I've been lurking, it's just so cumbersome typing on my (old, crotchety) tablet and I can't post pictures from it. Been watching the weather here, too. I fear we didn't get as much rain as you did, Jim, because my swimming pool and pond both needed water added this morning . . . c'est la vie. The rain barrels are all full though, so there certainly was some rain. Orchids are very happy and healthy, it seems, and there are lots of new buds. A few very bright shots, as a cloud came over, then flitted away as I was shooting.
My little NOID Vanda that has pouted for 2 years, her twin sister still being a diva:
Big 'maybe Yellow Bird' raft has 5 spikes in full bloom and at least 5 more coming along. So happy I got home before they were all gone.