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ardesia

Dec 17, 2017 12:24 PM CST

Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains

What an abundance of buds. Good growing.

Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.

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drdawg

Dec 17, 2017 12:48 PM CST

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Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)

What a great show you will have in January/February, Lindsey.

I agree with you, Bill. Years and decades begin to run together, but this December has sure been cold. We have already had five mornings in the 20's, as low as 21 F (two nights) and four more mornings 30-32 F. I can't ever remember so many freezing nights in December.

drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.

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Ursula

Dec 17, 2017 2:37 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Oh my goodness, Lindsey! What an awesome amount of buds!

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sugarcane

Dec 17, 2017 3:47 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

thanks everyone...I'm thrilled to pieces!

lindsey

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sugarcane

Dec 21, 2017 1:02 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

The Rhy. Alba that I got in Apopka last month is finally starting to open

lindsey

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ardesia

Dec 21, 2017 3:27 PM CST

Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains

Awesome!

Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.

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Ted5310

Dec 21, 2017 4:37 PM CST

Name: Ted DeWitt
Brea, CA (Zone 10b)

Very nice Lindsey

Showing up is 88% of life

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hawkarica

Dec 22, 2017 7:44 PM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

I knew you would like orchid, Lindsey.

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hawkarica

Dec 23, 2017 2:24 PM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

I picked up this NOID Catasetum at the big club sale. Will you look at the buds on this thing? Maybe we can name it after we see the flowers.

Jim

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BigBill

Dec 23, 2017 3:02 PM CST

Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
If you need to relax, grow plants!!

Yeah, we'll be able to put a name with it in all likelihood Jim.
These Catasetinae are really gaining in popularity. Just this latest issue of Orchids Magazine was full of images from plants awarded just last year.

Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.

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Ursula

Dec 23, 2017 4:28 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

What a beauty this is going to be!

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sugarcane

Dec 23, 2017 6:17 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

And I thought they were supposed to be going dormant now

I sent some photos to Fred Clark at SVO hoping to get a few ID'd ( so the university could charge more) his reply was that they were probably old crosses.

lindsey

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BigBill

Dec 23, 2017 7:02 PM CST

Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
If you need to relax, grow plants!!

The truth is that a lot of these crosses are quite variable and as a new cross, you could easily see 5-8 common or similarly colored "themes" if you will. Mericlones of anything would be much simpler to identify!
Take Ctsm. Donna Wise. They come in yellow forms, bronze forms, greenish and burgundy forms. Some are intensely spotted and some less so.

Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.

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Ursula

Jan 6, 2018 4:58 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a