C'mon now Jim....at only 70 you have to hope for a LOT more years than just 10! My dad is 72 and when he says to me he's "old"...I tell him that as long as his mother is still alive (she's gonna be 98 in Nov.!) and doing well, he is no where NEAR OLD!!!! That he's not allowed to be "old" until he is the oldest generation! He just laughs!
Right now there are actually 5 generations of my family alive...I think it's amazing! I think it's amazing too, that at 53 years old, I still have a Grandma here on planet earth who I can call and talk to every few days!
So Jim, you are just a youngster! And I'm a baby...
In comparing your Stan. Wardii bloom to mine (and gosh was that thing short-lived, opened on Sunday, faded by Wednesday and the blooms fell off on Thursday!) I could see lots more of the orange on mine, and I couldn't tell if yours had the spots or not, and I think mine had those dark 'eyes' on them....could all that be the influence of the Staccata cross? It still has 2 more 'spikes' that are getting bigger and bigger...but I don't think I'll have anything for our Orchid Society meeting this Monday as I was hoping...
I love your aliceara! I have something purple like it starting to open up that I haven't taken pics of yet...I'll try to get out there before the rains move back in for the afternoon! This weather has been unbelievable!
