Oh how nice, Carol.
Ursula your Christmas Cleisostoma arietinum is a gem and your Catt. walkeriana is fabulous. Love the second pic with the sparkles!!!

Thank you!!
Carol, 84 degr.F, how very nice!! Pretty Bc!

Thank all of you for the wonderful photos! You've kept me going thru the cold, wet, gloom! We are enjoying spring temps this week, and everyone has spring fever. As it is only mid Jan., it probably won't last, but it's sure nice now. Stay warm ( and for Bree, dry)!

Carol, I love the color of the Bc. Very nice!

Ursula, nice show. My favorite is the Cattleya walkeriana but that vanda is pretty as well.

Kathy, all are nice but the Laelia lundii is special.

I followed Ursula's advise and brought my Angraecum sesquipedale inside to protect it from the cold nights that were slowing down the developing bloom. It worked as you can see. It's back outside now and enjoyed a long morning rain today.

Jim

Ohh Jim! It is beautiful! It looks and feels like wax, doesn't it? It will get a bit more white in coming days. Don't forget to smell it at sundown.

Today.
Paph Henrietta Fujiwara is open!

Den peguanum.

Maxillaria variabilis with more buds open.

Schom. superbiens.

These Dens have been going since fall! Maiden Charlotte and Nora Tokunaga.

Vandofinetia blaupunkt the last flowers.

Kathy, Paph Henrietta Fujiwara was well worth the wait, so fresh and I just love that
picture of Schom. superbiens! The wavy petals are sooo coool! Is this a difficult plant
to bloom?

It is in New England but I set one (Wellesley) in full sun outside with the Cyms last summer and it finally spiked. This one came in bud from Ursula. They are big plants with large leaves.

Beautiful Schom. superbiens. I have the undulata sitting there with a 5 foot spike that refuses to open. I've tried stomping and shaking my fist at it but it pays no attention to me.

One of the contractors brought me a set of plans for the converted lanai and it looks great. No dollar numbers yet. I'm getting excited.

Jim

Woohoo!

MINI PURPLE X CHOCOLATE DROP

wow kathy love that paph.

Miss joaquim looks funny just tied to the trellis

Not funny, Bree, elegant!! Mini Purple and Choc Drops was an inspired x!

Jim, sounds good!! And your Schom will bloom when it is good and ready, so there!

Lindsey, the good thing about this Schomburgkia is its resistance to bugs. I have never seen one landing on that plant! It wants absolutely high light ( in NJ full sun) and will be very happy plant. I have always grown my plant bare root since I water daily. That's all.

Bree, nice Mini Purple x , but I LOVE the Vanda Miss Joaquim!

Bc Princess Teresa 'Princess Michiko' is now blooming from its last, delayed spike of the season.


Gongora armeniaca opened another chain of dangling little birds


another pretty bloom on Lycaste Phoebe


and Renanetia Sunrise 'Prasong' managed to spike again after flowering for months, it is a very easy bloomer


and some cute stuff in the miniature section
http://cubits.org/orchids/thre...

Nice show, Ursula. I'm especially fond of the Gongora. The flower reminds me of my stanhopeas.

Jim

They are fun, aren't they?

My Laelia anceps is now open, 6 spikes made it. I watered the plant and also spikes/buds daily to prevent them from sticking.

Ursula that is amazing and what a lot of work to water all those buds!!! I have three buds that are so gluey!! It will be a miracle if it blooms! It's a white.