I moved the other one last year to an epi-web basket, have to see how that works in a long run. At the moment the bonsai dish is winning.