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Nov 15, 2010 1:54 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

thanks!
yes, so I see!!

Janice, your Bl Sunset Glory is lovely. I would think this one changes color too as it ages?
Carol, pretty C. walkeriana!!

Jim, you must be in Vanda heaven !

| @Ursula | Post #27850 (1)

Nov 15, 2010 2:11 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Thanks, Carol! Love your beautiful C. Walkeriana !
Kathy and Ursula, thank you! I will watch for the color change.....
Wish I could somehow send you all the scent of the Slc Mae Hawkins 'Miya' . A raspberryish scent, but better....

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #27851 (2)

Nov 15, 2010 3:03 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kathy
Western MA

MMmmmmmm!

| @boojum | Post #27852 (3)

Nov 15, 2010 3:40 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

And that little Chocolate Drop sure packs a whallop of delicious scent, too!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #27853 (4)

Nov 15, 2010 3:54 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kathy
Western MA

Yah!
Here are a few pics of Bl. Sunset Glory changing color.

| @boojum | Post #27854 (5)

Nov 15, 2010 4:14 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Oh, that is very gorgeous, Kathy! The freckles absolutely make it! WOWZER!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #27855 (6)

Nov 15, 2010 4:21 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kathy
Western MA

And you own it!!

| @boojum | Post #27856 (7)

Nov 15, 2010 4:27 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Mine is Sunset Glory?

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #27857 (8)

Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kathy
Western MA

Oops typed it wrong, I fix!

| @boojum | Post #27858 (9)

Nov 15, 2010 4:35 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Don't you love the Richard Mueller crosses? This one looks very close to Blc Rustic Spots and surely similar to a few more of these pretty hybrids! I like them very much!

| @Ursula | Post #27859 (10)

Nov 15, 2010 4:36 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Ahh, that's why!!

| @Ursula | Post #27860 (11)

Nov 15, 2010 4:37 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

The form is quite elegant really.

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #27861 (12)

Nov 15, 2010 4:40 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kathy
Western MA

I have both SG and RS. (For those who don't know, Bc. Richard Mueller is a parent and he is L. milleri x B. nodosa. Does anyone know why they aren't Blcs then?).

| @boojum | Post #27862 (13)

Nov 15, 2010 5:53 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Rustic Spots is a Blc and Sunset Glory is Bl.

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #27863 (14)

Nov 16, 2010 6:47 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Hmm, I am not sure I follow you Kathy? Are you talking about name changes and synonyms?
Richard Mueller
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticu...

Rustic Spots
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticu...

Sunset Glory
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticu...

| @Ursula | Post #27864 (15)

Nov 16, 2010 6:55 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

In the meanwhile - my Stanhopea connata is flowering this week. I got it in the Spring 2008 ( from Woodland Orchids) and it bloomed on a small plant ( as promised) in the Fall of 2009 and now again. The short-lived blooms are strongly scented, many people would consider the scent somewhat medicinal, since it smells a bit like sweet Camphor. I like it.

Orchid (Stanhopea connata)
Uploaded by Ursula

| @Ursula | Post #27865 (16)

Nov 16, 2010 7:50 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kathy
Western MA

Great bloom!!! I like camphor smells too. But then I love the smell of silage and gasoline so don't go by me! I took a good whiff of King George this morning and it smells like cold cream or baby powder. As far as my confusion, seems like both Rustic Spots and Sunset Glory should be Blcs because of the laelia in R. Mueller, but I don't always understand the names by my logic!!

| @boojum | Post #27866 (17)

hawkarica

Nov 16, 2010 9:00 PM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

Ursula, I love the Stanhopea! Great bloom.

Jim

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| @hawkarica | Post #27867 (18)

Nov 16, 2010 9:03 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Thanks, glad you like it!

| @Ursula | Post #27868 (19)