Sorry to hear it Jim. Very cold here tonight. I'm planning on traveling to CT tomorrow for J&L's open house. I'm trying to only wear one buying shoe!! But that's so hard in the snow!

Jim, I sympathize with you! This year is NOT starting well for the South. Looks like another roller coaster ride, and it's only Jan.!

Hang in there, Jim!
Kathy, but the single shoe is of good size and very polished? In any case, have fun!

Will do!

Kathy,

Jim

Wait Kathy! I saw online...'Buying Boots' Best Quality,
you should get some before you go!

Wait till you see...I had the one shoe but I forgot the other pair in the car so I had more buying shoes than ever!!!! Do you have a link to those boots so I can buy them and hide them?

Love the way my new dark red Cym. Beacon Fire 'Cecil Park' is unfolding. I was told to hang it so it could be pendant but so far it's growing upright. I chose it because it was the darkest red. A bit less brown in real life!

I decided to hang the kingianum hybrid in the cool window of my kitchen. The scent is filling the whole downstairs!

The yellow NOID today.

Another bud opens on Slc. Hsin Buu Lady 'Y.T.'

Making friends!

wow love that dark cymbidium kathy.
Mini purple x chocholate drop3 bulbs flowering, 2 flowers on each. Smells beautiful!
the smell of this L.Purp x Olivia blueboy is even stronger.
and the shombocattleya? now.

Hi all, this is what's blooming for me right now.
SLC Jamie Hollingsworth


Tolumnia Genting something or other. Lost the tag a while back.


Phal. (Taipei Gold X Brother Paradise) X (Coral Lake X Ruey Lih Stripes)


Colmanara(or whatever it is now) Wild Willie Pacific Princess. These grow like weeds for me. This one has been throwing spikes since August, I think this is the last.



Bill

Bill you are such a good addition to the growers here. I have never seen such a happy Tolumnia!! SLC Jamie Hollingsworth comes in my fav pink-orange combo. That is a really different Phal. Love it and Colmanara Wild Willie Pacific Princess is just wonderful. Great shot too, BTW. I overwater so I kill all the plants that grow like weeds for you! Sometimes I wish I had 30 plants instead of hundreds so I could grow each one to perfection. You are inspiring me but I think it's too late to downsize!!

Bill, very pretty posts!
I agree, that is a very nice looking Tolumnia. The SLC Jamie Hollingsworth is beautiful!!

Bree, all three are gorgeous and

Kathy, I love the dark red Cymbi!!
Don't you just love the Den kingianum? At Orchid Shows, Waldor Orchids likes to place humongous plants of Dk in full gear at the corner of their exhibits. People will always check where that wonderful scent comes from.

wow nice bill. Yeah all your orchid look pretty happy.
Funny hearing you's talk about den. king, it grows native here in Australia. Too easy to grow for me not challenging enough like Paphs. I think everyone that has at least one orchid here has one of them or a D. Speciosum. hehe!
One flower left but a little bud that may open.

I hear you Bree! In our climate here it means leaving it outside longer in the Fall, when most other Orchids are inside already. Or have a cool room for them until they are ready to bloom...

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm afraid that may be it for a while.
Ursala, I see you live in Fair Lawn. My wife grew up there over by Herold's on Saddle River Rd. Her dad still lives in the same house. I grew up in Paramus.


Bill

Bill, Herold's Farm is still around! So you know the area well!

OMG! I'm gone for a week andf there are too many orchids to keep up with! beauties!

Kathy, what is your trick with chinese cymb? I have two which have never flowered. Any hints you can pass along?

Kathy, That cym is a knockout!

Bill, Great Tolumnia!

Bree, that Chocolate Drop X is gorgeous! My DKs grow like weeds here too.

Wow, Bill, that SLC Jamie Hollingsworth is a stunner.

Bree, I'm still hoping someone will come out with scratch 'n sniff screens for our computers.

All I can say is SLC Jamie Hollingsworth is going on my wish list!
and Kathy ,Cym. Beacon Fire 'Cecil Park' is beautiful, if it ever happens that I
can grow cyms...then it's going on the list too!