Tickled pink...

The roots are very long on this little plant

One more pic

I've lost a few of those. That is one happy little plant!!! Love those looong roots. The close up of Bulbo echinolabium is amazing!

Kathy, you do so well with your rupicolous Laelias, I treat this one the same.
Now I hope my other plant blooms too one of these days...

Aha! Thanks for the info, Ursula.

Dar. Walnut Valley x V Blue Sky is such a great blue color. Rare to see that color in any flower.

Here is my first bloom ever on Burrageara Stefan Isler.

Congratulations, Susan. It's beautiful.

Jim

Ursula, Love that Copper Queen!
It's going on the 'gotta have' list

It's a classic!

It is indeed!

Walking into the cage yesterday morning for a quick look - my Sobralia callosa was showing off a single bloom. Knowing that these are very short lived and this one would be already droopy by afternoon, I snapped a couple of pics "on the run".
The lip always has that bit of a crumpled look.

The compact plant

Great surprise! I have only seen a few in person and their lips always look like someone needs to iron it!

Very nice, Ursula. The crumples give it personality.

Jim

thanks.

My mounted Neofinetia falcata/Fuuran is in full bloom and it smells wonderful right now.

Encyclia lancifolia - one of my earliest Orchids.
I divided it a few times through the years, but it wasn't happy the last time I did it and sulked for a couple of years.
This one needs a pronounced dry period through the Winter or it will rot every new pbulb, it can be a bit tricky.

a closer look

My Encyclia tampensis var alba has been blooming for some time, here are a couple of pics before it is all done.