Wow, knock your socks off red. Outstanding!

Jim

Beautiful color!

Well, my Leptotes bicolor finally decided to open, about 3 months late and Blc . Ann Agaki 'HR' X Iwan. appleblossom 'John Walters' .




After searching the net till I'm blind, I've decided that Sarcochillus falcata (posted earlier), is NOT falcata. Sent an e-mail to the vendor, but haven't recieved a reply yet.

Hmm. Don't know why Leptotes showed up twice, but doesn't want to go away.

I looked out in the bushes this afternoon and low, Rhyncholaelia digbyana was blooming. What a delight.

Jim

Oh, Jim! That hurts me! I want one of those so bad, but they just wouldn't make it here.

I have one limping along. I guess it doesn't like it here and it keeps getting scale. Good for you, Jim!!
I fixed your post, Carol.

Enc. livida. More flowers on Bulbo biflorum. Paph Nike's Sunny Delight.

Thanks, Kathy. Love that Paph!

Glad you said that since I seem to take that one for granted after the months it's been blooming!

I like that Paph as well. Sure wish I could bloom them.

By the way, I have 9 blooms on the digbyana this year. I'll show a picture of the plant when they are all open.

Jim

Working in the yard today. I planted my new rhodie near the bright yellow azalea and my son got half the mowing done when another downpour started.

My new Phals today. A new flower opened on the mini Dpts. Yu Pin Burgundy 'YPM5037' AM/AOS . Phal. Sogo Ibis 'Little Maruko' opened it's first bitty flower but the top petal and side sepal are fused so I will give you an imperfect preview.

Ctna. Flying Colors 'Mendenhall' HCC/AOS with both flowers open, noid den, Paph. Supersuk 'Eureka' AM/AOS x Raisen Pie'Hsinying' x sib and 2 noid phals..these were
some of the plants that I got for $1.00 and these are the secondary blooms off the old spike, the plants are putting out massive roots and blooming their heads off! The bud count on these plants that spent a few months in the greenhouse on the floor is more than double the bud count of the plants that wintered in the whirlpool tub in the house.

Well I bet you are chuffed! I sure would love those results!

Lindsey, you are doing great, I would be happy too.

Kathy, I like the nice pattern on your Yu Pin Burgundy, pretty! And the Paph Nike's Sunny Delight is a cutie.

Jim, did you say 9 blooms on your digby, holy smokes!!
I am doing much better with mine since I grow it like a Cactus, still water year around, but it never flowered like that for me. I mounted mine last year on a sturdy Blueberry branch, it is getting nicely established on that. I would be very happy to perhaps look at a couple of blooms soon.....

Carol, better late than never on your Leptotes biolor, it looks really nice! ( mine just dropped the last bloom) And I like the Iwan. Appleblossom x, nice color.

I found another one blooming in the bushes; almost missed it. I'll be so happy to have all of the orchids back on the lanai where I can keep an eye on them. Here is Brassavola tuberculata.

Jim

How nice! Is this one scented too at sundown?

Wow. Great one!

This orchid is from Rio. I would have never spotted it out in the bushes if it wasn't for the samba music . I just went out and sniffed...couldn't detect a smell although I know it is suppose to have one.

Jim

Oda. Feuerkugel is a beauty Neal, love the red.

Carol, those are very nice looking Catts.

Jim, I can see how those 2 could hide in the bush.

Very nice Kathy, love those 2 new phals.

Lindsey, you have some fabulous blooms there, the blood red NOID phal is very sharp.

Lindsey, you have done an amazing job with those plants! Just beautiful! I especially love the flying colors! Carol, the apple blossom is a real stunner, and your others are beautiful as well. Kathy, I keep re-viewing your laelias...they are stunning!

Thanks Jo! We are both up late. I just finished all but a few progress reports. Tomorrow I will sleep, work in the garden trimming dead branches on roses, and visit Marc Gray's greenhouse in VT. Let me know if you'd like to see those laelias in person.