I found this pic in the meantime. Is this close? http://www.orchidboard.com/com...

Thanks! That pic is similar,Kathy, but I see they also had trouble capturing it. It is darker and more complex- the shades. Really quite gorgeous !I will try again when I have time.

Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop 'Volcano Queen' is a true drama queen..dark and...

Big box arrived from Hawaii, busy unpacking and potting........

Yes, she is , Lindsey. But so very petite.

Great blooms, Janice.

Jim

Looking forward to those subtle colors, Janice. What's in the box???? Where are you keeping your orchids these days? Maybe time to take pics for http://cubits.org/orchids/thre...

The blooms on my Bulbophyllum vaginatum are continuing to open. This is a great little bulbo.

Jim

Thanks, Jim!
Kathy, I will post on the contents of the box on the I just bought thread. Exhausted now from repotting and still not done. Plan to finish up tomorrow morning. I am going to try one more photo of 'Miya' tonight.

Jim, love your Bulbo! Very beautiful.

Janice, pretty Cattleyas. My favorites are the left one of the Trick or Treat X and the 'Miya'. ( try ambient light?)

Jim, neat Bulbo - the straightening-out is surely an interesting process to watch.

Nice miltassia Kathy. Jims looks abit like my miltassia charles m fitch. A cross maybe.? l

Could be!

The Korean fellow who sold me the miltassia told us, in very broken English, the the plant was an oncidium cross. Degamoara Skywalker 'Red Star' HCC/AOS is a hybrid between Miltassia Erachne x Odm. brevifolium and fits the bill. I have looked at the pictures and am confident that what I have here is Degarmoara Skywalker 'Red Star' HCC/AOS. I have Charles M. Fitch as well and the markings are not the same.

Jim

Slc Mae Hawkins 'Miya' again.
Finally, a good representaion of true colors.

Janice, That looks gorgeous!!
I can see that this is exactly the shade my camera also has trouble reproducing. It is that touch into violet, sometimes it is particularly difficult if the blooms have that fluorescent sparkle.

Beautiful, Janice!

Thanks so much, Ursula. I am so happy that you like it , too!!
Carol, thank you lots!!

Wonderful color and subtleties, Janice. How did you get it accurate in the end?

Look who followed me home from the opera today! Blc. George King 'Southern Cross.' Bought it before the show at my little plant store in town and sold opera tickets with it adorning the table. I have a tiny plant of this but was so happy to find a blooming size locally from Roger West. http://cubits.org/orchids/thre... This is the best I could do for color at night. Tomorrow it will look warmer yellow.


Here's Phrag. La Vivace Epicure Phyllis D. Turner's distorted slipper again. Reminds me of Bree's paph with the lumpy slipper.


And Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Bluebird.'

Bl. Westfieldensis is getting whiter daily.

Two more blooms on Den. tetragonum.

Night view of Vandofinetia White Crane.