Thanks. Wish I had more to report!!
Send healthy thoughts here guys. The great glunk has moved into my lungs as I drink tea with whiskey. I suppose I won't notice anything real soon....

add another shot of whiskey, if you are still noticing anything

I'm not noticing a thing! Doesn't take much since I'm a cheap date.

Spikes forming on Dendrochilum wenzelii! In maturity, these will be dark rusty red.

A bud emerging from my "saved" orchid

Hmm, have to look at my wenzelii. This one seems to be so far always the latest of my Dendrochilums to bloom.

My wenzelii is at just about the same stage as yours Kathy, I have not been able to get a decent shot
of it. I tried to count the spikes and lost track at 7.
I also have a noid phaius that I got in a DG trade last summer, I can't wait to see the blooms!
and Slc. Hsin Buu Lady 'Y.T." This one came from a Lowe's scratch and dent table , also last summer.

And Lc. Tokyo Magic 'Moonbeam' x B. digbyana 'Mrs. Chase' . I believe this one will score very high on the 'floof' scale.

Great buds!!

I think my "saved" plant may be Slc. Hsin Buu Lady 'Y.T' so we can compare and I might have an ID. So far the way the buds are sprouting, they look alike!!

wouldn't that be funny?
'Twins separated at birth..miraculously reunited via an orchid obsession!"


(film at eleven)

You're both way ahead of me! My Slc. Hsin Buu Lady "YT" is just getting a small sheath.

Pics from last year

Reminds me of "A Funny Thing Happened at The Forum"....Separated at birth by pirates.
I guess you could say this twin survived a hostile environment!!

Hmmm. That looks awfully pink, Carol! But reds are hard to film. Here's an old pic I took. I sure hope that that's the one in bud after all this excitement!!!

You're right about the reds being tough to photograph! I just hope mine makes it past the sheath stage.

By the way, The Orchid abreviations page seems to have disappeared, at least from IE

Thanks, Carol. Can you tell me if my replacement works? It's a PDF file.

Not as easy to use, but it works!

I'll keep looking then.

The putative Slc. Hsin Buu Lady 'Y.T.'

And the Soph. rosea that had a big bud eaten by mice is making a new bud!!!

All your Orchids are so healthy and lush! One of my Phals has got a tiny spike forming on it so I am thrilled, its been 2 years since it has bloomed so I'm *hoping* its going to grow up and be a BIG spike

Kathy, looking good! and Steven - it surely will!!

Vanda sansai blue (i think) is going to flower again, its so realiable.
this was it
last flowering.

3 bulbs going to flower at same time.
Each with a cluster of flowers. See last flowering...
this is tagged Royal emperor 'chris' but thats a big red isn't it?