very nice jim. I'd love that for Valentines day. Anyone else get anything? i got roses...
and i bought myself a new cat. ..similar to my other claudebec x lulu (if thats what it is).
Carol, the Coelogyne is lovely and I love the color on the Pot. Speaking of orange, I have located a Lyonara Memoria Doug Lace 'Rosminah' down in Sarasota and am making arrangements to go down and pick it up.
Bree, nice roses and I love your new Catt. I got another lump of coal.
Jim
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Great stuff everyone. Coelogyne cristata is amazing. Love the new spotty. I still have Dendrobium Upin King 'Serenade' but it's lumping along now. Maybe I should show your pic to it, Jim!
My present.
Love all three. Well the Bl. Morning Glory explains the lip on my Catt. intermedia x.
A few from today.
My first Den. kingianum bloom. They are sparse this year so I love them all the more.
Bc. Punakea opening.
A nice sideview shot of the new Scaphosepalum verrucosum.
Here's a surprise. It's labelled Oerstedelia. Doesn't look like one but the buds sorta do. This is my first one. Any ideas?
Maybe this? http://www.orchidspecies.com/o...
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Great pics from all! All you folks in the frigid east are sooo far ahead of me...what's up with that?
Ursula, you've convinced me that I NEED a Lc Fire Dance 'Patricia' !
Kathy, that could look like it. Congrats on the Den king.
Carol, I got the Lc Fire Dance 'Patricia' many years ago from Waldor Orchids. It isn't listed on their website right now, but he is a phone call away. I would think he still has some.
And- it is warm inside?
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
High 40s and 50s at night and 60+ days. My Lc. Firedance X Nodosa has been outside all winter and has 5 spikes starting to bud. It seems most of the Lalias can take the cold. I'm sure it depends on the % of Lalia in the parentage. My intermediate to warm growers are inside, but not happy. I think light and humidity are as much an issue as temps for them. When the sun is out and it's warm, it's because of the desert winds, so the humidity drops to the 20s &30s. In the summer we get more coastal influence, with the marine layer comming in every evening. In the winter we all suffer. As I continue to experiment, more of my orchids will stay outside year round, if I can figure out a way to protect them from rain. Unfortunately, I don't have room for a greenhouse, and wishing won't make it so...
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Yes, Ursula, it is. Santa Barbara is about 70 miles North of me, and right on the Ocean. Cal Orchid and SBOE are about a block from the beach. I'm about 10 mi. inland. They rarely get the temps that we get here. That being said, Ca. is all about micro climates, that's why we need our Sunset Western Gardens zone maps. The USDA maps mean nothing to us. This past two years, I don't think anyone in the country can go by the zone maps!
similar to my other claudebec x lulu (if thats what it is).
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Dendrobium Upin King is a beauty!
Don't know where my mind was....
This past two years, I don't think anyone in the country can go by the zone maps!
