Kathy that's a great presentation ...I love the layout..and of course, the flowers..especially Cym. Forster Alcock.

Wow, almost overwhelming. It will take some time to digest it all. I agree with Lindsey that cym. Foster Alcock is a winner.

Jim

Thanks. A few more today. I just can't take enough of the vanda x!

A surprise! A bloom on my Tuberolabium quisumbingii! The scent is coconut and almond.

Phrag Noirmont open. And Aerangis citrata with slightly distorted shaped flowers. It usually blooms in winter for me.

Laelia lundi x Epi. longipetalum again. And Den. Maiden Charlotte.

I especially love the epi X.

Jim

Maiden Charlotte is a cutie! The L. lundii x looks great! About the V. x - I sure can see why you take more pics of those pretty things!! Adorable!
I think I might give up on Aerangis citrata, I have two small plants which are not thriving for me.

Pleurothallis strupifolia finally starts to bloom for me, this is not an easy one in my hands. Happy! I had it in full sun an hour or so ( early afternoon) the last couple of months.
Neat wood-shavings at different angles?

An early bloom on my Coelogyne fimbriata

That's a different one Ursula, It also reminds me of those 'carved candles'

Bulbophyllum echinolabium spent only a few minutes inside so I could take a picture. Stench-city in the greenhouse, I placed it back outside. Ever since I grow it like a Cattleya I am doing fine with it.

Lindsey, I replied explaining the Coelogyne..... edited....
Yes, Candle shavings also work here!

Oh and in the second Bulbo pic you can see clearly part of the next one, a Dendrobium tenellum.
The blooms are so tiny, but the growth is neat: The ca 1 inch pbulbs look like fat plum raisins, sprouting grassy, terete leaves. The blooms sort of pop up along the leaves.

Love the Bulbo! Andy's had some nice size ones at the show, but I'm always afraid to buy them, because I can never remember which are the stinky ones, and I can't get close enough to smell them at the (outdoor) show.

Love the Pleurothallis strupifolia!!!
And the Den. tenellum!

Thanks!
Carol,
as far as I can tell so far with my limited experience, I wouldn't be concerned about the scent on any other Bulbo except echinolabium, if you must keep it inside. Most of the time they might be just a touch whiffy when the sun shines on them.
Echinolabium has the market cornered, it is worse than any Bulbo I own and definitely a lot worse than most of my Stapeliads. ( which are pollinated by carrion flies and so try to resemble rotten meat.) But, I grow echinolabium anyway since I consider these blooms just gorgeous. Btw Bulbo Jersey (echinolabium x lobbii) has no scent at all. I have posted it in August here -
http://cubits.org/orchids/thre...

WOW, Ursula, to the Pleurothallis strupifolia ! Such a beauty!!

bree, Lc. Irene Finney x C. Lynn Spencer is a beauty.

Jim it is hard to go wrong with the Peggy Ruth Carpenter series. They are very reliable and send up flower spikes before the new pseudobulb is even mature.

Two fantastic collages Kathy, I love the soft pinks of Cym. Forster Alcock and Phrag Carol Kanzerin the first and Laelia lundi x Epi. longipetalum in the second.

Ursula, Pleurothallis strupifolia is a real knockout and I suppose the same might be said for Bulbophyllum echinolabium but in a different (scents). Dendrobium tenellum is an intriguing little fellow.

Thanks Janice and Ken!...as Ursula dizzily stumbles away.

Ursula, I'm late to respond because I'm still ogling that Pleurothallis strupifolia. Needless to say, I'm impressed!

Jim

Glad you enjoyed my photo essays, Ken!!
Ursula, I've been hoping my B. echinolabium would ever bloom but maybe I should just enjoy the foliage!!

Your Noirmont seems VERY reliable Kathy!

At work, my Psychopsis is blooming again.