Beautiful Siam Jade and congrats on the Sedirea spike. I have trouble getting them to flower! Go Jo!!!!

Carol those are great ones!! I especially love the Den. 'tuananii'!!!

Jo, your Epc. Siam Jade 'AVO' AM/CST is beautiful.
You asked about AM/CST -
The AM means the plant received an Award of Merit, which is 80 -89 points on a scale of 100.
In this case it was not the AOS ( American Orchid Society) which gave the award, but I think CST may stand for Cattleya Orchid Society of Thailand. ( after some happy googling on my part)

Here is the award list so you will understand what perhaps FCC/AOS etc etc stands for.
http://www.aos.org/AM/Template...

Carol, the Lc Fire Dance x B. nodosa is really nice, it looks like you have a lot of buds on that plant.
Dendrobium tuananhii ( species) is lovely! You did very well with it, nice blooms and plant!

Thank you all for the nice comments! Den.tuananhii is a difficult one to photograph, at least for me. There will be more pics of Lc firedance x B nodosa as it matures. I love the way it changes colors. It lives outside all year, here. Both get full southern exposure in winter.

Lindsey, I got Lc firedance X B. nodosa at a show in 2008, from either Sunset Valley Orchids, or Cal Orchids. Both do a lot of hybridizing.

My wife is Patricia as well. I think I'll try Bill's plan.

The construction is going full blast here and all is a big mess. Orchids are hanging from bushes and trees all over the yard. We bought new patio furniture yesterday to be delivered on the 29th. I had forgotten how expensive it is! The electricion is ringing the door bell, gotta run.

Jim

How exciting!

I took the liberty of starting a second thread for April, see you there.
http://cubits.org/orchids/thre...

Thanks Ursula!!!!